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Now, let's add a few buildings!

Two shots of the same town. Well, I just couldn't resist, could I?

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Bluebear Jeff said…
Stokes,

Your buildings look great! You've done a very nice job with them.


-- Jeff
Capt Bill said…
Pove the bridge...Bill
Anonymous said…
Lookin' good, my man! All the more power to your elbow. (He said bravely, while trying not to let raging envy consume his heart).

How I wish I had a room I could dedicate to the hobby.
tradgardmastare said…
Stokes
Looking great - moving on so well. The buildings are excellent and I await the placing of figures on it- soon I hope...
Alan
Stryker said…
Funny how some painted MDF can be so exciting - only another wargamer could ever understand! I really like the buildings to.

Ian
rpardo said…
I also like the buildings layout.... really it seems like a little town
old-tidders said…
Those buildings look real good, especially the bridge.

-- Allan
A J said…
Very eye-catching! I like the bridge, and admire the way you put the church steeple together. From personal experience, working out those angles is a real bind.
Frankfurter said…
So your buildings are scratch built?
Lovely work.
Did you make the designs or are they on the net?
btw,
most sites on blogspot seem to have a way to "subscribe" and I missed seeing that on this one? my fault?
Arthur
Frankfurter said…
wish my own work looked that nice.
MurdocK said…
Stokes,

It is fun to 'play' a little from time to time is it not?

Have fun!!!
Bloggerator said…
Clean, elegant design. Just what we expect from Mr Schwartz!

Well done.

Greg
CWT said…
Everybody else has said it first, but I don't care - the buildings look amazing! Keep up the brilliant work

CWT

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