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I'd love to see how they'd look with one coat of thinned-down black ash woodstain. Not sure when I'll be able to afford some myself though.

This looks really good and am very tempted, looking at the website it's nice to see the multibuy deals I think a bundle like old west and cityblock ones would be hard to resist.

Can anyone who has handled this stuff comment on the hand rails seen on allot of the items. Looks like tHey could be a bit fragile, I'd like to know thats not the case?

I need to see the scifi stuff painted. Nothing looks 'odder' than when metal looks like wood.

MDF makes good stone but not so much metal, especially with washes, so I would love to see someone paint some of these because the designs are cool and the price is right.

notprop wrote:This looks really good and am very tempted, looking at the website it's nice to see the multibuy deals I think a bundle like old west and cityblock ones would be hard to resist.

Can anyone who has handled this stuff comment on the hand rails seen on allot of the items. Looks like tHey could be a bit fragile, I'd like to know thats not the case?

It isn't gonna be as strong as metal, but if you glue them in place they won't be much more fragile than plastic equiv. You'll still have to be fairly careful, as at the end of the day they are small pieces. Repairs to wood with pins etc should be fairly simple too.

nkelsch wrote:I need to see the scifi stuff painted. Nothing looks 'odder' than when metal looks like wood.

MDF makes good stone but not so much metal, especially with washes, so I would love to see someone paint some of these because the designs are cool and the price is right.

If you want the metal look on mdf there is a nice little way. I did it with this product called plasticdip. Took a foam brush and went over the Mdf. After it dried just primed and painted it was good.


It basically gave it a plastic coat to make it work. I was using it more along the lines to protect the MDF.

Darkwynn, do you mean this stuff? (3rd and 4th option http://www.plastidip.co.uk/ ) ?

Thanks for the tip!

I'd never heard of plastic dip before, would be really interested in seeing the kind of finish it gives.

Wouldn't plastidip hide too much of the detail? I've not used it, but I know a few LARPers who use it to patch holes in the latex covering on their LARP weapons and so on. I get the impression it's quite thick.

How about coating the wood with watered down white/pva glue? Just brush it on and it'll soak in, but leave the coating on top. That's what I did for the joints in on my wild west buildings, and I noticed wood stains don't really work when I hit those areas with it, so I had to go over those spots with normal paint.

I cannot really express how glad I am that you posted this.
It's the scenery set that I've always wanted, at a price that won't break the bank.

Just the one item ordered so far, I want to see for myself how they are to assemble and paint before I fill my 8x4 board with them (yes, Necromunda needs that size table to be enjoyed properly).

Thank you.

The best metal affect I've found is simple spray paint.

Prime black
Spray Army Builter Platemail lightly
Do 'dry brush' or 'light spray' black and rust areas

@The Infinite - I can see exactly where you're coming from with wanting a whole massive board packed with this stuff.

Mordheim is my specialist game of choice, so if one of these HDF companies ever makes a medieval ruins set, I will be buying into it in a BIG way.

scarletsquig wrote:@The Infinite - I can see exactly where you're coming from with wanting a whole massive board packed with this stuff.

Mordheim is my specialist game of choice, so if one of these HDF companies ever makes a medieval ruins set, I will be buying into it in a BIG way.

It may be entirely moot, but I found a great way of simulating roads (especially cobbled ones) for Mordheim boards was to use textured wallpaper. Either laid directly onto the board in strips or as part of modular terrain.
You can get a load of patterns that would look like paved streets or cobblestones really easily in most DIY stores (if they have an off-cut bin even better, you don't need much).

Just received my Sarissa Warehouse in the post today!

First of all, build quality is excellent and very accurate - most of it can be assembled without glue, although I will go back and glue most of it except for the lid (which is easily removable).
The big garage doors either end and one small door are held in place with small tabs, which again can be easily removed, and give you the choice in terms of having it completely closed up or with some access points.

Scale is perfect for Infinity, and as a large, LOS-blocking terrain with roof access (provided by 2 neat little ladders) it is ideally suited to it. I also see no reason why it could not be used for 40k, or indeed any other future or near future sci-fi setting.


