Hi,
I searched all the 6mm ranges I can think of for some adequate proxy for imperial navy aircraft (for Epic
), more specifically Thunderbolt fighters and Marauder bombers. I couldn't find anything I liked in terms of visual appeal.
Is there a good alternative for them? I would prefer to remain in the visual realm of epic if possible.

Any plans on doing one (from Otterware or similar)
Thanks,
Eyal.

Forge world makes some great alternatives to the old metals, if you're after the visual look.

Agreed. There are no really good 3rd party alternatives. FW flyers are one of the few things I'm still getting from GW.

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1/300 scale aircraft work pretty well, although if you're a stickler on WYSIWYG weapons they might get complicated. I use Trumpeter 1/300 scale YaK 141 for my chaos helblades and heltalons, basically unmodified except for a chaos-y paint job. Trumpeter is rather sketchy as they don't have a website, but their stuff is on ebay regularly with plenty of selection of modern jet aircraft.

I would imagine GHQ aircraft would work really well too.

EDIT: here they are, behind the brass scorpions in my painting thread:


http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19634&start=45

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Got it, thanks!
I hoped to get a cheaper miniature but will probably go for the Forgeworld option.

captPiett your army is fantastic, thanks for poitning me to this thread.
Eyal.

Take a look at Reapers CAV line. The fliers are one of the highlights of this range:

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/ts ... test/07099

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/dr ... test/07094

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/kikyu/latest/07100

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/kharl/latest/07073

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Thanks, what a nice range..

What is the scale of this line? I read somewhere N-scale which whould be 1/160 or 10mm, but how do they compare to epic scale?

i especially think of using some of the mechs as titans, then again EW should release royal empire behemoths which I prefer..

thanks,
Eyal.

i currently use one of the Cav fliers as helltalons/tormentors in my Bloody Hand/Crimson Bondsmen list. viewtopic.php?f=119&t=19090
its about the size of the SG marauders (or a little smaller than the FW thunderbolts)
there's a pic with it and some other tanks on page2

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