Cold Navy is a
line of starship miniatures originally sculpted via
3D modeling CAD software.
Originally created by Xtreme
Hobby, the line was sold to Damage
Control Games for possible use
in their Phoenix Horizons
game, but they decided to go in another
direction. Due to gamer demand, Ravenstar
Studios now has the license to
produce the Cold Navy line.
7/9/2007
- Ravenstar Studios have obtained
the license to produce the Cold Navy
product line. Derek Petit of Damage
Control Games has granted Ravenstar
Studios the license to produce all
the existing designs and to create
additional designs. This includes both
gaming miniatures and larger collector
models. More to come.
4/22/2007
- Damage Control Games have made
the following announcement that they do
not plan to produce the Cold Navy
line of miniatures for their new game, Phoenix
Horizons:
As
many of you know Damage Control Games (DCG)
purchased the Cold Navy Line from Xtreme
Hobby last fall. You have waited
patiently for news on the future of the
line. At this time, DCG will not be
continuing the Cold Navy Line. After
much anguish inside the company, we came
to the realization that although these
ships were very cool, they did not fit
the universe that we were trying to
build. I apologize to those that were
hoping to fill out their fleets with the
line.
DCG
has been approached by other companies
to see if the could buy the rights to
the Cold Navy minis so stay tuned
to see what happens.
8/7/2006
- Cold Navy has been sold to Derek
Petit and John Palumbo who have formed Damage
Control Games to bring Cold
Navy to the future. They ask
for patience as they create this new
company, build a website, acquire the
line of minis plus they plan on creating
a set of rules for these
miniatures.
5/23/2006
- Mike of Xtreme Hobby has made
the following announcement about the
future of the Cold Navy
miniatures, he is offering the product
line and intellectual property that is Cold
Navy for sale:
Well Folks...
Over the last two
years we've had quite the run. We hope
that you've enjoyed our Cold Navy
Starships and everything within this
website that we've put together for you.
As you may know
we've not been able to pay enough
attention to this product like we wanted
to. And, we feel that a very good product
has suffered because of it. In addition,
we feel that a really great group of
people (you, our customers) have also
suffered because of it.
And, it's time to
face the facts. My present life situation
does not peacefully coexist with Xtreme
Hobby in the same space-time continuum. I
simply can't run this business effectively
and maintain all of the other life
necessities that I have.
So, it's been a
tough decision, but, I feel it's the right
one. I would like to offer the Cold Navy
Product line and intellectual property for
sale. This sale will include all of the 3d
model data, images, names, fiction and all
right belonging to Cold Navy. Materials
(3d prints of the vessels) and information
will also be provided to allow the new
owner of Cold Navy immediate startup of
the line so that there is no disruption in
service.
If you are
interested in purchase of the Cold Navy
miniature line, please feel free to email
me at your convenience for further
details.
We will continue to
gladly sell all of our Cold Navy product
until the transition to new ownership.
Thank you for your
support and I hope that Cold Navy prospers
in the reliable hands of a new owner.
SCN
will keep you updated on the status of
these minis.
10/28/2005
- The Xtreme Hobby eStore is back
up and running. They have found a
solution to their problem with
international shipping and lost
packages. New shipping rates and
policies are posted on their website.
On
the Wave 2 ships, a number of they have
yet to be modeled so their is no firm
schedule yet but they hope to have the
Diesho ships available in January of
2006.
10/10/2005
- Posted on the Xtreme Hobby web page
was the following message:
"Xtreme Hobby is on indefinite hiatus. Thank you for your support and interest in our company and our products.
Please, note that we are no longer accepting any order at this time. All orders received prior to this date are being processed and will be shipped within the week."
Mike
of Xtreme Hobby later explains on their
message board that between the new
job,
family and Xtreme Hobby, something had to give He later
says "Cold Navy is not going away.
I'm not selling it off nor am I going to
box it up and shove it into my
attic. It does mean, however, that
I'm taking a break."
We
wish Mike the best and hope that things
work out that we do get to see the Wave
2 miniatures some time in the future.
 5/5/2005
- Xtreme Hobby is now taking
pre-orders for Wave
1.5 miniatures. They were
having problems with their original
caster so their minis will now be cast
by Jeff Valent Studios.
They needed new masters and new molds
and as a result, there have been many
improvements in these miniatures.
Casting is cleaner, mounting holes were
added, clear acrylic flight bases will
be included, and the box for the fleet
boxes is smaller. Wave 1 ships are
no longer being sold and the wave 1.5
ships will be the same price as the Wave
1 ships except for the improvements in
the miniatures.
Xtreme
Hobby has restarted their Customer Appreciation
sale. Cold Navy ships are 20% off of
their regular price until July 31st.
Prototypes
for some Wave 2 ships have also been
received, click on the thumbnails for
larger images.
11/26/2004
- The Cold Navy miniatures have
been released and pre-orders have been
shipped. From Mike Hardy of Xtreme
Hobby:
Cold
Navy is Released! We have all of
our ships in and are readily available
for purchase. We had a slight problem
with stock for our Ba'Negva Frigate and
Conquest Battleships, but, these
problems have been corrected and it's
"full speed ahead" for us now!
