THIS GAMING LIFE ONCE A YEAR, EVERY YEAR

I have reached that confusing age when your own birthday starts to catch you by surprise. What's that you say? Another one … so soon? Really? Get away! Quite frankly, I've never been big on such things, or at least not since I've been old enough to buy my own underpants. Recently, I've begun to think I could well do without altogether. (Birthdays, that is, not underpants. Things have not yet come down to that, you will be pleased to hear.) My wife, however, plainly has other ideas when it comes to birthdays, and having noticed me admiring some rather natty model terrain pieces on eBay she decided to order some of said items as a surprise gift.

By Rick Priestley

Now, I thought I was doing well with the Tshirts and novelty 'Viz' mug, so when the terrain turned up I was feeling distinctly spoiled, as you can imagine. Which means I am now the proud possessor of three new 3D-printed buildings - or rather kits, because there are various bits and bobs to assemble and, of course, they'll need painting and finishing, all of which is yet to be done. All three are from the 'Printable Scenery' range (printablescenery.com) and scaled at 28mm: two are from that section of the range aimed at fantasy games and one from the historical 'Normandy' range. The fantasy buildings are in that 'big and chunky' fashion I associate with Games Workshop models and layouts, constructed from vast hunks of stone and blessed with…

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