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Post by shep on Aug 26, 2017 6:50:33 GMT -9
Yeah. I forgot to blacken them and tried to do it after gluing it together. It didn't work out too well. That's why this was just the first draft. I'm still a novice when it comes to papercraft. Don't worry, practice makes perfect.  As long as the mini serves its role in your game and inspires the imagination of your players, everything's fine. In the end, you don't wanna win a beauty pagent with it, would you?  |
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Post by shadowmane on Aug 26, 2017 16:10:09 GMT -9
By the way, that is the modified version that I scaled up. The other ones were so small I had to get my youngest son to cut them out and put them together... because he can actually see them where to me they are nothing but a blur.
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Post by shep on Aug 26, 2017 22:08:12 GMT -9
How about getting yourself glasses... Truth be told, I had some troubles building the mini, myself – not due to eyesight, but because of my fingers not matching the scale… As I said, start building your fleet by choosing a scale that you're comfortable with. I like my tiny 1/5000 ships, but there's nothing to say against a 1/2500 fleet. Lately, I've seen some pic on the web where people use those very nice but quite expensive Eaglemoss models for their games. And there are more and more sellers on Shapeways offering 3D-prints of their takes on the various ship classes and types. However, as good as those are, around 10 $ per mini without flightstand and the need to be painted… As long as you did not want to buy them anyway, or are unable to bend paper, I would not really recommend such models (even though I myself own a fair share of them), since building a fleet upon those could get very expensive in a pretty short time. |
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Post by shadowmane on Aug 27, 2017 3:38:58 GMT -9
I think the 1/2500 scale is probably the one I'm going with. It's not too big, but not too small. I worked on the Capella the other day on Pixlr, but wasn't impressed with what I did. I've figured out how to break the ship down into its components, and each component is a layer that will be glued onto the ship. I've also looked at a few other ships from the Starfleet Museum to see if my system will work on them, too. I have to learn the software and get proficient in it before I dare put anything together. Of course, I could just go get some drafting/drawing tools and draw what I want, then scan it in. In fact, that might just be easier for what I'm wanting to do. Here's some of my preliminary work. Just remember, this is rough draft material.   |
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Post by shep on Aug 27, 2017 8:16:11 GMT -9
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Post by shadowmane on Aug 27, 2017 10:10:15 GMT -9
Wow, those plastic minis are cool.
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Post by squirmydad on Jan 24, 2020 10:59:18 GMT -9
Star Trek Adventures Living Playtest Encounter Map (Crashsite): bit.ly/2pYZ93W
Star Trek Adventures Living Playtest Encounter Map (Science Station): bit.ly/2pLAGTj
These two links are broken, is the material still available?
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Post by shep on Jan 25, 2020 5:56:42 GMT -9
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Post by squirmydad on Jan 25, 2020 8:46:43 GMT -9
Excellent! I'll add them to the site soon-ish. I'm alternating between figures and model/tiles for uploads at this point. When those are all done I'll start on the micro-starships. Thanks.  |
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Post by Caddo on Dec 1, 2023 14:15:52 GMT -9
looks like the Dropbox links are all broken? Any chance you could fix these please?
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Post by Vermin King on Dec 1, 2023 14:36:24 GMT -9
Excellent! I'll add them to the site soon-ish. I'm alternating between figures and model/tiles for uploads at this point. When those are all done I'll start on the micro-starships. Thanks. At the top of the page, click on Downloads, then click on Shep's Plethora of Playthings Or click on the link to the page here -- www.onemonk.com/shepsplethoraofplaythings.html |
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As long as the mini serves its role in your game and inspires the imagination of your players, everything's fine. In the end, you don't wanna win a beauty pagent with it, would you? 
