RE: (FT) Miniature ideas (Space Stations, planets and missile pac ks)

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Binhan Lin wrote:

> Actually, for the planet, chop the styrofoam ball in half and line the
> bottom with cardboard or manila folder.  Coat the top surfaces with
> spackling paste, smooth and sand if preferred (i.e. a gas planet
wouldn't
> have much vertical terrain) otherwise take advantage of the ridges to
paint
> up mountains or glaciers.

This is how I did my planets up - one 6" ball from the local craft store
cut in half & coated with plaster. I painted one up as 'Mars' and the
other as 'Earth', and they look pretty good.

See <http://warbard.iwarp.com/ftgallery.html> for a pic of each, plus my
Phalons.

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
- http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -

> Space stations can be almost any shape. Depending on your scale you
can use
> 1) a 20 oz soda bottle with some fins added for a B5 type station, 2)
a
> cluster of paper tubes with little platforms sticking out at various
levels,
> 3) A stack of CD's with spacers between the cd's and a round hub on
each
> side (to represent a multi-level residential station in the Jetson's
style)
> or 4) various plastic pieces such as a funnel, a bowl, some tubing to
create
> a Star Trek Space Dock.
> 
> --Binhan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bren Mayhugh [mailto:jygro@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 1:38 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: (FT) Miniature ideas (Space Staions, planets and missile
packs)
> 
> 
> Hello all:
> 
>   For a game that I am going to be running, I need a few miniatures
and I 
> was looking for ideas on how to make them.  in the Subject, you can
see what
> 
> I am looking to create. Other than counters, does anyone have any
ideas on 
> how I go about making planets, space stations and missile packs.
>   The planet isn't that hard, but I am looking for other ideas for it.
 My 
> idea for the planet is one of those styrofoam balls that you can get
in 
> craft shops and paint it up, but looking for other ideas.
>   The Space station, I am looking for inspiration for it honestly. 
Once, I 
> get a good idea what it should look like, I can start making it.
>   The missile packs, I am completely lost other than using counters,
but if 
> anyone can found/created a miniature for them, I'd love to see them.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Bren
> 
> 
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