Another terrain review for you all today. I’ve got painted hobby stuff to show, but I still need to get out there and take the pics, so another 15mm terrain review is in order in the interim! This time for the Flames of War-branded Small Desert Houses set from GF9. Once again, the pieces come bubble wrapped inside the box, though there was no card “shell” around them this time.

The four pieces appear to be pretty hardy, with the small building having its roof inverted for shipping in the same way as the small Ruined Desert Houses, that are basically the same “model” of building. As you can see, the set contains two buildings rather than three, with one being a “double”-sized house of the same general type as the smaller ones.

Here we have the other side of both buildings, taken apart.

This shot shows what it looks like when we add the infantry – inside as well as on the roof sections of this piece.

And assembled to show the appearance with infantry, and a StugIII to provide scale.

And yeah – that’s it for this one. Once again, I’ll be leaving the conclusion paragraph from some of the previous reviews of these as it’s equally valid for this set, and when someone finds this review in the future while trying to find some info on these models it’s the pertinent conclusion.

Given the intent of this review, which is to provide some images and simple thoughts on a set that I was unable to find any information on online aside from box pics, I’m not going to “score” the set. I purchased them myself from an online retailer and they’re not exactly cheap, even compared to GW’s plastic offerings. For those with the time and inclination to scratchbuild or 3D print something, I have no doubt that you’re going to be able to create something better than this. I imagine Sarissa et al also have MDF kits of Adobe buildings that also look far better than these pieces. I’m personally happy with them, though – the no effort required, “open and play” nature of these for me really wins out, and that convenience is where the premium price for these comes from, as opposed to fine detail or sculpt quality.

With a small amount of effort, these could be made to look a lot better as well, but the nice thing is doing so isn’t needed to get them onto the table for a decent looking game.

Another terrain review for you all today. I’m not back at work properly yet, but I’ve been doing quite a bit for work from home in the last week, so I’ve not been doing as much hobby, and certyainly haven’t had time to go photograph newly painted models, so I thought it a good time to turn some more photographs of the GF9 terrain into another review to benefit people who might be tossing up what these things are actually like in hand rather than on the box glamour shot. This time it’s the Ruined Large Desert House.

Packaging is much as we’ve seen with the other kits in this range – bubble wrapped inside some protective cardboard inside the retail box.

Unwrapped, we have a three-part building with the top roof piece turned upside down to protect the detail on top from getting smashed up.

All three sections of the building, taken apart.

As you can see, there’s room for quite a lot of infantry – both inside as well as on the roof sections of this piece.

One of the key angles of the building for your perusal. Tanks to provide scale.

And the “business” side – showing how you can easily justify three infantry stands shooting out as long as it’s on the right kind of angle! (and yes, I did forget that unit inside the building on the first floor when I packed up… 🙂

Given the intent of this review, which is to provide some images and simple thoughts on a set that I was unable to find any information on online aside from box pics, I’m not going to “score” the set. I purchased them myself from an online retailer and they’re not exactly cheap, even compared to GW’s plastic offerings. For those with the time and inclination to scratchbuild or 3D print something, I have no doubt that you’re going to be able to create something better than this. I imagine Sarissa et al also have MDF kits of Adobe buildings that also look far better than these pieces. I’m personally happy with them, though – the no effort required, “open and play” nature of these for me really wins out, and that convenience is where the premium price for these comes from, as opposed to fine detail or sculpt quality.

With a small amount of effort, these could be made to look a lot better as well, but the nice thing is doing so isn’t needed to get them onto the table for a decent looking game.