Grab Some Grub With Antenocitis At Ho Lee Fooks
August 18, 2018 by brennon
Antenocitis Workshop has added a superb new building to their terrain collection for use in Infinity. Come and grab some food and a drink at Ho Lee Fooks!
The building features multiple floors and the MDF comes pre-painted. You don't have to do much with this building to get it ready for the tabletop. The multiple layers are something we always like to see for Infinity terrain as it really helps break up the frequency of AROs AND offers up some nice verticality for gameplay.
I like the clear acrylic areas above the restaurant which are just trying out for a cinematic battle between two soldiers. This kind of terrain is another reason why I think you should look towards clear bases for Infinity!
The interior is also fully decorated with resin pieces.
This is just crying out for a proper clash between squads in Infinity. You could imagine this being the meeting place for a Yu Jing agent and his contacts and the ALEPH or PanO forces surging through the streets to raid this and take him down.
What do you think of Ho Lee Fooks?
Great terrain. The name is a bit problematic – I get it’s a pun, but it’s only a pun by creating a joke about the names and language used by an entire race of people. Is it light hearted or is it a continued pattern of making fun of other cultures that we really should be moving on from now
As part of said culture I’m going to say who cares. A little bad wordplay isn’t going to destroy thousands of years of civilization. It’s guilty of being too easy and unoriginal not starting a race war. The’re over a billion of us and we’ll be fine so let’s leave the SJW elsewhere please because life is far too short.
Nice ad hominem reply using SJW as a pejorative. @carlospictor I agree it is juvenile and not really in the theme of a game that seems to want to embrace anime culture.
Seems you’re guilty of the same thing.
Considering what most people try to complain about on the internet SJW is a pejorative nowadays.
Thanks, you’ve taken my question and really run with it. I was legitimately asking the question, because while I get the pun I genuinely felt torn about it’s appropriateness.
For what it’s, worth – because modern society is so unjust across every strata and demographic – I personally feel that fighting for social justice is not only worthy, but required.
There are better hills to die on.
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You’ll get over it.
Thanks. I think if you re-read my comment you’ll see that I find it problematic because I get the pun and then asked the question of whether that kind of punning was still appropriate- there’s nothing for me to get over other than I asked a question to get some other points of view.
I read it several times before responding, and it still reads like politically correct posturing. It’s gaming stuff for goodness sake.
That’s fine, you read it several times but still didn’t read the final sentence where I ask is it lighthearted or is it a continued pattern of making jokes at other cultures. It’s literally the final sentence where I throw the question out there for other points of view. I really don’t understand how asking the question to the community is politically correct posturing.
I think you’ll find your answer in the rest of the thread.
If it was REALLY a question then the sentence would end after the word cultures. The fact that you tacked on your own personal declaration of how we should all feel and behave makes it PC preaching.
Just gaming stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_board_games
LOL. That’s quite a leap. Again, it’s MODEL TERRAIN.
You can always rename it ‘Kumbayah Palace of International Love and Correctness’.
Right. Because THAT’S the cautionary take away we needed from The Third Reich. Their gaming habits.
The werewolf’s of London are looking for lee ho fook’s and some beef chow mein…
I think its supposed to be light hearted more than anything else; a quick google indicates there is a place in Hong Kong called Ho Lee Fook.
As to the model itself, looks great like a lot of AW’s stuff. I especially like the clear roof.
And there’s a place in Hong Kong called ‘Mong Kok Kowloon’… In the west that’s funny… but in Hong Kong it’s just a place name… Language can be used for humour without causing offence… In the movie/tv series Alien Nation the human cop was called ‘Sykes’ which the aliens said sounded like ‘excrement’ and ‘cranium in their language… or ‘shit head’ if you prefer… I think I preferred the world when you could say something sarcastic, or ‘pun’ without someone telling you it’s ‘inappropriate’… In the distant past some bad things were done by the ancestors of many of us,… Read more »
Hear hear.
Yes the detail work around the rooftop really is impressive.
