Almost finished with my set of Klingon ships for Star Trek Fleet Captains.
A close-up:
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi57.tinypic.com%2F2qx6q6q.jpg&hash=2bb6410395f7e52f1b255632b3409c9672429000)
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs9.postimg.org%2Fjg8sb1tz3%2FSTFC1.jpg&hash=e75d975cbcfc4382e85b6b59e56ed1410e94e188)
Thread here: http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=10893
I still have some touching up to do on these Klingons, and the Negh'var battleship left to paint. Then on to the Federation and Romulans eventually. Will post pics as I get the batches done. These are the first minis I've ever painted and I'm glad the Birds Of Prey came out fairly well. I spent a fair amount of time on them (and going cross-eyed).
A pic of how the vanillas look is in the thread above if you're curious how they look out of the box.
I say this as a very picky Star Trek fan: Those look freakin awesome!
Quote from: bbmike on September 17, 2014, 04:23:52 PM
I say this as a very picky Star Trek fan: Those look freakin awesome!
Thanks.
I've been in a bit of a gaming funk lately, so figured I'd start getting some practice at painting the hordes of gaming minis I have. Something different to do.
Quote from: bbmike on September 17, 2014, 04:23:52 PM
I say this as a very picky Star Trek fan: Those look freakin awesome!
+1
V nice.
Quote from: LongBlade on September 17, 2014, 08:00:51 PM
Quote from: bbmike on September 17, 2014, 04:23:52 PM
I say this as a very picky Star Trek fan: Those look freakin awesome!
+1
V nice.
+2
As a card-carrying trekker I just subscribed to the Star Trek ship collection
http://startrek-starships.com/usa/index.asp
I probably won't get them all............... :uglystupid2:
Quote from: DoctorQuest on September 17, 2014, 08:06:43 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 17, 2014, 08:00:51 PM
Quote from: bbmike on September 17, 2014, 04:23:52 PM
I say this as a very picky Star Trek fan: Those look freakin awesome!
+1
V nice.
+2
As a card-carrying trekker I just subscribed to the Star Trek ship collection
http://startrek-starships.com/usa/index.asp
I probably won't get them all............... :uglystupid2:
Nice find, but I already have spent my share of cash on minis - including Star Trek.
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=2613.msg57136#msg57136
I'm afraid that'll have to be a no go for me.
I used to own a ton of these - http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Micro_Machines#Micro_Machines
I've long regretted getting rid of them. They were pretty much perfect for gaming.
Quote from: mirth on September 17, 2014, 10:29:52 PM
I used to own a ton of these - http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Micro_Machines#Micro_Machines
I've long regretted getting rid of them. They were pretty much perfect for gaming.
I still have a ton of these including a bunch from the "pewter" collection which are pretty cool. I probably ended up with 4 or 5 Enterprise-Ds. O0
Sure. I "game" with them. PEW...PEW...PEW...take THAT you Klingon/Ferengi/Cardassian scum!
Quote from: mirth on September 17, 2014, 10:29:52 PM
I used to own a ton of these - http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Micro_Machines#Micro_Machines
I've long regretted getting rid of them. They were pretty much perfect for gaming.
Oh, hell yeah. Those are cool.
Quote from: LongBlade on September 17, 2014, 09:47:29 PM
Nice find, but I already have spent my share of cash on minis - including Star Trek.
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=2613.msg57136#msg57136
I'm afraid that'll have to be a no go for me.
I also picked up some
Federation Commander stuff recently. Both Klingon and Romulan Border along with the Klingon Attack expansion. Will eventually bust that out.
I briefly considered picking up the pewter minis for FC, but the price of purchasing all that I would need, to cover the classes I currently have with those sets, would be better spent elsewhere. Seriously.. it'd probably be over $200. That's a lot of extra game purchasing power. I'll either use the counters or just "cross the streams" and use some of the older ships in my Fleet Captains sets once I get them painted. Saving money and getting an extra game system at the same time. I wouldn't mind using the later models for FC since the ship cards aren't artistically precise anyway. >:D
Still might be a squeeze to fit the clix bases into the large hex side of the maps but I also have a huge 1.5" hex mat if need (originally purchased for use with
Check Your Six: Jet Age of which I need to paint many minis too - argh!).
I
do miss the SFC computer games too. :( I wonder how well they run on Win7 these days.
Quote from: Nefaro on September 18, 2014, 12:26:00 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on September 17, 2014, 09:47:29 PM
Nice find, but I already have spent my share of cash on minis - including Star Trek.
