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Warlord Games Stone Bridge – Part Deux

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Warlord Games Stone Bridge

Another quick Season of Scenery 2023 post today – Two years ago, I painted and posted this same kit – Warlord Games’ Stone Bridge.

The original one was picked up in June 2017 and then painted in August 2020 for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery 2020. I don’t recall when I picked up this second kit, but I can only assume it was after I painted the first one. In any case, the kit’s been sitting around as a set of sprues in a plastic bag (I didn’t get a box, so I presumably purchased it direct from Warlord). Marouda and I were doing some cleaning and sorting a couple of weeks ago and I found the sprues, so I grabbed them out to get rid of (by assembling and painting, obviously).

Warlord Games Stone Bridge

I didn’t check how I’d painted the first one before starting on this one. After assembly, I added AK Interactive Easycast texture and then left it to dry. When I was adding the texture, I noticed that the ends had separated and not glued in tight, which was annoying, so I added a little more in those corners. Sprayed black, then a couple shades of zenithal grey. Spray Coat of Satin varnish. Drybrushed a couple of layers of grey, let it dry. Washed with a black-brown mix. Drybrushed again in two shades of grey. Washed the underside with a mix of Athonian Camoshade wash mixed with a dollop of VMC Medium Olive. One more light drybrush of light grey.

Warlord Games Stone Bridge

Wet-brushed shading of thin panzergrau in the inner corners, then added the same with thinned track brown. Spray varnished again. Found it was a bit too shiny once it was dry, so I brought it inside and painted the whole thing with a roughly 3:5 mix of Contrast Medium and AK Ultramatte varnish. Done!

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven – “Stone Bridge” – Review

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Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

Another model from my pledge from the Dungeons and Lasers Woodhaven Kickstarter. This one I painted last Sunday, though the preparation took a bit longer with the mould lines and assembly and texturing and priming and drying time. and all that.

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

The kit is made from two simple sprues, and is designed to integrate in with the Archon modular scenery sets. I didn’t want to spend a billion dollars on their terrain, so I mostly just got accessory-type stuff, like the stairs I’ve been showing recently as well as this bridge. The sets I did pick up from the pledge were ones I felt I could easily turn into wargaming ruins, because trying to make actual buildings with these gets real bloody expensive.

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

You can also see here that the gaps between the flagstones is pretty huge. One of the downsides of using 3D models and 3D modellers for everything. They’d either need grit/texture applied to those gaps or if you’re lazy like me, weathering powders to stop them looking terrible. Due to needing to integrate with their other sets, there’s also gap on each end of the bridge. I could have plugged them, but those aren’t too bad once the model is painted.

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

I also don’t see that as particularly more immersion breaking than a model with brown dirt and foliage walking on the stone bridge – and this way I retain flexibility in case I change my mind in the future or whatever – also time vs effort vs “good enough – get the thing on the table!”

Once assembled, the bridge is fine. The stones are pretty smooth, so if you’re keen to do something about that – as I was, then…

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

There is indeed a solution.

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

As with all of the other bridges I’ve posted recently, this is another tiny thing that really would only cover a stream or creek.

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

I actually think it’s work better in some ways on a 15mm table than a 25/28/32mm one. Even that “jump” to the edge of the bridge would be negligible if bumped up against one of the Battlefront Roads.

Archon Studios Dungeons and Lasers: Woodhaven - "Stone Bridge" - Review

Oh, I also painted the underside that will probably never be seen. So I may as well post it up here… Interestingly, the Dirty Down moss turned out much, much darker on this model. Perhaps the varnish hadn’t fully cured? I’m really not sure.

My verdict? It’s actually pretty much the same as the one given for the stairs shown so far. I think the Kickstarter price for this bridge was fair, and also truthfully about as much as I’d be willing to pay for it. It’s pretty small and that limits its effective use and versatility, though it can still have a place on the tabletop in a lot of cases.