They arrived a couple of days ago so last night I painted up the East Front buildings. One reason I decided to go with K&K is that I took one look at the new Battlefront prepainted and thought- yuck. They look like a 12 year old made them. I don't care if they are relatively cheap and prepainted, they look far too simplistic- and by the sounds of it the roofs are a bit fragile too.
Anyway here are the K&K EF buildings. My thoughts on them? I'm a bit unsure really- probably an 8 out of 10. I like the buildings, nice clean moulds with excellent detail, and they paint up well. The only thing I dislike is the size of 3 of them. I like my buildings to be able to hold at least 2 medium sized FoW bases and some of these can only hold one. So at 45pd for 5 (roughly $NZ90) I'm not covinced they are that good value for money- I do like the larger buildings but as you can only buy them individually then you don't get access to the discount for the city sets. A minor quibble I know but that is the only thing from holding me back from sayng I love them and giving the 10 out of 10.
I have not looked in detail at the Ligne set yet but again, and at a glance, did like the look of the bigger buildings, not so much the smaller ones.
I bought the K&K "Desert city in a box" and I have the same opinion of them as you have on your eastern front buildings. They are hands down the best looking buildings available, but they're a little too small to be useful for Flames of War gaming.
ReplyDeleteSome of the buildings don't even have rooms large enough to fit a small base inside, nevermind a medium base!
I paid about the same cost per building as Battlefront's desert buildings, so I feel they are good value, relatively speaking.
Agreed, W DF, if they were a little larger they'dd be perfect.
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I too have the Desert City in a Box. I think they're great, especially the walls and walled courtyards.
ReplyDeleteCraig C,did the free P&P have anything to do with you picking K&K ?
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Yes, ddefineitely. That and I wanted to get the tram barricade :)
ReplyDeleteI love Total Battle Miniatures but for the club they are a bit dear. I have looked at K&K numerous times over the years and so it was a good opportunity to finally get some. In future I'll probably just stick to the bigger buildings in their range
The other ranges I have are TBM, landmark, JR Minis & Crescent Root (Desert & NW Europe ranges). TMB are by fare my favourite.
Craig