Re: [OT] Paper Starships

So you're saying you are looking for ships like FASA used to put into
their
Interceptor game.

Sorry, other than my Interceptor "counters" I don't have any!

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Stanczyk" <stanczyk@pcisys.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Paper Starships

> This is close to what I had in mind.
>
> What I was thinking of was a boxish shape with the image of the ship
on it
as
> seen from that direction.  I.E, the top of the box would have a top
down
view,
> the right side would have an image of the right side of the ship, etc.
>
> Depending on the size of the ship, it might just be a simple box with
the
whole
> ship image, or in the case of larger ships the box would be "sculpted"
to
more
> closely match the ship.  The B5 Omega would likely be :
>
> /-----------------------------------\
> |				      |
> |				      |
> |				      |
> \-----------------------------\     |
>				 |    |
>				 |    |
>				 |    |
>				 \____/
>
>
> As seen from the side, my horrible ascii art not withstanding.
>
> A long rectangle box for the shaft and a twelve sided platform, say
half
inch
> thick for stability, for a base.
>
> Chan, where did you get the images you made your cards with?	Are they
in
black
> and white?
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Chan Faunce wrote:
>
> > I had done some of these when there were no minis available for B5W:
> >
> > http://members.toast.net/chanfaunce/card.jpg
> >
> > Note that the Whitestars are folded so that the image is horizontal
-
the most
> > distinguishing profile - while the Omega and Hyperion are vertical.
The
bases are
> > the ones used for the paper Battletech mechs that came with the
boxed
set.
> >
> > Not sure I'd want to do these for FT though. Counters are one thing,
but
those
> > would be pushing it.
> >
> > Since Steve Jackson re-release Cardboard Heros I wrote him about
doing a
set of
> > 'Cardboard Starships' - him, not me - but haven't heard anything.
> >
> > Mike Stanczyk wrote:
> >
> > > Anybody think they can pull off paper starships for Full Thrust?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Channing C. Faunce
> >
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> > http://members.toast.net/chanfaunce/index.html
> >
> > NEW projects
> > http://members.toast.net/chanfaunce/tidak.jpg
> > http://members.toast.net/chanfaunce/vadok1.jpg
> >
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> >
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