Spaceships American Style?

Hi all.

Could someone recommend some North American based companies/links that
make decent starship miniatures for FT?

Thanks in advance,

> Could someone recommend some North American based companies/links that

OK, drawing from my Miniatures page here are the North American based
miniatures companies:
http://www.star-ranger.com/Minis.htm

Recomendations are my opinion only and bases on quality of castings,
interesting design, and ability to fit in with Full Thrust lines of
miniatures.

Agents of Gaming - Recommended
http://www.agentsofgaming.com/oshop.htm
Out of business but bought up distributors stock of their product and selling
books and minis for Babylon 5 Wars, Fleet Action, and Turning Point

Amarillo Design Bureau
http://www.starfleetgames.com/
Star Fleet Battles line of Star Trek Original Series bases starship miniatures

DLD Productions - Recommended
http://www.dldproductions.com/
Resin starships including the Vin'Grun

Dream Pod 9
http://www.dp9.com/
Lightning Strike line of spaceship miniatures

Force XXI Miniatures
http://www.midiowa.com/colsten/
A few fleets of resing starships

Hollistic Design - Recomended
http://www.holistic-design.com/
Noble Armada spaceship miniatures in boxed sets

ICE
http://www.ironcrown.com/
Silent Death line of starfighter miniatures

Monday Knight Productions - Recomended
http://mondayknight.com/
Massive pewter spaceships in their Galactic Knights line, formerly the
Starfleet Wars line from Superior

Musashi Enterprises Inc
http://members.aol.com/neghvar2/index.htm
Star Blazers line of anime based starships

Reviresco
http://www.tin-soldier.com/
Lots of retro fleet spaceship minis

WOW!!!

Thanks a million, Dean!

Warren

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

Valiant Enterprises Ltd - Recomended
http://www.veltd.net/
The classic Stardate 3000 line of spaceships

> WOW!!!

> On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 03:24 AM, Ground Zero Games wrote:

> ...by direct mailorder from the UK!

Question: Is it a Sad Thing that my FT minis have seen more of the world than
I have?

Damo

I wouldn't worry, If they came from the UK to the US then all they would have
seen is the Atlantic ocean...provided they could see through the hold of the
cargo aircraft...provided they had eye's in the first place. I think I need
more coffee...

Regards Matt Tope

[quoted original message omitted]

> I think I need more coffee...

Bang on! I think I'll join you...

By the way, I'd like to point out there is still a fair amount of the
former Geo-Hex produced GZG ships on the market, whether on eBay or
local game shops. By all means, have a look.

As I hope to be putting some fleets on eBay in the near future, I again remind
all that there's a fair amount of various Micro Machines at very low prices,
with ships in Star Wars, Star Trek, and B5 available.

But mostly, BE NOT AFRAID OF TRANS-ATLANTIC TRANSACTIONS! Jon is most
easy to deal with, and many others have already sung high praises of the
quickness of deliveries. Little known fact: Brits want our money. ;->=

Jon's already shown great warmth at the receipt of mine.

The_Beast

> Doug Evans wrote:

> I think I need more coffee...
Another myth that needs debunking is that it costs more to order overseas. In
the case of larger companies, their prices include VAT
which can be deducted for non-EU orders; this is usually enough to
offset some or all of the shipping costs. Another point to bear in mind is
that if you were to buy (say) UK products from a distributor in the US, you
may not pay as much in direct shipping but then they will
probably cost more model-for-model since the dustributor will have built

another layer of profit in.

And yes, we do want your money ;-)

> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:29:03 -0500

> Hi all.

> Could someone recommend some North American based companies/links that

> Thanks in advance,

Don't forget Iron Wind Metals.
<http://www.ironwindmetals.com>http://www.ironwindmetals.com
They've got a -very- nice line of Battletech spacecraft that should fit
in well with FT. In fact, I'm planning a whole 'nother 'power' around them...

