First of all thanks to all for the kind words about the wedding... <g>
Now, I just got my order from Jon...
The 15mm SG figs are great and I am now a convert except for one small issue.
Vehicles?
I also love the 25mm New Israeli troops, I know I'll be getting more of those!
I also ordered a UN Carrier Group and a UN Battle Group, all the models are
fantastic and I llok forward to more of the line...
I have a question about the IF ships though, all I have seen is one bat
picture on my Update that came with the order. Does anyone have more of them
scanned somewhere so I could see what they look like?
I will also now confirm all the positive posts about ordering from Jon
oversea's also!
G'day David,
> I have a question about the IF ships
If you go to the very useful Starship Combat News site, particularly the FT
page at
http://www.homestead.com/star_ranger/FullThrust.html
you'll find a few links to pics of the IF ships (starting with the latest
at the top of the page and the rest about half way down the page -
follow the links to UN ship pics and you'll find the IF ships alongside them
at
the page the link takes you to).
Hope that helps
Beth
> http://www.homestead.com/star_ranger/FullThrust.html
Grumble...
Yes, it does, and they look as nice as I was afraid they would.
I just had *2* fleets added onto the horrendous amount of other unpainted
mini's...
They would make perfect Vargr corsairs for my Imperium RPG campaign...
Grumble...
;-)
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:37:13 -0500, "David Rodemaker" <dar@horusinc.com>
wrote:
> The 15mm SG figs are great and I am now a convert except for one small
I've had success with converting Roco minitanks, the HO scale "mostly
prebuilt" tank models. I've converted German Marder 1A3 APCs to grav APCs, and
I've used straight uncoverted Marders as tracked APCs. They are "different"
enough that most North Americans don't recognize them.
Someone said that they used Sculpey to convert some Rocos to GEV vehicles. I
wish I knew whom because I'd like to see how that was done. My attempt was
less than successful.
I noticed in the latest catalogue that Jon now sells 15mm tracked APCs. I'm
considering them to save me some time in converting Rocos. Roco Leopard IIs,
the latest variant, look sci-fi enough for tanks.
From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
> Someone said that they used Sculpey to convert some Rocos to GEV
You're perhaps thinking of Brian Burger
http://warbard.iwarp.com/sg2vehicles.html
Seems he put them in a sub-directory, and didn't update the page's
pointers.
http://warbard.iwarp.com/cgi-bin/i/images/photos/ifv1.jpg
Kinda hard to see the sculpey part, but the rest is MARVELOUS... ;->=
The_Beast
"Laserlight"
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From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
> Someone said that they used Sculpey to convert some Rocos to GEV
You're perhaps thinking of Brian Burger
http://warbard.iwarp.com/sg2vehicles.html
Unfortunately the graphics links seem to be dead
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Laserlight wrote:
> From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
Really? My site is a bit of a mess right now - I don't have an internet
connection at home, so site maintanence is a bear.
I'm planning an update soon - next week - so I'll make sure all the
graphic links are up to date.
Try <http://warbard.iwarp.com/sg2gallery.html> as well - more vehicle
pics.
On the GEV skirts: they're 'snakes' of air drying clay, pushed into the track
openings of hte Marder and smoothed, then glued into place & painted when
they're dry. I used the same technique for the Scorpion LBT as well.
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 devans@uneb.edu wrote:
> Seems he put them in a sub-directory, and didn't update the page's
Blast. I created the 'photos' sub-directory to mke file management
easier,and I could have sworn I'd updated all the image links...
> Kinda hard to see the sculpey part, but the rest is MARVELOUS... ;->=
I'm flattered! It's really a pretty easy conversion, and hte Marder looks (at
least for North Americans) 'odd' enough to pass reasonably as an SF vehicle.
Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
- http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -
> The_Beast
> "Laserlight"
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> From: Allan Goodall <awg@sympatico.ca>
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:20:41 -0700 (PDT), Brian Burger
<yh728@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
> Blast. I created the 'photos' sub-directory to mke file management
Nope. Those images are in the sub folder. I did the same thing DB (Da Beast)
did and checked for sub folders. Voila, there she be.
> I'm flattered! It's really a pretty easy conversion, and hte Marder
Oh, the Marder is a good one! My fave for SF. What's better than the
gun-armed
1A3 is the drivers training variant. It comes with a dome-shaped cupola
where the gun is usually mounted. I use those as command vehicles. There's
also the Roland, a missile launching variant with a big radar antenna on top.
I modified the launcher a little and it looks neat.
Brian doesn't use Sculpey. I tried to go the Sculpey route, but found it was
too difficult. Sculpey has to be baked. I could mold the putty the way I
wanted, but it was always deformed in the process of removing it from the
bottom of the vehicle. I'm going to use Brian's suggestion of clays and let it
air dry.
I have something else in mind for the Sculpey. I'm going to craft some SG2
slit trenches with it. I'm also going to take a crack at creating buildings
with it. I bought Super Sculpey as per an article I read on The Miniatures
Page about using it to create historical buildings. I've got a cool idea that
would make an excellent convention game. I just need some ideas for
sci-fi
buildings...
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:16:54 -0400, "Laserlight"
<laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
> You're perhaps thinking of Brian Burger
Thank you, kind sir! As Da Beast stated, the photos are in a sub
folder....