Re: Old Sathar (Star Frontiers) box sets

>On Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:34:15 -0500 (EST), Aaron P Teske
><Mithramuse+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
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>>For the record, the UPF Battleships are *quite* impressive.  Nearly 5"
>>long once you attach the engines.  Very hefty piece of lead.
>>
>>(And yes, there *was* a UPF box at the store... but that's mine. ^_^ )
>
>Yup, pretty hefty. I had painted up a fleet of Sathar and a fleet of
>UPF ships for the GenCon mailing list game. The UPF ships paint up
>nicely (even after I hacked part of the heavy cruiser due to lead
>rot). They take a while, though, because they are just so darned big.
>
>I REALLY lucked out at GenCon in 1995. A place was liquidating a tonne
>(metric tonne, that is) of old TSR lead. I picked up 6 Sathar boxes
>and 6 UPF boxes, as well as a bunch of blister packs. A dozen boxed
>sets cost a total of US$20...
>
>As a side note, does anyone have any suggestions for conversions or
>different figure lines to add to the UPF and Sathar fleets? There are
>four types of Sathar ships (the boxed sets have 3 but there were some
>"cutters" as well) and about as many UPF ships. I've painted the ships
>in a couple of different colours so I can say, "That blue heavy
>cruiser is actually a dreadnought, but the red cruiser is a carrier."
>However, I'd like to get some additional ships to add to the fleet.
>The ships should look like they belong to the same fleet, if at all
>possible.

What about some of the SFB (Task Force/Harlequin) Gorns to go with the
Sathar ships?  IIRC, similar flattened spheroids for the main hull
sections, so they may look OK together.

Jon (GZG)
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