144artist paints Mantic's Terrain Crate
First Look
One of the reasons I was determined to finish painting all my dungeon tiles quickly is that I had a plethora of pieces arriving with my rewards from the Mantic Terrain Crate Kickstart. I have always loved details and scatter terrain so when the campaign launched I knew I would want a lot of it so will have quite a bit to paint. Since I’m not giving myself a deadline this could take quite a while. I’m approaching these much as I do the pile of Reaper Bones I’ve amassed, always have a couple on the table to work on and they will eventually get finished.
I’m impressed with these overall. Nice sculpts with fun little details and decent castings. Being a softer plastic some of the pieces have arrived bent or warped, the cart was especially messed up. Warm water usually takes care of these issues easily enough though the cart had multiple places that needed addressing (the wheels are a little thin). In the end I got it sorted and I started my painting with the wares intended to fit in the wagon as well as some of the book shelves.
Here's the cart mostly straightened out.
The shelves are designed to be stackable for really BIG libraries and came with wheeled ladders.
Narrower shelves as well as corners will help them fit anywhere.Pretty clear this is going to be another project of many simple paint jobs. This will be helped by the fact that the details and textures are clean and easy to pick out. Not to say I don’t plan on indulging in a little trompe l’oeil or “fool the eye” as that is half the fun with these sorts of things. The apples were a perfect place for this while the book shelves are better kept Impressionistic.
Clean, simple design with great wood grain for painting.
Apples and potatoes
A pile of produce for market or to supply the troops.
Really fun and fast to paint
I love the simple highlight on the apples and potato sacks.
Thank you so much