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The first raft of Spartan Scenics products are a series of highly modular buildings, corridors and towers in 28 to 32mm scale, a great addition to any sci-fi, modern, near future or post-apocalyptic wargame. These kits are perfect for creating military bases, underground labs, research colonies, spaceship interiors - the list is endless!

We understand that, when it comes to gaming terrain, space is a premium. With this in mind, we created these incredibly flexible sets so they can be quickly and easily arranged in hundreds of different configurations, so every game you play can be completely unique. The concept of 'in it, on it and around it' sits at the heart of this product range.

The modules are designed so that you can fight where you want and how you want - removable roofs and opening doors make for thrilling close skirmish action while fighting on the roofs and around the buildings provides great cover and a flavourful backdrop for titanic, apocalyptic war-zones. Even more exciting, with the Towers & Walkways set, your game board extends vertically! This dramatically increases your playing space without need for huge boards, and creates dynamic, cinematic 3D battlefields, where the bullets fly in all directions.

To these buildings, extra life and flavour can easily be added with our amazingly detailed resin accessory packs. Each of these packs contains all the extras you need to turn the rooms of your Sci-Fi base into command centres, armouries, medical labs and more. This significantly increases the modular nature of the range, because these objects can easily be moved around to dramatically shift the nature of your game. Not only do these packs give great narrative background and themed objectives to your games, but they provide impromptu cover for your troops in fire-fights.

In case this isn't enough, the launch of Spartan Scenics also includes the release of a giant spaceship! Available in two different sizes this jaw-dropping model slots perfectly into any science fiction game, regardless of scale, be it as a terrain piece, an objective, or simply as a LARGE spaceship.

Less talk! More links!

Wow...those ships are awesome!

Link to the store: https://shop.spartangames.co.uk/SearchResults.asp?searching=Y&sort=13&cat=1925&show=100&page=1

So, yet more MDF stuff? It all looks a bit samey to me.

Also, terrain starter pack: https://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SGSS01

Ah, no, these are not MDF. It says so right there on the description. They are HDF. Big difference

Is that good or bad?

HDF = high density fiberboard. MDF is medium density. I am not an expert, but I think the former is harder.

nice looking sets maybe even spartan is going to make a 40k style game (larger scale to there planet side) which will suck since spartan has never released a decent rule system in its life all fire power rule crap

spartan games : decent to great models over priced for what you get and poor rules

harder and (if you're transporting it) heavier

Looking good. And fit in nicely with the other offerings from MAS or Sarissa. Price seems okay, too.

And even if you're not transporting it, still heavier.
...I'll be here all night

I like those landed ships-- looks like someone at Spartan has been playing XCOM recently!

Holy maccaroni that 28mm deluxe variant is just lovely.

Needs.

Those internal detail kits (med lab, weapon storage, etc.) are very nice. Are they HDF as well?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Those internal detail kits (med lab, weapon storage, etc.) are very nice. Are they HDF as well?

The descriptions don't tell us, but I think it's impossible to get so many details in m/hdf... they are probably resin like the deluxe addons for the space ships


Nevermind... found it

"These highly detailed and expertly cast resin objects " in https://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SGSS06

Once some pics without a pro studio paintjob are posted, I suspect it won't end up looking any more impressive than the rest of the MDF/HDF offerings that are flooding the market.

Am I the only guy tempted to buy it bc it isn't a kickstarter?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Once some pics without a pro studio paintjob are posted, I suspect it won't end up looking any more impressive than the rest of the MDF/HDF offerings that are flooding the market.

like...
this one
https://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn.volusion.com/gnclv.fjgyd/v/vspfiles/photos/SGSS13-3.jpg?1369103639 ?

I was interested till I saw the pictures and realized they were laser cut HDF. More interested in the resin accessories.

 jgemrich wrote:
Am I the only guy tempted to buy it bc it isn't a kickstarter?

I lol'd and approve of this statement.

Some solid looking stuff, but the material of these and detail kits took forever to find, pointless obfuscation for the win.
That said, solid price and offerings.

Not so chuffed about the buildings. The resin accessories, though, now, those are really something. They're a tad expensive, though.

Re: Accessories. I'm also wondering if they won't be too big for other games, like the Dystopian Wars minis being a full head taller than other miniature ranges out there.

 jgemrich wrote:
Am I the only guy tempted to buy it bc it isn't a kickstarter?

it is getting to be nice to see the occasional product go direct to retail. Im semi burned out on KS. Ive passed on a couple recently because Im sick of waiting for stuff. That being said, I will be pledging for Paulson Games Mecha Front when it hits KS.

Just to be sure, this is actually 28mm right? and not 35mm?

I am soooooo ordering an Invincible. Now if someone could find me a similarly sized steampunk airship...

Wow, fantastic paint jobs, that's for sure.
I've never seen mdf terrain look so good, but... I have a sinking feeling it's all in the paint.
Yes, I did see the dropship in primer, and no, I wasn't particularly impressed. Looks like those snap-tite models I used to build as a kid.

But yeah... the pics make it look absolutely fantastic.

Warstore has them up for preorder:
http://www.thewarstore.com/spartanpreorders.html

It's a delightful change for Spartan Games. They're hopping onto the 28mm-terrain-with-hexagons bandwagon. In-theme with Infinity.

Was I really the first person in this thread to mention Infinity? It looks ideal for that.

When Spartan Games abandons the Dystopian Legions line in a few months and starts up a new game, I hope this terrain will still be around. On the bright side, this terrain won't go out of style anytime soon.

I don't think I've ever tried to like a game as much as I tried for Dystopian Wars. Their abysmal ruleset and poor development turned my entire FLGS off to them. I'd like to see some clarification whether this stuff is meant for 28mm or their larger TT figs scale, because no way will I actually try to play their stuff in their games.