I bought up two copies of the TTCombat Oasis set earlier this year, alongside one Bazaar. They were on sale and I think I paid around $50 total. I expected to do this as a quick build project where I assembled them, plastered the outsides, and airbrushed them to a quick finish.

Then I got the idea to use them for InCountry.

To do so, I needed to modify the kits. The original roofs can’t be removed. The original set had no doors. I had to change the roofs to be removable, install supports, and print off doors.

Okay, a bit more, but not too bad. But as I did this I figured I’d have models inside the buildings a lot… so I should really put some paintings and rugs inside to improve the set. This necessitated basing the buildings as they had no floors.

Then I got to thinking that this felt odd. With the walls decorated, I really should have furniture.

And of course I need low village walls.

All a good excuse to test my new Bambu P1P 3D printer, I guess.

In the end I took a simple project and blew it right up. I painted furniture, palm trees, low walls–all on top of the work to modify and plaster the sets. I also used dry brushing instead of air brushing to produce a better effect.

All told, the work was worth it. I have two cool InCountry boards, or enough buildings to start off a desert WW2 board, or more than enough for a desert medieval board.

This set will likely stay in my collection longer than most. I doubt I’ll do this level of effort for everything, but I’ve always wanted to work on an Arab village board. Not sure why, but Middle Eastern themes have always deeply appealed to me. I could have done more here, but I think I did the theme justice.

Anyway, here’s the shots. Note that I forgot to set down the palm trees, so there are two throwaway pictures to show them at the end.