Review: K&K Hobby Basing Accessories

Review: K&K Hobby Basing Accessories

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K&K Hobby Accessories is a young, but fast growing company from Poland, that specializes in miniatures basing materials. Formed by flesh and bone miniatures hobbyists that decided to use their combined expertise to create a series of quality products for basing and beyond. As it happened I was given a few products in order to test. Here’s my thoughts…

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Visuals and the First Impressions

Stairght out of a batt I was struck by how big the containers are. Sure there’s “300ml” information on the packaging, but online pictures left me under the impression that these are all half the actual size. In fact they’re huge and it definitely impacted how I feel about the product line. Other than that, the packaging is made of medium-hard plastic with a sticker on top of the lid. Looks nice IRL, not over the top but definitely proper for what the product is.

Inside there’s a nice variety of natural material, be it a mix of fine sand and gravel up to some hefty chunks, or a mix of flat basing rocks varying between 25mm and up to 120mm. Basically everything you need for your standard troops and impressive centerpieces alike.

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Pricing

Compared to immediate competition, with about 2,99€ per 100ml the K&K Hobby Accessories Simple Basing and Basing Rocks insert themselves at a low end of pricing spectrum, which is great!

K&K Hobby Accessories Simple Basing (Sand, Rocks etc.) – 8,99€ / 300ml (2,99€ / 100ml)

The Army Painter Battlefield Basing (Rocks / Sand etc.) – 5,99€ / 150ml (3,99€ / 100ml)

Green Stuff World Hobby Sand (thick, fine etc.) – 5,99€ / 200ml (2,99€ / 100ml)

Warlord Games Battlefield & Basing (rocky sand, etc.) – 6€ / 180ml (3,33€ / 100ml)

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Simple Basing “Village Debris”

A mix of fine hobby sand with small-to-medium sized gravel and a few heftier gravel chunks. I use a similar mix to add extra detail to commissioned 40k and Trench Crusade basing. I got two in order to compare quality control and I do like the balance of particular ingredients and how consistent it is.

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Basing Rocks “Flat M”

This one I was very curious about. I’m used to spending hours, ravaging through home&decor or building material stores, searching for a proper set of ‘hobby’ stones for my basing. I do appreciate a set of hand picked flat stones in a variety of sizes, that I am not forced to waste my time looking for. Again I got two sets and the consistency between them is solid.

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Best Basing Materials “Concrete Rubble”

Here’s where real magic happens – a mix of fine sand, gravel and… 30 pieces of 3d printed detail that can be used to create an awesome diorama, a scenic base, or a set of fine looking bases for a miniature army. As someone who 3D prints as well I have nothing bad to say about the print quality – the detail is crisp and well cleaned/cured.

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Practical Testing

Obviously a review is nothing without some proper testing, to which I jumped right into. A standard procedure of creating two bases, similar to what you can see in all my Basing Tutorials.

I am very happy with how K&K Hobby Accessories behaved, especially the fine sand that filled all the gaps and built sufficient volume. I will definitely come back to you with painted examples and probably a full tutorial, to better present the end result, but for now and with my experience, I am satisfied with how it all worked out.

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Final Thoughts

K&K Hobby Accessories are a breath of fresh air and a nostalgic step back to how proper hobby materials used to look like and behave back in the days. Before the time of big companies that dominated the market and started shedding off weight and quality from their products we all used to buy large packs of specially selected sand and gravel. Somehow the K&K Hobby managed to deliver and to keep the pricing on par with the lowest amongst the immediate competitors at the same time. Compared to colored cork and shaving, the K&K Hobby Accessories are all natural, which comes with a variety of features such as weight, detail and textures. I like how it feels, I like to work with such materials. It’s been years since I purchased a basing sand or gravel from a hobby-oriented company. I plan to change that and get me some more of that K&K goodness. How about you? Is this the kind of basing material you’d be interested in?

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Where to Buy

Probably the best would be at the source: K&K Hobby Accessories Page, or one of the stores that decided to carry this line of products, that can be found at the “where to find us” tab there.