Having recently been on a bit of a plastic binge, trying out some new sets, my stocks of mdf bases actually dwindled to barely nothing. In fact I had completely run out of smaller round bases. It's the kind of thing we all normally just pick up a bag full of at a wargame show, probably not even paying attention to the name of the company we buy them from. Well a quick Facebook group enquiry as to where I could get some currently from and I went with the recommendation of Sarissa Precision. (I did get lots of other great recommendations which I am sure would be just as great.) I'm sure there isn't a lot of difference when it comes to lazer cut bases other than the costs per base, so really my choice was down to what other products the company sold as well. After all, I couldn't just buy bases, could I?
I love Sarissa's work. I have a full table of Old West terrain, mostly from Sarissa. Their smaller Western buildings don't even need gluing, they just hold themselves together snugly. (Great for storing flat again for space saving.) I like that the price point is not increased by the kits being pre-painted either. I'm a wargamer on a budget and painting mdf buildings is not something I find a chore. So the reason I went with them was I knew I would do well treating myself to something.
I decided I needed a couple of buildings for a fantasy table for playing Dragon Rampant. Something not too large and obviously fantasy rather than historical. The Burrow's and Badgers range of buildings have a nice quirky feel to them. In the end I opted for Salvor's Burrow and Brother Mortimer's Den. They both felt like they would make a good start to a halfling village, handy due to the fact I have a painting table covered in halflings.
A generous relative had gifted me some flock covered paper which had been sat in my craft drawer for some time. This felt like the perfect opportunity to use it. It had suffered some abuse from getting crumpled up in the craft drawer but a day with a heavy weight on top and it was good to go.
Using the cardboard roof pieces as templates and dry fitting the buildings to see where there would be other suitable gaps, I cut some pieces out to glue to the kits.
I sensibly pre-painted as many pieces as I could while they were on the flat making it easier. Again the dry fitting of the model helped with this as it showed where it was needed.
Salvor's Burrow was done first. The flock paper was just stuck on with PVA and even though my paper was really creased up from sitting in storage, it sat really nice and flat on the model.
When I started Brother Mortimer's Den, I immediately recognised the same style cardboard doorway/window and so didn't even pop them out before painting them.
I nearly got in trouble with the door placement on this piece. The base is not symetrical and the door panel needs to be on the side with the wider base to fit the door steps on. The instructions from Sarissa are always clear and the fault is mine for a lapse in concentration, luckily I spotted it in time and didn't do any harm to the construction.
I was on a roll with the flock paper so decided this building should get the full roof covering treatment as well. This building comes with removable roof and the chimney top comes off as well. There is also a ladder that can be popped into the chimney, I think I might just put mine in my random scatter terrain drawer.
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