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**Kid_Kyoto**

Another low cost option are the great Imex Chemical Plant sprues.

Banged out two space stations this weekend.

**JoshInJapan**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Another low cost option are the great Imex Chemical Plant sprues.

Banged out two space stations this weekend.

That's brilliant! I have been sitting on a pile of those, unable to motivate myself enough to overcome the hassle of assembling them. I may have to revisit that particular Box Of Shame

**Eilif**

Looks great. I love what you've done with them.

The only problem is that the Chemical plant kit is rarer than hens teeth these days.

You can buy it by the sprue on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chemical-Plant-plastic-terrain-set-main-pipes-sprue-/141946319870?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
but at $6 each that's going to add up fast.

Also, a buddy over at Lead Adventure had purchased the earlier version of the 144 ships that had a couple of different designs. He sent me a few of each and I'll post them up soon.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Yeah I noticed it seems OOP, and I'm kicking myself for not getting the power plant when I had a chance.

It looks like you'd get a lot for your $6, the main issue is you'd need 2 sprues to build a big tank (or the saucer on my station).

$24 will get you more pipes than you'd ever need.

**Eilif**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

$24 will get you more pipes than you'd ever need.

Maybe, Remember that all the pipes are half sections as well. $24 would probably get you enough to use them for occasional greebling as I do, but if you want to make a big installation, it may require significantly more.

**Vulcan**

A bit off topic but I think the French prefer to say a METRIC crap-ton...

**Kid_Kyoto**

Found something else of interest mainly to BFG and Epic players.

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/

Vanguard has picked up some of the 'I can't believe it's not Epic' lines like Defeat in Detail and Onslaught as well as a small line of gothic space ships, suitable for a battle fleet.

Costier than dime store space ships but cheaper than 3rd hand used Gothic and Epic models on ebay.

Some nice 6mm stuff too for truly epic games.

Also some 6mm scale turrets suitable for scratch building ships.

**Llamahead**

If your going to mention other manufacturers http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Spaceships/index.html and GZG https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/full-thrust-starships.html produce excellent craft more expensive than dime store but still less expensive than BFG 2nd hand they also have excellent 6mm stuff as well.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Chemical Plant+Rinco+Buck Rogers

Da Orkterprize!

The Elysium Class Waystation, a civilian port for resupplying and R&R found throughout human space.

**Kid_Kyoto**

If you want to add something more alien I've been playing with toy starfish. Once painted will make a nice Cthulhu/Shadows type force.

12 for $5
https://www.amazon.com/Dozen-Plastic-Starfish-Assortment-Multi-color/dp/B00NWTOPVG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469525619&sr=8-2&keywords=toy+starfish

For something more conventionally pulpy there's deep sea creatures.

$12 for 7
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HDSM5F0/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_22?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2P5I4NW0QQAX1

**Kid_Kyoto**

I found the chemical plant on the Pegasus site.

http://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/p104/%234911-Chemical-Plant/product_info.html

And even cheaper on the Compleat Strategist site.

http://www.thecompleatstrategist.com/chemicalplant.aspx

Which is good since I'll be out of parts soon now that I know I can do this:

**Eilif**

Those look great. Have you looked at the starcrasher ship designs on ironhands.com ?

**BobtheInquisitor**

I love those conversions, Kid Kyoto. Consider them stolen.

**Kid_Kyoto**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I love those conversions, Kid Kyoto. Consider them stolen.

Which is fine since I stole them from Ironhands.com (as Elif pointed out)

I found a way to stretch the bitz even farther, will post pictures tonight.

**Eilif**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I love those conversions, Kid Kyoto. Consider them stolen.

Which is fine since I stole them from Ironhands.com (as Elif pointed out)

I found a way to stretch the bitz even farther, will post pictures tonight.

