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Other Naval Games => Space Naval Games => Topic started by: Ruckdog on March 08, 2015, 12:58:35 am

Title: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: Ruckdog on March 08, 2015, 12:58:35 am: Has anyone else seen these guys?

http://www.battlegrouphelios.com/

(http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/3/8/693221_sm-.jpg) (http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/693221-.html)

These look pretty good to me! It's been years since I've played BFG, but I'm thinking of picking up some of these models just because they are so nice looking.
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: Last Rites on March 08, 2015, 11:05:32 am: Way back when this game was first out we tossed round the idea of playing. With all the new models and reinterest popping up Im considering trying it out. If only to paint haha
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: Landlubber on March 09, 2015, 03:06:00 pm: Oh man, those are some good-looking ships. I think I'd get those just to paint them up. Will definitely be keeping an eye on this company. Thanks for the link Ruckdog, and for bringing them to our attention!
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: markymark1970 on March 09, 2015, 09:25:52 pm: Those look cool. There are several people doing stuff on Shapeways that do some good BFG ships too.
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: Landlubber on March 10, 2015, 12:30:44 am: Quote from: markymark1970 on March 09, 2015, 09:25:52 pm
Those look cool. There are several people doing stuff on Shapeways that do some good BFG ships too.

I was not aware of Shapeways...some very interesting stuff there, like this:

http://www.shapeways.com/product/BC5ZV3YW4/colonial-viper-mk-ii-1-270?li=productGroup&optionId=41050180

Anyone have any experience ordering stuff from Shapeways? Because at $5 per starfighter, I'm thinking about ordering up a fleet's worth of Vipers...
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: Ruckdog on March 10, 2015, 06:19:57 am: I have just ordered some 1:1800 WWII ships from Shapeways myself. The War At Sea community has been sourcing ships from there for years, ever since WotC dropped official support. This newsletter has a good overview of ordering minis from Shapeways; I recommend you take a look before ordering:

https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.com%2Fs%2F2d7d55093c7e34a54a06
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: markymark1970 on March 14, 2015, 01:00:09 am: There are a few vendors with good BFG looking stuff, like this cruiser for example:

http://www.shapeways.com/product/PGTTVKE5Y/bfg-heresy-marine-cruiser?li=search-results-8&optionId=40874696

I have ordered from Shapeways twice, and no problems yet. Picked up some Brakiri plastics (Stephan and a few of you should recognize these designs):

Corumai Dreadnought (original version)
http://www.shapeways.com/product/JHXGTCBQD/corumai-dreadnought?li=search-results-1&optionId=1971022

Antoph Light Cruiser
http://www.shapeways.com/product/R5NNNQ6XF/antoph-light-cruiser?li=search-results-1&optionId=630727
Title: Re: Battlegroup Helios
Post by: Ruckdog on March 14, 2015, 05:16:48 am: Yeah, Grimdarkbits has done some incredible design work, for sure! I've been drooling over a few of his models for some time now, as well ;).