To be honest Ive never seen anyone playing, and your ships are first (maybe second time) I see NA ships painted on the net.
It certainly doesn't seem to have had much success as a game in any of its 3.5 incarnations (Holistic had a second edition, hence the fraction), which may say something about Fading Suns itself being a bit too niche. Kind of a pity, and it surprises me that the ACTA version didn't prosper despite Mongoose's typical issues. I recall their ACTA Babylon 5 doing all right for years, and the games were mechanically similar. OTOH, B5 is well known in scifi circles even today, so stronger draw from the parent IP.
FWIW I actually got off my butt to paint my Noble Armada leftovers in large part due to seeing a freshly painted Li Halan fleet on Facebook, so you do see some finished stuff now and then even now.
If it helps I always watch them with pleasure
Good to know. I imagine I'll get around to doing more at some point, probably after I either find something rare or cheap on ebay for the game or Ral Partha Europe releases more of the missing figures from the Mongoose run.
My next starship-related posts will probably revolve around the massive kitbashing project I've got littering the workbench right now. I expected to be doing a 15mm fantasy commission for a couple of months but there seems to have been a snag.