New Brighton Part 10

Just a little update.

I made some signage for the shops and a sign for the police station.  Only minor bits really but I think they add to the buildings somewhat.

I designed them on 3D Builder and printed them out on my resin printer.

Honestly, I have been struggling to get much 'hobby' done at the moment.

Contemplating taking a break for a bit to recharge the batteries, or maybe just clearing some stuff out.  Sometimes I find when the hobby space gets too overcrowded it makes it hard for me to get motivated to do anything, which in turn just makes the situation worse as things start to pile up.

New Brighton Part 9

Right from the beginning of this project, I had an image in mind that I wanted to try to make these buildings at least a little lived in, whilst still keeping them not completely covered in extras.   I often find that any terrain can look good, but the little bits added at the end help lift it up.

This is my attempt to make what are effectively empty boxes, look a little more lived in.  Adding some life to them so to speak.

I started by adding curtains to all the windows.  To do these I simply added little bits of masking tape stuck inside the buildings.  Masking tape has the added benefits of having a slight texture, is not bright white, is self-adhesive and is thin enough to create a better finish than paper.

Street Signage was a must.  I came up with a selection of different street names.  I designed a small sign template, based on the Sesame Street sign, and embossed the letters onto them for each of my chosen streets.

Albert Road

Holmwood Avenue

Market Street

Baker Street (of course this needed to be there)

I also added some Victorian Science fiction-themed ones.

Floatwood Avenue

Olympus Mons Avenue

Valles Marineris Street

Hellas Planitia View

I painted the signs up in a black and off-white colour scheme.  Of course, the signs are all removable and interchangeable.

Next up was signage and posters.  I knocked up a quick sign frame on a 3D building program and printed it out on a resin printer.  A Google search was all that was needed to find suitable images.

Again, I have kept both the signboard and the picture within it removable, so I can swap images in and out as I please.

After that, I simply added a button battery, left over from tealight candles used during Halloween, to light up the streetlight.

I suppose I should look at adding some details to the insides of the building too as you can see through the windows a bit.   At the very least I should do that to the shops with their bigger display windows.  They will also need shop signs to brighten them up and help them stand out from the townhouses.

As always, I am open to ideas and suggestions.

New Brighton Part 8

Managed to also get a couple more buildings done to add to the growing pile.  I have one more that is almost done, I forgot to do the windows so just waiting on those.

After that, I have 2 more terraces each of 3 buildings to do and then I may move onto a warehouse of some sort.

I did consider doing 'Big Ben' or at least something very similar, and that is still an option I may pursue down the line.  It will be pretty big at about 36" tall though.

I would also like to do some railway arches and a city wall to keep those pesky Martians and Prussians out.

The little detail on the front is a small pendant that I found in a local shop.  I repainted it to make it fit in with the painted buildings but used colours similar to what the original pendant was.

I knocked out a couple more small terraces of 'regular' buildings.   Nothing that I have not covered before.  Simple prints with only the visible bits being printed to cut down on time and resources.

The collection is growing nicely.  Next up will be another larger feature building followed by some wall sections.  After that, I may move on to something else for a change of scenery.

Before all that, I have a few small details I want to add to my existing buildings.  Nothing too fancy, just some small details to give a more lived-in feel.