{"id":13484,"date":"2023-02-17T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=13484"},"modified":"2023-02-16T09:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T09:54:34","slug":"the-blue-eminence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2023\/02\/the-blue-eminence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Eminence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our run of new releases carries on this week, with the European Federation<\/a> receive substantial reinforcement in the form of the Richelieu class Superdreadnought<\/a>. At 120mm long, it’s the largest spaceship we’ve made (so far), bigger even than the British QE2 class carrier<\/a>. A third larger than the Milano<\/a> dreadnoughts, it’s armed to the teeth with half a dozen triple gun turrets and a pair of heavy railguns between the bow mandibles.<\/p>\n

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It’s named after Cardinal Richelieu<\/a>, a famed clergyman and statesman of the 17th Century. He was known as l’\u00c9minence rouge<\/em>, or “the Red Eminence” – but our ship is a bit more blue than red, hence the post’s title.<\/p>\n

SFS-403<\/a> – Richelieu class Superdreadnought – \u00a312.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our run of new releases carries on this week, with the European Federation receive substantial reinforcement in the form of the Richelieu class Superdreadnought. 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