... and finally, something a bit different.

For my birthday I got my hands on a Spartan Games Firestorm Armada Terran Fleet Starter Box. My friend has the Directorate Starter Box.

Putting these models together was really quite simple, as the small Frigates are all white metal and just require some remedial filing work, and the Cruisers are all one-piece resin that just need some flash removal.

The longest model to sort was the Battleship as it comes in four resin parts and has white metal turret that require some super glue. The hardest part of putting these together was the flight-stands. Spartan Games - you really need to get a better design of flight stand!

Here you can see the Terran Starter Fleet, with the Razorthorne Battleship at the rear, the Sentinal class Cruisers in the middle and the Pligrim class Frigates on the flanks.

Terran Fleet

and here you see the Directorate Fleet with the Judgement class Battleship at the fore, with the Enforcer class Frigates behind it and to the flanks and the Vanquisher class Cruisers in the rear.

Directorate Fleet

I've begun test painting a Terran Frigate; one undercoat of Chaos Black, a base-coat of Adeptus Battle-grey, a dry-brush of Astronomican Grey and a Badab Black wash later and here's what I have so far:

Terran Frigate

It just needs a bit of accent colouring and some details and I think it'll be done.