Re: [OFFICIAL] New Stuff from GZG!

OK, I've just got to pester you with questions on these:

1)  When will/are the stats available for these?

2)  When is Geohex going to carry them?!?!?

Thanks,

Mark

Ground Zero Games wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A little commercial announcement - we've just released the first NEW
batch
> of human-force FT ships for quite a while!  The moulds were made
today, so
> they are officially available as of tonight - and all you GZG
"listers"
> (hmmm, that has worrying connotations for Red Dwarf fans.... <grin>)
are
> the first to know about them!
>
> OUT NOW are the first six releases in the ISLAMIC FEDERATION fleet; in
> keeping with the Islamic theme they all feature forward-swept crescent
> "wings", which by a fortuitous conincidence means that a number of you
may
> find places for them in certain other fleets that you may be
building.....
> not that that would have anything to do with us, of course... ;-)
>
> All these will be on sale at SALVO this Sunday, for those of you who
are
> coming along - but see us early, there won't be many of each in
stock!!
>
> In cidentally, I've done these models myself (as opposed to all the
"old"
> FT ships which were Paul Copeland's work, and the SV and Phalon stuff
which
> are Dave Garnham's) and I have to say I'm very pleased with the way
they've
> turned out - I hope you'll like them as much. Expect more Islamic
releases
> soon to fill out the fleet roster, plus the start of fleets for the
> Japanese, New Israelis and maybe even some UNSC stuff - I'm on a roll
at
> the moment....!
>
> Please don't pester us for photos yet - we've only just finished
making the
> damn things! As and when I get the chance to photograph them I'll try
to
> get the pics onto a website somewhere and tell you all about it.
> Oh, and before you ask, no we haven't done official stats for them yet
> either..... :-/
>
> One way you listers (there's that term again...) could help is to
suggest a
> few suitable class names for the Islamic ships - something in keeping
with
> the background and national identity. Any thoughts?
>
> Anyway, here's what is out so far:
>
> FT-1001 Islamic Fed light fighters (6)* 0.95
> FT-1021 Islamic Fed heavy fighters (6)* 0.95
> FT-1022 Islamic Fed strikeships (3)	  1.25
> FT-1004 Islamic Fed frigates (2)	  1.95
> FT-1005 Islamic Fed destroyers (2)	  2.25
> FT-1010 Islamic Fed battleship	  4.25
>
> (All prices in UKP)
>
> * We could have cheated and just renamed the GF013 and 016 fighters as
> Islamics, but we didn't - these are wholly new designs.
>
> Happy thrusting......
>
> Jon (GZG)