Re: [FT] ST Alternatives Re: [FT]Star Trek rules - BIG thanks

--- devans@uneb.edu wrote:
...
> Well, there is consistency: they all take up about
> the same space in an MM
> package. ;->=
> 

Yea, grumble grumble grumble

> Beyond that, I'd point out that even GZG-FT figs
> break down here and there;
> I have trouble imagining 24 of the fighters fitting
> in almost any
> carrier(the NSL big T is one HONKER) and still have
> room for the crew,
> weapons, power plants, etc., indicated.
> 

Well there is a point where you couldn't even
pick them up if they were to scale.

> Flying an MM Galaxy next to an MM Excelsior is a bit
> jarring, but I can
> live with it. Putting a six-plus inch ship amongst
> the less than three
> inchers, unless it's a juggernaught in a mostly
> straight line across the
> table, seems a bit awkward. I just wish they didn't
> WARP so easily, and I
> don't mean go to translight.
> 

That's why I use the MM's as smaller ships with
much the same planform:

Excelsior -- repulse class battleship
EnterpriseD -- New Orleans class battleship

and so on. I have full sized version of the 
Galaxy, the Excelsior, and the Sovereign now.

...
> Oh, just saw your post on the piccies. BIG thanks! I
> recognized one of the
> Jovian Chronicles ships, but not the other one. As
> an aside, I've been
> noticing the resin ships on eBay you mentioned; glad
> I didn't get in your
> way. ;->=
> 

I only bought a defiant from him on ebay and then
enlarged my order to include a Sovereign and an
Ambassador class ship. I and a friend of mine here
in Atlanta (she's on this list) tend to compete for
interesting spaceships on ebay.

> Don:
> ***
> > I talked Drew Bergstrom into making the Falcon
> Frigate
> > and  he is now making fighters for the 3 major
> Star Trek
> > races. I would like to see a proper sized defiant
> done next,
> > what do you think?
> ***
> 
> You have my thanks! I don't know if anyone agreed to
> the Maquis ship as the
> Fed fighter, but I'd like it. Likewise, a Jem Ha'dar
> would make my day. I
> have GOT to get that man some money!(Yes, you've
> heard THAT before.)
> 

I find Bergstrom's ships pretty cool. I've actually
thought of using his ships and the Star Fleet 
Elite ships to do games on reduced scale with
milimeters for MUs. It would be kind of cute and
his ships would be perfect in that scale. And you
could do battlestar galactica and NSEA protector
ships since he does quite respectable versions of
them. Frankly I think his coolest miniature might
be the martian war machines painted copper with
flourescent green highlights. I have 12 of them
ready if I ever figure out what game to use them
in.

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