RE: INSS MacArthur? Re: [OT] Alderson Drive

That is what I did to make my moonscape terrain for the Moonbase Xi
scenario. I would suggest starting with WHITE styrofoam. The larger the
"grain" it it the better for this application. (note: it will be more
fragile than smaller grain styrofoam).

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net	 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris DeBoe [SMTP:LASERLIGHT@QUIXNET.NET]
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:04 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: INSS MacArthur? Re: [OT] Alderson Drive
> 
> > I was trying to scratch build a model for GZG-ECC last February, for
my
> > Berserker scenario, and it went horribly wrong.  I wanted it to look

> > like the hull was carved from an asteroid, so I covered the bottle
in 
> > milliput to give it the 'rocky' look, and painted the whole thing 
> > dark brown.  That made it look like a chocolate bar (to my absolute 
> > horror), so I mixed the brown with black to try and give it some 
> > highlights.  So, it ended up looking like a chocolate bar with 
> > fudge sauce.
> 
> Start with a chunk of styrofoam and flat black or dark grey spray
paint.