Friday, January 30, 2015

Crescent Root Terrain Review!

My box with a few buildings I ordered from Crescent Root arrived on Wednesday and all I can say is Wow! This company does top shelf stuff, perhaps better than 4Ground even that has done some very nice items...

I would like to say they were dead on the estimated time to ship and shipped it priority mail which is a plus for me, I want my toys sooner than later! Their customer services was great as I asked questions and was given a prompt response within a reasonable period of time, that is a huge mark of respect for me to have excellent customer relations and service.....

The box....

A box in a box! Sounds like Dr Seuss!

Packing was A+, I removed the padding already...

One of their new two part buildings...

Another..

creative packing

Inside detail

yes the door opens and closes

A majority of the doors are mounted with a medical type tape, hard to see but seems to hold well and holds the door in place well as I was playing around with it.

Another....of the two part kit....it has two fence areas that merge them together...

The other building...

Another shot....the other side has a double door you will see later....

The side of a two level merged building.....

The inside of the side building...

The other building before the floor is added...

The outside...

Detail is a trademark, bullet holes, posters and cracks...


The back half where the other building touches and creates an alley with two walls with the kit.

Together...

The walls on the back side, I was playing around they have a great view on Crescent Root Website....this was a huge selling point for me.....

Second floor...ladies wear and coats!

The font of the garage...

The back of the garage....

Sides....

Assembled....

Detail....

Back...

Other side....

inside loft....

The larger buildings are held together with pins for ease of assembly and breakdown for storage. The parts are very snug when you get them, I had to file mine down slightly and use a drill bit to lean the holes to make the pins drop all the way, once they were adjusted this baby is good as gold!



The buildings together with the fence....nice right? Soon to be released.

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Aerial shot..

Another....

Another high shot....

Again what is nice about Crescent Root vs 4Ground (as they both come prepainted) is that simply all the work is done for you and you just open the box and setup the scenery to enjoy. Yea, I had to adjust the one bit of scenery but that was nothing but a quick moment of work. Plus they go the extra mile with an eye for detail as well. Price wise they are on par with 4Ground and you save a few bucks buying the sets....plus their WW2 city set has streets and other goodness to add even more to your game. I admit I love to assemble and paint, but sometimes it just feels good to open a box and go, damm that looks good and I didn't have to do s***! 

Check them out! Give them some business! Support great companies like this!


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Fantastic Four Fail? You make the call.


I had high hopes for this reboot until I watched it. Now all I can say is Fantastic Failure!

Serious....the promo is weak....they plug the last X-men movie and special effects to carry this movie it seems.

Plus again the movie industry goes out to change characters instead of sticking to cannon instead change Johnny Storm making him another race instead of the blonde punk kid we know and love. *sigh* Mind you I am not a racist guy, but they should have stuck to what was done and not trying to rewrite what was already good and decent. Why they do these stupid choices it just really makes me want to just give up on the intelligence of the movie industry.

I know most people are like, yea they did this to Nick Fury and did a quick race change to allow Samuel Jackson the role.....again a bad choice to change something for a quick buck or hype....

Would people be upset if say they did a Black Panther movie with a white actor? Power Fist as as someone of Asian origin instead?  Perhaps make Thor female with a French accent?

How much is going too far from what is established and works?

The prior movies were not the best, but they tried and that won my respect despite the suck factor. This already has my disdain and I frankly will no go watch this movie and encourage anyone else to not give the movie industry any profit, wait for it to go to Redbox and rent it.....serious I don't think it would be worth more than this to watch.

What do you think?

Crossover Miniatures Arrive!

Rusti has done it again with another round of great looking figs to join the lineup of miniatures!

Mine arrived on Tuesday and I dove right in!

















Now on with some head choices! Help me decide!
The leader head?

A touch of Moon Knight?

Long Hair with mask on this brawler


Another shot

Wild hair brawler....

Druid with pulled back hair...

Long hair option...

Hooded option...

Reptile head

Human head

Goggles

different goggles

pony tail with mask

Short hair female....

Mystical head with dot on forhead....