I’d planned to have some mini photos up today, but I didn’t get the chance to take any new photos, so instead, we have the next item of scenery on the Battlefield in a Box review train – European Farm, once again under the Team Yankee (now World War III) product range.
This time we have the building encased in polystyrene foam within the outer box.
And inside, the two halves of the building, securely held for shipping, like so.
It’s a single-storey (the loft is just decorative and is part of the roof piece), T-shaped building, with a garage-looking extension bolted onto where the back door might otherwise be.
It’s quite different to the very cut & paste style of the other Battlefront/GF9 “town” houses I’ve looked at before now, and I think that’s a good thing. I like having some more variety.
Inside, we have the standard lazy style of interior with the floor painted but the walls all painted black. I’ll have to fix that in the near future!
It does at least have a decent footprint, fitting three medium-sized infantry bases inside.
And here we are with some WWII armour for scale. It’s a decent size.
As always, I purchased this set from a retailer with my own moneys and have no incentive to say anything good, bad or ugly about it. It’s a pretty decent building that I intend to use for both modern and WWII settings/games. I’m not at all unhappy with the purchase of this one, especially given that it’s got quite a different look to the cloned houses elsewhere in the BFIAB range, and indeed – I think the range could have done with more options. I’m sure I’ll eventually go down the 3d-printed route, but not quite yet… As usual, the painting on it is fine. It’s fit for purpose and as always, the biggest benefit of these sets is “Open box, put on table. Done!” In that, I really see zero problems. Adding a little weathering/drybrushing will really make a difference on these, which I will do at some stage – I should really try to do it soon for the Season of Scenery challenge that Dave is running.
Overall, I give this one a thumbs-up!
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Another great review mate, like the style of the building. Indeed a bit of weathering would make it a great candidate for SOS, as opening a box wouldn’t really count ! LOL
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Thanks Dave. I’ve got some “real” terrain I’m working on (besides scatter) but I might just use the SoS as motivation to “upgrade” a couple more of these sets….
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A nice piece. Better, well more interesting looking, than some of previous ones you have shown off.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete – they all have their place, but certainly the same thing over and over can most certainly get old!
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Good stuff mate
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Cheers, Alex!
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You are building up a fine collection there.
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Thanks mate – I need to get that table fully clear so I can lay iut all out for a game at some stage!
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Another good review, mate.
Cheers Roger.
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A belated thank you, Roger! 🙂
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Nice bit of scenery there! 🙂 A change from the earlier buildings you’ve shown but one that still fits in as far as style is concerned.
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Thanks John – yeah I do like to have a bit more variation on the table in a lot of cases. If done well it can show a sense of time and progression to the setting.
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A nice review as always, mate! I think this one looks nice but the bricks are darker compared to the picture on the box. Does that bother you at all? You can always highlight the brickwork further yourself but I was a bit surprised as I think the lighter bricks are more realistic looking.
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Thanks mate. I have to admit I don’t really take much notice of the box art once I’ve opened these sets up. I always figure they’re the best presentation possible of the product, rather than a true representation of the actual products inside – much like the Space Marines on the box art or the burgers in a McDonald’s ad. Which is one of the reasons I’ve been doing these reviews.
I’d probably vary the brick tones a little before dry brushing and washing and see how it all turns out, but now you mention it, I might look into repainting them a lighter shade of grey.
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That’s the right attitude to have. Since these are mass produced, it isn’t too surprising that there would be color variations as well. I wouldn’t generally care too much though I have to admit, I like the lighter bricks more than the darker ones you received. Though as you said, its easily fixed and you’re still saving tons of time so its all good in the end, I’d say.
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Agreed – mass produced stuff that’s hand painted by factory workers is always going to have a variation. I consider these to be both “table-ready” and “pre-base-coated” for my own purposes whenever I want to get around to upgrading them.
As you say, much more efficient than the hyper-detailed but incredibly fiddly stuff that GW puts out in terms of getting it to a state where I’m happy to use and also “finished”.
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