I miss remembered the designation, should be the NAX, from the X ships reinforcements. My mistake was that the non X ship is a NCL, and I miss typed it too. And almost did it again...

By Will McCammon (Djdood) on Thursday, August 19, 2021 - 11:33 pm: Edit

Ah. I don't think X1R ships are in the MSSB and almost certainly not in G3 (pre-dates it).

Conversions of GW-era ships will probably not come until the actual x-ship hulls are finished, since there's lots of discussion about what would/would-not be done to conversions.

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Friday, August 20, 2021 - 10:38 pm: Edit

For what it's worth, my PDF copy of Module G3 (from Warehouse 23) has the Module X1R ships in it, as does my print copy of the Federation Master Starship Book.

That said, the Fed NAX is an X-incarnation of the Fed NCA, rather than the NCL.

Speaking of first-generation X-ships: are the Federation GSX and/or the Fed HDWX on the same "to-do" list as the Fed DDX and FFX? (Well, I suppose both the NAX and HDWX would need the FFX to be done first, so they could steal one or more of its warp engines...)

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 21, 2021 - 12:29 am: Edit

There is a distinction between "partial X refits" which will probably never go to shapeways and "actual X-ships that just happened to get printed in X1R" that will get into Shapeways sooner or later.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Saturday, August 28, 2021 - 02:48 pm: Edit

Jean needs me to do descriptions for these

Kzinti tanks, Andro tanks, and Gorn tanks.

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Wednesday, September 01, 2021 - 12:13 pm: Edit

Shapeways releases today

3788 Carnivon Light Cruiser (CL)
3125 Carnivon Light Cruiser (CL)
3788 Carnivon Police Corvette (POL)
3125 Carnivon Police Corvette (POL)
7000 Carnivon Fleet Builder Collection
Omni Carnivon Gunboat/PF Flotilla
3788 Carnivon Police Flagship (FLG)
3125 Carnivon Police Flagship (FLG)
3788 Carnivon Police Squadron
3125 Carnivon Police Squadron
3788 Jindarian Destroyer (DD)
3125 Jindarian Destroyer (DD)
3788 Jindarian War Destroyer (DW)
3125 Jindarian War Destroyer (DW)
285 Gorn Ssikg Tanks
285 Andromedan Legionnaire Tanks
285 Kzinti Tigerpaw Tanks

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Friday, October 01, 2021 - 12:28 pm: Edit

Shapeways releases today

285 Federation M190 Tanks
285 Federation M5 CPVs and M8 CEVs
285 Federation M3 Ground Combat Vehicles
285 Federation M7 Ground Weapons Vehicles
285 Federation M6 Ground Assault Vehicles
285 Federation M4 Armored Personnel Vehicles
3788 Baduvai Strike Cruiser (CS)
3125 Baduvai Strike Cruiser (CS)
3788 Baduvai Heavy Cruiser (CA)
3125 Baduvai Heavy Cruiser (CA)
3788 Carnivon Dreadnought (DN)
3125 Carnivon Dreadnought (DN)
7000 Carnivon Fleet Core Collection
3788 Baduvai Light Cruiser (CL)
3125 Baduvai Light Cruiser (CL)
3788 Baduvai Battle Frigate (FFB)
3125 Baduvai Battle Frigate (FFB)
3788 Baduvai Improved Frigate (FFI)
3125 Baduvai Improved Frigate (FFI)
3788 Baduvai Destroyer (DD)
3125 Baduvai Destroyer (DD)

By John Williams (Johndw) on Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 07:10 am: Edit

Does anyone know for sure if shapeways is doing another black friday/cyber monday discount this year?

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 01:53 pm: Edit

John, we have heard nothing. I suspect they may not, but if I were shopping, I might well wait until November 29 in case they spring it out.

