3-D printing transports for FFG Xwing

Ah, X-Wing video game serie.

I remember when I bought the video game. It was back in 1995, it was the Imperial Pursuit complement, then forcing me to buy the actual game (because I didn't know you needed a game to play an add-on).
The long days optimising my 40 Mb (yes Mb!) hard drive and 2Mb memory just to play that game (12 Mb all together, it was massive!). The days of the 386x.

All this purple. A good old memory.

X-wing is a key period of my teenager's period, with so much fun fighting for the Rebel Alliance against the evil Empire, piloting my fighters, learning to love the agile A-Wing and to despise the slow sitting-duck Y-wing.
I was spending time on Mel's products and found he had designed the DX-9. In the video game, it was one of the main elements either in convoy attack, or capturing spaceships.
As I am the RPG-type of gamer, I like to build my armies with a backstory and playing scenarios instead of pure dog fights. The DX-9 will help me make objectives. At least, that was the excuse I used to promptly click buy, and ended up with 3 models.

size comparison

My excitement was still high when I received them less than a week after, and after an hour of pimp-my-ride, they were ready for a game this Friday.

final version, painted

After this Friday, I will know if they are as hard to kill as in the video game.

Stay tune.

Cards and details to play in FFG X-wing: Here

It's a Trap! A Star Wars Armada madness

It all started easy... as usual. It started as a simple walk in a store and ended as a buying spree.
Ca avait commencé facilement... comme d'hab'. Ca a commencé avec une simple visite d'un magasin et c'est terminé dans une folie d'achat.

I have been warned / J'avais été prévenu

Why painting tie-fighter, they won't last long anyway / Pourquoi peindre des chasseurs Tie, alors qu'ils ne resteront pqs longtemps en jeu?

Original Rebel Fleet / Flotte rebelle de base

Original Imperial fleet with painted fighters / Flotte impériale de base

A sizeable fleet, but it missed something. The good old X-wing video game of the 90's.
Une flotte de bonne taille mais il me manquait quelque chose. Le souvenir du jeu video X-wing des années 90.

Une recherche sur le web et je me retrouvais chez Shapeways.
A quick search and I found Shapeways.
Et plus spécifiquement, Mel Miniatures.
And more specifically Mel Miniatures..

3d printed armada from shapeways.

Il y a 2 qualités possibles: Strong and Flexible ou Frosted. Frosted est la meilleure (et la plus chère). Idéale pour les navettes et les transports.
There are 2 qualities available:  Strong and Flexible or Frosted. Frosted is the best (and the most expensive). Great for small units like shuttles and transports.
J'ai pris Strong and Flexible pour les gros vaisseaux, mais 1/ Les détails sont limités 2/ la matière absorbe la peinture.
I used Strong and Flexible for larger ships. But 1/ Details are limited. 2/ The model soaked the paint.

painted interdictor and space station. Résultat de peintue sur la station et l'interdictor.

freighter and other WIP

Scale comparison with official range. Echelle avec les unités officielles.

The Imperial fleet

with the interdictor / Avec l'interdictor

The Rebels are moving in!

La flotte rebelle inclus 2 set de chasseurs en plus (à peindre), 4 corvettes supplémentaires et 4 vaisseaux pré-peint de WoC. Pas la meilleure qualité mais c'était pas cher (Chez Miniature Market).
The Rebelle fleet includes 2 extra set of fighters, 4 corellian corvettes and 4 WoC prepainted space ships. Not the best quality but cheap (bought in Miniature Market)

Et comme on est en plein Star Wars mania avec mon fils; c'était un anniversaire sur le thème de Star Wars avec les modèles du jeu X-Wing à l'entrée.
And because it is Star Wars all over at home with my son, for his birthday we used a Star Wars theme with FFG X-Wing models at the entrance.

Star Wars themed birthday of my son. Note the X-Wing models

Et bien sûr une glacière récupérée sur le marché en bas de chez moi, avec le logo de l'Alliance Rebelle (pour moins de 1 euro 50)

A good cooler from the wet market (US$ 1.5) marked for Rebel's beer supply