Victorian Docklands
Victorian Docks: Project Aims, Materials & Methods.
The Goal:
I want to create a docklands section of a dark, dystopian steampunk Victorian Era city (London?), with factories, houses and shops, with lots of levels, suitable for playing games like Wolsung, Carnevale (and Core Space?).
The board will sit on a 6×4 Ocean gaming Mat.
The board must be modular for storage and so sections can be used as diaramas or on other boards.
The board must be excessively detailed.
Anything Victorian or Steampunk can & should be included.
3V batteries are my friends – use as many lights and motors as possible.
The board must be playable and game friendly.
Materials:
Anything in the house or workshop that is suitable.
Scrounge (with permission) any scrap materials at work.
Buy as little as possible (until I see something too shiney to resist)
Use up as much electronics, lights & craft materials as I can from my studio stock.
Incorporate as many kits (or parts of) as I can (just to get the damn things built!).
Repurpose and be inventive.
Construction Methods:
Pen, rulers & squares.
Saws & knives (and the belt sander).
Hot glue, Super glue, T88 plumbing glue and PVA.
Draw lots of plans, concept sketches & find images and just build what feels right at the time and add in any new ideas as I go.
Try not to do too much detailing before the main structues are built.
Try and finish before this (or the next) Lockdown ends.
Ven Rier Agents & Inventors shaking off the dust.
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