The Big V is painting up real good... just washed the top and it looks great just with that done....LOL

I'm letting that dry before I hit it with the dry brushing.

Here it is about 95% done...

Just received and started painting my new home one. The 3.2 km size from Mel actually matches up to the ffg ISD well. It looks pretty much to scale now since the home one was declared to be 2km.

Very disappointed in my shapeways order... got one dreadnaught. And one lancer... pics will come soon. But...

Omg, I should have ordered more!!! Ahahaha. Sorry. Love it. Came quicker than expected. And the quality, even the lower quality lancer was awesome. Thanks Mel

59 minutes ago, Altahara said:

Very disappointed in my shapeways order... got one dreadnaught. And one lancer... pics will come soon. But...

Omg, I should have ordered more!!! Ahahaha. Sorry. Love it. Came quicker than expected. And the quality, even the lower quality lancer was awesome. Thanks Mel

I'm only ever disappointed when I check my credit card statement ;-)

1 minute ago, MajSharpe said:

I'm only ever disappointed when I check my credit card statement ;-)

Tell me about it... I'm trying to figure if I can survive on ramen noodles for a month so I can order more ships.

25 minutes ago, outerrimrebel said:

Tell me about it... I'm trying to figure if I can survive on ramen noodles for a month so I can order more ships.

Now thats when you know its become a problem

Well this is filling a niche that... er... *checks age (god I feel old* *does math* 12-13 year old me REAAAAAALLY wanted. Model Dreadnoughts, model lancers, all those good and wonderful things that X-Wing, TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance along with the whole EU catalogue and then to a lesser extend (because WTF is a Tartan Cruiser?!) Empire At War introduced. I still play EaW, quite a lot (the Thrawn's Revenge Mod is epic), but to be able to hold in my hands, paint, and generally play with some of these things taps a part of me which I will never let go of. Because I don't want to be a boring old fart with a mortgage, insurance and an opinion on Capital Gains or Income tax.

So kudos to Mel, and all the other model makers, designers, creatives and dreamers who let me dream a bit more myself.

Having set that if Mel would like to get into processing Shapeways high quality prototypes (I was thinking metals) into pressure-cast resin replicas to increase volume + profit, I'd totally entertain being a part of that. I've never been a good enough scratch modelmaker to do it myself.

Anyone have a side by side of the CR70 with the FFG CR90?

I've painted up one of the new XQ platforms... I have two. Fully intend to use them whenever I've got a game going. Might grab the XQ-5 to do someday, but I'm pretty happy with how the pair I got turned out. I just wish I could find a more... suitable base.

that looks really good man. what's it like to play with a tangible station on the board?

The one thing that stood out to me so far is the hangup that, as a physical piece, you kind of subconsciously plan not to ram it. But that's the only obstacle on the board that helps you!

Can any of you guys (or Mel!) chime in on the size of Mel's Defender Corvette from in the "squadron" section? I'm wondering if they are large enough to base the pair of them to be a homebrew Rebel gunship flotilla (the fact that technically they are from the Old Republic notwithstanding- they still look awesome). I can't get a good idea in my head from the Shapeways measurements.

The models seem to be the size of a large-size squadron ship, but their in-universe length according to Wookiepedia puts them at larger than a GR75, which would be perfect for a flotilla if that's the size they are.

Kinda wanna see that MC75 painted.

1 hour ago, Gottmituns205 said:

Kinda wanna see that MC75 painted.

So do I...

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... wait that means I need to get off my butt and paint it.

By CadetBrick:

You can see lot's of TIE Hunters, TIE Punishers, K-Wings nad Royal TIEs in the background.

Oh baby

that's way cool man. On a side note, Rogue One is on DVD/Blu-ray now. which means that we can watch vader cut people over and over again

4 hours ago, Chuntsinger said:

that's way cool man. On a side note, Rogue One is on DVD/Blu-ray now. which means that we can watch vader cut people over and over again

First thing I did: obsess over the HD shots of the MC75 to check if I did something wrong. I gotta say I'm very proud of the level of detail and proportions I managed to take from the images in the Visual Guide and the HD trailers.

I don't doubt for a minute that your work wasn't spot on mel.

Just finished applying Mel's conversion kit for one of my ISD's. It ended up beautifully, to say the least.

pictures over on Boardgamegeek .