Re: Alternatives to miniatures

At 11:55 AM +1000 6/4/98, Belegdel(Troy Nancarrow) wrote:
>In my ever more necessary quest for cheaper and quicker miniatures I've
>come up with a few ideas for "alien" race miniatures to use in Full
Thrust,
>without having to buy or even assemble much.  I doubt they're original
>ideas but I've not seen them mentioned on the list.
>
>1) Sea shells.  Mount them on a stand, call them "bioships" and your
ready
>to roll.  Ships sizes range from fighter to planets :)
>
>2) Rocks and Crystals.  Especially the more exotic kinds.  Perhaps
tougher
>stands would be necessary.  Great for aliens that might throw drives
and
>guns onto an asteroid and use that for a vessel.  Or even aliens that
grow
>their vessels out of crystal.
>
>3) Glass stones.  Put them on a stand and off you go. Various sizes and
>colours to represent aliens who construct their ships out of pure
energy.
>
>4) Seed pods and other dried bits of vegetation.  As for sea shells.
>
>None of them should require paint jobs at all ('cept _maybe_ the last
option)
>
>I've already assembled a veritable horde of Sea shell ships. In fact
>considering the variety, you could break them into sub-groups and make
>numerous races out of them.  All for the cost of the stands (if you
want to
>bother) and a walk on the beach (if you happen to live near one)!
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A good idea but the shell quality up in central quensland on the beaches
is
not so good.
How about mussels or small oysters as major ships?

My, the fresh ones taste delicious

MarkS

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