Being the Christmas blogpost from the Man Of TIN. No Christmas Railway this year to entertain and entrain the troops, instead the first part of a new Christmas Village.
Build a Christmas Village by Leonard Hospidor, 2011, Sterling Innovations, New York, USA
The pre-punched cardstock buildings come with a sheet of see-through Vellum paper for the window glass, which can have details inked in with a suitable pen or black biro. This window element looks extra festive and good at night if you put a small LED battery candle inside.
The box and book were created in 2011 by US papercrafter Leonard Hospidor and published by Sterling Innivation. They are still available online. I bought mine in a shop a Christmas or two ago for about fifteen pounds. The website BuildAChristmasVillage.com sadly appears to be no longer functioning.
The pressout buildings seem to be suitable for about 20 to 30mm scaled figures.
What makes this set extra useful is the reusable template section of the book that can be freely scanned or photocopied and scaled up or down as basic buildings for gaming, such as the American Colonial house for Revolutionary War or Civil War Games. The snowy bits can be overpainted as needed.
We have yet to build the church or English Tudor Revival timber framed building, but the glue supplied was good PVA craft glue that stuck card quickly. There is also a doghouse (small barn for tiny figures?), stark winter oaks and green snowy fir trees. All useful. All a bit of fun for all the family.
I have resisted the masses of other Christmas village houses and figures, the all-singing, musical LED ones etc around in the shops at this time of year, even though the gaming mind thinks “Hmm, useful civilian figures, useful country cottage in snow …”
Wishing all my Man of TIN blog readers and Pound Store Plastic Warriors blog readers a very happy toy filled Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Gaming Year 2018.
2017 has been a good hobby and blogging year. Thanks for all your comments, likes and emails this year and for sharing your hobby on your blogs too. It’s been fun!
Blosposted by Mark, Man of TIN, 22/23 December 2017
Look out for a suitably cheap plastic festive offering on our other blog soon!
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