Well it is finally here.  The War Rocket miniature line by Hydra Miniatures is now available.  These look great and are going to be a joy to use.  You have a choice of 4 different factions including (Imperial, Galacteer, Valkeeri & Zenithian).  My favorite right now is the  Imperial Class 2 rocket ship.  I find it very Flash Gordon looking.  The paint job also makes it look outstanding.

 

 

On Friday, April 23, 2010, Hydra Miniatures will release their first wave of War Rocket miniatures.  The digital sculptors, Phil Beauchamp and Steve Meli, have been busy finishing ship designs, making sure Hyrdra Miniatures produces the best sculpts possible.  Having seen these figures up close, Hydra Miniatures has done an outstanding job in both quality and casting.  The figures I received had little to no flash and are a joy to look at.  If your into pulp sci-fi War Rocket figures will be a must have.

 

Here are some shots of some Back2Base-IX fight stands in action.  The ships used are from GW's Epic range and are solid metal.  As you can see one of the ships is quite large being a Space Marine Thunderhawk Gunship.  The ships could have easily been spaceships from any of the various manufactures.  All ships were held pretty tight and could easily be moved during game play and turned upside down without losing the magnetic connection.  The system works really well and is a perfect solution for any gamer requiring flight stands.  As a side note, I didn't remove the protective paper on the bottom of the bases yet, so that is why they look light brown.

 

Hydra Miniatures is coming out with a winner of a game called War Rocket.  It is a Sci-Fi Retro space combat game.

 

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There is a fantastic company out there called Back2Base-iX that makes magnetic flight stands.  The stands are made out of durable acrylic.  The stands work using magnets to attach planes/spaceships/grav tanks or whatever.  You get 4 stands for $10.95.  What is great about these stands is you can use them for multiple roles.  Since they use magnets all you have to do use equip your spaceships/airplanes/gav vehicles with magnets and your ready to go.  This means you probably only need 1 or 2 packs of stands for all your flight stand requirements.

Ravenstar Studios makes some really nice looking Sci-Fi spaceships and fighters.  They also are now producing the Cold Navy line of Spaceships.  The Cold Navy line went through a rough patch of a few years of broken release promises from other companies before Ravenstar Studios finally picked them up.  I was able to pick up the ships when the original Cold Navy owner made them.   The Cold Navy line is now made in Resin vs the previous metal versions.  There were 4 factions originally planned including The Terran Republic Navy, The Mauridian Expeditionary Forces, The Kharadorn Royal Navy, and The Deisho People's Defense Force.