The only negative thing, the panel design you see on the photo is not actually etched into the wood, leading me to believe that if I paint it you are going to lose that aspect. That's a shame, as the Micro-Arts buildings have a slight indentation to their pattern (is that correct?) Although, it's nothing some masking tape can't solve in terms of spraying/painting.

Overall though it is an excellent model, very finely detailed and well made, hopefully will great on the battlefield when it is painted up!

Pacific wrote:Darkwynn, do you mean this stuff? (3rd and 4th option http://www.plastidip.co.uk/ ) ?[/quote

Yes that is the stuff.

That being said it is very thick and I would thin it down with paint thinner or Naptha is what they ask for to do it. IF you use a foam brush though you can control the flow and thickness pretty easy.

Any word on when the walkways will be released?

Walkways are due end of this month - if the remodelling work goes as planned.

GD

Bit of thread necromancy (how very current) as some of you were keen on the articles I did. I've written a review of the Gantry System finally as Sarissa have got them all sorted out now:

http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-system-gantry-system-sarissa.html

As always I hope you find it useful.

Good review, in fact I agree with all the points brought up in it. I managed to get my lazy behind to Maelstrom again last night, and now that they have got their 'intro' board set up properly it looks stunning (no pics this time, sorry. Phone was dead because I forgot to plug in my charger while listening to music in the car ), and it means that I am definitely going to get some of this gear!

Just to clear up something with regards to the detail on the different sections, it is scored deep enough so that as long as you don't go overboard with thick paint you will be able to keep the details visible, Personally I'm going with White/Bone interiors and Space wolf grey highlighted up for the exterior colours.

Awesome stuff mate, will probably get some of those on the strength of that review.

I should say that what I perceived to be a negative in a previous post (i.e. that the detailing would be obscured by a coat of paint) isn't true!
They are actually very fine indentations into the wood, and still show after coating with a layer of very watered-down PVA, varnish, followed by Tamiya grey surface primer:

I have posted up a painting blog with some pictures of my Sarissa building and a quick guide to salt weathering them as well if anyone is interested.

http://civildead.blogspot.com/

GD

Nice rust effect.. always been meaning to try that myself

Great rust monster on a stick! Nice work.

I went with lazier "let wood shine through" rusting effect:


Simply sprayed space wolf coat and started picking details. The lines look much more clearly on nature. Even on the red door.

I'm really happy with the product.
Can't wait for the walkways!

Damn, seeing those painted pods makes me wish they'd hurry up with my order.

Is that an army of Ood in adhuin's image?

A quick review of a completed Sarissa Warehouse kit, which hopefully should help people fence-sitting make up their mind if they want one or not!

I've made it as a Taxi garage/workshop for the Acontimento board I'm constructing at the moment. I've also got a 'sci-fi car' from Antenociti's workshop, which will be painted up as a taxi and can be placed in or around this warehouse (in fact it fits quite neatly on the driveway).

The entire kit is glued with the exception of the roof piece, which can be easily removed and then slotted back into place, making it ideal for fighting in or around the building (and for hiding Krazy Koalas inside )



The control panel is a resin terrain piece from Antenociti's Workshop, you get 20 in a pack which is very reasonable. They come with a small array of screen designs which you can just cut out and stick on, I think they will be a great way of introducing a unifying element between terrain of different styles (this, MAS and scratch-built stuff)


As you can see, the etching on the panels shows through after spray painting. I added some detail of weathering, and the small warning signs dotted around it are printed from HubbaHubba's excellent poster sheet from his blog in the Arcologies section (on the Infinity forums)


One of the great things about this kit is the doors are easy to remove or just keep in place. I've made both the front door back door so they can be opened/closed. I haven't finished it yet. but I've attached a small rare earth magnet to the other door, so it can be in closed/open position, and the front door/rear garage door.


