Dungeons & Lasers: Trees Pack by Archon Studios

Dungeons & Lasers: Trees Pack by Archon Studios

OK, so I bought some big plastic trees. I could have easily built some trees of my own, in fact, I did build one. But I saw these and really liked the designs. They have some good character and stand out as big, old-growth trees deep in some untouched wilds. 

The box comes with:

3x Pine trees
3x Oak trees
3x Swamp trees
1x Spirit tree

They come in parts on sprues of grey, brown, and in one case, crystal blue plastics. They go together fairly easily with each sprue holding parts to build one complete tree. The trunks of the trees come in two halves aside from the spirit tree's truck which comes in thirds. There are no extra parts unless you choose not to add all the branch options. Branches for the swamp and oak trees can be attached in different ways to get variation in form from tree to tree. The pine trees also allow for placing branches (boughs) other than the way shown in the assembly guide, but because of the way they are made, it would just look odd to do so. You can choose to omit a bough though. 

Once assembled you can remove the trees from the stumps for various terrain looks, for storage or to indicate that a tree has been cut down. The trunks are keyed to fit their stump in a specific way. This was done to make it appear seamless and does so very well. They do not clip together, the trunks simply sit on the trunks. Because of that, I felt they could be knocked off easily so I decided to glue mine together. 

The one standout from the bunch is the spirit tree. The trunk with branches molded on is divided into three pieces. It can be assembled one way. The canopy is a separate piece that sits on top like a hat but only fits well in one specific position. The whole thing is molded in clear blue plastic with faces molded into the bark. It looks nice all assembled but is different from the other three types. 

The sculpts are nice with deep relief molded into the bark and knots. The foliage is also deeply textured making these well-suited for washes and dry brushing. 

Here is my Instagram post about the kit right after assembly: @theshineminis - Trees Pack

I think that the kit is designed smartly and looks good once assembled and painted. It was quite a bit of kit for the price too. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase even if it goes over my storage quota. More on that later. 

Here are some photos of the assembled and painted kit. 

Swamp trees with a 28mm Frostgrave (Wizards II box) figure for scale.

Three oak trees. The largest trees in this kit. 

Single oak tree with figure for scale.

Three pine trees with figure for scale.

The singular spirit tree with figure for scale. 


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