Jovian Wars: Weitere Previews

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Valiant 3D Model with Base Concept & Remastered Poseidon 3D Model Preview!
Today’s post features the new base concept we have designed for the Jovian Wars spaceships. After trying several different base concepts we have decided on one we are proud to be previewing today with the remastered Valiant 3D Model, shown in an earlier post. The new base will include a resin stand to be cast in hard plastic black resin with faction logos on both sides with either a notched or pegged top to fit engine or the rear hull underside of the ship. With 2 pegs under the stand to fit into an acrylic base (laser etched and 2 holes cut) and a forward support post with peg to mount to the forward hull underside and then glue to the notched lower front of the stand.
Also today we have a preview of the remastered Poseidon spaceship for CEGA, shown with the new base concept for everyone to checkout in the attach image. You will notice that we have also added some small pegs to the sides of the habitat modules, these are to allow optional parts like cargo containers and such to be easily added to customize the look of the ships.
If you have not checked out the Jovian Wars, Alpha Playtest Rules yet, here is link to our free download on DriveThruRPG to get yours and try it out.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/…/Jovian-Wars–Alpha-Playtest-R…
Dave is reading everyone’s feedback on the playtest rules and will be tweaking the playtest rules into a Beta version before the tentative Jovian Wars Kickstarter launch date of February 15th, 2017. Keep the feedback coming and if you like the new base concept let us know by clicking „Like“ on this post.

Remastered Valiant and Poseidon 3D Models on Basic Stands.
We have been reading everyone’s feedback on the new resin spaceship stands we unveiled in our previous post. We understand the concerns about higher costs due to the extra resin parts for the stand and keeping assembly as easy as possible for players. So our 3D Modeler, Tony, went back and took another look at how we could support the ships with just a single 3mm clear acrylic post. Plus its best placement under the ship, so we don’t destroy any gun or hanger details on the ship underside. The attach image shows how the remastered Valiant and Poseidon models will look with a 3mm post attached to the central habitat section to give the best ship balance without losing underside details. We’ll be adding 3 small pilot holes to one side of the habitat section center part so that the could be drilled out for the 3mm post at either 45 degrees down to the left side of the ship as shown in the image, flat across, or at 45 degrees down on the right side. The basic stands for all the new ships will have the 3mm clear acrylic post and laser etched & cut clear acrylic base (3mm thick) with various dimensions according to the ship stats. For the Valiant (show) and other ships it will be a 1.5″ x 3″ base, for the Poseidon (show) and other large ships it will be a 2″ x 4″ base, and we’ll also have some smaller 1.5″ x 1.5″ bases. We’ll also make these basic stands available for purchase after the Kickstarter for players to mount their previously released ships on.
We still like our earlier more deluxe stand design and plan to keep it available as an add-on upgrade in the upcoming Kickstarter for players that want to pay a bit more and swap the basis stand (3mm post and base) for the deluxe resin stand and acrylic base. The idea behind earlier resin stand design was to allow for players that wanted to have the habitat section rotate. The engine front has a big peg to connect to a hole in the rear of the habitat section which also has a big peg in front to connect with a hole in the back of the forward hull. Players could drill out the engine peg, habitat section and forward hull using small pilot holes in those parts to make sure all the holes lined up and then glue a sturdy metal pin into the engine and thru the habitat section (without any glue) and then glued into the forward hull. That’s why the earlier deluxe stand design had attachments going into the rear engine/hull and forward hull and left the habitat section clear. We think that with the big pegs and a sturdy metal pin between the parts if pinned that the entire model should be supported by the rear stand support glued in the underside of the engine/hull. But encase that’s not enough we’ve add the forward support so if the ship starts drooping down in the front it can be propped up. We are also looking into casting the forward support post in a clear resin so it is less visible, but with a clear resin players would have to accept that air bubbles may be visible in the resin.
Lets us know what you think about the new basic stands in the comments below and „Like“ the post if if your happy with them.

Jovian Alexander 3D Model Preview!
Today we have a preview of the Alexander 3D Model for the Jovian faction that will be part of the upcoming Jovian Wars Kickstarter (tentative start date February 15th, 2017). The attached image shows the basic Alexander and with its Habitat ring section added, plus a complete parts breakdown. The new spaceship models will be 1/4000 scale with the larger parts cast in high quality grey resin, smaller parts like the weapons and engine fins will be cast in pewter, and the stand will be laser etched and cut clear acrylic base with clear acrylic post. The base that the 3D Model is show on is 3″ long by 1.5″ wide.
We are making all the new ships modular with standard connection points between the parts. Easy assembly is our goal with Engines, Cargo, and Habitat sections have a large peg in the front to match holes in the back of the Cargo, Habitat and Forward Hull sections. We have also added small centered pilot holes on all the large pegs and in the holes for easy drilling and pinning of the parts. Plus we have standard pegs on the sides of the forward hull to mount weapons which have holes in their underside. We even have these same standard pegs on the inside and outside of the habitat rings player to customize their ships with small cargo containers and other parts, that are planned as stretch goals during the Kickstarter. We hope you all like modular design and planning that has gone into the new ships, let us know what you think in the comments below and „Like“ the post to show your approval. We’ll be previewing more 3D Models of the Ships in the weeks leading up to the Kickstarter launch.
If you have not checked out the Jovian Wars, Alpha Playtest Rules yet, here is link to our free download on DriveThruRPG to get yours and try it out.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/…/Jovian-Wars–Alpha-Playtest-R…

CEGA Constantinople 3D Model Preview!
Today we have a preview of the Constantinople 3D Model for the CEGA faction that will be part of the upcoming Jovian Wars Kickstarter (tentative start date February 15th, 2017). The attached image shows the basic Constantinople and with its Habitat section added, plus an exploded parts view with descriptions. The new spaceship models will be 1/4000 scale with the larger parts cast in high quality grey resin, smaller parts like the weapons will be cast in pewter, and the stand will be laser etched and cut clear acrylic base with clear acrylic post. The base that the 3D Model is show on is 3″ long by 1.5″ wide.
As stated in an earlier post „Easy Assembly“ is one of our goals with the new ships. So we have made them modular with standard connection pegs and holes between the larger resin parts. Plus we have added standard hard-point pegs to mount the pewter weapons and other parts so players can customize their models.
Dave is currently working on Jovian War Beta Rules update, taking everyone’s feedback from the Alpha, which will include stats for all the new models that we are previewing now. We plan to release the Beta Rules sometime in the week before the Kickstarter launch. If you have not checked out the Jovian Wars, Alpha Playtest Rules yet, here is link to our free download on DriveThruRPG to get yours and try it out.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/…/Jovian-Wars–Alpha-Playtest-R…

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