For the Kaiser!

My latest gaming project is a Dystopian Wars fleet. I got tempted in the usual way (seeing other people with very cool looking models) and ordered myself a Prussian starter set. To (sort of, vaguely) go with my Hungarians in Flames of War, I'm going to paint them up as a "Hungarian Squadron" within the Prussian Empire - some green panels, maybe some red/green crosses if I can find my leftover transfers.
The Prussian Battle Group contains;

• 1 x Emperor Class Battleship
  
• 3 x Riever Class Cruiser
  
• 9 x Arminius Class Frigate
  
• 2 x Geier Bombers
  
• 10 x Fighter Bases
  
• Various counters, templates and stat cards
  

From the points values on the cards this comes to 700 points, although (having been dumb enough not to order the rulebook with my models) I don't have the fleet list so I don't know if I can use all of this. I also have to say I was surprised at how good the production values were - my experience with smaller miniature companies has been that their packaging is usually basic to non-existant.

The fleet is now assembled and undercoated. The models are mostly resin, with separate metal turrets. I'm not generally a fan of resin but in this case it works well. The ships are all fairly solid shapes, the detail is amazingly crisp, and Spartan Games were smart enough to make the thinner bits (the turrets with their long barrels) out of metal.

I sat down this afternoon and painted a prototype each of a frigate and a cruiser. I'm now itching to paint the battleship, but I'm forcing myself to leave this for last, or at least until I've done a couple more ships - a centerpiece model like this deserves the best paintjob, which means getting some practise in first.

Next purchase is likely to be another set of cruisers, possibly some destroyers, and the actual rules for the game!