Good evening. I wanted to make a small contribution to the community by showing some shots of the Dropzone Commander Cityscape pack with Epic Miniatures. I recently sprung for the set, set it up today, and took some comparison shots for those who might be interested. (yes there is a thread with a couple shots in the 10mm painting thread)
First is a selection of the buildings. You get 4 sets of each of the 5 styles for a total of 20 buildings. I have chosen a Warlord, Reaver, Warhound, Rhino, and Space Marine stand for scale. (Sorry the titans are still WIP!)
As you can see, some of the builidngs are quite tall, but the ones on the left aren't too extreme.
Lets compare the smallest buildings to epic miniatures.
As you can see, the scale isnt too bad at all, and the smallest building is big enough to hide a warlord.
I put an actual Epic building next to the smallest of the DZC buildings for comparison to buildings that I had been using. This is the largest of the Epic buildings from the original set.
There is plenty of room for a tactical squad in the smaller building to spread out and be safer from template weapons.
And you can fit several squads inside the largest of the buildings.
An entire 6x4 table set up looks like this.
You get 24, 1'x1' double sided tiles to act as a play surface to simulate streets. There are parks, monuments, blank tiles, pretty much endless combinations.
Overall? I like the set. They are pretty buildings, and super easy to put together. They are partially pre-assembled, and I especially like the cornices at the top to keep models from flying off. Sizewise they might be a little big for some, but the scale of the doors and windows aren't really far off. With the bigger buildings able to hold multiple squads, I am hoping we might see some firefights between infantry in the same building.
If I have a complaint, it is the cardstock used for the ground tiles are too thin, and are prone to warping, and possibly sliding around the table. They would work very well on a table with a lip around the edge to keep them in place. They seem to stay still once some weight is placed on them.
MSRP is $45 (american) and if you look around, some retailers you can get it for $35 or even less. Not a bad deal really, if you are just starting off at 6mm scale, and you want some decent scenery. Given that I play Battletech, and these can do double duty for that, I am happy with the product.
