ALERT: Scanners detecting incoming bogeys. Two unidentified craft, approaching at .6 c, unfamiliar design:
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| I took this photo without a flash and heavily manipulated it. |
Tonight I painted up a couple of
Silent Death minis that I had acquired sometime back.
SD is
a game of space fighter combat, so these figures are meant to represent individual attack craft. Since they're about 1&7/8 inches (46mm) long--about the size of a
Starfleet Wars/
Galactic Knights destroyer--they can also serve as larger ships in other starship combat games.
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| They're not blurry when I have the flash on. |
These models by RAFM are part of the Night Brood faction (whatever that is); this particular design is known as
the Muskellunge (whatever that is). I like the lines on these ships. The insectoid design means I could use them as new Entomalian designs. These ships could also serve as civilian luxury yachts, racers, cargo ships, pirates, or even a new alien species.
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| The Violeta. |
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| The Goldie. |
Since I'm not sure how I'll end up using these ships, I didn't paint them in the colors of any of the Five Powers. Instead, I had a little fun, ending up with bright gold and electric purple effects for these craft. I'm looking forward to getting these gals on the table, once I figure out their role.
It's pretty, and as you said, very versatile in terms of how it could be used.
ReplyDeleteHave you been following B/X Blackrazor? He's working on a set of space combat rules too and has put up plenty of thoughts on the genre over the past few posts.
http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/
I'm not sure about Muskelunge, they look more like cephalopods to me.
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Thanks, Porky! I've been keeping up with the posts at B/X, and it looks like he's working on something for a roleplaying group, not 1-on-1 combat. Stilll, I'm interested in seeing what he comes up with.
ReplyDeleteInteresting idea, Eastwood! A race of squidlike beings (possibly originating from a gas giant instead of an Earthlike world) would provide a nice alternative to the humans-in-funny-suits trope inherent in Starfleet Wars.
We might not be the first ones to have this idea: http://www.epicponyz.com/2009/11/cthulhu-meets-star-warstrek.html
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I think the purple ship is one of the nicest paintjobs you have posted
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