Finally a couple more pics

Well, I managed to find the camera and get some pics taken, but unfortunately that is all that I have been able to do. I was hit by a bad cold, so all I have been able to do for the past couple of days was sleep. Still, I am planning on getting more done this weekend, but til then here are the pics.

This shows an overhead view of the two ruins and two of the shanties. I still have to do some final detailing before they are complete, but they are turning out very well.

Here is another view looking over one of the shanties but more to the side to try to give a sense of scale. Still more work to do, but I really think that it is really pulling together.

Started painting...now where is the camera?

Well, I have painted two of the shanties and both of the ruins. I even set them up with some of the Lions of Allah (aka the Middle Eastern Alliance) and their Tunguska so that I could show how they look. So of course this is the time that our camera decides to go AWOL. ARGH!!!

Once I manage to find it (hopefully later today...), I will get a couple of shots posted.

Times they are a changing...

Telecast of a recent report on ENN...

"There has been some late breaking news from the small African country of Bongolesia. Troubled for years by fighting between the army and anti-government forces, the Bongolesian government has announced that it was finally able to defeat the dissidents and they are hoping to enter a new age of peace and prosperity.

The leader of Bongolesian, President P'hat Daddee B'wonah, had this to say...
"Our glorious National Defense Force has officially destroyted the final remnants of the anti-government hoodlums known as BARF. While rumors abound of the "Lions of Allah", we can be sure they are nothing more than that. This is a time to rejoice in our new time of peace!"

The discovery of oil a few years ago has provided a much needed boost to their stagnant economy and with the end to violence in the region, the UN is stepping up their humanitarian efforts as well. Acting with the support of the European Federation and the United States, the UN has begun implimenting numerous plans throughout the country with a focus on improving healthcare and drought relief to the stricken nation. The price tag for this effort is $681 million, with a majority of this money being provided by the UN General Relief Fund.

Sports is coming up next after this quick break..."

Another view of the growing metropolis

I managed to get some more work done on Jamboville and even better... pictures! Well, actually just one picture but one is better than none.
Now the town is really starting to take shape but there is still some more building to do as can be seen by the empty bases that are on the board. These will be the homes of two more groups of shanties, two more residencial buildings, Bongo Mart, another small farm building, and the UN building. Once those are built, I need to add some details (such as the signs for the theater) and then I can start painting! Yay!!!

More shanties and some ruins

Well, I have managed to build another section of shanties and two ruins tonight. I was also able to cobble together a radio tower for the comm building (aka WBGO) using some pieces from a Platformer kit. Having now done two sets of shanties, I am thinking that I am actually going to skip the roofs at least for now. Any fighting that happens within those sections will probably be bloody given the close quarters, and I think that having to take the roofs off and on repeatedly would just bog things down. And it also makes one less thing to build as well.

Now the board is starting to really take shape, and once I get some of the other large buildings done (namely the UN building, the Bongo-Mart, and at least one of the residential buildings...) I think that the whole thing will really start to visually pull together quite nicely. More pics coming soon...

Here piggy piggy...

Just a really quick update today.

The pigs are here! Yay! Now Jambaville has a reason to exist if I can only get the rest of the buildings made...

More progress made but more to do...

Well, I was only able to work on one of the other buildings for the farm and it still needs some work before it is finished. Still, I did learn something useful. The packaging that they used to use for light bulbs is great for modeling random bits of sheet metal like you would find for the shanties and for a basic metal roof. The problem is that they used to package them in it. Everywhere that I have looked, all I find it boxes made from plain, flat cardboard.

Then I had a bit of luck.

My wife is an avoid scrapbooker, and it turned out that she had a sheet that she had picked up from a scrapbook store. I have not had a chance to hit a store to pick up some more, but I hope to do that soon since I am thinking that tin roofs will be common in Jambaville. More pics once I get some more done.