At the end of last year, I was a message on the Crescent Root site that they would be ending their 28mm lines of pre painted buildings. I followed up with them and they indicated that their plan was to concentrate on expanding their new 15mm offerings this year. As such, they let everyone know to get their orders in.
Well, I missed the cut off…. So, I wrote to them to see if I could slip an order in. As usual, Mark at Crescent Root was very accommodating. He just asked that I give him some extra time to fill the order. I did and the order arrived a few days ago. It was the last part of the villa series of buildings, the fort.
I ordered the entire fort and both sets of alternative roofs. The base fort comes with Middle East flat roofs. The options are for different color tile or domed roofs. This gives you options to use the piece (or any of the buildings in the line) for set ups in the Middle East, the Mediterranean or the American South West.
The buildings are all painted using printed resin and mdf. each is modular and fits in with all the other buildings in the line. The fort comes with a main building and a secondary building. These are connected by wall sections and a couple of small towers.
The alternative roof sections come in two sizes and two colors. I went with the blue domes and the red tiles, as this is what I have for my other buildings. The roofs actually fit other buildings in the line, so you can do a bit of mix and match. The fort itself has a nice foot print and can be incorporated into a set up with other buildings and walls in the line.
In following up with Mark, he indicated that he is actually re-opening the line and will continue to offer for the rest of this year (I guess he had more interest than he expected). If you like. the buildings as much as I do, I would suggest you get your order in!
- Manteuffel