Stubborn Sub-Capitals

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Stubborn sub-capitals from left to right: -Monitor -Frigate -Corvette -Gunship (the gunship in the picture is an earlier model with a flat front that has been rebuilt with the angled front of the rest) The stubborn flavored ships I've styled as chunky, turtle-like, defensive vessels. They can circle the wagons and provide a solid wall of armor/shields. While not described as capital or sub-capital in the A Billion Suns rules, I made the cut on 2-mass (subcap) vs 3-mass (cap). This is part of a set of ships designed for the upcoming game A Billion Suns. The book was delayed but there's a free open beta available, so I decided to post these. These ships will fill out the rosters for that game, but there's no reason they can't be used for whatever. All of these were designed to and do print fine on a filament printer at .1mm with no supports. The bases are my roofing nail flying bases, just melted into the model where it looked right to me. There are no mount holes in the model and positioning is your choice. You could mount them flying saucer style if you like that look, especially if you're using these in combination with ground troops. These ships are 1/2000 scale and vaguely follow the decks towards acceleration The Expanse design concept. All ships are designed around large reactors, engines, and the purpose of that ship (guns, cargo, whatever). The guns, reactors, engines, and other components are reused between some ships to give a little cohesiveness to the set/universe. I was shooting for a partially utilitarian 70s/80s sci-fi movie vibe. Not gothic, not slick, just getting it done.