To be fair, you've definitely put your own spin on the idea. Really liking what I'm seeing so far.
I may have to glue a couple of the buck rogers ships to my space station to give it a sense of scale.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Confirmed Pegasus has the Chemical Plant in stock, but the power plant is gone for good. This makes me sad.

http://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/p104/%234911-Chemical-Plant/product_info.html

**Kid_Kyoto**

Compleat Strategist doesn't have the Power Plant either

If anyone's seen one or can recommend an online store with lots of older stock let me know.

**Kid_Kyoto**

A new space station option

http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/dropfleet-commander/33905-modular-space-station-pack
http://www.thewarstore.com/product110041.html

Modular Space stations for Dropfleet Commander US$50~60, coming in November.

Modular Space Station Pack Information
This incredible multi-part hard plastic set is a fully modular custom space station building kit - a first for tabletop gaming! It can be assembled in a virtually infinite number of ways in a massive variety of forms, shapes and sizes to fit your imagination.

All eight cruiser-sized space stations in the image gallery can be built from a single set, but these are just examples. A much larger number of smaller stations could be constructed; alternatively, players could use the entire set to build one massive orbital dock! If you wanted to create something truly gargantuan, multiple sets can also be combined.

Every one of its many and varied parts is sumptuously detailed. Superstructure, towers, communication dishes, gantries, cooling vanes, gun turrets, laser weapons and missile pods are all part of the kit, giving the builder an unrivalled degree of creative options.

Space stations are integral to many scenarios in Dropfleet Commander - highly appropriate for the game's orbital combat setting!

This box contains 4 hard plastic space station sprues - to date the largest sprue Hawk Wargames has produced. Each sprue includes 51 different components and 71 in total - that's a staggering 284 parts in this one set, not including the bases!

Average size of example space stations shown is 90x90x60mm.

NOTE: This kit is provided with 6 large and 8 small Dropfleet flight stands, designed to track in-game status without the use of tokens.

Please Note: Miniatures are supplied unpainted and some assembly will be required.

**kronk**

Well, those are ballin'.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Found some sprue pics.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hawkwargames/dropfleet-commander/posts/1636197

**Rainbow Dash**

Amazon Canada is just the worst. I'll have to buy a few bags to make the shipping worth it...
Or other ships as well, didn't need that many but it is what it is I suppose.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Another scratch building/greebling option. GW themselves suggested using beads and buttons in the original BGF rulebook.

https://www.amazon.com/eCrafty-EC-5003-70-Piece-Jewelry-Making/dp/B0080XSHG8/ref=sr_1_12?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1476958932&sr=1-12&keywords=beads

This particular set are metal and small, one review says the biggest are about the size of a dime.

Anyone tried this?

**ulgurstasta**

Has anyone tried using those dime-store ships for Epic? They seem to fit size-wise.

**Kid_Kyoto**

ulgurstasta wrote:
Has anyone tried using those dime-store ships for Epic? They seem to fit size-wise.

Depends what you're using them for. I'd say the smaller HIPS ones from EM4 or Metal Express will work better as most epic fliers, the dime store ones would be good as terrain or larger ships.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Slight Threadcromancy but some news.

Silent Death ships have moved to a new site but it now has a lot more pictures.

http://silent-death.mx/product/plastic-ships-frame-s-12-plus-12-flight-stands/

The sprue is $8 which is a bit more than EM4 (UKP2.55) but it's a US company if that makes a difference to you.

http://www.em4miniatures.com/acatalog/Science_Fiction.html

Silent Death has tons of metal ships too.

I got the Drop Fleet space station set and it's fantastic for space stations, satellites or just grubbings for ships or other 5mm or under conversions.

At $50 a bit costy but you'll get a lot of use out of them.

I also got into cheap Space Cruiser Yamato ships from Bandai, at $5~$10 a pop (even cheaper if you happen to be in Japan) they're a great resource.

Available on Amazon too.

They're about to become my Tau fleet, along with the Silent Death plastics.

**Nevelon**

<sigh> Between packing up all my Silent Death minis for the move, and reading up at that site, now I really want to get a game if it in. One of the best fighter games out there IMHO.