There are two big issues for those of us who have to lug our own stuff: weight and bulk.The obvious answer to both these issues is to go to the smallest possible scales, but sometimes the appeal of a game lies specifically in using larger figures, i.e. 25/28mm, and then scenery can become a significant challenge.
There are a few ways to get round this, e.g. don't try to do Stalingrad in 28mm, but this post is concerned specifically in paying tribute to a couple of manufacturers whose products are particularly lightweight.
First up are the hollow resin hills from Tiger Terrain which are both very light and very strong. The company originally did a range of these - green, arid and unfinished. They still have some advertised on their website but I think they're being phased out. This is a pity. I'm not aware of anyone else making anything like these.
The other company I'd like to praise is TableScape. As I understand it, their products are also made from resin but they add a foaming agent so that their products emerge from the process as a strong, dense foam which is both light and robust.
I understand this process is unsuited to small items, so their terrain is restricted to 28mm products. I have a lot of their Renaissance buildings and have recently started to accumulate their Islamic-style pieces. The buildings come ready-painted and are extremely high quality.
I like the plastic hills by Kallistra.
ReplyDeleteDo you use them on their own, i.e. without the hex tiles?
DeleteHi, Many thanks for the praise and the points you make are correct. As the foam starts to expand immediately on mixing the challenge is to fill the mould a clamp it shut before it gushes out. We do a limited modular range of hills made from the same stuff. Peter (From Tablescape).Interesting website by the way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. Always a pleasure to chat at shows. How about doing a bastle house?
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