Here's my long overdue review. Sorry! These only arrived just as I was leaving for holidays!
The package came as a small set of A5-sized pieces of card, complete with nice burnt card smell
. Construction is very straightforward: you build the central box then simply add walls to it. First the "grating," then the exterior girder pieces. Each section has a small corresponding symbol to help you orient everything. Simple enough to build without looking at the instructions eh?
The central core is made by a single, solid box, which gives the model great strength once the overlying layers are added.
Well, I got too clever and mistakenly placed a fold where it shouldn't have been.
It should have been tucked right in. As a result, the central box was not perfectly square. Oh well.
Despite my best efforts to
it up, it still managed to come out looking good. It is also surprisingly strong. I tested it with the Paradiso campaign book and a 2 litre coke and it came out fine. Most home-made terrain would just disintegrate under that load.
Scale-wise, it fits fine for 28mm, especially if you think that the scenery should be a little smaller than otherwise to indicate ground scale.
A couple of small niggles. The container door doesn't bend nicely... it sort of crinkles halfway at the back and needs a firm finger to keep the whole door from warping. I think a couple of full thickness cuts made to the hinges would help immeasurably. Being card, these are rather light so I would recommend either gluing them down to a base or adding some weights inside to keep them from being shifted during play.
On the whole, I am suitably impressed. I showed some finished containers (including the terminal) to the lads and lasses at my local club, who were also quite positive about them..Neal Crankshaw's bulk deal means that we will definitely be getting a few more of these to fill our Ambush Z / Infinity / Necromunda tables.
Looks: 7/10
Whilst not an awesomely detailed sci-fi resin piece nor skull-encrusted ruins, it is generic enough to use in almost any setting from late 20th century to
40K. The layered panels also add an element of depth not seen with most other laser-cut products.
Utility: 9/10
Useful for a wide range of eras and environments. The only way you can get more generic is rocks and trees! They totally block
LOS which is important for Infinity as well as other skirmish rules. They are a *little* small for Infinity,
Sturdiness: 9/10
While I wouldn't risk standing on it, it can take the weight of my heaviest pewter and laugh for more.
Value for money: 9/10
Difficult to argue with about R30 each. Only scratchbuilt is cheaper and I am too lazy/inept. The value bundle is only better.
Overall: 8.5/10
A nice way to fill up a board, add scatter terrain or make a container depot for objectives.
