Federation Commander

schoon9953 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 4:44 pm Post subject:

Checking in on the status on the new miniatures effort, as it's been a few months.

I know it likely "part of the list" of things to do, but any progress?

Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3838

I reviewed the new contract and sent my report to the lawyers yesterday.
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JimTheRedShirt · Ensign Joined: 13 Oct 2025 Posts: 1 Location: Earth

That's exciting news!

I just found out that the SFU is still a thing on another game's forum the other day! I haven't played for years! It's been so long since I've played that Federation Commander wasn't even a thing at the time!! So, anyway, I've been poking around the website for a couple days now and was disappointed to come across a number of dead shapeways links.

I don't have any fellow SFU players in my game group yet. Federation Commander looks like a great place to start, but trying to inspire a newcomer to pick it up with pewter minis might be difficult, even if they're nice. They can be more fiddly to build.

I can't wait to see what's next for the minis!

Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3838

Shapeways went bankrupt. Someone is trying to resurrect it but I think only in Europe. We are negotiating with a new provider but it will take two years to get the minis that sold significant quantities back on the market. I hope we have a few 7000s next month.
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