Full Thrust is GZG’s entry in the field of space combat. Supported by a huge line of miniatures, FT is a quasi-generic
rule set that captures the feel of capital ship engagements in space;
if you’re a fan of the Honor Harrington books, the last battle in Return
of the Jedi, or Star Trek, you’ll find FT to be right up your alley.
I'll eventually be posting a gallery of ships and conversions I've done, including some from GZG's own line of starships and a battle group from Brigade Models.
Scratchbuilds and Conversions
One thing I love about minis games is the ability to make your own stuff! Below are a few things I've whipped up for Full Thrust and Starmada. Click on the pictures to see them full size.
The above
station was made from a plastic ring I "appropriated" from the Carousel
downtown, a toilet repair part, metal straight pins, and a small fake
jewel from Michaels. I like the 2001 feel of the thing.
The ships in the pictures are from Brigade Models
and Ground Zero Games; the
fighters are from DLD Productions. The star mat underneath the
minis is an excellent felt mat from Monday Knight Productions
-- if you're into starship combat games, you really gotta have one. They
come in non-hex versions, as well.
The above
base is a fighter base. A ramp has been constructed on one end
to allow access to the interior hangar bays. Three turrets help
protect the installation, and a huge radar dish keeps the base in touch
with its allies.
My second
attempt was a civlian mining base, sporting the logo of my own fictitious
omnibus megacorp, the ZyLex Corporation. This will make a tasty
target for privateers or pirates... or maybe they'll just be coming for
the freighters parked in close orbit...
This dreadnought
and its accompanying cruisers were made from sprue, dollhouse books, fake
jewels, puppet eyes, and some beads.
The carrier
above and its escorts are made from balsa, plasticard, beads, puppet
eyes, fake jewels, and cross-stitch fabric. The fighters on its
deck are from DLD Productions, a garage-kit gaming company that
I can't recommend enough.
Both of
these minis were built almost entirely using materials from Michaels
craft store -- balsa, pine, cross-stitch fabric, dollhouse bitz, and
some sprue. The decals are from GW. The white one is a bulk gas freighter,
carrying four huge gas modules. The greyish one is a modular gas freighter,
carrying a dozen smaller gas cells for various customers. Both are owned
by Terra-Avalon Universal, a heavy shipping company (the decals on the
freighters reflect their T.A.U. heritage -- ahem, ahem).
I'll post more pics of conversions and scratchbuilds as I do them! Thanks for looking!
I'll eventually be posting a gallery of ships and conversions I've done, including some from GZG's own line of starships and a battle group from Brigade Models.
Scratchbuilds and Conversions
One thing I love about minis games is the ability to make your own stuff! Below are a few things I've whipped up for Full Thrust and Starmada. Click on the pictures to see them full size.
Space Stations
Space stations make great things for fleets to fight over,
expecially when they have defenses of their own to add to the fray.
Asteroid BasesI was replacing the ceramic briquettes in my propane barbecue when I found a six-pound bag of lava rock for about $3.99 at Home Depot. Perfect asteroids, I thought to me old self. I chose two out and started in on converting them to asteroid bases -- yet another extraterrestrial object for my fleets to scrap over.
Ships of the LineI challenged myself at one point to make a fleet solely out of items that could be found at Michaels craft stores (a large chain here in the US). Below you can see some of the results.
FreightersOne of the stock scenarios for any starship combat game is the convoy raid -- fat, slow freighters pounced on by enemy forces, while a few gallant escorts try to protect them!
I'll post more pics of conversions and scratchbuilds as I do them! Thanks for looking!