[FT] About these Phalons....

So what are they like, Obi Wan-GZG ?

> So what are they like, Obi Wan-GZG ?

Do you mean the ships, or the figures?

Well, the ships are rather snail-like, and strongly inspired by the
organic
ships in the "Outlanders" manga/anime (by Johji Manabe). They also have
a
degree of Freudian (or Giger-esque?) symbolism, hence the joke in the
name....

The Phalon infantry are quite non-humanoid, apart from the fact that
they are upright bipeds. Their limbs have an extra joint each, and their heads
are reminiscent of the old War of the Worlds (George Pal movie version)
martians, a flattened shape with a single tri-lensed eye.

Preying Mantis infantry!
I take it that the not-ST bugs would be their Infantry walkers?

Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/
[mkw] Admiral Peter Rollins; Task Force Zulu

> -----Original Message-----

The heavy battle/cruisers are kick ass models
I wrote a review of them this year which will be in the archives alonmg with
follow ups.

http://people.canoe.ca/jhan/ft/Archive/1999/oct1999/digest/01515-gzgdige
st.txt

<ARCHIVE> I have just received my 20 quid ship packs from GZG as advertised on
the back of Ragnarok 31. I cannot recommend these enough for value for money,
*exceptional*

This review covers the phalons, of which there is little press on this list,
soon to change when the fleet book 2 comes out. I had ordered the earlier
light phalon units and was a bit underwhelmed by them, this has now all
changed with the larger ships now being available.

These are sculpted by Dave Garnham, who also did the Sav'asku. The Phalons are
IMO superior to the SV miniatures with respect to detail and assembly.

I refer to the catalogue page for the Phalons for reference, though they don't
do the actual models justice.

http://www.lightspeed.u-net.com/gzg/gzg-ft-ph.html

FT814 Fighter Mother ship heavy (I think the picture caption is the wrong way
around for 814 & 813)

This comes in several pieces, but they are all a good fit. Some filling
required on the neck. The raised fighter pods locate very well and are easily
glued in place. The detail is very good lots of dimples and vents and its a
huge heavy piece of metal. There are several small vent tubes to glue on to
give a very good organic feel.

FT811 Light Dreadnought same construction quality as the mother ship and level
of detail good, again with glue on vent pieces and pod (these can be seen
sticking out of the picture) filling on the neck required.

FT809 Battlecruiser, these are the stars of the show one piece heavy, strong
and beautifully detailed and shaped. They have a nice organic feel and a
certain menace. Very much like the ships in the manga outlanders.

FT808 Heavy Cruiser, like the battle cruiser, these things are lovely one
piece with lots of detail, even the shells have a dimple pattern all over. As
heavy cruisers these things feel tough and unstoppable.

These are really nice models, which look good together and will be very eye
catching on the table. I haven't decided fully on a colour scheme yet, but
will probably base it on the blue, pink and red from some of the Outlanders
covers. The vents and orifices
will be pink/red.

I wait with baited breath for the new rule sets to cover this amazing new
addition to the GZG line. I have most of their ships to date (bar the IF) and
these are the most interesting so far IMO.
In addition these could all double as excellent alien grav/gev vehicles.
</ARCHIVE>

As JT is doing special offers on Aliens I'd
buy some now - as stated all we are missing are the rules to play
them, until then I've made something up based on EFSB HBW and lots of cheap
armour.

> So what are they like, Obi Wan-GZG ?

The rules from Fleet Book 2..... (cue: thunderbolt):)

Come on, Jon - it is nearly Xmas ;]