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Offline ale_box

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Help me identify ships
« on: October 06, 2014, 05:43:11 AM »


Hi guys. Just won a couple of auctions on ebay, but I recognize only few of the ships I bought.
Could anybody help in the identification?
Where can I find the rules for them?

Thanks

Ps: as a suggestion why not posting a list of the ships with a picture of the model noe that they are oop?

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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2014, 07:45:15 AM »
Nice find!


Top picture:
left side:
top  (2 models): defence monitor from Games Workshop
middle (6 models): defence monitor for Forgeworld
low: system ships from GW iirc

right side:
top+middle 12 models: escort carriers from Forgeworld

Second picture:
from left to right (columns)
1. regular transports FW
2. seems to be armed freighters FW
3. regular transports from GW
4-7. heavy transports from FW
8-11. heavy fuel transports from FW

Rules are in the main rulebook (IN + defences section) and in Armada (appendix iirc).





Offline novemberrain

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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2014, 09:48:45 AM »
And probably worth a pretty penny if you were looking to sell.

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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2014, 10:38:32 AM »
I concur that the ships in the bottom let of the top picture are system ships.

What a find!!!
Bigger is better. If bigger wasn't better, then it wasn't big enough!

Offline ale_box

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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2014, 12:31:16 PM »
Thanks Guys! I read the rules and now have a clearer view.

If I understood correctly first pict is all about defences (except the escort carrier which count as transport) and I now recognize all the models (this was the hardest pict for me).
If I recall correctly they can be used by the defending player up to 30% of the points.

Second pict is all about transports and can be only used in scenarios with transports (with additional costs, and therefore less armed ships, if special transports like these are used).

Questions:
- Aren't there any Q-Ships? could that be that the first line is FW armed freighters and second line Q-ships?
- Are there any model for fast clippers as named in FAQ 2010?
- Are there any rules for fuel tankers?

Thanks a lot



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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2014, 04:19:34 PM »
in the second pic, the second column, the freighters with the prow lance and gun batteries in the sides are indeed Q-ships.

also, holy sweet emperor, what a find! i wish i could get my hands on escort carriers, but no way to find any  :(
Nova Cannons are for these sissies who as a kid too preferred to throw stones at the others from a safe distance rather than closing in and get into a real fight ;D

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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2014, 06:19:19 PM »
Lucky ebay auctions !!!!!!
And i think it's the first time i saw some official "system ships".
How do you play with them ? they look pretty small (something like 1 cm ??).
Is it one by base ?

i was thinking to model few of them for the official stat, but was not knowing than some GW was existing...

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Re: Help me identify ships
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2014, 05:05:46 PM »
these are my system ships:

http://epicaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/imag1068.jpg

I went for two to a base