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PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Review

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PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Review

by Knightpiper » June 30th, 2013, 1:11 am

Boldly marching forward, I now get too Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building. Unlike MAS, Warmill, and Willybaby, these two buildings are plastic (or resin I am not sure which). Each product makes a 4 inch by 4 inch building with a door and a window like side. But before I get into more details, first the pictures!

Small building:

One 4 inch by 4 inch building, made from one purchase.

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Large building:

8 inches long and 4 inches wide, made from two purchases.

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Construction: Made from plastic not from MDF, the online instructions from the website (will be linked) was easy to follow. The roofs had a bit of warping which is why there is a lot greenstuff to try and fill in the gaps. But to be fair, if I had warmed the roofs in hot water I think I could have solved the majority of that issue, I just way too excited about new terrain and started building them, not caring about the warps. Plus I suck at green stuff so I think a better modeler would be able to do much better job than what I did.

Overall Look: It is a simple cube building. But it is customizable in that each side of the walls has two sides. The first is the like a modern day shipping container, the other side is a more techy looking side. It comes with a little solar panel which is nice to put on the roof. The doors or windows do no open and once it is made with glue it is a solid piece of terrain. The look with ether side is nice and gives a good low income/industrial look that is not amiss on a table for infinity or any other modern/futuristic game.

Usability: One thing I have to say it try to look past my bad modeling skills, I really thing that if given a warm bath, the warps in the roofs can be fixed or mitigated. Also I need to learn how to use greenstuff better. With that said, I think this product has a lot of potential. One single order makes the 4 by 4 building. Two make the 8 by 4. While I have not tired, I think you can stack them and would love to see someone try that. They block street LOS very well, the long building has a great footprint that takes up a good amount of room. The fact that it is plastic makes it tough and puts up with abuse. Put 3rd party stuff on on the roods and you have more blocking LOS goodness. Figures trying to hug the building itself will not get cover however. But one of the best things about it, $8. To me that is great deal and good way to help fill in a table on the cheap.

Overall score: 4 out 5
Like I said if you get past the bad modeling done by me, this product has a lot going for it. Cheap price, a good infinity look, good at blocking LOS at street level, and can be customized and stacked. I would buy more but from them, but at this time I feel that I have bought what I need from them. But I do recommend them. I ordered from their store, they always did fast shipping and had communications. Plus at their store they have some good looking street barricades that look proper for infinity.

Store website for Proxie Models: http://proxiemodels.com/store2/

Thanks for looking again. Hopefully these are informative and helpful.
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Re: PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Revi

by Mob of Blondes » June 30th, 2013, 2:33 am

Plastic. The guy machines the molds and shots the plastic with second hand tools in a garage.
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Re: PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Revi

by valthonis » June 30th, 2013, 3:30 am

Looks nice, thanks for the review!
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Re: PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Revi

by ork56 » June 30th, 2013, 1:42 pm

I like the solar panel/park bench on the roof. A few of those on a sprue would be good for street terrain.
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Re: PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Revi

by kidterminal » September 7th, 2013, 8:18 pm

Thanks for the review I think they could be useful.
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Re: PiperKnights Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building Revi

by PaulCollins » November 18th, 2013, 10:25 am

Knightpiper wrote:Boldly marching forward, I now get too Proxie Model's Future pre-fab building. Unlike MAS, Warmill, and Willybaby, these two buildings are plastic (or resin I am not sure which). Each product makes a 4 inch by 4 inch building with a door and a window like side. But before I get into more details, first the pictures!

Small building:

One 4 inch by 4 inch building, made from one purchase.

Image

Image

Image

Large building:

8 inches long and 4 inches wide, made from two purchases.

Image

Image

Image

Construction: Made from plastic not from MDF, the online instructions from the website (will be linked) was easy to follow. The roofs had a bit of warping which is why there is a lot greenstuff to try and fill in the gaps. But to be fair, if I had warmed the roofs in hot water I think I could have solved the majority of that issue, I just way too excited about new terrain and started building them, not caring about the warps. Plus I suck at green stuff so I think a better modeler would be able to do much better job than what I did.

Overall Look: It is a simple cube building. But it is customizable in that each side of the walls has two sides. The first is the like a modern day shipping container, the other side is a more techy looking side. It comes with a little solar panel which is nice to put on the roof. The doors or windows do no open and once it is made with glue it is a solid piece of terrain. The look with ether side is nice and gives a good low income/industrial look that is not amiss on a table for infinity or any other modern/futuristic game.

Usability: One thing I have to say it try to look past my bad modeling skills, I really thing that if given a warm bath, the warps in the roofs can be fixed or mitigated. Also I need to learn how to use greenstuff better. With that said, I think this product has a lot of potential. One single order makes the 4 by 4 building. Two make the 8 by 4. While I have not tired, I think you can stack them and would love to see someone try that. They block street LOS very well, the long building has a great footprint that takes up a good amount of room. The fact that it is plastic makes it tough and puts up with abuse. Put 3rd party stuff on on the roods and you have more blocking LOS goodness. Figures trying to hug the building itself will not get cover however. But one of the best things about it, $8. To me that is great deal and good way to help fill in a table on the cheap.

Overall score: 4 out 5
Like I said if you get past the bad modeling done by me, this product has a lot going for it. Cheap price, a good infinity look, good at blocking LOS at street level, and can be customized and stacked. I would buy more but from them, but at this time I feel that I have bought what I need from them. But I do recommend them. I ordered from their store, they always did fast shipping and had communications. Plus at their store they have some good looking street barricades that look proper for infinity.

Store website for Proxie Models: http://proxiemodels.com/store2/

Thanks for looking again. Hopefully these are informative and helpful.

Thanks for sharing detailed review.. The product seems very exciting and I would love try it once.
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