While I get the argument I would make two points in response. The first, while I understand cultural sensitivity is important, if we take it too far then it just starts making everything less fun in general. My second point is that, and I know that this could be seen as a “delay,” in this hobby there are much bigger issues of sexism and racism in things like model design or faction creation and I feel like as a whole that’s where our focus should be. Not on little mildly racist puns but on every female model being buxom and… Read more »
Well said. There are bigger fish to stir fry.
For what I hope is a constructive take on it: I think that it is a slightly racist pun, but not a problematically racist pun. The rest of the kit just looks like a slightly more sci fi take on an appropriate noodle hut. It’s not like it’s full of buck toothed mascots or comes with a server in a paddy hat. I’d certainly prefer if they called it Lee Ho Fooks, but that’s ENTIRELY for the Werewolves of London joke.
If the Werewolves of London wanted to complain it would probably listen.
A great looking building for big trouble in little China or Even star wars.
Let’s not forget that iconic line, “He say you blade runna.”
Brilliant. Love the name.
This company keeps on cranking out the hits.
1st off: Great terrain! Look perfect for all sorts of cyberpunky goodness. As for the name, all I can say is that at least in the U.S., if the name of the place doesn’t involve Jade or Panda in the title its probably a bad pun. “Wok N’ Roll” is a popular one I’ve seen in multiple cities. In Lake City, FL they even have the “Fu King Chinese Restaurant.” They make a lot of money from T-shirt sales, lemme tell ya.
LOL. Outstanding. Thanks for the perspective @silverstars .
There’s a chain of take away’s near me called Wok U Like.
Wow. Just wow.
I saw THAI TANIC once and I almost drove over myself with my own car.
As to this SJ stuff, for me it’s all about intent, are antenociti intending on offending? Or intending to make a prouduct that will have a really memorable title? Tbh, as stated easier, there’s bigger fish to fry in the industry. The terrain is good, its got a funny name, it’s wargames. Arguably we could go down the rabbit hole on how space marines and the imperium are the only good guys if you promote eradicating anything different in the name of ‘god’.
On the note of the name for this terrain piece. I think it’s perfectly fine and quite funny. On the subject of people accusing people of being SJWs for voicing concern about the name…I think they have a legitimate point to make. I find the idea of accusing people of political correctness gone made a tad stupid nowadays. It comes down to a few hard and fast rules. Are you being a dick? Well, stop being a dick. Can you say something that is nice to someone else and makes them happier for it? Well, do that. Do you have… Read more »
Thank you Ben. I was genuinely surprised that questioning my own concern and then throwing the question out there would elicit such a strong reaction, and some of it aimed directly at me for even asking.
Completely agree @brennon this is a place where we can engage with one another constructively and respectfully (even to disagree)
We (as a community) shouldn’t be going out of our way to close conversation down or label each other… because non of us learn anything that way.
Anyone have any issues with that can join me for dinner and a chat… main course, Cream of Sum Yung Gui! 😉
@warzan, in Melbourne Australia we have a (rather good) Chinese restaurant whose name you will utterly love…it is called “Kum Den”. I kid you not. Get on google maps and check it out.
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When I first read that last bit I thought you said Sam.
I do think things have got out of control in the world… sometimes feels you have to stay silent to avoid offending someone with even the slightest remark. People get offended if you criticise their hobbies, their choice of game… Basically… if you don’t want someone to disagree with you… don’t share your opinion… And if you do share an opinion… expect someone to disagree. One more thing… I have these random abbreviations that get used… I had to Google sjw… It’s just a few more letters to say what you mean, the amount of storage available on the internet… Read more »
Does it come unpainted? Otherwise loving it, I want to do a Yujing Dining district so this piece is on the menu. Oh I made a funny.
wiseolbird, Glad to see I’m not the only one that got that its a reference to a Warren Zevon lyric with a twist (probably to avoid copyright rather than some more sinister reason)….. well everyone else was picking battles over SJW/Racism and missing the joke.