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New range of terrain from Southpaw Design
June 30, 2011 by beerogre
Are you in the market for some durable, easy to assemble terrain that you can easily transport?
Then what about this new range from Southpaw Design... Flatlands...
Here's what they have to say about it:
Introducing an innovative take on terrain, this set is simple, affordable, and best of all doesn’t take up much space! We’re gamers just like you, and we can’t always make it down to the FLGS to play on full boards. Also, like many of you, we live in a small apartment, we’ve got room for a portable board, but we certainly don’t have the space for a box of terrain!
And thus was born the Realms of the Flatlands™! This terrain set is made of durable acrylic, there is enough pieces to fill a basic battle board and yet stores away in a 6"x2"x9" box. It’s perfect for on-the-go games, playing on portable boards, or just supplying you with terrain that isn’t soda can forests, and textbook hills.
Terrain Set One comes with the following pieces:1 Tower (grey acrylic, four walls, roof, rubber band)
1 Pond (transparent blue acrylic)
1 Large hill (green acrylic, two pieces)
1 Small hill (green acrylic, two pieces)
2 Fences (brown and green acrylic)
1 Large Forest (green acrylic base and two transparent green trees)
1 Small Forest (green acrylic base and two transparent green trees)Hills can be stacked to create a more “hill-like” effect, or used individually, giving you the option of four hills, they can also be used to represent difficult terrain. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination!
What do you think guys?
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My immediate reaction is that it looks like something I’d buy at the Early Learning Centre or dig out of my son’s box of Duplo. On a second look, I can see what they’re trying to do, and the idea of easily stacked/stored pre-coloured terrain is very appealing, but the shiny acrylic look really doesn’t do it for me. I wouldn’t favour this over, say, Battlefront’s Battlefield in a Box, even allowing for easy storage.
Bit cartoony for my tastes – also $45 seems a bit steep when an hour with a colour printer and a Cornflake box would give you the same result
I definitely like the idea behind it. Simple portable takedown terrain that you dont have to paint and are durable, but the price of $45 is steep for something that looks really cheap, and it doesnt provide enough for one table, imo. 2 sets should be a fair amount for most skirmish games, but then thats $90.
Its Minecraft the tabletop game!
Hey guys! I’m the creator of this set, and I thank you for the feedback. I think that our camera isn’t doing us a lot of favors here. The set is simple, and not very detailed, but that was something we were going for. Basic colors, not too much design, so you could take it quick, stack it up and get on with it. The idea wasn’t for a beautiful stunning center piece terrain set, but for on the go games, and playing at home if you don’t have terrain.
However, we want people to be happy with our products, so tell me: What sort of detail would you like to see added? And what price range would you like for a set like this? We’d much rather people be happy with what they are looking at.
Also, I’m sorry this looks cheap. I wish there was a way for people to get a good look at this in person. Its good acrylic, won’t beak on you. Its simple yes, but its the same acrylic we use for the rest of our supplies.
hey man ok I really dont want to offend you ( I really dont :-/ ) but respond to your question. But first of all I have to say that this actually looks awful ( sorry for that , but what would be the point in lying if he asks for opinions …and now bring in the minus karma )
so concerning your question . First of all why not print them with proper textures this looks simply like childs toy, not like something I would use for miniature wargaming. Then you have to change the colours they look like old GDR-stuff, no matter how good the acrylics are, the colour and the textures make it look cheap.
In the end I would prefer every papercraft over this. Maybe you should consider making good papercraft-stuff instead of acrylics, probably you would get 5 times the stuff for the same price looking way better when made out of cardboard with proper textures.
Sorry if this was kind of blunt, but I really dont see many people buying this and maybe you ( and the guys at Southpaw Design ) should consider dropping this very quickly before you waste your money on this . ( I know this sounds harsh but believe me its just I really care about guys like you who put much effort in things they like and I dont want to see them fail or waste their money )
so long
Seb
I’ll never get mad at people being honest. 🙂
Truly the inspiration for this set was some friends who are overseas and can’t get terrain where they are at. They wanted something they could pull out of a box and play with, so we went for no thrills, simplistic design so they could start playing asap.
I think that’s something that we haven’t quite got out to folks is that this isn’t supposed to be gorgeous realistic terrain. this is supposed to be a step up from using soda cans and books as terrain on a card-table. However, i realize that with this price, people are going to expect a lot more. We’re working with our supplier right now and going to see if we can’t ring this down to a more “portable” pricerange.
🙂
The quality really isnt the issue for me. I am not expecting super realism, the price is the only thing keeping me from pushing the shopping cart button.
Again you have the right idea. Cheap easy takedown portable terrain. But its not cheap in price. $45 is expensive for sparse pieces. Maybe if it was double the amount for $45 i would buy, but in order for me to decently decorate a table for any moderate game im going to need 2 sets of that, and it ends up being $90.
So were not asking for higher quality to match the price, were asking for lower price to match the quality.
The tower, forests, and fence look quite good, but a bit more detail would be appreciated if it’s possible. A little woodgrain on the fence and some texture on the baseboards and stones would go a long way, but that isn’t really a dealbreaker.
I am not particularly keen on the hills, I get that each layer is supposed to represent a higher elevation than it actually is but I could do that with green construction paper or felt, The rigidity and thickness of acrylic is wasted on the flatness of those abstract hills.
I really love the direction this is headed and I think southpaw can make something amazing out of this concept, but they need to look at other mediums than just the comfortable acrylic. If someone were to take some textured styrene sheets, acrylic, and quality cardstock and use each to it’s advantages in a box like this, it would be perfect.
Puts me in mind of Minecraf.