The Sa'Kean'Tha

Here is a squadron of Sa'Vasku Sa'Kean'Tha scouts. According to the fleet book, it has similar to the Sa'An'Tha scouts, except it is smaller, but more heavily armored. These ships were painted in the identical fashion to the Sa'An'Tha (multiple dry brushes with lighter shades of brown and blend from the body to the spikes).

Shifting to Full Thrust

I started collecting minis about a decade ago. One of the first minis I got was the Full Thrust Sa'Vasku from Ground Zero Games. There's something about the concept of bioships with a Cuthuluesque aesthetic that I find interesting. They are also quite powerful ships in the Full Thrust universe. Here is a squadron of Sa'An'Tha scouts. I have not seen any photos of painted Sa'Vasku anywhere so I decided to show what I have in my collection. The main body was base coated with dark brown. The hull received successive dry brushes with lighter shades of brown. The spikes were then painted with ivory white and then blended into the body with medium brown. A rather creepy, but unique appearing fleet.

The Draconia

After a long hiatus, I finally found time to paint and photograph some ships and fleets that have been resting on my table for the past few months. Up first is the Draconia from Buck Rodgers in the 25th century. The model is from Mini Model Madness and can occasionally be seen on ebay. It's a large one, about 7 inches long. for the color scheme, I started with a base coat of barn red, followed by dry brushes of victorian red, bright red and finally orange. Engine glow was painted white. Here is a rear view:

This was a very detailed model and relatively complex to assemble. However, I had fun with assembling and painting this model. All I need now is a bunch of hatchet fighters and to figure out how to make a Earth Directorate fleet to oppose this monster.

Lack of Posts

I apologize for the long delay in posting. Between family, work, rearranging the furniture at home (at the request of the boss), taking my certification exams, and the holidays, I had no time to update this blog. I still have more fleets to share and some new ships in the pipeline. Posting will not be at the furious pace it was when I first started, but I plan to be more consistent with new content in the future. Thank you for exploring my little corner of the Web.

The Chig Carrier

We only see this ship briefly in S:AAB. However it is very memorable with its angular appearance. The most difficult part of making this ship was scribing the lines and trying to make sure they line up. Painting the ship was tedious. The ship was initially painted with steel and then the triangles were individually painted black (if anyone has a faster technique, I would love to hear it). The base is a 1 3/8" from flat to flat. Here is the ship compared to the UNSC carrier:

UNSC John F. Kennedy class carrier

Now switching to Space: Above and Beyond (S:AAB). This was one of the workhorses of the UN space command. Blocky and utilitarian, it is an imposing ship that has a no-nonsense feel. The model was originally from tanker at SCN. Now it is produced by minimodelmadness. This model was slightly modified from the stock model. Window ports were added to accurize the model from pictures from the show. The difficult part of painting this ship was getting the details on the top of the hull to show. Painting the landing lights and the caution stripes were also a challenge (see top view below):

Overall, this was a fun ship to paint and looks impressive when in a squadron.

Klingon Negh'Var

The Klingons started out as enemies and eventually became allies during the timeframe from the original TV series to the Next Generation and DS9. Their ships are sleek and aggressive. We first see the Negh'Var in the finale of TNG, "All Good Things" (although it was actually a variant). The Negh'Var proper was seen during the DS9 Dominion war arc. There has been other Negh'Var models made, notably the Micro Machine model, however, I wanted one in scale with the Jem'Hadar models (1:7000). This was the result. Overall, I am happy with the paint job, although, it could use another coat of paint to tone down the contrast. It is a very detailed model with a considerable number of scribe lines. The bottom is also detailed:

This was a difficult ship to construct. I started over about 3 times before I had a hull form which I liked. All in all, it was a very rewarding to see the finished product. Additional views can be seen in the gallery.