All the ships in our shop on Shapeways have been repriced. Many of the ships released between February and April dropped in price. For ships that are very expensive, an in-between material at an in-between price has been added.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 02:12 am: Edit

Release will be Monday the 3rd of June. We are all going to a wedding of a friend on Saturday the 1st so we cannot do it then.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 08:21 pm: Edit

Release on 6 June: After discussion, we are moving it to June 6 so we can bring you more ships.

By Patrick H. Dillman (Patrick) on Friday, May 31, 2019 - 03:13 pm: Edit

D-Day! (Also one of my sister's Birthday!)

By Patrick H. Dillman (Patrick) on Tuesday, June 04, 2019 - 11:35 pm: Edit

I don't see a board for ship request, so I'll put it here. Cadet Ships.

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 - 07:04 am: Edit

Great work with all the miniatures.

I noticed young and baby dragons are among the dragons available from SFU Shapeways.

In the dragon chart (SM7.461) it only goes down to young (40BPV)..., I was thinking if you trim some boxes off the wings, body, and claws from a young dragon to get a baby dragon, give it a plasma D breath, ph-3 laser eyes, ID one drone every 8 impulse range one (perhaps 20 BPV).

All good

By wayne douglas power (Wayne) on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 - 07:39 am: Edit

...A new scenario, perhaps a space ship running into a dragon lair by chance (a rare event), with 3-5 baby dragons and a mother Dragon soon to return from gathering food...

By Jeffrey George Anderson (Jeff) on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 - 11:43 am: Edit

Patrick, Cadet Ships, as I'd imagine them, would be externally identical to standard ships. The biggest difference (indeed, if any) would be a few weapons removed; something that ought not be too hard for people without Parkinsons*.

On a related note, I appreciate your interest in the Cadet Ships on the assumption that you're using them to introduce the game universe we all love to more people.


(*This is NOT meant as any sort of insult; I know the difficulties hand tremors cause first hand. I've lived with them myself for years.)

By Nick Samaras (Koogie) on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 - 01:58 pm: Edit

Maybe a smaller scale of heavy cruisers for the ones in the Cadet Manual that can fit on a standard map?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 - 03:30 pm: Edit

Looks like we will release 50 ships tomorrow.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 01:25 pm: Edit

Release is imminent!

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 02:16 pm: Edit

1489 items in the store as of last month.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 02:17 pm: Edit

1490 Federation DNL with grid in 3788
1491 Federation DNL without grid in 3788
1492 Federation DNL with grid in 3125
1493 Federation DNL without grid in 3125

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 02:18 pm: Edit

1494 Federation carrier tug with grid in 3788
1495 Federation carrier tug without grid in 3788
1496 Federation carrier tug with grid in 3125
1497 Federation carrier tug without grid in 3125

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 02:29 pm: Edit

1498 Federation F4 fighter in 285
1499 Gorn G8 fighter in 285
1500 Fed heavy assault shuttle in 285
1501 Fed ground assault shuttle in 285

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 02:36 pm: Edit

1502 Andro Cobra+Viper in 3788
1503 Andro Cobra+Viper in 3125
1504 Andro two Cobras in 3788
1505 Andro two Cobras in 3125

These are part of a marketing test to try to find less expensive ways to use the new formalae and bounding boxes of the updated Shapeways system.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 02:41 pm: Edit

1506 Andro two Vipers in 3788
1507 Andro two Vipers in 3125
1508 Andro three Cobras in 3788
1509 Andro three Cobras in 3125

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 03:28 pm: Edit

1510 Andro three Vipers in 3788
1511 Andro three Vipers in 3125
1512 Fed LTT with carrier pod without grid 3788
1513 Fed LTT with carrier pod without grid 3125
1514 Fed Tug with carrier pod with grid 3788
1515 Fed Tug with carrier pod with grid 3125
1516 Fed Tug with battle pod without grid 3788
1517 Fed Tug with battle pod without grid 3125
1518 Fed Tug with battle pod with grid 3788
1519 Fed Tug with battle pod with grid 3125
1520 Fed LTT with battle pod with grid 3788
1521 Fed LTT with battle pod without grid 3788
1522 WYN Mako-Scout in 3788
1523 WYN Mako-Scout in 3125
1524 Fed LTT with battle pod with grid 3125
1525 Fed LTT with battle pod without grid 3125