I did toy with the idea of painting up the inside, having a garage ramp and workbenches etc. but a couple of things put me off. I think you will always need a level of abstraction from the game when constructing a gaming table, and nothing hits that home more than having badly scaled or incomplete internals of buildings. For the second reason, I think while this is achievable, it's more of a time issue. I would love to make a table with tiny tool racks and computer terminals inside, but have to balance this against getting a table full of terrain completed! I may come back to it.

If anyone has any questions about the kit I would be happy to answer, but for now it definitely gets a big thumbs up as easy to make and affordable.

IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST:

GANTRIES ARE HERE (in feb 6th)

EDIT: first review and pics of gantries:
http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-system-gantry-system-sarissa.html
and a pic shamelessly borrowed from above blog:


Looks like there's new pre-releases for February 6th:
GANTRIES or walkways.

http://www.sarissa-precision.co.uk/store/system8/ (at the bottom of the page)


All 5 pounds, if not said otherwise:
3 different stairs
ground to 1st floor (pod roofs, etc)
ground to 2nd floor (2 pods high)
1st floor to 2nd floor

127mm long Gantry, either 1st floor or 2nd floor height
214mm long Gantry, either 1st floor or 2nd floor height
124mm long gantry bridge, either 1st floor or 2nd floor height. models can go under the bridge (no extra support beams crossing)
60x60 mm size gantry that can be 2 way corner or 3 to 4 way crossing. either 1st floor or 2nd floor height . X2 (contains 2)
Rail light kit. Contains 4 Pairs of lightpoles with light blue acrylic lights (also fit pod roofs)
Canopies for gantry with light in each corner. Short length X2 (contains 2)
Canopies for gantry with light in each corner. long length.

Alternative rails:
3 different kinds, low, high and no-gap size, solid sight blockers. Each has 4 of each size, short, long and corner.
High tech rails, with detailing. It has 2 of each size, short, long and corner.

Pod supports: You can raise pods to 1st or 2nd floor!
Explorer 1st or 2nd floor
Settler 1st or 2nd floor
Family/plaza 1st 7,5 pounds
Family/plaza 2nd 10 pounds

Gantry - Walkway:
ground level gantry. Height is the floor level of normal pods. Can also placed higher between pods or silos mounted on the Horizontal Stands. x2 (contains 2)

PLUS: there's group discount. 5 non-pod-supports for price of 4 ( 5 pound discount)


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Jaw simply dropped!
So pre-ordered.

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earlier jabbing:
That Taxi-garage and Those decals look awesome
! It's nice to see how small things can change the look totally different.

I've been eyeing those Antenociti stuff earlier and your garage has convinced to get them for my sarissa buildings. They give nice high tech detail and complexity that you can't get from simple MDF.

BALANCE: I call them Zoidberg bros. I made them way before seeing any Doctor Who, so any similarity is just coincidental.

Hello everybody (in my best Dr Nic voice)

I've been asked to do some comparison shots of the MAS stuff and the Sarissa Precision stuff so I've popped an article up on my blog:

http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.com/2012/01/micro-art-and-sarissa-precision.html

@Adhuin, you can shamelessly borrow pics from my blog if you like. It's what it's therefore, to spread the news. I have no problem with it.

Somewhat on topic,

I order the sample pack of one of each 15mm WW2 building. This stuff is NICE. By far the nicest 15mm terrain I have ever seen in person. I might be a LITTLE on the fragile side, but not too bad. I have assembled 5 of the buildings I go so far, and thus far have only had two missing pieces. I have not yet began to paint them, but I'm sure it will be fine with an airbrush and some very thin paint to not obscure the engraved details.

Highly recommend!

Got my order today after nearly a month of waiting and I am less than pleased to say the least. While the AC unit and solar panels look nice, if a bit simple, the building I ordered not only has the WRONG building type for the main structure, but also the wrong window inserts for the extra floor. I ordered a type five building and instead I got a type 2 building. As I said, less than pleased. First I had to wait a month to get the goods and now I'll have to go through the tedium of getting the right parts.

Update.

After sending them a polite email I've been promised both a replacement kit and proper inserts for the wrong building.