"The most important battle that 'no one' has ever heard of? " Topic

Hi all,

I have decided to dive into Starship gaming, but it seems to be difficult to source miniatures in the USA unless I am missing something. Most manufacturers seem to be from the UK and EU, but even they don't seem to have US suppliers. Any tips, tricks, advice?

Thanks!

CriticalGamer

Look at the Galactic Knights line by Monday Knight Productions: mondayknight.com

I'm a one-man-operation in the USA, and I also ship worldwide!

studiobergstrom.com

Try asking here star-ranger.com/Home.htm
It's the best site for the subject.

Robert

Both MKP and Studio Bergstrom are great. I've only had a few orders with MKP but they've all gone well, but I have tons of Studio Bergstrom stuff and it's all awesome. Most ships are ready to paint after a washing, no filing or trimming needed.

Shapeways is another choice, lots there and it'd all be printed in the US for you.

Starblazers metal minis are also in the US, but that's a pretty specific project.

And don't forget the resin ships of Ravenstar Studios, which to my mind are some of the most innovative designs available – As well as the old Cold Navy ranges ( ravenstarstudio.com ).

Ummm??? Bug??? Where is the most important battle topic?

While not in the US, Ground Zero Games has great spaceships, free rules and fast service.

I just placed an order yesterday, it shipped today and I should see it within 7 days or so. That is UK to Washington state.

All the options listed here are very good by the way.

Of course, space ships are pretty easy to scratch-build, if you enjoy doing that.

In addition to Ravenstar, there's Starfighter Shipyards, which picked up their Battlestar Galactica line up. I feel like those two go pretty much hand in hand.

Oh… And you can get the Halo line on the Warstore. Most UK manufacturers have US distributors.

Look at Odysee shipyards on Starship Modeler link
Agent One of Agents of Gaming for Babylon Five miniatures agents-of-gaming.myshopify.com
Utar link
Future Legends link
Ravenstar ravenstarstudio.com
Starship adversaries link
Star Blazers starblazersonline.com
Shapeways link

There are others. Check the forums on Starship Combat News star-ranger.com/Home.htm and good luck in your hunt for the perfect fleet.

Scalecreep carries most of Brigade Model's starship range in the U.S. (AFAIK only the Cimexians are missing), if any of those fleets appeal to you. link

Quoting myself from Project Vehemence's similar questions:

I'm a big fan of model plane weapons for various spaceships, and aeronefs, as long as you're trying something 'different.' ;->= [even some of the 'instrument packages' and racks]

Do you see 'lava rocks' as landscape decorative material? It's light enough to put on a stick, and paints to some really evocative asteroids.

Doug

Brigade Models available from me in the US:

ScaleCReep.com

Silent Death has miniatures available in the USA: silent-death.mx

all of the above are great!, here some more

War Rocket
link

Khurasan Starships
link

Thanks for all the replies, everyone! It took me a while to find my topic again since it bugged out.

I definitely have my work cut out for me picking where to start as there are so many great ranges!

I think I am going to going to (for starters) order some of Ravenstar Studios Cold Fleet range. I really like the lines on them and they don't have too much detail that the model looks like a moving blob of random elements.

I love all the lines everyone has suggested, so I'm sure I'll get around to all of them as I design a Starship game and ground combat game for my father and I.

You are welcome. Good luck

I don't see the Star Wars "X-Wing" or "Armada" game miniatures in the lists. Pre painted and nice models if Star Wars floats your boat. The Armada models are generally smaller than the X-Wing models.

You should probably also look at eBay for the heroclix starships.

Don't forget hitting Hobbylink Japan ( hlj.com ) for the various anime starships, like Space Battleship Yamato.

Battle of Tanhauser Gate or the Assault on the shoulder of Orion. Just to tie the topic title into the thread