The Gibbon falls victim to Silflor product placements

[Super_Gibbon]

I just blew over 50 bucks on some packs of the Siflor grass tufts that have appeared in a few threads recently. It had to be done. I've often felt my bases lacked some zazz so this should do the trick. If other tuft obsessed folks are out there and want more info, the Gibbon will post some pics and a mini review here so you can see what you get. I'm halfway through a little warband of Mega Minis goat men with some other odds and ends and they might get the Silflor treatment if it gets here in time.

[Aaron]

Please do. I've mulled it over in the past, but have yet to pull the trigger.

[Captain Blood]

I'm loving those grass tufts. I might plant them on the heads of all my Darkest African spearmen...

Anyone know if there's a UK or European source?

[Super_Gibbon]

According to theoldschool, who used the tufts on his sweet Spartans, he got them from International Models who handle Silflor in Europe. He said it might be cheaper to get them from Scenery Express in the US because International Models sells it in smaller sheets.

[Deathwing]

I tried them, But I find them too fidley.  Maybe the ones I got are just too small.

Joey

[theoldschool]

According to theoldschool, who used the tufts on his sweet Spartans, he got them from International Models who handle Silflor in Europe. He said it might be cheaper to get them from Scenery Express in the US because International Models sells it in smaller sheets.

There was a thread on this over on Steve Dean's forum. According to Antenociti, International Models take the original Silflor sheet and cut it into four, selling each for about the price of the whole sheet [allegedly].
Scenery Express in the US stocks Silflor and will ship to Europe. I will probably use them when I need to restock, it looks like being a lot less expensive plus they have a much wider range of grass types. The buffalo grass looks particularly interesting.
Pat

[Captain Blood]

I'll give them a try. Thanks Pat.  :wink:

[Mindenbrush]

I just got some from the States through a friend who was back over there for Christmas.

I opened up the pack and what do I find - Made in Germany. A little Googling came up with

http://www.mininatur.de

and this pdf file

http://www.mininatur.de/de/produkte/files/miniNatur-greening-2007.pdf

Antenociti is expecting to stock it in the next 2-4 weeks.

 http://www.sd-forum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9376

[Lowtardog]

methinks a purchase or two may be in order :mrgreen:

[Antenociti]

According to theoldschool, who used the tufts on his sweet Spartans, he got them from International Models who handle Silflor in Europe. He said it might be cheaper to get them from Scenery Express in the US because International Models sells it in smaller sheets.

There was a thread on this over on Steve Dean's forum. According to Antenociti, International Models take the original Silflor sheet and cut it into four, selling each for about the price of the whole sheet [allegedly].
Scenery Express in the US stocks Silflor and will ship to Europe. I will probably use them when I need to restock, it looks like being a lot less expensive plus they have a much wider range of grass types. The buffalo grass looks particularly interesting.
Pat

Well, they take it out of the protective boxes and cut the sheets into four pieces.

They then ramp up the price on each piece so that the equivalent price for a full sheet is £18.00 (4.50 x 4).

If the sheets are then not packaged again in boxes (which from experience they are not) then the tufts tend to be flattened in the post which makes them much harder to use...and kind of pointless as flattened tufts you can do yourself with static grass!

Because IntModels had a UK exclusive though they could charge what they like - and their prices just happen to match exactly the cost of buying from the USA factoring in post and customs/VAT (depending on how much you order - order a lot and it works out cheaper from the USA)

Anyway - by a ridiculously convoluted James Bond plot method we've managed to get a batch in and are adding it to the store tomorrow. Our prices should be about 25% lower than IntModels (cant confirm that until i get the physical invoice to price them up - but that's the discount i've worked out assuming there are no hidden charges anywhere in the order).

We will have in: 2mm, 4mm and 6mm in Spring, Summer, Early Autumn, late Autumn and then the new 2-colour grass in 6mm spring, summer, early autmn, late autumn. Grass paths and foliage will hopefully be added later but it really depends on finding out if our suppliers will be consistent/reliable.

In the past Silflor have vigorously closed down any and all methods of buying Silflor to sell in the UK other than via International Models, always saying that Int Models are the only UK wholsesale dealer - but as Int Models do not supply anybody wholesale it means they get their monopoly and nobody else can get Silflor to sell it. (Silflor sellers in other counties are not allowed to supply outside of their own country - trade that is)

Personally I find that very silly on the part of Silflor as they are loosing sales and even in some cases damaging their product reputation - after all who wants chopped up flattened grass tufts that cost a heck of a lot more than they should?

It's a great product and i really dont understand why silflor limit themselves in the UK to one less-than-stellar retailer.

Still, you can't force somebody to sell so we're stuck with this silly situation.

[Peter@BattleScape]

It is a shame when some of the distributors use their postitions to the detriment of gamers and the hobby in general to line their pockets by jacking the prices. We suffer the same in Australia with some products and one distributor in particular.  Tufts on the other hand are quite reasonably priced. I sell nearly 200 packs a week both Nationally and Internationally as the exchange rate and low postage costs makes it worth while for UK and American hobbyists. I would suggest that before you purchase you ask for the size of the sheets that you are getting as I know of other stores that also cut them down.

Peter

[duhamel]

I solved the problem of tufts of grass, much too expensive for what it is.
just buy the grass static bag, different colors and sizes. This allows me to have a wide variety of colors making mixtures and have tufts of grass the size I want. you just take a little time to glue the tufts 

[dijit]

I'm not exactly sure what all the fuss is with Silflor having never seen them or if I have maybe I just thought they were static grass tufts. Anyone care to show any pictures and explain why these things are worth the money?

[Antenociti]

I'm not exactly sure what all the fuss is with Silflor having never seen them or if I have maybe I just thought they were static grass tufts. Anyone care to show any pictures and explain why these things are worth the money?

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/silflortuftssmall.html

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-display/silflor.html

time versus money and skill


pre-made tufts save you time and hassle, its that simple. 

[dijit]

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/silflortuftssmall.html

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-display/silflor.html

time versus money and skill


pre-made tufts save you time and hassle, its that simple. 

Thanks Jed,
Duncan