Thursday 22 March 2018

The Souk - Set Dressings by Sally 4th


Having a lot of details and small scenery-pieces is what really makes a gaming board, in my opinion.
My Pulp Alley campaign will soon move to North Africa and I need more stuff for that setting. While shopping for scenery for my Pulp Carnival setting I found this, MDF-scenery for a North African market place.
The Souk - Set Dressings by Sally 4th gives you a lot of stuff; 8 market stalls, 2 carpet racks (with carpets), 6 benches, 2 wheeled barrows, 4 boxes and finally 2 fruit display crates (that I haven’t assembled yet, as they are quite fiddly). All this for £20 - great value!
I assembled as per instructions and painted everything to get a more pleasing look compared to the ‘raw’ look. The carpets were cut out and painted with a dilute sand-colour on the reverse, to avoid the stark white from the paper. I also painted two canopies with a dilute yellow, to get some variability. I might paint a couple more in the future.
All in all a super set, well worth the money and definitely a must-buy for pulp-games in North Africa or any appropriate historical setting. Rome, maybe.

10 comments:

  1. That is a great looking set! Markets are so good for that setting: we've had all manner of fun with them in our games.

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    1. Yep, markets are really great surroundings for a pulp-game.
      Got some more stuff for this Souk. Coming soon.

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  2. One I need to pick up myself Joakim :)

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  3. Nice! What would the first Indiana Jones movie have been without that chase scene through the souk?

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    1. Exactly. This is such a good set, and when you get something to put on those tables it gets even better (yes, there is more on the painting table just now)

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  4. Soooooo nice, I do like this market set!

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    1. It is one of those sets where you think "why haven't we seen this before?"

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  5. Would look good for Gangs of Roman I think, ta Joakim, interesting stuff, have worked with Sally 4th materials and they come together well :-)

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    1. Absolutely! They are rather timeless (except the crates) and would certainly work well in anything from Rome forward.
      A really versatile set

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