SpiralngCadavr Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Does anyone have recommendations? Everything I've seen is, well, not very well-constructed and/or inaccurate, and often pretty pricey on top of that. I don't need perfect scale for Malifaux, but I would like to not wince every time something's on my table because it looks like it's been designed by someone who roughly remembers what they were told about Japan once. What I'm most looking for are stone lanterns and torii gates, but the only ones I've ever been able to find that look mostly right were by a now-inactive company, with runners-up being overly angular, and an aquarium decoration. edit: plastcrafts has reasonable (if expensive) buildings, but again hugely missed the mark on the torii... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 I might head over to the Bushido forums and ask there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Thanks, that's actually already where I saw the only promising looking options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I'm very, very far from an expert in Japanese construction so I have no idea what makes a torii look unauthentic, but would these work:http://shop.zenitminiatures.es/category.php?id_category=9Zenit at least seems like they are doing quite a bit of research for their Kensei line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemonkin Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 4ground seem to offer some good options but I have been getting mine from Sarissa Precision. D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xGIxJOKERx Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Yeah, Sarissa has some good reasonably priced stuff. No stone lanterns, though. http://www.sarissa-precision.com/Japan/cat1603369_2186570.aspx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Thanks guys, some of those were collections I'd seen before but not all. Some nice buildings there, but other than the graves from Zenit, I'm still a bit skeptical of most of the scatter terrain, and find it somewhat astounding how far off people get shrine gates-- I don't expect people to have been to Japan or anything, but those gates are round, not square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshimartian Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Personally, these guys have been on my wish list for some time: http://renaissanceminiatures.com/webstore/products/eastAsianOS/ But it still looks like the gate misses the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Thanks guys, some of those were collections I'd seen before but not all. Some nice buildings there, but other than the graves from Zenit, I'm still a bit skeptical of most of the scatter terrain, and find it somewhat astounding how far off people get shrine gates-- I don't expect people to have been to Japan or anything, but those gates are round, not square.According to Wikipedia at least, there seems to be quite a few different styles with differing amounts of roundness to them (Shinmei family gates seem less round):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Marshimartian, cool stuff- pretty pricey, but those are some good kits.Math, yep, but it's very rare from my experience to encounter a gate with square pillars (sorry if that was confusing, I didn't mean the structure, as in, right angles between the pillars and crossbeams), while most models see those pillars as square for some weird reason.I'm thinking at this point that there are some good buildings, but I'll need to start making some of my own gates and lanterns (it'll get me some practice with casting, too)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmeep Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Have you had a look at the Oshiro site? pricey but comes in both painted and unpainted versions http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk/index.html then theres lost village terrain http://www.lostvillageterrain.co.uk/ found a site the other day with some gorintos and spirit statues that would work for scatter terrain http://mastercrafted.co.uk/product-category/scenery/ and ofc the plastcraft terrain for kensei/ fukei I have 3 of their houses and theyre easy to build and looks ok, If I had the cash Id go for the Oshiro ones then theres the kickstarter with the fishing village and other asian terrain if youre in the us http://renaissanceminiatures.com/webstore/products/eastAsianOS/ Im sure Ive forgotten something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clousseau Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 For scatter terrain 4Ground do some carts which I find very useful http://www.4ground.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=268&pid=802 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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