RAFM Starship Minis

[robject]

Yes, they are a bit pricey $60. The imperial box set gives you a plankwell, an AHL, 2 Gionneti SEH light cruisers, 4 fer de lance DEs and 4 Chrysanthemum DEs.

Cheers
Richard

Yes, pricey, but I think the workmanship is newer and very good, and the models are larger than RAFM's minis, right?

Too pricey for me anyway. If I were doing squadron battles on a regular basis, however, then I'd pick them up.

 

[shield]

The scale of the ad astra fleet models is different from the RAFM minatures, the battleship is about 2.5 inches long, the AHL is about 1.75 inches, the SEH light cruisers about 1 inch, and the DEs are small at about 1cm long.

Don't forget ad astra do a Free trader, 2 scouts or 5 pinnaces. Again a different scale (about three times the size of the RAFM figures). The delta wing pinnnaces are quite nice.

Look out for the Tholians minatures for Startrek. They look reasonably imperial compared to the ship pictures in Fighting Ships of the shattered imperium or the QLI ships books. The boxed set includes a typical saucer like space station and a web tender that looks an awful lot like the common imperial transport from the rebellion sourcebook.

Cheers
Richard

 

[robject]

Look out for the Tholians minatures for Startrek. They look reasonably imperial compared to the ship pictures in Fighting Ships of the shattered imperium or the QLI ships books. The boxed set includes a typical saucer like space station and a web tender that looks an awful lot like the common imperial transport from the rebellion sourcebook.

That's a great tip, Richard. I'm always looking for non-Traveller minis which nevertheless can easily pass as Traveller ships. (Many ship designs tend to be iconic to the system, and therefore aren't so useful for Traveller. "Hey, isn't that a Y-Wing fighter?" "Uh no, no, that's a Fer-de-lance destroyer!" "Riiiight...").

 

[shield]

Speaking of Traveller starship minis, I have managed to get ther prices from Ad Astra games for individual ship minis (from their fleet boxed sets)

Here is the pricing for the Traveller miniature singles:
Ship Cost
Beowulf Free Trader $16.74
Scout Courier $9.00
Imperial Pinnace $2.70
Plankwell A $9.63 }
Plankwell B $9.45 } You need all three parts to make the battleship
Plankwell C $8.19 }
Azhanti High Lightning $8.19
Gionetti $5.22
Fer De Lance $1.89
Chrysanthemum $1.62
Veipchakl $22.05 - Zho battleship
Kevchenzh $10.26 - Zho 50ktn cruiser
Zhdavlditz $2.97 - Zho Light cruiser 14ktns
Zhadiak $1.89 - Zho destroyer - 4ktns

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Richard

 

[spinwardpirate]

Two views of my newly enlarged (and unpainted) "fleet":
http://www.piratebrethren.com/traveller/Traveller ships 01.JPG
Warning, very large images (yeah, I forgot to scale them before I uploaded them).

 

[spinwardpirate]

Two views of my newly enlarged (and unpainted) "fleet":
http://www.piratebrethren.com/traveller/Traveller ships 01.JPG
http://www.piratebrethren.com/traveller/Traveller ships 2.JPG
Warning, very large images (yeah, I forgot to scale them before I uploaded them).
Thanks again robject.

 

[shield]

Robject

Any news on the international shipments

Cheers
Richard