New Gothic Building & Battlefield Obstacles Coming Soon From 4Ground
September 9, 2016 by brennon
4Ground have shown off some of their new pieces coming to both their Gothic City range and regular Terrain & Obstacle collection which will be available towards the end of the month. We'll kick off with the big building joining the collection.
Here you can see a rather impressive building which shows off all manner of interesting gameplay possibilities right off the bat. Imagine clambering around on top of those air-ducts and across of that roof section. A very exciting piece that would make for a neat centrepiece on the gaming table.
Street Terrain
Building on the idea of having packed and lived in streets the team at 4Ground have also been working on nice piece of scatter which will give you cover and look good too. Pieces like their Vending Machines...
...and their Bus Shelter would be great for hiding behind.
If you're looking to add a little bit more height to your tabletop as well as a bit of eye candy then check out their Billboards.
They come with a ladder access and that walkway halfway up which allows you to set up models in sniping positions.
I like these for sticking amidst your packed streets as ways between rooftops. I also like the idea of putting them up in more rural areas to give a splash of colour to the green and brown.
Lighting The Way
Additionally a range of new lights are also coming out. First up we have this Signal/Spotlight which might be useful for your superhero games or when criminals have hidden away in a building!
If you're looking to building more of an industrial look or maybe something down in the sewers then how about the Emergency Lighting rig that you can also get. They both appear to come with the coloured plastic inserts giving you the look of real lights too.
I could see a few of these dotted around a makeshift military camp somewhere within a city. They'd really add to the mood as you laid out the scenario for players.
Pylons!
Last but not least we have some of their Pylons hitting the tabletop.
As you can see it's quite the towering structure and comes with the small walkway about halfway up to make it a gameplay piece as well as something to marvel at.
Here they've used some of the Spectre Miniatures range to demonstrate the use of the terrain. I could see these crossing an expansive desert board where your US soldiers are making their way towards a convoy to stop it.
What do you think of their offerings for this month?
"I could see these [pylons] crossing an expansive desert board where your US soldiers are making their way towards a convoy to stop it..."
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Well then it seems that Warrens request have been fulfilled on the electrical towers. All really neat looking kits.
Just wow! Beautiful stuff 😎
Holy crap those pylons are big! At least you only need one on most tables, maybe a second on a 6×4
Those vending machines look horrible! All the items are neatly in their rows. They should have put several hanging there tormenting would be purchasers by not falling. Maybe add some dents where frustrated “customers” have tried to beat their snacks loose.
I need one of those pylons lol
Wow, how big are those pylons???
When @warzan said on the Weekender there would be a 28mm pylon coming I have to say I was skeptical and figured Warren had heard what he wanted to hear. No way were they building that. …I was wrong. And looking at the size of the thing, all I can say now is that is crazy awesome and Warren – when you are right, you are right.
That pylon is amazing!
I have visions of a 28mm ‘graboid’ for a game of Tremors… That could make quite a cool demo / convention game.
or Resident Evil Las Vegas sniper?
It would be much nicer if they didn’t just rip off designs from existing kits by Knights of Dice (pylons, billboard) and Multiverse Gaming (the light towers and construction lights).
I’m confused and maybe it is because you are coming from a different place to me but the only thing similar about most of those is that they represent the same thing, the pylon looks different, the portable lights look different, the light towers are different and with the billboard only the art neuvo bit around the outside is similar. Different materials as well as different design shapes and styles. Now if you are saying it’s unfortunate they also did a pylon, billboard, lights etc. then I can kind of understand but that they copied is a bit extreme.
Oh and surely the pylon is a copy of their 15mm one and 10mm ones that have been out for ages and that warren mentioned in the video when he talked about the possibility of the 28mm one?
Man they make great stuff.
There are some cool kits here and I’m sure I’ll get some. I’d like to see some options for adding actual lighting to the objects like billboards and especially the lighting kits. My city boards are all permanently fixed in place and I’d like to be able to add a lighting rig to them but it would be great as an option from the kit manufacturers.