UCM Dropfleet commander Fleet

[Kangaroorex]

This is the second of my dropfleet starter sets.  The fleet represents the United Colonies of Man (UCM).  After humanity was chased off the planet earth and forced to scatter to its colonies to lick their wounds, the colonies united and formed an armada to take back the home planet.  These ships are the final gasp of mankind to keep from becoming nests for a truly invasive species.  the game itself is a little different from Most because battles are fought in nearspace around planets.  The map is a planet viewed from low earth orbit  and the ships can move from high to middle and low orbits, each having an effect on the ship speed and who can attack what.  The game itself is pretty fast, a starter fleet battle will resolve in about an hour for us on the rare occasions when i get to play and the sides are pretty evenly matched although they have very different play styles.  TTcombat took over the license this year and saved the game from fading away and have put quite a bit of effort into new miniatures and rewriting the rules to fix problems and make the dropfleet game compatible with its companion game Dropzone.  now you can run a companion game allowing the two games to interact on a limited basis which, i think adds a lot to both sides, if you can find that many players...

 

I decided to takes some liberties with these vessels.  i wanted each ship to be distinctive and easy to spot on the game board so the grid pattern built into the armor of the ship, which is usually blacked out, i lined in white and then traced over with various florescent colors from Scale 75.  The effect was not quite what I was after but it's still pretty good and certainly usable on the field of battle.  The ships are a starter set of 3 crusiers (2 heavy 1 light) and 4 frigates.  The base color is black with a midnight blue ghost tint and then highlighted with white and flouresents

 

Hope you enjoy them!  I certainly enjoyed painting them!

[Corsair]

Very sharp, lots of nice detail and you really made it pop.

[Glitterwolf]

[Corsair]

Love the printed names. Were those on the bases or did you do them, and if so, how?

 

[Kangaroorex]

4 hours ago, Corsair said:

Love the printed names. Were those on the bases or did you do them, and if so, how?

 

these came with the fleet.  TTcombat has name ribbons for all of their fleets.  however, in everything up to powerpoint 16 you were able to wrap your text around any object you choose so i would make a circle and fit the word to 120 degrees of the circle and that would make perfect base tags.  Unfortunately, i havent figured out how to do it in office 365 yet...