Federation Commander

For your W&N oil washes, what did you use to cut the oils? Terp? Also, you probably sealed the model before the wash was applied. What did you use to seal the model?

Hi Rick, I am sure you are ...

Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed looking at all your miniatures, especially the Alunda, Kzinti, Hydran, early ISC, and camouflaged vessels. Lyrans and Orions always seem to inspire fun paint ...

Based on the miniatures I have owned and built, my favorite is the plastic Federation CA. The quality, fine detail, and precise shape surpasses all other miniatures. The plastic medium takes paint b ...

Doug, thouse have got to be the bst SFB minis I've ever seen. Awesome stuff man. Truely awesome!

Thank you very, very much. Thank you to everyone who replied. I was inspired by the work in this ...

Now I have to Pine sol my figs again and start over! incredible work!! Smile

Thank you very, very much but oh my gosh, don't do that! I'm sure your miniatures look great right now. I highly recomme ...

Thank you for posting pictures of all your wonderful creations. I returned to building miniatures about 6 months ago and continue to seek inspiration for my own projects. There's lots of that here! ...

The link doesn't appear to be working anymore.

My apologies. I worked on my club's website this evening and renamed all the pages in that area. I've corrected the link in my original post.

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Since drones operate in space and have no need for stabilizing or directional fins, I imagine them as naked warp engines with a guidance system and warhead at the front.

With goals of fast, easy, a ...

I'm another guy coming at this hobby from more of a scale-model background, but I've found those skills have served me well. I spend as much time on the starshipmodeler.com boards as here, mostly to p ...

Doug, did you sand down all the raised panel lines on your Federation ships?

Hi Rick,

I did not sand off the panel lines. Photography tends to tone down small details and converting to a medium ...

Wow. Thanks to all of you for the very nice comments. I tend to second guess my work so all the positive feedback came as a pleasant surprise. I've seen some very, very good starships in this forum ...

I started playing Star Fleet Battles in 1984 and now play Federation Commander on occasion. From very early on I collected a miniature here and there but rarely built or painted them. About two year ...

Thank you for the detailed response. It was not my intention to impugn the abilities of the games/sculptors utilized by ADB to create minis. I was under the impression the minis were more influe ...

It's a matter of cost, time and likely financial return. I've got over 200 SFB/FC minis - if they were re-mastered, am I going to buy and paint them all over again?

The line of minitures is just to ...

As a person who builds, paints, and collects SFB minis for themselves, I would also like to see much more variety and especially detail in the ship designs.

I understand that, for game reasons, the ...