More 3D printed terrain - 1/72 houses

A while ago I participated on a kickstarter for 3D printed terrain, european houses, and a few weeks ago I received my reward. I'm pretty impressed with the quality and amount of stuff I got in my pledge.

The models are now available for purchase here, though for the specific scale of 1/72 you'd need to contact Aron directly. There are more stuff available from the KS than what I went for, and now I'm tempted to get all the other buildings he has in shop!

I started working on the models right away, and here is the lot, fully painted and ready for gaming. I used a 1/72 french chasseur in some pictures for scale reference. 

A ruin:





Earthworks:








Some wall pieces to go around the houses:

I believe I now have over 30 buildings in my collection of terrain for napoleonics - not enough, but it's getting there!

3D printed farm

Oh, the technology. What amazing inovations we're seeing every day! With the advent of 3d printing, I believe the industry of our hobby is entering a new era. High quality prints are now a reality. 

Five years ago, I'd have thought it would take at least another 15-20 years for such revolution to take place, but it's already here. And the possibilities seem endless!

For instance, I acquired this set of buildings, a complete farm, from a seller named croy-2012, on ebay. He had several options of scale to print this product on, including 20mm. Hearing that I played 1/72, he kindly offered to adjust the 20mm option a bit up to be a perfect match for my figures, even though I'd be happy to settle for the 20mm option. 

Here is the set, printed in 23mm, perfectly scaled for my collection of 1/72. The one grudge I had with 3d prints was those pesky paralel lines showing on surfaces, particularly visible on inclined surfaces, but these models have very subtle marks of print, barely visible, which comes to show that this new format is evolving very quickly.

Here is a french chasseur for scale:



The main house:






The stable:







The barn:

First buildings for my spanish villa

I been planning on expanding my collection of terrain for quite a while, particularly aiming at starting a collection of spanish buildings, to use on my Black Powder games of the Peninsular War.

These here are my first 6 buildings for that project. First off, 4 pieces from Hovels:









The backsides:

Next, a couple kits from Charlie Foxtrot. Those are actually 28mm, but I figured they could fit well with my scale. The hermitage looks pretty on scale as a church, while the tower could be said to look a bit too large for 1/72 - but then again, who is to say it's not simply a majestically large tower, suitable for the religious fervour of the peninsular people (!).

A few more houses for central Europe Campaigns

Here are a few more buildings I recently added to my collection. First 2 are those inexpensive Armourfast 1/72 farmhouses. I quite liked them, might even add another 2 to my ranks.

 

Some Chasseurs to give a sense of the size of the buildings:

I also purchased a couple Ukranian houses, from Pegasus Hobbies. These come prepainted to a very good standard, the only thing I might add is a touch up on he window glasses.

 I'll be getting another one of the small house, and with that I'll have enough to represent a small village.

Myy plans for improving my collection of napoleonic terrain for this year also includes acquiring a good number of spanish houses, for my Peninsula battles. A long overdue terrain project!