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Barnraising

I’ve been sitting on a Black Site Studios European barn terrain kit since the end of 2023. In my defense, there was a cross-country move, six months of living in a rental house, another move, and several shuffles and reorganizations of stuff. But the lag time in building it was much more a me problem than a circumstances problem.

This is my fourth (I think) building kit from Black Site, and I’m consistently pleased their stuff so far. Modeling and painting terrain is kind of intimidating, so prepainted MDF ensures that I get something on the table that actually looks like it sorta belongs there. The level of detail is on par with what I strive for in my miniatures – not intricate, but good enough for three-foot observation during play.

This is the largest kit of theirs I’ve build so far. 28mm Empress and Spectre figures for scale.

I left the awning, ramps, and steps unglued so I can stash them inside the barn for storage.

Black Site, Light Box

Over the summer, I picked up an LED light box from B&H. This coincided with a major slowdown in painting and photographing my Pile of Shame, so I hadn’t actually used it for much yet. Around the same time, I also picked up a trio of building kits from Black Site Studios, whose specialty is pre-painted MDF – just glue and deploy.

Recently, I’ve had the free time to sit down and work on a few of my neglected projects. I went ahead and knocked these out. For what they are, and for the money and time invested, I’m pretty pleased with the results (and the light box works pretty well, too, even if these pieces are threatening to overflow it):

A few more photos and some notes on what’s what are over on my Flickr gaming photostream.