Scourge fleet from Dropfleet Commander

[Kangaroorex]

Time to get the year started with a little space adventure!  It took me about a week of spare time to get this fleet assembled and painted.  Space ships are one of the few miniatures i find where less is more and although they look intensely detailed, there really isnt that much to work with.

 

This is an enjoyable game that I wish i had the opportunity to play more often but, time being what it is, i am limited in what i am willing to teach people to do and I get tired of always having to explain the rules.  Anyway, the Scourge are a bunch of nasty alien body snatchers who have invaded earth, forcing the remanents of humanity to go hide in the colony worlds to rebuild for the re-invasion of earth.  They also have some of the coolest ships!  These were done mainly with airbrush work except for some of the lights and engine fire.  I started with the badger metal colored primer and then sprayed the front with plasma fluid ghost tint and the back with blue ghost tint winding up with a really wonderful color shift across the minis.  The last piece is a leftover Aquan dreadnought from a game called Firestorm Armada I used a slightly different color profile so it would blend with both this game and the original firestorm fleet (okay i have a soft spot for spaceships.  I just wish the games would play half as cool as they look!)  This is basically a starter fleet consisting of three versions of the Cruiser class and 4 Frigates.  That and as I said, the dreadnought for good measure!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

 

Edited January 18, 2020 by Kangaroorex

[Corsair]

Beautiful work!

[Jellyranger69]

Wow, really nicely done.

[Shadespyre]

That purple / blue blend looks fantastic!

 

I agree with your comment about spaceships needing better rules! I have a collection of spaceships for the Noble Armada game, but the rules seem very clunky so for now they are all stuck in a box in the loft.

[Maledrakh]

Thank you for showing off these! Beautiful and inspiring!

I have been holding off painting mine as I have been thinking to do the Shaltari in a Minbari style and the scourge as Shadows, but here it is evident that it is the Scourge that needs to get the Minbari -inspired paint scheme! 

 

In case you are not familiar with the Babylon 5 Minbari space ships:

[Corsair]

Actually the rules from Starfinder for space combat aren't too bad. Pretty simple and only 2 dimensional but easy to use and a good balance of movements

[Standifer]

I spy a Medusa. Very well done. Firestorm had some very cool ships in my opinion. 

6 hours ago, Corsair said:

Actually the rules from Starfinder for space combat aren't too bad. Pretty simple and only 2 dimensional but easy to use and a good balance of movements

I shall look into that too.

[Glitterwolf]

[Iridil]

Fantastic color shifts on these!

[WhiteWulfe]

Downright gorgeous! 

[Jellyranger69]

GW is dipping their toes a little deeper into aircraft lately, but I think it’s geared towards dogfighting.

[Warlady]

Beautiful colors!  And I love both Dropfleet Commander and Firestorm Armada - great games!