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 Post subject: Cheap Terrain (really cheap)
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:41 am 
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For anyone (like me) whose terrain skills are non-existant, I give you this website http://amera.co.uk/product.php?range=f

They do really cheap terrain including hills, rivers, outcrops, ruins etc etc. I think the most expensive piece is about £10 and that is for a smaller version of Amon Sul. It is made out of vac formed plastic so pretty sturdy and means some pieces can stock for storage.
Have to say, havent dealt with them yet but this terrain was used in the tournament that white wizard and damien ran and it went down a treat.

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I just remembered that there is also a review of them here in our Tomes of Wisdom. (Just stay away from the Battle Games by Mail link there, they are long gone).

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:23 am 
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couldnt say it better myself. I agree 100% with that review.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:09 am 
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I was really happy with the way that Amera terrain turned out. I have some of their stuff for use at home (hills, walls and 'Rohan' houses) and it's all nice and durable, super-quick to assemble and easy to paint. You can just use pieces as they are or as a framework to add more bits on. I am thinking about using Teddy Bear fur on the roofs of my houses, but it's not essential. The one I just drybrushed looks fine. The hills and rocky outcrops benefit from a touch of textured paint, but that's optional on the walls and ruins as careful drybrushing will give a nice smooth stone look. I did use textured spray on the walls and ruins I put together for our tournament, but in hindsight I could have saved myself a bit of time and money and not bothered.

For our tournament I ordered 5 sets of ruins, 10 walls and 5 sets of rocky outcrops. It cost a tiny £47 and arrived within a couple of days. Excellent customer service and a great product that's perfect for club use (there's only so many sets of GW's Osgiliath ruins that a gaming club can afford to buy).

I'm really happy that people liked the terrain we used (and very grateful that my GF was so tolerant of a load of scenery in various stages of assembly and painting scattered around our front room for a week). We'll definitely be getting some more of it for the club.

I have a couple of houses and a ruined castle base still unpainted at home. Maybe I'll pimp one of them up for the scenery challenge.

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:21 pm 
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They look really good, that would make an excellent way to create a Rohan village for Isengard to invade for so little money! :)

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I have a question, are they hollow at the underside? If not, I can't believe how cheap these are! :o I am so very tempted to buy something.

In difficult economic times like these, cheap suppliers like this are a gift.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:49 pm 
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Yes i am tempted to get some of that terrain to :)

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:50 pm 
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Amarthadan wrote:
I have a question, are they hollow at the underside?

Yes, they are made by vacuum forming, where a sheet of plastic is heated and sucked over a mould.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:21 pm 
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thanks for all the nice comments, we really do our best in terms of cost and customer service. really grateful to the admin of one-ring who have let me use the review you were discussing above, now up on our facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amera-Pl ... 3496075836 Do have a look, we welcome reviews, examples of our products painted to share, and know people in forums and gaming groups have found it a useful tool to get ideas on how to paint the scenery, and answer questions re durability and construction etc. Also happy to answer questions via the website too of course

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:16 am 
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Nice terrain! Do they ship to Canada?

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As I read, you have to e-mail them to get the Postage and Packaging rates for non-UK deliveries. Wow I have my eye on a a lot of their scenery, as soon as I finish painting some of my back log. Very nice scenery again and I couldn't believe the prices as well.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:44 pm 
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Amera Plastic wrote:
thanks for all the nice comments, we really do our best in terms of cost and customer service. really grateful to the admin of one-ring who have let me use the review you were discussing above, now up on our facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amera-Pl ... 3496075836 Do have a look, we welcome reviews, examples of our products painted to share, and know people in forums and gaming groups have found it a useful tool to get ideas on how to paint the scenery, and answer questions re durability and construction etc. Also happy to answer questions via the website too of course

Jane from Amera Plastic Mouldings


With these prices you're doing us all a favour. Keep up the good work I guess. :D

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This is actually really good timing seeing as the new terrain comp. is just around the corner! :-D

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