Small Scenics: Mantic Terrain Crate Wizard’s Tower Portal

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Small Scenics: Mantic Terrain Crate Wizard's Tower Portal

Just a simple one for today – another model that I’ve had floating around on the desk for way too long that I finally completed – the portal from Mantic Games’ Terraincrate Wizard’s Tower.

Small Scenics: Mantic Terrain Crate Wizard's Tower Portal

I gave away a ton of the Terraincrate stuff from the Kickstarter that I backed, due to a combination of models that I knew I’d never paint and them being in warped, bendy PVC that I just don’t have the patience for these days (hello Reaper Bones!) – especially with Flippy here now…

Small Scenics: Mantic Terrain Crate Wizard's Tower Portal

I just kept a relatively small amount of the Terraincrate stuff in the end, and it’s all in the kind of “I’ll get to it when I get to it, if I get to it” range of importance. This one is one of the more interesting (to me) pieces, and as shown in these pics with the other models, I can see some potential for it in games, even as just a flavour piece with no rules attached.

That’s it for today – see you tomorrow (probably!)

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale “Wrecked House”

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Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

More terrain today. I know that Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery is just around the corner, and while I’ll be in on that for sure, I’m posting models finished in April right now because I have been – and still am way behind on the ol’ blog.

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

What we have here then, is a bit of a failure on my part to get things done. This was one of those “easy wins” that sits around in sprue form for years, and then I get it in my head to just smash the thing out and get it done, only for it to end up sitting in limbo for literally a couple of years, taking up space as it floats around on top of other things on my mess of a painting desk…

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

– until the day when I eventually crack the shits about seeing the bloody thing and then make a new effort to get it finished so I can fuck it off out of the way.

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

So here it is! Done! Finished! Completed! it doesn’t even look too bad, especially given how much of a pain in the arse it was to get painted. There’s one small(!) problem with it, though.

Warlord/Italieri Bolt Action 1:56 scale "Wrecked House"

The scale. I don’t have any of my Bolt Action models handy, but it looks to me like it’ll be a bit small even for them. In any case, it’s too small for me to use with… really anything else. Actually, even looking at the promo pics of this thing over on Warlord’s website, it’s a bit small for those models, and they’ve had to use some …creative layout of the models to make it fit. Well, the link is there, so if anyone wants to buy an undersized, overpriced (£20.00!!!) terrain kit, off you go!