Re: Bab5 fighter figs -- Be jealous!

>At 04:23 PM 10/11/98 -0500, The Caldwells wrote:
>>
>>Just received 156 Minbari, Narn, Centauri and Earthforce fighters from
Mr.
>>Tuffley.  (Thanks, Jon!).  These are wonderful miniatures!  If you
have any
>>interest in B5 gaming, these are highly recommended.	It's so cool to
see
>>fighters that are in scale with the AOG ship miniatures.
>
>They are just great aren't they?  I love my Notbari fighters.	They
look
>spectacular next to AOG's Minbari Warcruiser and the Kantaurus Fighters
are
>great in my AOG Centauri fleet.  They really do look very, very cool. 
The
>Star Sabre two-man fighters arent as good as they could have been, but
they
>still look O.K.
>
>>Now to base them!
>>Nick Caldwell
>
>Well, at the risk of blowing my own horn.....
>
>Earlier in the year I discussed with Nic of Eureka Minis fame the idea
of
>doing Fighter bases that could hold a dice as well as the fighter minis
and
>having them base-heavy so that they don't keep falling over all the
time
>(at that stage I was experimenting with many designs, most mage from
>plastic or foam that kept toppling at the slightest touch).  He told me
if
>I did up a prototype, he'd see what he could do.  So I did one up out
of a
>standard hexagonal flight stand with a section cut-out to hold a
GW-sized
>dice.	Nic had a master done and sent me a few.  They look really,
really
>nice I can tell you, especially when painted up.  I've done some of my
Star
>Tigers up on them with 4 to a base and they look fantastic.  With the
D6 in
>the back to show how many there are left in the group, I am looking
forward
>to getting more to use in my fleets.  I don't know if Nic has them in
>production yet, but I can tell you I will be getting many, many more of
>them.	Woo-hoo!
>
>So if they prove popular, mayhap Jon and KR will have them available
>elsewhere soon.

I haven't seen anything on this from Nic yet, but we (GZG) have been
working on something very similar after several requests! More news
soon....

Jon (GZG)
>
>
>-Kelvin....
>
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