Reply To: Centennial Gaming in the Great War – Returns!

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Looks like it was a great battle. The second last photo posted here demonstrates an issue I have with Battlefield in a Box.

If you buy all the terrain you need for a table all at once there is no issue. On the other hand if you purchase the same thing but several months apart there can be a huge difference in the paint colors, just like the cratered roads above. I have the same problem with my river sections. Yes you can re-paint every section to the color but the main reason for buying a Battlefield in a Box product is so you don’t have to.

There are times when this could be an advantage such as my dessert houses. My old ones are all finished in shades of mud brown and they look like natural mud rendered houses in similar colors to the buildings you find Afghanistan villages. My new dessert houses are painted in off whites so the buildings look white washed like some of the Arab houses found along the Mediterranean coastline. The two types mixed on the table look good as it gives a “everyone is doing their own thing” look and feel to the village. It is just not a good look for a river that has 3 different blues on its sections. When I added their river tributary set I added another different blue to the table. I have been trying to avoid having to paint up all the river sections but until I do it adds a toy like fell to the rest of the table.

In general the quality of their products are great. I have their (Russian) Railway station and the detailing on the model is just awesome.