[GZG] Re: Model Planets and figs

Hi Andreas,

A ringed planet from CD-Rs - good thought!

I toyed with the idea of doing a ring for one of my 'hemisphere' gas
giants.
I wanted to do it tilted off the 'plane of the elliptic' and had been
thinking of clear plastic sheat cut in a 'U'-shape.  Ideally, the
planetary
hemisphere would sit on a base and the ring would also be attached to
the
base, with a gap between it and the surface of the planet.  Dust the
ring
with sand on PVA and then dry brush in shades of grey and white.

Well, that was the plan.  Maybe next planet :)

Oh, re my comment about messy polystyrene.  Lacking a hot wire cutter,
in
the past I have tended to use a steak knife and sandpaper when modeling
in
polystyrene (islands and reefs, etc, for Nap Naval).  Effective, but you
do
end up with your personal snow storm that tends to adhere to things at
random due to the static charge.  :)

Regards

David

> From: "Andreas Udby" <javelin98@lycos.com>
> Subject: [GZG] Re: Model Planets and figs
>
> One thing I'd like to try is making a ringed planet.	I'd toyed with
using
a blank CD-R -- cutting the planet in half and gluing the CD-R in the
middle, leaving a nice shiny ring around the outside.  What else could
we
use?
>
> On a related note, I'm scratchbuilding a Halo/Ringworld right now,
using
wooden cross-stitch hoops.  Should turn out to be interesting, at least.
>
> Andreas

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