Constructing a City

Alright, so, I often see players in a city fight, and I ask myself "where's the city?" I see a few GW builings, and often one large home made building. Yawn. So whats the problem? I suppose it's the time, but in all reality, I can crank out ten buildings, and have them creative and great looking in just 5 hours of solid work.

Tools:
exacto knife
2 sheets of foam board (preferably black or white)
a tube or two of tacky glue
and one large sheet of tempered hardboard from your local hardware store
and some models for scale reference.

I mean, basic shit. Just cut out some building blocks, like about two dozen 6 inch x 4 inch two dozen 4 x 4 and a few odd ones here and there. Distress the building blocks, piece them together to form small ruins, and presto, buildings! You've seen it a hundred times, I know I have. Just gotta build in bulk.

BUILD LOTS AND LOTS OF BUILDINGS. We're talkin as many as you can take before you go insane.

To add rubble, just take regular ol' styrofoam, and cut it so the flat, not all particley side is glued onto the building, then add dirt and other rubble like things, such as rocks, and pieces of metal, and paint it all the same color, presto, a complete nicely painted, fairly detailed building.

Now while you're at it, go ahead, and envision at least two or three unique buildings. I like to use video games for inspiration, find a map on a video game you like that has buildings, find a building layout you like, and then, build it!

For example, in CoD 2 for 360, (my favorite of the series) on the third Russian level, there's a three story, fairly tall building, that is half bombed out, and filled with machine guns, sandbags, and is just really interesting and complex. I tackled that behemoth, right as my construction methods changed. Now, it lies, forever incomplete on a shelf. BUT soon, I shall post a tutorial on that specific building alone. And you better believe it will either be a video, or very pic intensive.

anywho, these buildings don't have to be over the top, but just make a few that stand out, and build the rest in bulk. I already posted an article on roads, here's teh link: ROAD CONSTRUCTION LINK

I don't want to see an inch of table not covered in either buildings, or roads. THEN you have a cityfight, THEN you may say, I am fighting, not in a town, not in the outskirts, but a CITY.

and feel free to get jiggy with it...