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MCP Core Box – Starter City

Posted on April 16, 2022

I am aware I jumped ahead by featuring the police station ahead of the core box terrain, yet it felt only logical to have a larger piece anchoring the scatter-like offerings of the game starter set. I feel I now have the beginning of a table…

A solid start for a board (Future buildings in the background).
Lamp posts were an easy combination of medium gray and metallic paint, washed with Nuln oil and dry brushed over with the original color. Glass was obtained with yellow paint, washed with Agrax ES and dabbed with original yellow; far from a masterpiece but good enough for table display.
I had a bit of fun with the crossing lights (using same paint as for the street light above) but adding some printed cut outs obtained from the MSC Facebook group files). I chose a cross and do-not-cross symbol for the two signals along with an itinerary (not shown) to add a bit of realism.
Both cars were spray painted in their final color with Army Painter primers and details were added with a fine brush for lights/signals. A wash of the appropriate color was applied to the recesses and windows were painted black, washed dark blue then dry brushed medium gray. Wheels were painted black and dry brushed metallic on the rims and medium gray on the exposed tires.
I chose yellow and green for the dumpsters, with metallic parts in GW Leadbelcher and top in flat black, to simulate heavy plastic. I also had fun with tags/placards. my advice is to use actual street arts/photos as inspiration. A solid GW Agrax wash followed by topical weathering with Agrax and Typhus Corrosion using a small brush finished the job.
Daily Bugle was painted as per box art, with weathering made of Agrax/Nul Oil washes and Typhus Corrosion dry brushes. Windows were painted black, washed dark blue and dry brushed medium gray (similar to cars above).
I had a bit of fun printing small rendering of comic books, cutting them and gluing them to the stand. The cash register also got some detail love.
As usual, have fun with placards and graffitis.

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