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=2613.msg57136#msg57136
I'm afraid that'll have to be a no go for me.
I also picked up some Federation Commander stuff recently. Both Klingon and Romulan Border along with the Klingon Attack expansion. Will eventually bust that out.
I briefly considered picking up the pewter minis for FC, but the price of purchasing all that I would need, to cover the classes I currently have with those sets, would be better spent elsewhere. Seriously.. it'd probably be over $200. That's a lot of extra game purchasing power. I'll either use the counters or just "cross the streams" and use some of the older ships in my Fleet Captains sets once I get them painted. Saving money and getting an extra game system at the same time. I wouldn't mind using the later models for FC since the ship cards aren't artistically precise anyway. >:D
Still might be a squeeze to fit the clix bases into the large hex side of the maps but I also have a huge 1.5" hex mat if need (originally purchased for use with Check Your Six: Jet Age of which I need to paint many minis too - argh!).
I do miss the SFC computer games too. :( I wonder how well they run on Win7 these days.
Yeah, I dropped a decent amount of cash on Federation and Romulan minis - got some more as gifts, too. With minis you just have to bite the bullet. They're expensive. But they add a dimension to gaming that can't be replicated by cardboard. Just be careful - once you start buying minis, it's difficult to stop. My rule of thumb is to ask myself if I'd be happy with the mini unused just sitting on a shelf. If the answer is yes - and with Star Trek that's a given - then I'll spend the cash knowing even if it isn't used much, I still will appreciate it in it's own right.
Quote from: LongBlade on September 18, 2014, 06:56:24 AM
I also picked up some Federation Commander stuff recently. Both Klingon and Romulan Border along with the Klingon Attack expansion. Will eventually bust that out.
I briefly considered picking up the pewter minis for FC, but the price of purchasing all that I would need, to cover the classes I currently have with those sets, would be better spent elsewhere. Seriously.. it'd probably be over $200. That's a lot of extra game purchasing power. I'll either use the counters or just "cross the streams" and use some of the older ships in my Fleet Captains sets once I get them painted. Saving money and getting an extra game system at the same time. I wouldn't mind using the later models for FC since the ship cards aren't artistically precise anyway. >:D
Still might be a squeeze to fit the clix bases into the large hex side of the maps but I also have a huge 1.5" hex mat if need (originally purchased for use with Check Your Six: Jet Age of which I need to paint many minis too - argh!).
I do miss the SFC computer games too. :( I wonder how well they run on Win7 these days.
Yeah, I dropped a decent amount of cash on Federation and Romulan minis - got some more as gifts, too. With minis you just have to bite the bullet. They're expensive. But they add a dimension to gaming that can't be replicated by cardboard. Just be careful - once you start buying minis, it's difficult to stop. My rule of thumb is to ask myself if I'd be happy with the mini unused just sitting on a shelf. If the answer is yes - and with Star Trek that's a given - then I'll spend the cash knowing even if it isn't used much, I still will appreciate it in it's own right.
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You got the pewter FC minis, right? Did the parts fit together well for easy gluing?
Scuttlebutt says the pewter FC minis are a much better set than the older plastic ones they had. But after having to trim and glue plastic minis together in other games, I'm a bit wary of doing it with metal ones unless they lock in fairly well.
Quote from: Nefaro on September 18, 2014, 12:26:00 AM
I do miss the SFC computer games too. :( I wonder how well they run on Win7 these days.
I'll try to find my CDs and see if I can get one of them running this weekend. I loved those games too.
Quote from: Nefaro on September 18, 2014, 10:32:41 AM
You got the pewter FC minis, right? Did the parts fit together well for easy gluing?
Scuttlebutt says the pewter FC minis are a much better set than the older plastic ones they had. But after having to trim and glue plastic minis together in other games, I'm a bit wary of doing it with metal ones unless they lock in fairly well.
They fit fine. Many were a single piece. The heavy cruisers and such did need to be watched while the engine nacelles dried. I think I had a problem with one dreadnought's top nacelle, which fit just a bit cockeyed. Other than that I didn't have any issues. I did end up deepening the holes for the stands that hold them up - the canted piece that allows you to change the pitch ended up not holding the heavy pewter so well, so I just took it off and used the straight piece to hold them up.
Quote from: mirth on September 18, 2014, 10:35:54 AM
Quote from: Nefaro on September 18, 2014, 12:26:00 AM
I do miss the SFC computer games too. :( I wonder how well they run on Win7 these days.
I'll try to find my CDs and see if I can get one of them running this weekend. I loved those games too.
I have had good luck running all of them under Win 7.
^Cool!