Re: BFG

>
>Well, sorry for causing that huge string of posts, although much of it
was
>hilarious, and some of it frascinating. (Dunno how much I like suddenly
>like being part of a "dinosaur gamer" thread, though. Grin)
>
>Yeah, I think Games Workshop's evil. But I'm an addict. For their
models,
>at least. The last game of theirs that I actually played regularly as
(and
>still is) Man O War. And a touch of Blood Bowl, as well.
>
>But I *love* their models, overpriced though they are. The new
Battlefleet
>Gothic stuff looks fun, and the destroyers are about the size of GZG
>cruisers, so they can be used alongside the many, many GZG figs I've
got.
>I tend not to use fighters in my games, because I've yet to find a way
to
>represent them on the table that looks aeshetically pleasing. Some
folks in
>our group (visit any time you'd like, Mark! I'm running Ogre in a week
or
>two, followed by FT) just use counters for fighters, which is cheap.
But
>I'm still looking for the "perfet solution." We'll see.

I've been using Beth's suggestion: Use an plastic flight base, drill
holes 
in the shaft, and mount fighters on paperclip wire set into those holes.
 It 
looks really, really good, especially with my Sa'Vasku.  The dice are 
currently following them around the table, but I can live with that.

>I hear ships in BG have swarms of fighters. Haven't bought the game.
The
>minis are just cool...

GW Mailorder had a sale last week, so I took the opportunity to pick up
some 
of their BFG fighters (along with some plastic jungle trees, which look 
surprisingly good with a coat of green ink).  I have to say, I was
pleased.  
The prices aren't all that bad -- $1.50 for four fighters -- and the
detail 
is really nice.  They are molded with small bases, designed to fit into
the 
Epic infantry stands, but these could easily be snipped away.  I
especially 
like the Gunboats.  They have a nice, unique look to them.  Frankly,
I'll 
probably buy a few more at some point in the future.

Along with the order, I got a copy of their mailorder magazine, which
had 
pictures of Imperial Transports (which look just like Imperial
destroyers), 
and the new Ork ships.	The ork stuff is...okay, I guess.  Not my cup of

tea.

This reminds me (as I ramble) of a question: Does anyone know if the new
BFG 
eldar ships are symmetrical, or do they only have the one sail sticking
out 
of their side.	It's damned hard to tell from the pictures that I've
seen

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