Re: DP9 in space [OT] Quiet

At 11:40 PM -0400 8/14/00, Aaron Teske wrote:
>At 08:59 AM 8/14/00 +0100, Jon wrote:
>>Corey wrote, in response to my question about the DP9 JC ships...
>>>It mostly float horizontally, and about 2-2.5"  in height and about
2" in
>>>length
>>
>>Hmmm. If they are no bigger than this, I wonder why they decided to go
for
>>resin rather than metal?
>>I'd expected them to be quite a bit larger, where resin would have
made
>sense.
>
>I suspect that DP9 went with the resin to keep production in-house and
>under their control (Fusion models, etc.), since they had a *heck* of a
>time lining up outside work for the Heavy Gear metal minis -- a big
reason
>for the delays in their release.  To my knowledge, they don't have (but
are
>looking to get, I *think*) in-house metal casting ability.
>
>					Aaron Teske
>					ateske@HICom.net

I just got a pack each of the first release of miniatures. Overall, 
I'm cautiously optimistic about these minis. The two ships are very 
nice models. The detail is very crisp and ranks with the very best 
plastic figures (GW, I'm looking in your direction). I've seen good 
resin models before, these are better. There is just a bit of flash 
on the models and looks to be easliy handled by a sharp knife. I like 
the ships a lot, and they'll do nicely for gaming. The Athena is 53 
mm long, and 44 mm wide.

The exos are a different story. Not in production quality, they'll go 
together well (a pin vise will help with the joints) and can be 
easily posed. The main pieces are the limbs and torso, with varying 
amounts of fiddly bits. Sadly, the Pathfinder does *not* come with an 
intact weapon, one must be assembled. Assembling a wing of four will 
be a real project. The models are also a lot bigger than I had hoped 
for at 30 mm; most notably they're bulkier than the cardboard pieces 
in the rulebook.

I've played LS with 15mm samurai for exos and with ships roughly the 
size of the DP9 ships, these will cramp a table, blot out the ships, 
be very expensive, and a lot of work to build and paint. I was 
looking forward to fielding a force of 20-24 Jovian exos, but not at 
this size and cost (I'll probably pick up some FA scale Minbari 
instead and look into 15mm PA figs for LS).

I'm not completely down on the figures. They aren't the right size 
for Lightning Strike.But next to a 6mm grav tank, they look like a 
great size 4-5 walker for DSII. Or like light walkers in 15mm. Just 
not for 1/5000 spaceship miniatures. I was hoping for something in 
the 16-20mm range, and four in a blister. I'll have to drop DP9 a 
line and let them know at least one customer would prefer the smaller 
size, and they'd also have a sideline in 15mm PA.
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