 As reviewed by Linrandir The subject of scrutiny this time is the Hirst Arts Small Brick mold. This particular mold was sent to us with the note that "it is unsellable due to imperfections in the mold." I can't find anything wrong with it. Maybe I don't know what to look for, or maybe Mr. Hirst has incredibly high quality control standards. Given what I saw of the Prison Tower mold, I suspect the latter (high quality control). Since there are no instructions included with this set, you have to plan somewhat carefully as to what you want to make. The wall sections are the perfect height to stick troops behind, and can be interlocked to make walls as long or as high as you like. I found the single bricks to be the hardest to make simply because of their size, but they are quite useful in filling in sections of wall. If you're in a really artistic mood, you can use some of the arches to create a passage through the wall...perhaps as part of a Cemetary or entrance to a church, Vampire's lair, etc and so forth. If you didn't read the first review of the Prison Tower mold, let me reiterate a few things from that article: 1. READ THE DIRECTIONS!! Then turn away and look a second time. This prevents you doing something embarrassing like using the wrong brick in the wrong place. 2. FOLLOW the Directions. This prevents wasted effort on your part. 3. Tools needed: Paper towels - lots, unless you have a worktable you don't mind having plaster stuck to for eternity. 4-inch putty knife; plaster of paris or lightweight Hydrocal, spoon, flexible mixing container (an old yogurt pot works great here), water. Don't worry if you make too much of the plaster like I always do. You can break it up and use it as rubble, blown apart buildings, or things of this nature. For example, I am using the wall sections to build a wall around my Prison Tower. After all, if it's a Prison it should be hard to reach, right? With this, I can use the Tower as an objective in my 40K games or a piece of scenery in my D&D games. I could also build small little roadside temples, forges, Cask of Amontillado-esque live entombments (ten points for getting that reference), use the singles for gold bricks, chunks of Wyrdstone, or whatever else my diabolically creative mind can conceive of. Have fun, and send us some pics of what you've used the Small Brick Mold to build. Until Next Time... -Linrandir |
