Streets of Gray Haven- 1st board section

I got a little more work done on my town of Gray Haven in the last few days. This is the first board section; right now three are planned. The base is a 2'x 4' Homasote board. I bought a bunch of it a long time ago when it was dirt cheap. Now that its considered a trendy green material, the cost has risen to the lofty heights of all things green. Bah.
I used 5/16th" rolled cork to make the sidewalks. I experimented a bit with the best way to put in the crack lines.  I tried cutting out individual blocks and giving the edges a slight bevel, vs cutting in the groove with a wood burner. The wood burner is easier, but the individual blocks has the best look. I'm still undecided on which I will use in the other boards.

The roads are drywall compound smoothed over the Homasote in the areas where the roads go. Curbs are thin strips of cork with one edge rounded.

Stormtroopers keep watch on a traffic stop. These guys will end up as part of my Monster Hunters International squad in the future.

In these pictures you can see how the buildings fit into their locations and the bases fit nicely against the sidewalk. I will make other "scenery" that will use the same footprint so I can change out buildings, add ruins etc. to keep these boards as universal as possible. I painted and weathered some before I realized I had forgotten drains and sewers.

A test placement of the sewer and post.

  To remedy that, I made some to be cast and installed at a later time. I guess its good I have construction barriers planned then! Also starring in these pictures is my homemade street light. I'm going to cast the base, I just haven't decided if I should just cast the whole thing or not. It still needs some work, anyhow.

Go build something,
Papa Spanky

Un- shiney new cars

A little update on my town-
I added a few cars to populate the streets of Gray Haven.
The regular cars were weathered and sealed with matte clearcoat. For me the matte finish seems to go better with the scale.
The police cars were total repaints with custom rub on star transfers. They say Gray Haven Police, but it didnt photo well. The humvees were just re coated after the star was applied.

All for now,
Papa Spanky

A warehouse, a roof and names

As I mentioned before I was planning on making several different buildings with the plastic crates I found. The second building I made is a warehouse.

The front doors will work; the roll up door will not. There will be a billboard on the wood frame thats on the roof, advertising the business name. I haven't decided between "Broken Things Shipping" and "Welos -Yerstuf Shipping" (think about it). If you have a suggestion for a name, throw it up in the comments.   

I re-did the poop brown roof on the Earlier posted Hydracorp Building. I think it looks waaay better. Oh yeah, I decided to call this building Hydracorp, because it seems that everytime I finish one detail on it, two more pop up needing my attention. Just like the mythical Hydra. Heres a shot of the finished front door. No, it doesnt open like the back door. I got a bit lazy.

I began work on some vehicles and the actual street level on my town. I figured since this town will hopefully be the backdrop to many a great battles of zombies, monsters, street gangs and the like, I should name it. So My daughter and I have settled on the name, Gray Haven. If its a haven for people, zombies  or gray aliens remains to be seen.
Thats all for now,
Papa Spanky