On 7/19/06, Robert N Bryett <rbryett@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
These designs look great, though I think the pictures are just 3D
renders rather than anything "real". I imagine all those spikes and
vanes round the "engine bells" at the sterns of the ships would be a
bear to mould.
Yup. They're just 3d models at the moment, but they're the ones being sent to the prototyper at Reaper minis. While I don't expect ALL the detail to make it through, I think most of it will.
As for size, how long are DD-class ships from GZG for example (That's
not a rhetorical question BTW, I don't actually know)? I don't think
the "Ten Worlds" background envisages honking great space
dreadnoughts. Also I believe the overall size of the largest proposed
minis would be constrained by the need to fit within some kind of
transparent box, to work with the stacked plastic blocks required by
the AV:T 3D manoeuvre system. Here's an example holding an
"Honorverse" ship mini:
Elsewhere on the boards are specs for the flight boxes that are being sent out to be test-made.. I think the largest has a length of some 13 cm or so... Big enough to hold any SITS miniature contemplated, and larger ones even (which makes sense, given their plans with Squadron Strike...)
http://www.adastragames.com/graphics/SITS%20Minis/Flightbox1_web.jpg
I love the "Ten Worlds" designs BTW. They are so much how I imagine
space warships "ought" to look. We mostly play FT with home-built
minis assembled from plastic wall-plugs (Rawlplugs in the UK?),
wooden beads, dowels etc. that have a distinct family resemblance.
Best regards, Robert Bryett
rbryett@xxxxxxxx
On 20/07/2006, at 2:35 AM, Jaime Tiampo wrote:
> Very cool ships... They're fairly small though.
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