Star Blazers one of of those shows that really effected me as a kid. It was the first cartoon I had ever seen that actually had a continuing plot! Every day I would race home from school to see the continuing adventures of the Argo and her crew.
The Star Blazers premise was designed to hook kids like me from the start. Cool spaceships that were heavily influenced by WW2, in fact the hero ship was a re-built ww2 battleship.
Only later did I discover that this was, in fact, a Japanese cartoon, or Anime, originally called Space Battleship Yamato. What made Star Blazers different from other cartoons and imported anime at the time was that the translation was pretty accurate and they actually hired quality voice actors. Rare for shows like that in the '70s and '80s.
What does this have to do with miniatures you ask? Well, around 10 years ago or so Musashi Enterprises came out with a game called "Star Blazers Fleet Battle System" The also came out wih a range of uber small miniatures for said game.
My son now loves the show as well and recently expressed an interest in playing a game. As I didn't have any good "bad guy" forces I was happy with I decided to whip some together over a weekend.
red Gamalon Battleship sometimes commanded by Emperor Desslock
A Gamalon Strike Cruiser. WW2 meets, Captain Nemo, meets Spaceship
Baby Gamalon Destroyers. This guys are tiny! They are glued to push pins!
The Gamalon fleet in all it's glory.
enjoy!
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