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Post by shep on Aug 8, 2018 21:28:41 GMT -9
Okay,so far I don't even know, if I will find the time to participate in this year's Papercuts, but should I do so, I will create a scenery piece for scifi gaming. Based upon the idea of the various corridors and special rooms, I so far did for Star Trek games,and since it was already been planned as part of my Space: 1999 set, I will try to create the interior of an Eagle Lunar Transport. Now, I found deck plans for the various versions of this modular transport on the internet and I want to try and keep the modular design by creating the container modules for the middle part of the ship, individually. Depending on how much time I can spare for this project, I will perhaps only get the passenger module ready for Papercuts, but if so, the rest will follow. What to expect: An Eagle is basicallymade up of four segments, the cockpit, the utility corridor, the container module,and the engine room. I want to create these with textured walls and floors and 3D interior. Unfortunately, I won't be able to design the ship fold-flat, but I will try to make things so modular that the entire Eagle can be packed into the container module, for which I will make an extra lid. This way, everything is stored in an "Eagle box". www.coldnorth.com/owen/deckplans/other/anderson/e-profiles.gifI'm pretty excited about this project,and really hope that I'll find the time, and that it turns out well.
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 9, 2018 3:24:58 GMT -9
I totally understand. I started my project in my own section since it probably won't be done in time.
I think this will be a good project. I was just wondering ... have you ever built Tommygun's Lunar Hopper? Would your interiors integrate with his ship?
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Post by shep on Aug 9, 2018 4:10:37 GMT -9
I totally understand. I started my project in my own section since it probably won't be done in time. Yeah,I'm in the middle of an urgent (and badly paid) translation job with a fixed deadline. So, this needs to be done first, before I can get to playing with cardstock again... I'm not quite sure, if I ever heard of it. You have a link?
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 9, 2018 4:13:37 GMT -9
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Post by shep on Aug 9, 2018 6:06:11 GMT -9
Thanks for the link. However, I'm afraid that my appraoch will be quite different,concentrating on the interior of the ship. The model I have i mind won't feature a completed outer hull. There will be no landing gear, no roof, and only the upper half of the thrusters. It's gonna be more like a cut-away additionally stripped of its lowest parts for more table stability. Size-wise, I'm thinking about 5 x 10 inches for the main module, 3 x 4 inches for both,utility corridor and engine room,and 4 x 4 inches for the cockpit. Those boxy side thingies with the landing gear underneath will be 4x4 inches, too,the rear thrusters 5 x 4 inches. This adds up to a total length of 22 inches and a width of 11 inches. I think that should be good measurements... However, Tommygun's approach made me think of including various changes in order to avoid copyright infringement. For example, right now I'm thinking of a more round cockpit module akin to UFO's Moonmobile... But hey, in the end Anderson stays Anderson.
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Post by shep on Aug 9, 2018 6:40:48 GMT -9
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 9, 2018 7:12:57 GMT -9
Oo! Source for new textures
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Post by shep on Aug 22, 2018 8:12:37 GMT -9
Okay, so here we go! If I stick to my speed, I might get this ready just in time... Page 1 of the first module, the cockpit, is about 50% done... Btw... Once this is finished, would it belong into the models or the kit-bash category? Or is it a tile system???
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 22, 2018 8:59:54 GMT -9
Will there be walls? If there are, then it would not be tile system.
I believe it will be a model. I don't think you are modifying an existing model, which would be a kitbash.
It is a bit of a question between kit-bash and model, but the primary emphasis should be whether or not it is based on an existing model.
As an example, Hagrid's Hut should be a kit-bash, even though there is very little original model left. If I were to enter the Goshogaruma, it would be a model because it was an original design.
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Post by shep on Aug 22, 2018 22:45:07 GMT -9
Okay, it's gonna be a model, then...
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Post by shep on Aug 25, 2018 2:32:30 GMT -9
So, this is not going as fast as I had hoped, but since there's still one week left, I think I can still make it just in time... Work in progress...
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Post by shep on Aug 28, 2018 9:43:22 GMT -9
So, more progress – in fact, much more progress, since only the main transport module is left to be done. Okay, plus printing, building,taking pictures, and writing up the instructions... With already 19 pages, this has turned into a really huge project. I don't know, if this isn't too big for Papercuts. However, I will finish the ship, since I ound out, that due to the modular build and the addition of a simple airlock module, you get three ships in one: the transporter, a shuttle (by switching the transport module with the airlock), and a moon hopper (by taking the crew module out of the shuttle)... And here's a little preview teaser: Oh, almost forgot, I have to admit, that I borrowed okumarts gate frame from the WNMHGB corridor sets, as it was perfect for the doors... Does that make the model a kitbash? Or is it still a model?
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Post by shep on Aug 31, 2018 6:06:04 GMT -9
I have to face reality... Sadly, even though the LMT is done, I will not find the time to print and build it, nor to take pictures and write up the instructions. This means, although the project is basically finished, I will not be able to enter it in Papercuts. So, instead I will take my time and create more interior modules (VIP quarters, science module, surgery module, moon buggy) for the transport module, as well as a lid for said module in order to have it double as the storage box for most of the ship, while the landing gear doubles as two boxes for the rest. Once everything is finished, I will either post the LMT in an appropriate upcoming hoard or in my Space: 1999 section, which I will soon rename into Luna Base 1999 (or perhaps even better 1995). In retrospect, this project might have been just a little bit too big for just the 1 week I had time to complete it...
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Post by Vermin King on Aug 31, 2018 7:52:19 GMT -9
Darn it.
On the other hand, I am sure it will be great when it is done, better since you won't be in a rush
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