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 03:38 pm: Edit

1526 Neo-Tholian space control ship 3788
1527 Neo-Tholian space control ship 3125

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 04:18 pm: Edit

1528 Ymatrian destroyer in 3788
1529 Ymatrian destroyer in 3125
1530 Romulan SparrowHawk-E PFT 3788 original
1531 Romulan SparrowHawk-E PFT 3125 original
1532 Romulan SparrowHawk-E PFT 3788 cranked arrow
1533 Romulan SparrowHawk-E PFT 3125 cranked arrow
1534 Orion base station in Omni
1535 WYN heavy cruiser in 3788 unibody
1536 WYN heavy cruiser in 3125 unibody
1537 WYN heavy cruiser in 3788 kit
1538 WYN heavy cruiser in 3125 kit
1539 WYN base station omni scale

By Shawn Hantke (Shantke) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 04:27 pm: Edit

Is there a difference, they sound the same?

1508 Andro three Cobras in 3788
1509 Andro three Cobras in 3125

1510 Andro three Cobras in 3788
1511 Andro three Cobras in 3125

After looking at the Andro Section of Shapeway I bet 1510 and 1511 should replace "Cobras" with "Vipers"

FIXED

By Chris Nasipak (Ecs05norway) on Thursday, June 06, 2019 - 05:25 pm: Edit

One or the other, probably.

The WYN Heavy Cruiser "kit" is similar, this one has the warp nacelles and pylons as a separate sprue to reduce printing costs. Minimal assembly is required, and the plastic should have much fewer issues with glued bonds breaking than pewter miniatures do.

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, June 07, 2019 - 01:55 pm: Edit

ADB Releases Ships in June 2019!

On June 6, 2019, ADB released a total of 50 new items to its shop on Shapeways, bringing it to over 1500 items. New to its store are some styles of ships designed to work within the price increase that Shapeways imposed. You will find our first "kit" which will need some assembly. Never fear, we are still adding the ship as a one-piece miniature in case you prefer it that way. We are also releasing some of the smaller ships as multiples on a sprue. We hope you find them more affordable.

The Federation gets two new versions of the Light Tactical Transport, one with a carrier pod and the other with a battle pod. The Battle Tug and their Tug with a carrier pod also show up. Their Light Dreadnought is now available, too. All of these are in both the "regular" (gridded) and "Fed Classic" (smooth body) versions. The Federation also gets its 285 Scale F-4 Ground-Based Fighter, Ground Assault Shuttle, and Heavy Assault Shuttle.

The Romulans gain their SparrowHawk Gunboat Tender and their SparrowHawk Gunboat Tender+ (these are also known respectively as the SparrowHawk-E and SparrowHawk-E+). The "+" indicates it is a late-war "Cranked Arrow" design in the style of the Starline 2500 Romulan ships.

The Gorns gain their 285 Scale G-8 "Lizard" Local Defense Fighter.

The Tholians gain their Neo-Tholian Space Control Ship.

The Orions get their empire-specific base station.

The Andromedans are the test bed for sprued smaller ships since the motherships carry multiple ships with them. They get sprues of two and three Cobra Destroyers, two and three Viper Frigates, and a sprue with a Cobra and a Viper.

The WYNs get their empire-specific base station. They also get their heavy cruiser as a one-piece ship and as a kit.

In the Omega Octant the Ymatrians get their Rapier Destroyer Leader.

Check all these out here: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/amarillo-design-bureau-inc
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By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, July 05, 2019 - 07:46 am: Edit

Jean, can we dump the 2017 archives? 2018?

By Jean Sexton (Jsexton) on Friday, July 05, 2019 - 11:12 am: Edit

I think so, for 2017. I'm more iffy about 2018.