Anybody got any idea what the UNSC ships are going to look like?
Are they
even in sculpting yet? I assume that they will have a full range of vessels,
from fighters to SDNs.
Personally, I would prefer a smooth, slab-like look to the ships
- they're
supposed to be pretty high tech, right? Maybe instead of the cluttered look of
the surface of most FT ships, they could be smooth, with some panel
detail, and rounded weapons/sensor blisters scattered across the hull.
Nice, even thrust ports, and some fighter bays. Something visually distictive.
Something that would look good in blazing white with a nice
blue world-shield on the flank.
> At 23:44 07/07/98 -0500, you wrote:
Are they
> even in sculpting yet? I assume that they will have a full range of
> look of the surface of most FT ships, they could be smooth, with some
According to Nic Robson the OU ship miniatures should be done but I still have
no idea what they look like. As for the UN ships Nic did have a resin model at
SAGA some weeks ago (which I bought in a moment of weakness which nearly
always gets me at Nic's stall). It was a carrier that came in 3 pieces; body,
bridge and engines. Fairly smooth sort'a model which to me looked a lot like
the carriers out of Space: Above and Beyond. The molding was pretty good
overall though there were a lot of small annoying balls of resin over the more
detailed parts of the model and the engines took a bit of filing to fit right.
I haven't finished cleaning up the model yet due to
lack of time but say 2-3 hours to do a good job on the one I got. As far
as I know this model is the only one in the range so far and I don't know who
made it or if Nic has any more (I got the last at SAGA) and it's not in his
catalog yet.
> According to Nic Robson the OU ship miniatures should be done
That rings true. The UNSC Hammer fighters seem to have been "inspired by" the
human fighters from SAAB.
> Tony Wilkinson wrote:
The carrier that Tony is refering to is made by Adventurous Spirit. It is part
of a range I'm working on right at this very moment. Sorry Tony about those
annoying little bubbles on the surface, I had to rush the moulds for SAGA and
didn't have time to use a Vac chamber (I have to travel 80 km to use it) The
next releases will be better with the engines and bridge made out of metal and
hopefully no tiny bubbles. I'm just putting the finnishing touches on a super
dreadnaught that looks a bit like the Earth ships in The Fifth Element. The OU
ships you are referring to are similar in shape, although not made by me the
two ranges will compliment each other nicely.
Regards to all
> According to Nic Robson the OU ship miniatures should be done but I
While I haven't got any yet, I have seen these ships. I will admit they look a
little "unusual" to my taste, but I'm sure some people will absolutely adore
them.
The best thing I believe is that finally the OU have something distinctive,
rather than relying to the sell-offs of the major powers...
> At 01:13 PM 7/9/98 +1000, you wrote:
> While I haven't got any yet, I have seen these ships. I will admit
Well then I guess you've seen the OU Resin vehicles and OU 25mm Powered
Armour? Some of the ugliest things I've ever seen (sorry Nic). Those OU
Powered troops look like Easter Eggs on legs! I'd be far too embarrased to go
into battle wearing something like that! And the vehicles, while interesting,
aren't to my tastes at all.
G'day guys,
> According to Nic Robson the OU ship miniatures should be done
I've got (well my husband's got - we're still negotiating final
ownership -
the only drawback of having more than one gamer in a family) a couple of heavy
cruisers so far. They look very similar to the vessels in Fifth Element (i.e.
flattened cylinders with lots of antennae out the front and a high bridge
superstructure at the rear).
Have fun,
Beth