Police Office - Alternative use for Woodbury House D

When the new Out of Town shopping development was in the planning stage, one of the regularly asked questions was "where is the police station?".

There was a perfectly good police station in the centre of the town, but the Marketing Department's questionnaires and polls kept highlighting that the absence of a police presence in the development was putting people off.

So, to deal with this concern, a Police Office was included in the plans.

The Police Office would have a (civilian) receptionist during the day, and would provide facilities for the patrol officers so they would take their breaks there (rather than the doughnut shop or diner) to be a visible police presence.

The receptionist could deal with all the inquiries and local calls, contacting the patrols if required.

After a few years, there was a requirement for a communications room, so one of the locker rooms was converted.

All was fine until Joan, the receptionist received a call about a disturbance at the mini market...

Having painted four Crooked Dice Lawmen with Shotguns for The Walking Dead: All Out War, they needed a ride and a police station to defend.

As Sarissa Precision provide all the buildings for Mantic, I wanted something compatible.

With the TWD:AOW expansion Made To Suffer, there was the Woodbury Housing Estate comprising a pack of four different MDF houses.

One of them was more like an office, but unfortunately not quite right for a Police Station.

 You may note the missing cross piece in the from window in later photographs, I broke it by accident.

The small rooms at the back look almost like cells, but the location directly off the lobby would not make them very secure. The lobby is too small to fit a desk and chair so you cannot use it as a reception.

You may also spot I managed to put the partition between the two larger rooms in the wrong way round. This means that the internal door would not fit.

I had a look at other options (I even asked for suggestions on Lead Adventure Forum), but there was nothing that met my requirements.

I then remembered the concept of the Police Office (a bit like a grown up version of a Police Box) - hence the story above.

So the part completed Woodbury House D was dug out of storage and completed.

The structure as shown above had the windows and doors masked up and PlastiKote Rust Effect spray was applied to the walls and roof.

The roof was then sprayed with Halfords Grey Primer, and the outer surface with a subsequent coat of Halfords Black Primer

The roof ventilators are from Debris of War and were spray painted with Army Painter Standard Uniform Grey.

The window surrounds were sprayed with Halfords White Primer and glued to the windows. The door lintels and doors were also sprayed at the same time (masking the sockets in the lintels).

Once dry, the doors were assembled and checked that they opened correctly.

The walls and interior were then sprayed with Halfords White(ensuring the doors did not stick and did not leave shadows).

Interior walls were then painted with Humbrol 90 Beige Green.

Front view.

Three quarters view showing the air conditioning units and junction box installed when one of the locker rooms was converted. They also provide a route to the roof.

Aircon and junction box in detail.

Another air-conditioning unit to cool the two offices.

View from above. Note the  FigureBitz/Crooked Dice Computer Console fits neatly on the end wall.

 I think I might paint the floors as well.

View of the roof. I do need to add a communications rig to the roof and possibly add a roof hatch

The Lawme face up to The Herd.

Retreating inside.

They really wish that the contractors had fitted the roller shutters.