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Sunday, November 21, 2021 - 01:15 pm: Edit

Having moved towards completing my Federation and Romulan squadrons, I popped onto Shapeways to look at the 7000 series Kzinti Core and Orion Mercenary packages. I thought they were a little pricey (£25 - £30 each) and then I put them in the basket to checkout. Price was around £75 by the time I'd added VAT and normal shipping (plus the possibility of additional duty as they product comes from the Netherlands). Are Shapeways the only venue that ADB would consider using for the excellent minis produced? I think that might price me out of the UK market. Of course , it's always possible that's going to be the going rate everywhere. Perhaps Black Friday will be kind to me....

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Sunday, November 21, 2021 - 03:11 pm: Edit

The Kzinti Core collection is pricey. In part it's because those ships are both long and tall. A more affordable material is the multi-fusion jet fusion plastic.

The Orions are pushing the limits on the "thinness" of their ships, so the sculptor provided a "cage" to protect them. This prevents it from arriving broken in the mail.

Shapeways is the only site that provides the printing and a "free" online store.

Jean

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Monday, November 22, 2021 - 06:40 am: Edit

Thanks Jean. Fingers crossed for Black Friday!

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Monday, November 22, 2021 - 11:41 am: Edit

Steve, if Shapeways does anything, it will most likely be on Cyber Monday (the 29th).

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Monday, November 22, 2021 - 11:43 am: Edit

Release Day is completed on Shapeways. Here's a list of the 48 new ships:

3788 Fed Classic New Command Cruiser (NCC)
3125 Fed Classic New Command Cruiser (NCC)
3788 Federation New Command Cruiser (NCC)
3125 Federation New Command Cruiser (NCC)
3788 Fed Classic Plasma Dreadnought (DNF)
3125 Fed Classic Plasma Dreadnought (DNF)
3788 Federation Plasma Dreadnought (DNF)
3125 Federation Plasma Dreadnought (DNF)
7000 Federation Fleet Pre-War Collection
Omni General Fast Naval Transport (FNT)
3788 Klingon WC10 Battleship
3125 Klingon WC10 Battleship
3788 Klingon WC10K Refitted Battleship
3125 Klingon WC10K Refitted Battleship
3788 Kzinti X-Ship New Heavy Cruiser
3125 Kzinti X-Ship New Heavy Cruiser
3788 Kzinti Division Control Ship (DCS)
3125 Kzinti Division Control Ship (DCS)
3788 Kzinti Battle Control Ship (BCS)
3125 Kzinti Battle Control Ship (BCS)
3788 Kzinti Battleship Carrier (BBV)
3125 Kzinti Battleship Carrier (BBV)
3788 Kzinti New Gunboat/PF Tender (NPF)
3125 Kzinti New Gunboat/PF Tender (NPF)
3788 Kzinti War Dreadnought (DNW)
3125 Kzinti War Dreadnought (DNW)
3788 Gorn Fast Battlecruiser (BF)
3125 Gorn Fast Battlecruiser (BF)
3788 Gorn Fast Battlecruiser+ (BF+)
3125 Gorn Fast Battlecruiser+ (BF+)
3788 Jindarian Heavy War Destroyer (HDW)
3125 Jindarian Heavy War Destroyer (HDW)
3788 Jindarian Medium Strike Cruiser (MCS)
3125 Jindarian Medium Strike Cruiser (MCS)
3788 Jindarian Heavy Strike Cruiser (HCS)
3125 Jindarian Heavy Strike Cruiser (HCS)
7000 Jindarian Fleet Builder Collection
Omni Jindarian Comet Gunboat/PF Flotilla
3788 Hydran X-Ship Cavalier-X Carrier (CAVX)
3125 Hydran X-Ship Cavalier-X Carrier (CAVX)
3788 Hydran X-Ship Mongol-X Medium Cruiser
3125 Hydran X-Ship Mongol-X Medium Cruiser
3788 Hydran X-Ship Tartar-X Medium Cruiser
3125 Hydran X-Ship Tartar-X Medium Cruiser
3788 Orion X-Ship Salvage Cruiser-X (SAX)
3125 Orion X-Ship Salvage Cruiser-X (SAX)
3788 Orion X-Ship Strike Cruiser-X (CSX)
3125 Orion X-Ship Strike Cruiser-X (CSX)

By Will McCammon (Djdood) on Monday, November 22, 2021 - 05:04 pm: Edit

The 7000 Federation Fleet Pre-War Collection includes the much-requested Fed "lollipop" DD destroyer/Scout (2 of them), oCL old light cruiser (2 of them), and a Pol police cutter.

