Re: Superior Starfleet Wars Miniatures

At 05:34 PM 6/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
>    I received my order of Starfleet Wars ship miniatures today.
>For those who don't know, these are the same ships that were first
>sold along with a set of rules about fifteen years ago.  Until
>recently they have been long unavailable.  I ordered my through
>Game Masters.	For information and pictures check out their web page
>at http://shell6.ba.best.com/~bill3/.	I have no relation to Games
>Masters other than as a happy customer.
>
>    This line of miniatures includes ships that are larger that
>those normally used with Full Thrust, hence a larger playing area
>would be a good idea.	All the ships I ordered are from the Terrian
>Federation, where the largest is a full 6 inches long!  The fighters
>are also larger at about 1/2 inch.  I'll be using them as scouts
>and the smaller escorts.  Does anyone know of fighters that are
>triangular in shape?  I'd like to get some that have the same general
>look as the rest of the ships.  It is apparent that the Terrian fleet
>was inspired by the Imperial spaceships on Star Wars.
>
>    I am satisfied with the quality of the ship, though it could be
>better.  One ship, out of 13, has an small hole in it.  I can either
>fill it with putty or leave it as battle damage.  I will need to do
>some filing on them especially in the rear.  My biggest complaint is
>that some of the features on the biggest ship looks like they have
>melted a bit.
>
>    On the other hand there is lots of detail on the ships, guns,
towers,
>pipes, ...  Also the ships have a lot of detail on the bottom including
>even more guns.  If you want to build an impressive looking fleet and
>don't mind burning a big hole in your pocket, these are good miniatures
>to do it with.  I have almost everything I want, just a couple of
>carriers, and some Samurai class ships :-)  If I'm lucky I have them
>painted in time for Pacificon on labor day weekend, a local game
>convention.  Now I wonder if anyone in my area, Silicon Valley,
>has a bug fleet, or one of the other Starfleet Wars fleets.
>
>Enjoy,
>Tom Granvold				<thomas.granvold@eng.sun.com>
>I don't know if it's any help but RAFM had some frigate sized
triangular
ships out for use with thier traveller Battle Rider rules . I think they
were called scouts/couriers they are about half the size of the superior
destroyers and came 2 to a pack.
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