On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:07 PM, <> wrote:
> Hi, Evyn.
>
> >> This one?
> >
> http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/pictures/miniatures/g-carrier-oblique-view1.jpg
>
> No, that's the grav carrier. We didn't have any of those at GDW either.
>
Martian Metals are hard to get photos of. The real test is photos of the
The Line that Hobby Products did for Traveller in 89 or so, they didn't get
too far out of Germany.
> > Here is their current line in 15mm
> >
> http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=GRAV&offset=0
>
> There's the old Grav APC. They call it the Plasma Tank, and the hull is
> out of one-piece resin. That hull used to be three pieces of lead or
> "white metal" or whatever. See the seam around the sloped plate that runs
> all the way around? The hull roof lifted off, and it had seats inside, all
> kinds of tremendous detail and controls in there. Obviously too expensive
> to keep doing in metal.
>
I own one of those in Lead. I tend call it "Murder Exhibit #1", yet it
gives me warm and fuzzy memories of those early days of playing the game.
>
> > Ad Astra recently produced the
> > battlewagons of CT in Miniature
> > http://www.bitsuk.net/files/f25f9730cbd72f58d481d40910978ac8-50.php
>
> Man, those are gorgeous! However, I went to the Ad Astra site and saw no
> evidence of them ever being produced, and lots of 2007 dates. Also mention
> of 2300, but couldn't find anything. Another good thing that never quite
> got born? I would love to have a little Arrival Vengeance to sit on my
> desk. The Plankwell is too big, I'd rather have that SEH class cruiser.
>
I saw them hanging on the wall of my not so Local Games shop earlier this
year.
Here is a link that says they have them in stock.
http://www.frpgames.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=38146#.T91jQCtYuJs
> > Currently there is a move towards/intrest in 15mm in SF Miniatures. As
> such
> > one of the nucleus of this resurgence has been the classic Traveller
> 15mm
> > figures, in large part because a certain former Traveller Licensee's
> Gothic
> > "Space" game turned into medieval/WW1 fantasy with guns and the secondary
> > market went with them in those tastes in 28mm. With all of that there
> several companies out there producing some very nice figures that work
> well
> > with Traveller.
>
> Remember, I've been out of circulation for a while, so "certain former
> Traveller Licensee's Gothic "Space" game" doesn't necessarily jangle any
> bells... I'm thinking, "what, FASA? Warhammer 40K? Space: 1889?" And I
> know none of those are correct.
>
Sorry Games Workshop with WH 40k. Amusingly one of my crowd spent a fair
amount of time with FS&S converting chunks of 40k to Traveller.
--
Evyn