Introduction

Gamers and other modelers can raise their dioramas to new heights with Lion Fountain from gaming company Ziterdes. This is a hard foam model, item 6012414, scaled for 25-28mm.

Ziterdes has a marketing relationship with NOCH, who kindly provided this sample for review.

Ziterdes is based in Germany and creates a range of models for fantasy and Sci-Fi genres:

Steam-Punk
Dungeons & Dragons
Fantasy (Warhammer)
Historisch
Sci-Fi (Warhammer 40000)

To serve those genres many different product lines are offered:

Tabletop Gaming Table
Single Boards
Modular Gaming Table Sets
Gaming Mats

Dungeons
DunkelWelt - An extensive gaming world with Starter and Extension Sets, Special Editions, Single Modules. Furthermore, DunkelWelt includes Dunkelstadt - "the ultimate playing area for all dungeon players and jailers," with...
Dunkelstadt Dungeons
Special Edition Monte Christo
Dunkelstadt Single Modules
Statues
Furniture & Accessories

Buildings
Pyramids, Temples and Ruins
Houses
Bunkers & Positions
Castles & Fortresses
Tents
Towers
Ships & Boats
Bridges & Jetties

Terrain Accessories
Terrain Pieces
Tabletop Bits & Pieces
To Water
Landscaping
Trees
Basing Material
Glue
Waters
Grasses, stones & groundcover
Miniature Plants
Snow and Ice
Landscaping Colors

Welcome to the world of Ziterdes!

The Model

Ziterdes uses hard foam for many of their models and Lions Fountasin is no exception. While this is rigid hard foam, it can be carved, or manipulated with heat, so be careful where you set it. The foam is both very tough and light, more so than resin or ceramic. It can be easily cut, ground and honed, as well as painted.

These models are made to stand alone or be joined with related models and incorporated into larger scenes.

This model is packaged in a plastic bag with a cardstock label.

The foam has a rough and faux porous texture that gives the feel of organic natural material such as stone, wood, and rusty metal. The surface is further enhanced with deep mortar joints between the stones, and wood grain on the many timber elements.

Detail

Architectural details include masonry texture - pock marks and mortar joints.

Painting and Instructions

No actual instructions are included, other than what is on the webpage.

The foam takes acrylic paint well.

Scale

Judge the versatility of this fountain for your scale with the photos I staged. You will find 25-28mm fantasy figures, and 1/35 and 1/48 figures.

For my tastes anything larger than 1/24 or smaller than 1/48 will not look proper.

Conclusion

Modelers of many genre will appreciate this Ziterdes model. I look forward to incorporating it into a larger scene or a vignette. I think this is a worthwhile addition to my 25-28mm gaming table, and even workable for military and civilian scenes.

Lion Fountain has good detail and makes an eye-catching city or castle masonry sculpture with convincing texture.

Recommended.

Please remember to mention to Ziterdes, NOCH, and retailers that you saw this product here - on Historicus Forma.