[MIN] Fortess Figures (was Re: Another TD idea)

>I've got 
>some GEV TDs (Fortress Figs--20 for $10 US.  Best deal on decent figs 
>I've ever found.  All they make is GEV APCs and GEV TDs, but if that's 
>what you're looking for. . . ) but I don't see giving them an initial 
>level of steath--flying around on a curtain of air doesn't seem too 
>subtle to me.
>
>John M. Atkinson
 
I picked up some of the Fortress Figures minis from Attactix.
EA004 Hover Missile Tank (10 pcs) and EEA003 Hover APCs
(20 pcs), both plastic, for $5 (clearance bin). They are
nice, but every one of them has casting goobers at the rear.
The tanks are a bit blobby at the rear of the hover skirt
and the rear of the missiles. The drop-down rear doors on
the APCs are nearly wiped out by blobs and bubbles. These
shouldn't be at all obvious once they're painted, though,
especially since I'm painting them in camo patterns.
I plan to use the tanks as artillery (once I get around
to painting them). I'm painting the APCs up in camo now:
6 desert (tan, dark brown, orange, and black, 6 forest
(3 greens, but I'll probably have to do a bit more than that),
and urban rubble (grey, tan, and black--most came out well).
Hover skirts are black with brown drybrush or brown with
black wash (not sure which I like better).
   'Course they were delayed (and "battle damaged" :-) a bit
when the (badly overloaded) shelf they were on collapsed and
dumped them, along with beaucoups other minis and books, on
the floor.
 
So...is Fortress Figures still around? And do they produce
any other minis usable for Dirtside?
 
- Sam

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