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Oh man! Why won't they just take my money! I need these.

Beautiful Fleet!

And did you see this?

I did--am anxiously awaiting seeing the finished product.

What! Explain the prow! Any update on the casting process?

The prow is a WIP shot of the upcoming Helian Assault Frigate. It'll be the same basic kit as the Escort Frigates, but with a cannon prow similar to the Firedrake.

As for casting, we had a couple of issues relating to how the printed material interacted with the curing of the silicone rubber for the molds but that's since been resolved and it's full steam ahead.

Right now we're waiting for the packaging inserts to get back from the printer and I'm getting some back end stuff set up on the website so it shouldn't be long till the corvettes launch.

Glad to hear your doing well with the new product. It's great to see a new and exciting source of capital ships!

Hey folks, just wanted to let you know the Corvette is now available!

Awesome!

http://www.battlegrouphelios.com/index.php/9-helian/13-helian-escort-corvette

Going to have to order some!

What gets me is, everyone complains (including me) about the cost of GW models, then rush out and buy something that's almost exactly the same price.

Don't get me wrong, I really like these models, but I prefer the eldritch look of the BFG ships.

Hey NoPoet,

It's really comparing apples to oranges. For instance, when I was collecting my IN fleet about 6 years ago, the Dauntless was around $15 USD. By the time GW stopped selling BFG it was up to around $25. Exact same model, just nearly double the cost. It's not so much the cost of the models that gets folks, it's that the cost is constantly going up without any obvious cause.

With BGH we're doing our best to set realistic prices based on our production and packaging costs, but even so it'll be quite some time before we recoup design and printing costs. Thankfully BGH is a side project for us so we can afford to front the costs involved.

 NoPoet wrote:
What gets me is, everyone complains (including me) about the cost of GW models, then rush out and buy something that's almost exactly the same price.

Don't get me wrong, I really like these models, but I prefer the eldritch look of the BFG ships.

GW are a large company mass-producing models in plastic in-house based on designs created by salaried employees(meaning they have low costs for both development and manufacturing). People are right and entirely justified in complaining when the resulting models cost as much or more than miniatures being produced by small startups and garage companies in labour-intensive resin.

GW don't make those lovely eldritch BFG ships any more, fans of that game weren't worth their time & energy apparently, and I'm far happier seeing my money go to a small company who evidently have a love for the "genre" than I am pouring it down the ebay drain trying to jigsaw together enough "OOP collectible" models .

Totally agree with Yodhrin!

 NoPoet wrote:
What gets me is, everyone complains (including me) about the cost of GW models, then rush out and buy something that's almost exactly the same price.

Don't get me wrong, I really like these models, but I prefer the eldritch look of the BFG ships.

Great point Nopoet, except i rather spend money on a guy in his garage that keeps a system alive that is dumped by GW than a company that can make the same ships for a tenth of the price and still asks a bloated price.
But you have to thank GW thanks due their pricing policy all these small companies are beating GW at their own game!.

What's next in the pipeline or docks?

With exception to some I have seen on Shapeways---most of the 'proxie' vessels I have seen have been rather reasonable. Including shipping.

What's next in the pipeline or docks?

Next up is for Zac to finish out the assault frigate. Then we'll be taking a bit of a holiday until this fall to recharge before starting in on the art for the terrans.

That will probably be a CL, 2 frigate types, and a smaller ship.

Holiday! How dare you!

What is a CL?

A sorry, old abbreviation. CL = Light Cruiser.

Ah thanks, i was hoping on some battleships, maybe in the future.

Thought some of you might dig this: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/653537.page

Ah thanks, i was hoping on some battleships, maybe in the future.

We are planning to do them, but it'll be after the terrans have a similar range to the helians.

$20 for 3 ships, nice! I will be picking some of these up just as soon as I have the pennies.

Can we expect the Terran vessels to somewhat resemble the old space marine ships?

I do think the marine ships are cool... with modifications, but we draw inspiration from a wide range of sources. There's a few general thoughts we have for the look of the Terrans right now.

The race has a similar tech base as the Helians, but different applications. Where Helians are ornate, Terrans are utilitarian. While Helians focus on big ships, Terrans field more smaller vessels.

Expect the aesthetic to have echoes of the Helians but have much less ribbing and far more armor plating.

Vaaish wrote:

Ah thanks, i was hoping on some battleships, maybe in the future.

We are planning to do them, but it'll be after the terrans have a similar range to the helians.

Any hints on how the Terrans will differ from the Helians?

It's a bit early in the process to say anything for sure, but think if you stripped a helian ship down to the frame and plated armor over it and added some battleship style turrets and put a hanger in the prow, you probably wouldn't be off to a bad start.

Vaaish wrote:
I do think the marine ships are cool... with modifications, but we draw inspiration from a wide range of sources. There's a few general thoughts we have for the look of the Terrans right now.

The race has a similar tech base as the Helians, but different applications. Where Helians are ornate, Terrans are utilitarian. While Helians focus on big ships, Terrans field more smaller vessels.

Expect the aesthetic to have echoes of the Helians but have much less ribbing and far more armor plating.

Why hallo thar, my new Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet

Yeah that description sounds pretty epic!

I posted this to the BGH Facebook page a few minutes ago, but we've seen a fairly sizable number of requests for fleet packs and I'm trying to figure out what combination of ships would be most useful if we put a pack together.

I'm thinking we'd potentially do three options. A Starter fleet, booster pack, and full fleet pack. Any thoughts on what you'd find most useful in those packs?