• Registered: 2006-01-06
  • Posts: 28

Topic: SAE "Official" Minis?

Is anybody currently making or planning to make miniatures of the SAE ships available? Either Imperial or Grumm Wars setting? I like both settings and lack time to build (yet another) fleet from scratch.

  • Registered: 2008-05-16
  • Posts: 76

Re: SAE "Official" Minis?

dave-the-lost wrote:

Is anybody currently making or planning to make miniatures of the SAE ships available? Either Imperial or Grumm Wars setting? I like both settings and lack time to build (yet another) fleet from scratch.

In FA scale?

  • Registered: 2006-01-06
  • Posts: 28

Re: SAE "Official" Minis?

"FA scale"? I should know that one and don't.

  • Registered: 2008-05-16
  • Posts: 76

Re: SAE "Official" Minis?

dave-the-lost wrote:

"FA scale"? I should know that one and don't.

Back when AoG had the B5 license they did the mondo huge scale that people are stuck with now and they also did a "Fleet Action" scale that was smaller.  Most ships fit inside a 2" hex.  Individually they were a little cheaper, but they were also smaller.  The only problem they had was there was never a line of non-genre specific ships produced before the B5 license was lost.  They did have a independent line called Turning Point, but it was designed to use the FA rules (which weren't the greatest IMO).  But the line was great.

  • Registered: 2006-01-06
  • Posts: 28

Re: SAE "Official" Minis?

Ah, yes then FA scale would be ideal. I would say about 2-3 inches long for Capital ships is a good size for gaming.

Those 6" long carriers and Super Galactic Dreadnaughts from MKP get too unwieldy on a hex map.

BFG models are not a bad size, but are not the style I'm looking for. ADB's SFB "Trek" ships, Full Thrust ships, etc are all of appropriate size. 

It's more of a shape thing though.