Kencharleslong's TGC Store Products

Ken Charles Long.  I don't know much about the guy.  I think he uses a different name on the forums than he does for his store name.  Speaking of, here's his store:

KCL's store: http://en.tgcstore.net/?md=artist-view&aid=27308

Let me be the first to say I really like KCL's store offerings.  He's got a whole host of free goodies as well which I urge you to pick up asap.  I've gotten excellent mileage out of his free "Medieval Derelict House."

KCL's models look better in game than they do in the store.

This is a big object which has a lot of utility in the 'abandoned ruins' department of many different settings.

The first thing you're going to notice here is a significant number of packs.  All are well priced and a superb value.  He's also got a very good selection, coming in at 59 individual items as of the time of this writing.  The art style is not exceptional but quite good.  I can find little fault with in, especially considering most of his pieces are specifically designed as background scenery objects.

The objects are exceptionally low poly on the whole, which generally tends to reduce detail. However, let's be honest here.  Most of us are NOT making multi-million dollar titles.  As such we fall into the rank of indy development and this means we're afforded a certain amount of latitude with model quality.  This is also useful when using a less than optimized engine (such as the Reloaded engine) in keeping framerate and poly counts in check.  Interestingly KCL gets a lot of mileage out of his low poly models, making them look better than they have a right to be.  In terms of price to value - I'd say that KCL's offerings are probably the best on the entire TCG store.

Good detail at a meager 439 polys.

What one item can I not live without:  This is a very difficult call.  Ken has such well priced products (~70 cents for most of them!)  that picking an individual product is mostly a question of what suits your needs best.  Pack-wise there are also several very well priced packs, all offering exceptional savings.  Personally I really prefer the three superior sheds he has in this pack:

His three best pieces, for one low price.

I personally really like the additional clutter of these sheds and find that for the price, I can get good mileage out of these three.  The other pack is enticing but the sheds are too similar.

The bottom line:  KCL's offerings are absurdly cheap, prolific, and the quality is excellent for a TCG store item.  If you've got five or ten dollars to spend, you're going to have a hard time spending it more wisely than on a few packs from KCL.