Slum Wall Set 1

Newly released, and newly received; a set of slum walls from White Dragon Miniatures.

Sculpted by master craftsman Giacomo Pantalone aka The Lazy Forger, these 5 pieces are approximately 20mm high, with one section slightly lower at 10mm. Placed end to end they measure 355mm, or 14".

There are three straight sections and two L sections so there should be plenty of scope to arrange them in interesting ways. (Especially if you bought three packs like me.)

The walls feature a lot of corrugated metal sheets, as you'd expect, often supported by concrete  barriers, with added details such as tyre, barrels, ammo boxes and sections of cables nicely draped across the walls. The walls are battle damaged, showing off the attention to detail I've come to expect from Giacomo.

An essential additon to any urban terrain, particularly if you like shanties, and who doesn't like shanties? I really need to make some more.

The concrete barricades are also available from White Dragon Miniatures, on their own or as a hastily built defensive line with similar scrap items adding to the cover . I really like the direction their urban terrain is headed. There will be some nice gritty scenarios playing out on my table very soon...

http://www.whitedragonminiatures.co.uk/category-s/119.htm

The Lazy Forger Grav Bikes

The Lazy Forger/The Lazy One otherwise known as Giacomo Pantalone, 3D sculptor extraordinaire, has a Shapeways shop that held my interest for a long time. I think I first saw the figures he makes as he was developing them and posting pictures on the Lead Adventure forum. (I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong!)

It contained some of the nicest droids around, including some mounted on stunning little grav choppers.

I finally got round to ordering a platoon of the Agis mod a couple of years ago (he also makes a Sohei mod with different heads but they look a bit oriental, which I don't think works quite so well personally). As well as the figures in the photos below, it included 30 or so infantry figures and I think it was reservations I had regarding these that caused me to wait so long before painting them.

It's not that the models are as fragile as people have suggested, although they certainly are less robust than metal figures. Rather, they don't have an integral base, and are too fine to pin. They do take glue well, but I think it may remain a weak point. We'll see...

Those problems don't apply to the grav bikes or the command pod however. They take a drill well, and paint up nicely. It took a couple of layers of undercoat to get a decent covering, but I think they're well worth the effort and would recommend anyone to take a look. He sells small sample packs if you're not sure.

Have a look around the shop here: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/thelazyone