tkdguy Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I bought a few Ork ships (a terror ship and a pack of ravagers). They work okay. They look very different from the Cold Navy ships, but I figure they'd work as run-down older models used by pirates. So I'm trying to give them a well-worn look when I paint them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... Yeah, I want some that are all high tech looking, but mostly I want blocky and "gritty" looks for my ships. I don't want to use Star Wars, Star Trek, B5, or any major IP property for my minis. Just because then my game session will degenerate into a discussion of that property lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... Yeah, I want some that are all high tech looking, but mostly I want blocky and "gritty" looks for my ships. I don't want to use Star Wars, Star Trek, B5, or any major IP property for my minis. Just because then my game session will degenerate into a discussion of that property lol. I was looking for "non genre" ships for the same reason. That is why i plan on getting some of the Cold Navy ships. But go to the AoG link above and look at their Turning Point ships. They are actually pretty generic now that the game itself never took off. The B5 Earth force FA auxilaries, like some destroyers or corvettes are also blocky/generic looking. The FA scale that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... These aren't really solid minis, but if you go here and download the Starship Factory font, you can create lots of customized counters. It's a fun little toy if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Jim Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... Silent Death minis. Silent Death is a pretty cool game in its own right, but the figs are pretty sweet, too. http://store.ironcrown.com/category.jsp?category=2517 takes you directly to the silent death mini page (free shipping on metal minis). i'll be buying some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... The Silent Death mini's are well made and really do look good. But they are all fighters. I like SHIPs, not fighters. And it is hard to find ship mini's that are "generic" and not contaminated by the mistake of the "hey if we overload the mini with tons of useless bumps and knobby things, people will mistake it as detail and they will look really cool" syndrome. Two of the existing Cold Navy lines are good (though I wish they didn't have the obvious turrets) and the AoG Turning Point mini's are too. Just my opinion of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted April 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... These aren't really solid minis' date=' but if you go here and download the Starship Factory font, you can create lots of customized counters. It's a fun little toy if nothing else. I cannot seem to get them to be available in word. I tried both the .ttf and .pfm fonts, unzipped them to my C:\Windows\Fonts directory, but it is not listed as an available font in Word. I'm not finding anywhere that explains what I am doing wrong. I'm not finding fonts stored anywhere else, either. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I agree on the Silent Death fighters... take a look at their Warhound minatures, they are pretty nice and are a lot bigger than the fighter designs depending on your chosen scale, the SD ships might not work out that badly if you mix and match with ships from other lines/genres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I cannot seem to get them to be available in word. I tried both the .ttf and .pfm fonts, unzipped them to my C:\Windows\Fonts directory, but it is not listed as an available font in Word. I'm not finding anywhere that explains what I am doing wrong. I'm not finding fonts stored anywhere else, either. Any ideas? The full name is Greywolf Starship Factory #1, or something like that. Have you looked in the Gs? I can get it to work in WordPad just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I downloaded the starship font just fine. Thanks for the pointer. Repped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... Well, if you want counters- Black background: http://www.paperworlds.com/store_folder/2D_Paper_Gaming_Accessories/Counters/counters.jpg White background: http://www.paperworlds.com/store_folder/2D_Paper_Gaming_Accessories/Counters/counters2.jpg Farscape ships about 2k by 2k pixels in size 600k files I rendered in Lightwave - I believe I made them for 300DPI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhereg Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of ICE’s Silent Death minis from the 90’s. I’m sure they can be found here and there for a modest investment. Personally, most of my games that require mapped ship combat is Star Wars Hero, for which we use SW Micro Machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... Anybody else want a random assortment of space junk? First one to post and pm me an address gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... My favorite miniatures are the Valiant Stardate 3000 line. http://veltd.net/stardate.htm http://www.star-ranger.com/Minis.htm#Valiant They are a bit "2001 A Space Odyssey" flavored, but the alien ships are like huge robot bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I like the look of some of the Stardate 3000 miniatures. Others seem too artsy in design to appeal to me. Then again, most of the alien ships do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted April 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... Anybody else want a random assortment of space junk? First one to post and pm me an address gets it. I did PM you my address, on the 11th -- 2 days before this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... I did PM you my address' date=' on the 11th -- 2 days before this post [/quote'] That's why I was asking anybody else. I got you covered already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... What kind of space junk are we talking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted April 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Re: SpaceCraft Miniatures... LOL sorry. Wasn't overly worried, was just thinking maybe you hadn't seen the PM or something. Didn't realize you had enough to deliver twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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