Biotek Billboard

I finished making my biotek billboard to go next to my road today.


 I should have re-enforced the actual board itself, as it buckled a little when I painted it, but apart from that I am happy with how it looks.

I was intending to put a wash over the reverse side to give it a dirty look, but I decided not to after seeing how the cardboard was warping.

Billboards and signs

Another idea to help fill you zombie world with detail is the use of billboards.

 These come is a variety of shapes, sizes and designs - from posters on walls, signs on top of buildings, large raised road side advertising to the good old sign a police car can hide behind on a highway.

With this in mind I designed my first billboard today - I want this to be the police car hiding type, and I made one that makes Biotek look warm, fuzzy and caring:

 I will print it out and glue it on to card  and use bamboo skewers on the back as the posts to hold it up and add sand and grass around the bottom to give it that extra touch.

 As Biotek isn't the only corporation floating around in my world I intend to make some other billboards up, including some smaller roof top ones.

(I need to get to a printers for all of my signs and designs as I don't have a printer myself.. I had to use someone else's for my electronic signs and the cargo container I made)

Edit: rather than make two posts on similar things, I have added to this post:

Shop A frame signs


 Another thing to help colour up your zombie infected cities and towns is an a-frame board out the front of shops.

 They can be professionally designed ones like this:

Or chalk boards that you will mostly find out the front of pubs and restaurants:

They can also be found in different heights - from just below your knee to about shoulder height.

I tried my hand at a restaurant chalk board and came up with this:

I just print it out, fold it along the black line then glue it on to card, cut it out (including removing the black line out to the sides) and fold it again. Hey presto! one chalk board a frame sign.

Biotek cargo container

I had intended to do a bit more for my blog today, like finishing off the batrep, but gale force storms last night caused a lot of damage in my area and the power was out for most of the day.

What I have done is completed my biotek cargo container and here is a image of it:

Unfortunately the scale is 1:53, which is the largest I can create and have it all on the one page when printing.

 I had found a great logo to use on the container, but I can't make it transparent and it looked stupid with a large white background.

So, if any one would like a free cargo container at 1:53 scale for their games, please drop me a note/comment with your email address and I will send it to you as soon as I can.

Biotech International - a cargo container

I have been designing a cargo container for a corporation I want to include in my game background.

 The corporation is Biotek International, and their motto is "Spicing the world one gene at a time"

 I am still trying to come up with a logo to go on the shipping container, but this is what I have done so far.

 

 I will most likely remove the bio hazard symbol and replace it with other symbols around the container.

 The text will appear on both sides of the container, with the top and bottom being blank.

 Once it has be finished I am happy to share the PDF with others so they can include Biotek in their games as well.