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Post by alloydog on Jul 22, 2015 0:30:15 GMT -9
I picked up the Cadet edition of Star Fleet Battles the other day (freebie from DriveThrouRPG). While in the "reading through the rules" phase, I thought I'd have a bash at making some ship markers to replace the small square counters that come with the game. I thought about a 2½D model of the Hermes/Saladin class ships. It couldn't be too big or else I'd end up with about 1½ finished models and it couldn't be too small or else sausage-fingers here would be able to put it together. Conviniently, at 1/5000th scale, the 127 metre saucer is an inch. Just right! I printed up a sheet of eight with four of them with solid black background. The first one, with solid white background looked OKish but I still tried it with an all black background, again OK-ish. I then tried cutting away all the excess card and extending the bases to give a bit more height off of the table. I then got bored and "wrecked" a couple. I now have a small fleet! First two with solid backgrounds around engine nascelle. Extended bases and wreck markers. The black edging doesn't really work, so for the next ones, I'll keep it white or paint it the main colour of the model. I guess I better knock up something/one to shoot at
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Post by Vermin King on Jul 22, 2015 7:48:16 GMT -9
Okay, don't knock it until you've tried it, but for light gray or 'metallic' models, I found that edging with a very light purple marker gives me the best results ... face-to-face. Not so good for photos.
Also, a plain old carbon pencil looks good in person, but leaves the edges a bit shiny for photos
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Post by alloydog on Jul 22, 2015 8:45:36 GMT -9
Okay, don't knock it until you've tried it... And I'm apt to try anything I'm now working on some Klingons, so will give it a go. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by cowboyleland on Jul 22, 2015 9:56:15 GMT -9
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Post by alloydog on Jul 26, 2015 7:44:23 GMT -9
Klingons off the starboard bow! I used the Weetabix model as the main guideline and a few images from around the net for a little bit more detail. Here's the original ODT file and a PDF:
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Post by alloydog on Aug 2, 2015 10:27:25 GMT -9
La pièce de résistance: A bit more complicated than planned, but I'll post a simpler one for the generic Constitution class shortly...
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