Battlefleet Gothic (and Epic 40,000) were two of the Games Workshop games I was really (really, really) into as a teenager. I had a decent sized Imperial and Ork fleet for BFG and a massive Imperial Guard and Ultramarine army, as well as inherited Eldar and Ork armies, for Epic 40,000. All of these models I sold around 8 years ago.
A little while later Fantasy Flight Games brought out the Rogue Trader RPG which made me regret selling off my BFG models, so I started trying to buy bits and bobs back. Unfortunately I didn't get round to buying what I wanted from Specialist Games before GW discontinued the whole range. This has meant I've had to either rely on the very very seldom good buy from Ebay, or other sources such as donations from friends (in particular a true gentleman called Alex who gave me a large number of Cruisers as well as the two Battleships) and people being reasonable on various groups I am a member of.
Tonight was the first time I have gathered it all together. While there are still a few things missing I am pleased with what I have built up.
2 Battleships
15 Cruisers/Battlecruisers
1 Strike Cruiser
1 Rogue Trader Cruiser
4 converted Light Cruisers
7 Dauntless Light Cruisers
4 Firestorm Frigates
13 Sword Frigates
14 Cobra Destoyers
4 Hunter Destroyers
4 Nova Frigates
6 System defence ships
This is more or less all I could ever need in a fleet for playing the game. However part of the idea behind the collection is to represent ships in games of Rogue Trader. This means there are some ships I would still like. The Rogue Trader escorts, Transport ships, a Grand Cruiser... etc. I also might try and convert some of the Sword class ships into some of the other escorts mentioned in the Rogue Trader books. Maybe.
As far as the 6MMRPC goes, I will try and dip into this lot once or twice. A lot of these models need a bit of work, not to mention painting. No painting chart for these!
Those are some super cool looking models!
ReplyDeleteThey are great models - I loved them from when I first saw them. I will never understand GW ending support like they did, especially when the demand for the models still seems so high!
DeleteJealous of that haul. working on my own BFG TAU and DE in the future but nothing on that scale of stuff.
ReplyDeleteI was very lucky! If it hadn't been for the donation of the battleships and those cruisers it would probably have been a non-starter for me. I only really had to find escorts and light cruisers (the Dauntless is one of my favourite ships). Still a lot of work to do on these guys before they are anywhere near ready though!
DeleteNice looking collection that. The BFG stuff tends to paint up fairly quickly in my experience, and still look great. I, too, had and then sold my stuff. I haven't replenished it though.
ReplyDeleteNever got to play BFG, but always loved the look of the models. Do them justice Jamie!
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