While setting up a Rebels and Patriots game recently, a buddy of mine brought some figures he had just received in the mail for us to look at. Basically, he bought himself some 6 and 10mm terrain as a personal purchase. He paid for the painted version, as he did not want to have another set of unpainted buildings in his collect! The buildings finally arrived and he thought we might be interested in seeing them.
All the buildings were part of Total Battles “Big Battalions” series of buildings. I have purchased some buildings from Total Battle in the past, but these were all part of their skirmish series, which have removable roofs. The Big Battalion series are solid buildings with small footprints that work well for large formation style gaming.
The sets he brought were all walled compounds to represent various farms and buildings for Western European battlefields. The work great for anything from horse and musket through modern day.
The buildings can be bought either unpainted or painted. I actually did not realize that Total Battle was offering painted buildings again, so this was a nice bit of info (I have only purchased unpainted buildings from them).
The painted version of each building is basically three times the unpainted price. So, you can decide what is more important to you, time or money.
Each set looks like they are base primed and drybrushed up to the various colors. They are finished off with some flocking. Each has a nice look and would look good on any table. I thought they were worth sharing, so I took a couple photos and here they are!
- Manteuffel