Guardia Small Gates is a small, modular set piece for TTRPGs sold by Centrion Studios on Etsy. Here is the direct link to this item on etsy.
But they also have a website! https://www.centrion3d.com/
This gate plugs directly into the Kingdom Of Guardia Wall System.
First, let me show you an image from their store that shows the two options that this set comes in, then the rest are my original photos that I took myself.
Alright if this is your first time here, this is my foray back into TTRPGs with my kiddo, you can see my first post setting up here. The Guardia Small Gates came with free shipping, packed very carefully in a large box with plenty of room to protect the goods. They come gray and unprimed as they show in the store image, I used the primer shown in one of the photos to turn this whole project black. The grates might get a treatment of red paint to simulate rust, but otherwise I’m leaving them black. Instead of expensive hobby paint, I always opt for very inexpensive acrylic paint you can get at any store. Sometimes 2 for 1$ even in today’s economy.
The Guardia Small Gates is available in a roof top version, or a special version with an awning on top of the roof for guards. This also plugs into the Guardia Walls! I have some of those on the way to review them as well!
The portcullis gates, as you can see in the image below, are fully removeable as well as the gate over the room. The gates are firm and thick, they are not in the slightest bit flimys and that is always a concern with thin items. This is a well built item with no real flaws.
It looks good from any angle, and if the open connectors to the Kingdom Of Guardia wall system bother you, it’s not much work to cover them.
I can’t say this enough…
Take the time to stop by a gaming store and ask for advice before you get started.
Sure, I have confidence in my advice but any good hobby store is going to know of a few tricks or a new product that has somehow come out after I published this. Advice is usually free, take advantage of it.
The army painter primer comes from a hobby store, the acrylics are just whatever whas cheapest at art stores / mass retailers.
One thing I find fascinating about these 3D models is that the
brick work is identical on both sides
seriously take a look. It’s so predictable that at first, I tried to stricly paint each side a specific color. And while I did stick with that long term, it made the painting process very slow so I changed my technique the next day. These are day one photos.
The detail work is very, VERY nice. The ground on the inside of the building is textures as are “reverse” and “upside down” portions that a traditional sculptor NOT working in 3D would have ignored many decades ago.
This photo is a little fuzzy, but you can see what I’m saying. You can flip this model around and in any direction it is fully sculpted and looks good.
The roof here only has one color paint on it, the black acts as a nice texturing effect on it’s own. If you don’t know much about painting or coloring, you can use this to your advantage. Slow down on your paint application and don’t go so thick in your first coast.
This is
STILL a work in progress
But you can see it’s really starting to come together now. I’ll go into more detail with this an upcoming models but the technique here is simple for grays / concrete. Lay down a medium color of gray for the entire area, then sporadically mix in blacks and whites on various bricks to mimic the idea that the stone work is not all cut from the same stone. You can see it more clearly on the top. The bottom still has the base coat on this.
More on these images as I put this awesome set together!
The “small gates of Guardia” are part of a modular wall system that’s very affordable. Here’s the link!
Check in with me later this next week to see how this progresses!
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