 And,
now the GREAT News-
We're
charging too much for some of our ships
and our shipping!
After careful consideration of our
customer's feedback, we realized that we
can save money on our domestic shipping
charges. So, we're rolling those
savings to our customers. We're
now going to reduce our shipping charges
by 30% for domestic orders (anywhere
within the United States). Meaning
$6 for orders under $25 will now be $4
and so on.
Also,
several changes to how we package and
charge our ships will take place over
this weekend:
We're going to increase the amount of
ships that come in our blister packages
for the Northhampton and
Gerrak Frigates. Now, instead of 2
ships per blister, you get 3 ships per
blister, for the same $10.00 MSRP. This
is a 30% price reduction for these
vessels.
Finally,
our Fleet Boxes will also be reduced in
price (due to the Frigate price
reduction).
The Terran Battle Group Fleet Box was
$47.50 and is now $44.50.
The
Kharadorn Attack Squadron Fleet Box was
$45 and is now $40.
If
you've already made an order with Xtreme
Hobby, during the next several days you
will be given the
opportunity to select whether you want
additional ships (to correct the bliste
purchases), a monetary refund and/or
EStore credit for future purchases with
us.
10/25/2004
- Xtreme Hobby has opened their EStore
and you can now pre-order Cold Navy
miniatures. Also available is a
PDF version of Starmada X
for download.
10/20/2004
- The metal masters are back and are
being prepared for being sent to their
production casters. They have
detailed pictures of all the miniatures
up on their website along with
everything from concept sketches,
B&W production art, to images of the
3D solid printed version of the
minis. Everything is looking like
they will make their release date of
November 17th.
Here
are some pictures of the fleets, better
pictures of each of the miniatures is
available at Xtreme Hobby's
website. Click on the thumbnails
for larger versions of these pictures.
Terran
Battlegroup |
Mauridian
Battlegroup |
Kharadorn
Battlegroup |
8/30/2004 - I
received the following press release
from Mike Hardy of Xtreme Hobby:
Cold
Navy is a general purpose miniature line
designed to provide super-high quality
starship miniatures to space combat
players all over. Essentially,
players provide the rules, we'll deliver
the ships. ^_^
The
initial run of fifteen starships, five
each of three different factions is well
on its way to being
produced. We are scheduled for a
November 14th Release date and all
indication point that we will make that
date. Just in time for the holidays!
These
vessels are being sculpted via 3d
modeling CAD software. These 3D
sculpts will be used to produce cast
masters and 3D art for the set. I have
secured Silvercast (formerly
known as Miniature World USA) to
be our production caster.
The
3D sculpting portion is done. We
are now printing that 3d CAD data to
make RTV master molds from.
Here
is the talent behind our production
effort that is Cold Navy:
John
Bear Ross- This guy need absolutely
no introduction. We've all seen his
outstanding work on the Butcher CAV
& Despot Tank (just to name a few).
He is the lead design for the ships of
Cold Navy.
Paul
Egedi- Lead writer. You can read
some of his work on Mechapress.com under
the name Awesome Slaughter. He is
working on the ship fluff, time line and
general fiction for the Cold Navy
Universe.
Neil
Nowatzki- Lead Artist. You can see
some of his work on the Reaper CAV
Journal of Recognition 2 and Casket
Works #13 and on Mil-Net.net. This guy
makes it look easy.
Chris
Christman- Graphic Artist.
A jewel in the rough, this guy is
excellent at what he does. you can
already see his work on our Xtreme-Hobby
website with the various faction
insignias.
Mike
Hardy- Me. I am the chief financier
and the provider of all useless
knowledge and conceptual art
for the Cold Navy Universe.
Future
releases will include three new factions
per year for the next two years.
This will make a total
of nine factions. New ships for
each faction will also be included.
On
our new Xtreme-Hobby.com website, we
will include data and fluff for each
faction and vessel. Plus,
scenarios, fleet composition reports and
historical data that will be useful to
players wishing to explore the Galactic
Community.
Here
is the planned product line for the
Alpha Release:
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Terran
Republic
XHCN001
Conquest Class Battleship
XHCN002 Avatar Class Battle
cruiser
XHCN003 Orion Class Cruiser
XHCN004 Avenger Class Destroyer
XHCN005 Invicta Class Frigate
XHCN901 Terran Battle Group Fleet
Box
|
Mauridian
Empire
XHCN101
Gal'Ethon Class Dreadnought
XHCN102 Vel'Naveg Class Missile
Cruiser
XHCN103 Ven'Tara Class Light
Cruiser
XHCN104 Ba'Rada Class BFG Frigate
XHCN105 Ba'Negva Class Frigate
XHCN902
Mauridian Light Task Force Fleet
Box
|
Kharadorn
Empire
XHCN201
Rerroarak Class Battle Carrier
XHCN202 Lorraga Class Heavy
Cruiser
XHCN203 Nagaro Class Light Cruiser
XHCN204 Karria Class Destroyer
XHCN205 Gerrakk Class Frigate
XHCN903 Kharadorn Attack Squadron
Fleet Box
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Flight
Stands will come with the miniatures,
1.375" and 2.5" hex bases will
be made by Litko Aerosystems (www.litkoaero.com)
along with plastic posts from eM4.
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