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I have been trying to find a range of star wars ships that I encountered a couple of years ago but I have had no success so far. They were models designed for war gaming and depicted the battleships in the galaxy, Star Destroyers e.t.c. If anyone knows the range I am think on then please can you let me know the name of it!
Many thanks
Optio


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And 10 minutes later I stumbled across them by chance:
http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/category/11/star-wars.cfm

I thought you meant the Star Wars Battles miniatures. Made from the same awkwardly bendy pvc as Heroclix...

The page you linked seems to be mostly out of stock.

The models were so-so and the rules for that game were naff. It died soon after release.

X-Wing sure filled in that void nicely, it seems.

Although from the linked page above... those 1/10000 ships would allow you to build huge fleets. I'd be curious to use the Saganami Tactical Simulator rules with Star wars ships...

Agreed on X-Wing as gaming goodness and commercial success.

Slide rule not included for Saganami

Yeah the X-Wing ships are made from a firmer plastic with slightly better detail and a slightly better paint job (which is to say, the paint jobs on the SWM ships was actually quite good compared to the figures). The ships from FFG are also larger and scaled appropriately where as the fighters from Wizards of the Coast are all the same size.

That said, you have a much better selection of ships to chose from if you get them from the old Star Wars Miniatures: Starship Battles line and even the rare ships (and I do mean rare. Blind buys.. blech) will probably only cost you the same as a single new X-Wing while the common ships can probably be picked up for £1.50 each. Also if you are interested in different eras, this is your only option unless you can get the ship you want on Shapeways.

So I wouldn't totally count them out, particularly if you aren't after ships just to play X-Wing with..


The X-Wing is supposed to be an ARC 170. Stupid WotC making ARC's rare... *grumble grumble*



Edit: Ahhhh I should have refreshed before I replied. Yeah if you are after totally different scales for other purposes then there ARE options. I used a few Revell kits in my Star Wars RPG campaign..

There are some interesting models that Star wars miniatures: Starship Models have - I had never actually heard of the line before! Thanks
I'm not particularly interested in the star-fighter combat else I would probably go for X-Wing but I have always had a soft spot for the big ships in star wars.