When I made a recent purchase on ebay, I could tell from the seller's photos that the trio of spaceships
were painted; I just couldn't tell
how they were painted. Imagine my pleasant surprise upon opening the package to discover this:
The three vessels bear a tiger-stripe paint job in the style of the
Capellan Raiders, and the smaller two of them have fanged mouths reminiscent of the
Flying Tigers. I had originally planned to remove the paint jobs and redo these ships as transports or tugs. My wife, however, insists I should keep the existing markings and bases, and I agree. As you can see, they're already mounted:
Unfortunately, I have no idea what line these ships are from or who made them. Maybe they're for the Battletech setting's space combat game, AeroTech? UPDATE: Thanks to
the expertise of the folks over at The Miniatures Page, the larger ship has been identified as a
Betafortress gunboat or
Nemesis gunboat for the space fighter combat game
Silent Death.
The smaller ships have a similar style, but I still can't pinpoint which model they are. UPDATE 2: The
author who redesigned some of the SD ships says the smaller ships are
Sapper minsweeper/assault fighters.
The bases have "Ral Partha" and what looks like the number "81" or "87" on the underside:
Take a look at the remaining pictures, and if you have any idea what these ships might be, let me know in the comments:
My first thought was Terran Trade Authority when I saw the paint jobs. Nice score.
ReplyDeleteThe ships are probably from the Battletech spin-off game BattleSpace. They have the style of that game's starship miniatures. Nice find with a pretty good paint job.
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