When it
came time to select a finish for my
Destroyer to add to my informal Franz Joseph
Squadron of gaming miniatures, I selected
USS Halsey, NCC-595 as a subject. This
Destroyer Escort served the Federation
Strike Cruiser USS Nimitz, as part of its
task force. Since I already had the pewter
USS Nimitz done, I thought USS Halsey would
make a nice companion piece. Now, I think
I'm going to do USS Fletcher and USS
Spruance to finish off that particular task
force assigned to the Federation Third
Fleet. At left, posed with the pewter USS
Nimitz, the size difference between the
plastic-style Zocchi minis and the white
metal is not too noticeable. I prefer the
plastic minis, however, as USS Nimitz proved
to take twice as long just to clean up and
correct the warpage of the components -
before even getting to finishing. Still, the
pewter gaming miniatures can come out
looking attractive too.
I
finished both USS Nimitz and USS Halsey with
extensive combat against Romulan forces in
mind. USS Halsey is one seriously armed
warship, and I really like the profile of
the miniature heading away from the viewer,
like it is heading off to interrogate some
unresponsive sensor contact with extreme
prejudice...
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