From: Michael Llaneza <maserati@e...>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:16:29 -0700
Subject: Re: DP9 in space [OT] Quiet
> At 11:40 PM -0400 8/14/00, Aaron Teske wrote: 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.