Re: FT: rear firing arcs, home-made star mat

A toothbrush is also very useful for making gas clouds and nebula.
Use a cardboard or paper stencil with it and you can get sharp borders
for nebula boundaries.

Jon

GBailey@aol.com wrote:
> 
> We've been playing that you can fire to the rear arc at any time.
> Anyone else do this?
> What is your standard mode of play for the rear arc?
> 
> I got cheap and made my own star map playing area.  I bought a
> black bedsheet and a white paint pen and dotted the sheet.  I took
> some paint and dotted a few colored stars (red, green, yellow, blue).
> I tried to add in a nebula with brushes but that didn't work as well.
> Any other ideas for adding a nebula without spraying/air brushing?
> 
> Glen
> PS. still not working, but can get a job anytime.  Enjoying the time
off!