Re: Building 'unusual' starships

>  >Would beads (especially round ones) be
>  >passable at about 67-75% of these
>  >lengths due to increased mass (or appearance of same?)

If you get wooden spheres/beads, you may be able to drill into them
and make arms from wire/thin nails/pins.  Cover with glue and add
texture eg sand.

God knows why I bother to write anything, if I just wait two weeks
someone else always writes it up for me.