Rounding it out is an oCA old heavy cruiser.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Monday, November 22, 2021 - 08:25 pm: Edit

Glorious!

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 05:05 am: Edit

Thanks Will - Happy dance!!!! Will immediately revise my purchase plan....(which might now be Cyber Monday instead - thanks Jean).

By Mike Erickson (Mike_Erickson) on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 10:23 am: Edit

The Lollipop DD is so awesome!

--Mike

By Ken Kazinski (Kjkazinski) on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 06:21 pm: Edit

I was looking at the shipways link Jean provided. Are there were more miniatures than SSDs, especially for Omega?

By Gary Carney (Nerroth) on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 07:22 pm: Edit

A number of the Omega Octant minis on Shapeways represent ships which are not in any of the five published Omega modules for Star Fleet Battles, but which are in various issues of Captain's Log.

For example, the playtest rules and SSDs for the Zosman Marauder ships are in Captain's Log #50 and in Captain's Log #52.

Plus, while the Paravian starship miniatures on Shapeways are based on their respective "lost empire" SSDs in SFB Module C6, four of these classes can also be used to represent the playtest antiproton variant Omega-Paravian SSDs provided in Captain's Log #54.

Further, there are a number of Alpha Octant miniatures which could be used as stand-ins for their closest counterparts in the Federal Republic of Aurora - to include the five "new arrival" SSDs featured in Captain's Log #53.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Friday, November 26, 2021 - 11:23 am: Edit

Someone asked the other day if we could find another company that does what Shapeways does that might provide better prices at least for Europe.

I had a long talk with Jean about this after she did exhaustive research.

The answer is no such source can be found.

None offer any better pricing that Shapeways; if they did, Shapeways would have already been forced to drop prices to match. None offer a storefront that works as well as Shapeways.

It's not a matter that an alternative store would require us to pay extra or something; it's that there isn't a store that would give anyone (US or Euro) a better price structure. Plus, running two stores or switching stores would cost Jean 200 hours of extra work that would have to be paid for in higher prices.

Someone asked Jean if we could use Etsy. We could, but it would result in higher costs and slower service, not better. We'd have to order the ship from Shapeways, wait for it to come in, pay someone to inspect it (adding that to the price), deal with the ships that weren't any good and the chaos that causes with your order, then charge shipping and some profit, meaning you would pay 25% more and wait twice as long or longer. Plus we'd have to pay Jean to load stuff there and manage a store there. In theory we might open a store on Etsy with maybe three ships (guess which ones) and include an advertisement for our store on Shapeways with each shipment.

We make fairly little on each ship in Shapeways; most of what you pay goes to somebody who isn't ADB (Shapeways, sculptor, overhead). We can do that only because we don't have the warehouse handling of the ships like we do the metal ones. If we sold Shapeways ships by mail out of our office we'd be charging at least 50% more per ship.

By Jean Sexton Beddow (Jsexton) on Sunday, November 28, 2021 - 12:07 pm: Edit

Shapeways is doing Cyber Monday. 10% off with the code CYBER2021

Enjoy!

By Steven Zamboni (Szamboni) on Sunday, November 28, 2021 - 12:53 pm: Edit

And to confuse matters, Shapeways is a Dutch company with a printer farm in Eindhoven. Whatever issues they're having shipping to Europe, they're self-inflicted.

By Mike Dowd (Mike_Dowd) on Sunday, November 28, 2021 - 02:00 pm: Edit

To Europe, yes, self-inflicted.

To the UK, no: Brexit-inflicted.

For the Brits who place their orders, yeah, it would be self-inflicted.

By Steve Stewart (Stevestewart) on Monday, November 29, 2021 - 08:05 am: Edit

Steve / Jean - thanks for looking into my question. I appreciate the effort.

Mike - not entirely sure what your last point was, but I suspect if we explore it any further the 'gators might be snapping at us!