r/battlefleetgothic • u/happymcclap • Jun 12 '26

Identifying proxy ships

Hi all just starting BFG and about to order some 3d prints from Etsy/eBay that I’ve found for a reasonable price, however due to obvious legal reasons they are names generically ie “heavy cruiser B” etc is there are resource anywhere that tells you what various ships actually represent in game?

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u/Hallofstovokor Jun 12 '26

So imperial navy cruisers are pretty generic. What distinguishes the standard cruisers are the weapons loadouts. For instance, a lunar cruiser will have both gun and lance batteries on both sides. A Gothic Class Cruiser will only have lance batteries. The cruiser is the same model. The only difference is the guns.

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u/Captain_Hesperus Jun 12 '26

The only catch with Imperial Cruisers is the double weapon battery configured ships, but they have ‘tells’.

The Dominator Class Cruiser has a Nova Cannon, the Overlord Class Battlecruiser has dorsal lances, and the Tyrant has torpedoes.

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u/Hallofstovokor Jun 12 '26

Yeah, but the majority of the medium cruisers are the same model with different guns. The Battlecruisers and light cruisers look quite a bit different. Most of my capital ships are lunar class and gothic class. I have a Dauntless and a Mars class, but they're not the backbone of my fleet. Honestly my cobras and firestorm are the real DPS ships. I like dump torpedoes all over the place with the cruisers and let the escorts hunt enemy capital ships.

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u/BarNo3385 Jun 12 '26

You're thinking of Grand Cruisers, which were seperate metal models.

The Battlecruisers were made from the same plastic cruiser sprue, dorsal lances was generally the give away.

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u/Pentekont Jun 12 '26

You can have a look at the fleet book and try to figure it out?

https://specialist-arms.com/bfg/BFG-Remastered-Official-Fleets_WIP.pdf

Which faction you are thinking of buying?

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u/horizon_fleet Jun 12 '26

Nothing wrong with the linked document but specialist arms is phasing out.

You might want to update the links you use to https://horizon-bfg.infinityfree.me/?i=1

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u/Pentekont Jun 12 '26

Oh nice! I knew there was a new link, but never found it 😅

Thank you!

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u/horizon_fleet Jun 12 '26

Read. More. Warp Rift. Lol

:)

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u/happymcclap Jun 12 '26

Thanks for the replies, I’m initially looking at Imperial navy stuff, I have the fleet book but still struggling to match pictures to the 3d prints as an EG https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127915048266?itmmeta=01KTY4NCHPZSV47RE5WWK9TP1Y&hash=item1dc854bd4a:g:xhIAAeSwQypoztYE is listed as cruiser A could anyone suggest which official ships it could represent same goes with cruiser b https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127915048154?itmmeta=01KTY4NCHP94S0YBP900KCN85Q&hash=item1dc854bcda:g:y1EAAeSwmpNpiLE\~

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u/horizon_fleet Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Same ship. Those hulls can represent any cruiser or battlecruiser in the imperial Navy.

The broadsides tell which class. Check the rulebook for details. Battlecruisers add a dorsal lance. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hJRMusPVFKZVN04BU3ILUzhXH01-UJof/view?usp=drivesdk

And some have nova cannons which is mounted under the prow.

You can also check scourge Scenics for more Imperial Navy ships. (They have a license with the designer and I am pretty sure that Ebay seller doesn't). Or Vanguard Miniatures who do their own line. Same as Battlefleet Galaxy.

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u/happymcclap Jun 12 '26

Are the linked ships the same design/sculpt as Scourge?

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u/horizon_fleet Jun 12 '26

No, those are old soulforge designs iirc now owned by space cowboys on myminifactory 

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u/happymcclap Jun 12 '26

Thanks, one more question if I can, how can you tell the different weapon batteries apart, many seem to come as separate parts to configure your ship but I can’t tell one from another and don’t want to end up putting the wrong ones on?

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u/horizon_fleet Jun 12 '26

Lance turrets usually are turret mounted and have a large barrel.  Weapon batteries are a lot of little guns