It's what, about 16" long? Big by miniatures standards and tabletop play, but have you really never gamed with model kits? Used to be middling common at cons and a few big game clubs, particularly with the Star Trek crowd using Zocchi's Star Fleet Battle Manual or some Star Fleet Battles variants. Saw quite a bit of Starblazers stuff too, and some really big kitbashes and homebrew space stations. You played with 3-4' tall weighted stands (often modded sheet music stands like you see in grade school band classes) on an uncarpeted floor, usually in a gym or convention hall. 8" was a small ship in that kind of game, and 2' long wasn't uncommon for the bigger dreadnoughts. Haven't seen anyone put on a game like that since the 90s, but it was quite the experience. There was some Battletech madman who did something vaguely similar with a full-blown planetary invasion aerotech scenario using true-scale dropships and a pocket warship along with flocks of fighters about 8-10 years back, but that's the last time something that grandiose cropped up that I know of. Pity, really. Made for terrific visuals at conventions.
there ARE a few ships that are BIGGER in the Imperial Navy, but most of those are one off's.... also, would love to see ALL the ships from gothic scaled up... then again, i'd be happy just to have access to ALL the files for printing ANY ship in gothic...
BFG minis are way too effing big. Every model should be half the length that it actually is, if not a third or even a quarter. Now that we can 3d print them, I think it would be a good idea to try to build consensus for a smaller scale standard that people could agree to. The models take up so much space that it's often hard to actually do close range formations or close range fights :(
That is the bwreyolds full thrust stand with the correct mount peg modeled in by me. If you have a 3d printer the files are sold on cults3d under bwreyolds
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It's what, about 16" long? Big by miniatures standards and tabletop play, but have you really never gamed with model kits? Used to be middling common at cons and a few big game clubs, particularly with the Star Trek crowd using Zocchi's Star Fleet Battle Manual or some Star Fleet Battles variants. Saw quite a bit of Starblazers stuff too, and some really big kitbashes and homebrew space stations. You played with 3-4' tall weighted stands (often modded sheet music stands like you see in grade school band classes) on an uncarpeted floor, usually in a gym or convention hall. 8" was a small ship in that kind of game, and 2' long wasn't uncommon for the bigger dreadnoughts. Haven't seen anyone put on a game like that since the 90s, but it was quite the experience. There was some Battletech madman who did something vaguely similar with a full-blown planetary invasion aerotech scenario using true-scale dropships and a pocket warship along with flocks of fighters about 8-10 years back, but that's the last time something that grandiose cropped up that I know of.
Pity, really. Made for terrific visuals at conventions.
I saw something like that at GenCon one year. I thought they were using retractable car radio antennas.
I thought you might have magnetized the turrets, looks good
there ARE a few ships that are BIGGER in the Imperial Navy, but most of those are one off's.... also, would love to see ALL the ships from gothic scaled up... then again, i'd be happy just to have access to ALL the files for printing ANY ship in gothic...
Find the battlefleet Gothic discord
shame the model is no longer available :(
Was this printed to the right scale? Looks huge (and yes I know Gloriana Class are the big bois).
Printed at whatever scale soul forge studios made it in
BFG minis are way too effing big. Every model should be half the length that it actually is, if not a third or even a quarter. Now that we can 3d print them, I think it would be a good idea to try to build consensus for a smaller scale standard that people could agree to.
The models take up so much space that it's often hard to actually do close range formations or close range fights :(
Did you FDM print the weapons bays an turrets or were those resin printed?
Yes. I did a complete ship in resin and a complete ship in fdm
You dont happen to have the STL still do ya?
Sure do. But we don't ever distribute stls.
Do you think that is it possible to print smaller ships in FDM ?
Absolutely. I did a few recent videos that highlight smaller ships in fdm
@@PulsefiredGaming OH ! I go watch them now so xD
It's possible but they don't look as nice.
Where did you get the stand?
That is the bwreyolds full thrust stand with the correct mount peg modeled in by me. If you have a 3d printer the files are sold on cults3d under bwreyolds
Why’s it so big?
Rule of cool. Originally it was designed to go on a tabletop alongside star wars armada ships.