Here we find various bits and pieces by a scenery company called 4Ground.
4Ground are another one of these laser cutting terrain companies, but with a difference.
Their "unique selling point" is that they sell their buildings pre-painted, so you just have to assemble them.
They do a pretty massive range of different bits and pieces - from Shogunate Japan to Viking long halls.
Some of them are detailed inside and out.
The medieval houses weren't yet out at Salute, but were a preview.
When I do finally get around to starting up Warhammer Fantasy again, I suspect they will be somewhere in my shopping list.
They were also working on some different scale Pegasus Bridge models.
And some internal spaceship corridors.
As is, I understand, compulsory in the contract for buying a laser to make wargaming scenery, they make Wild West terrain as well.
Their 15mm NW European buildings are AMAZINGLY good, but the pre-painted thing isn't quite as good as it seems, for three reasons:
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2) Who wouldn't want to paint up buildings themselves, right? (!) and
3) - inportantly - they spray them BEFORE cutting them, so all the paint is scroched wherever there's a cut or a score. This is a real pity, when you think that it'd be pretty easy - surely - to spray them AFTER the cutting process.
And you pay quite a premium for the painted versions, too.
Still, they are gorgeous buildings indeed!
It's never as good if you haven't done it yourself, but it's that balance of convenience over personalisation.
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