I could witness Brigade's enthusiasm for my lucre, but I was
high-lighting
GZG, apropos to the list. *heh heh*

Hey, Tony, did you see the clutch of your ships going for good prices on
eBay? Thinking about going into the pre-painted market? ;->=

And, quick, here's an image of Tony for the list's web rogues gallery!
http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Frames/SFSFW.html

The_Beast

> Doug Evans wrote:

> I could witness Brigade's enthusiasm for my lucre, but I was
Well, in a way so was I - the VAT issue applies to GZG but not us (not
big enough to attract the attention of the VAT-man !)

> Hey, Tony, did you see the clutch of your ships going for good prices
Missed those - and no, I have enough trouble painting enough of my own
stuff let alone for other people!

> [quoted text omitted]

> Well, in a way so was I - the VAT issue applies to GZG but not us (not

That's true; you didn't even mention Brigade Models or give a URL. Wait a
minute! I did that FOR you! You cheeky monkey; you played me like a Piccolo!

The_Beast

From: "Doug Evans" <devans@nebraska.edu>

> But mostly, BE NOT AFRAID OF TRANS-ATLANTIC TRANSACTIONS! Jon is most

> --- Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:

Wasn't that the whole point of the colonies (us) in the first place? A nice
new market for British manufactured goods?:)

J

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:52:09 -0800 (PST) Jared Hilal <jlhilal@yahoo.com>
writes:
> --- Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote:
King George blew it but Jon is doing his best to correct that error. Hmm,
maybe they (UK) need a new "Royal Family"! Jon, up to the job?

Now here's an idea - if Jon took over as royalty, what would be his new
nobility heraldic "device(s)"  - sorry, went blank on the correct
terminology, been away from the SCA too many decades -  look like?

Gracias,

> Now here's an idea - if Jon took over as royalty, what would be his

On a field sable semee with stars (mullets?) argent, in saltire a plasma gun
and assault rifle proper. Instead of the Lion and Unicorn as supporters, his
shield would have a Powered Armor Trooper and a Scantily Clad Babe With Big
Gun.

I concur.

Now who's gonna draw it up for him?

> Laserlight wrote:

> Now here's an idea - if Jon took over as royalty, what would be his

On a field sable semee with stars (mullets?) argent, in saltire a plasma gun
and assault rifle proper. Instead of the Lion and Unicorn as supporters, his
shield would have a Powered Armor Trooper and a Scantily Clad Babe With Big
Gun.

It fits, although I'd have the shield and supporters a top a NAC
battledreadnought......)

Nah... Four elephants standing on a turtle...

> on 03.12.19 2:07 PM, Don M at dmaddox1@hot.rr.com wrote:

Four elephants on a NAC SDN?

> Nah... Four elephants standing on a turtle...

> > It fits, although I'd have the shield and supporters a top a NAC

Four elephants rampant on a NAC SDN with four Scantily Clad Babes With Big
Guns.With the whole surmounted by a NAC power armor helmet.....With shield as
previously stated......)

> Four elephants on a NAC SDN?

> Four elephants rampant on a NAC SDN with

Nah, that'd be cluttered.

The point of the exercise was to drive the royal heralds batty......)

> > Four elephants rampant on a NAC SDN with

Nah, that'd be cluttered.

Well it's only fitting when I look at my shelves, work table, game tables, and
kitchen table that are also cluttered with Jons' offerings....)

four scantily clad women... cluttered? Busy maybe...

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:41:17 -0500 "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
writes:
> Four elephants rampant on a NAC SDN with

How willing are companies when it comes to requests to knock the VAT off the
top? In additon, how do we know what merchants are including the VAT?

Eli
[quoted original message omitted]

> --- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:

It's Ground Zero Games. Somewhere there's gotta be a pair of dice and a
mushroom cloud.:)

J

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:09:37 -0800 (PST) Jared Hilal <jlhilal@yahoo.com>
writes:
> --- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:

I dunno about the cloud thing...

But the dice sounds necessary...

Gracias,