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| The Old West town of Timber Ridge underway |
I’ve embarked on the creation of a Western town for such games as Warhammer Historical – Legends of the Old West, my game Hurled into Eternity, and perhaps even Boot Hill.
Unlike most towns people have created out there on the web, this one is not set in the American Southwest, but rather in more northerly climes. (As an aside, I love the movie Tombstone but I wanted a look and feel that was something different for an Old West town.)
A major inspiration for this is one of my favorite movies of all time: Unforgiven.
I’ve only just started on the town itself, so there is not much to show just yet. I anticipate with the pace I’m going at that I’ll complete it by the fall of this year, but we’ll see what happens.
Thus, the start of the town of Timber Ridge, a logging encampment, but full of cut-throats, desperadoes, and gunmen!
Pretty awesome work. If I could build sets like this, it would make it a lot easier to convince my buddies to play Boot Hill when the mood strikes (as it does infrequently). I love it.
ReplyDeleteBTW: northern climate Western towns are awesome, and there are plenty of solid films showing a colder towns than the (better remembered) "Spaghetti Westerns." The remake of True Grit immediately comes to mind, as well as Pale Rider. I'd check out historic pics and images from Montana for good, inspirational material (if you need any).
Very cool project.
Many thanks JB, glad you're enjoying the project.
ReplyDeletePale Rider is indeed another inspiration as its one of my favorite westerns.
Another source for pics is my collection of the Time-Life Books Old West series. The Loggers, the Canadians and the Townsmen volumes have been particuarily helpful.
Deadwood is another great show for creating the look and feel you're striving for.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Great show, bummed it didn't last longer. Apparently there is talk about a movie being underway. I'll believe it when I see it.
ReplyDeleteGreat imagery here:
ReplyDeletehttp://photos.legendsofamerica.com/deadwood/h1b460e1d#h1b460e1d
Damn, a Deadwood movie would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteOh and some of those bookshelves in the background look kinda familiar ;-)
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