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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Amalric on 19 August 2013, 11:18:56 PM

Title: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Amalric on 19 August 2013, 11:18:56 PM
Here are a pair of transports I painted up a while back for X-Wing.
First, the Belle of Alderan.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img850/8493/o3g0.jpg)
Shown here racing thru the Imperial blockade.
Though often overshadowed by Solo's Falcon, the Belle, a YT-1400, though slower could care more cargo and she made a great contribution to the Alliance's war efforts.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img28/2613/eu5c.jpg)
Models by AMC from the ole rebel base set, based with dowel and plex.
Notches sanded into the base to allow the use of the turning templates.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img821/563/nj3h.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img10/4709/1wrj.jpg)
The Belle is a tad larger in the body then the Falcon, but the cockpits are the same size.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img59/3725/tu9q.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/4205/l8wl.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img822/6055/mph9.jpg)
Now to get a game in.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: von Lucky on 20 August 2013, 11:21:56 AM
Beautiful work.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 20 August 2013, 12:58:48 PM
I absolutely love that Rebel freighter design. Much better than the "Blockade Runner", which was very clever itself, but the freighter looks soo much like a container vessel it hurts. :D

Beautiful painting, too. I always find it tricky to do a convincing job on spaceships of that size and scale - too little and they fall flat, too much and they look choppy and unconvincing.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Mason on 20 August 2013, 01:54:35 PM
Nicely done, sir.

I like it!
 8)
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Barks on 20 August 2013, 02:15:21 PM
Very nice. I've been thinking of painting my flight stands matt black; your pictures show how much better this looks.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: styx on 20 August 2013, 02:59:41 PM
Very nice work. I tried to google AMC and could not find the company. Are they still making product?
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 20 August 2013, 03:19:32 PM
Very nice work. I tried to google AMC and could not find the company. Are they still making product?

I think it's a typo - those would be the old kits sold variously under the AMT/MPC/ERTL brands. If you google for "MPC Empire strikes Back rebel base" (or substitute AMT or AMT-ERTL for MPC), you should come up with results. Sadly, there's only a single freighter in the set, but the X- and Y-Wings in the set weren't too shabby for the time and could look quite decent with a good paintjob themselves.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2013, 03:46:41 PM
lovely jobs... why is X-Wing just so damned expensive?

Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: workerBee on 20 August 2013, 03:53:19 PM
lovely jobs... why is X-Wing just so damned expensive?



Profit.

When you only need a few miniatures for a game it has to cost more for the rules and/or starter sets.

Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Elbows on 20 August 2013, 09:05:36 PM
You can get X-Wing stuff reasonably priced in the US.  How much is it in the UK?

Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Amalric on 20 August 2013, 11:54:39 PM
Thank you all for the kind words.

I think it's a typo - those would be the old kits sold variously under the AMT/MPC/ERTL brands. If you google for "MPC Empire strikes Back rebel base" (or substitute AMT or AMT-ERTL for MPC), you should come up with results. Sadly, there's only a single freighter in the set, but the X- and Y-Wings in the set weren't too shabby for the time and could look quite decent with a good paintjob themselves.
Chris,
You're right, it was a typo.
I'm none to fond of the Y-wings in the kit, but the X-wings with their closed S foils will convert into swell Y95 Headhunters.

anevilgiraffe,
I agree its pricey, but the quality is very high and at least over here you can get them on sale by shopping around. At Christmas I got some Ties for like $7 a pop from Amazon and I got the Slave 1 from Miniature Market on daily sale for around $10.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 21 August 2013, 12:33:27 PM
You can get X-Wing stuff reasonably priced in the US.  How much is it in the UK?

the base game is £23 to 25 (so about $35-40), which is 3 minis. Slave 1 and Millenium Falcon are about £20 - 23 each (so $30-ish), extra TIEs and Wings you're looking at about £9 ($14)
 
http://www.google.co.uk/#fp=ba03d62ec0b3e97&q=x%20wing%20miniatures%20game&tbm=shop
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Commander Vyper on 21 August 2013, 04:16:06 PM
Chris,

I picked up slave one new for £13, the boxed game for £21 and the falcon for £21. So there are bargains to be had you just gotta keep your eyes peeled.
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Predatorpt on 26 November 2013, 11:06:44 PM
Amalric, sorry for dragging your topic back to the limelight, but after seeing it, I went and bought one of these diorama sets. I'm still waiting for it, but itching to know something, so I'm asking you - are the X-Wings and Y-Wings compatible in size with the X-Wing Game ones?

I'm thinking of using them as proxies for my Rebels (I'm an Imperial gamer, don't want to spend much money with that Rebel scum!).
Title: Re: My Transports for Star Wars-X Wing Games -The Belle of Alderan & the Venture
Post by: Sterling Moose on 27 November 2013, 02:09:47 AM
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the base game is £23 to 25 (so about $35-40), which is 3 minis. Slave 1 and Millenium Falcon are about £20 - 23 each (so $30-ish), extra TIEs and Wings you're looking at about £9 ($14)

Here in North America the prices aren't that different.  The cheapest I've managed to get the Core ruleset is US$30 plus tax, and fighters for US$10, regular price for fighters is around $14.50-$15.00.  The Falcon, Lambda and Slave 1 are usually $30, though I got my Falcon for $25 and a Lambda for $23.