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Re: Deciding on a large ship acronym
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Wed, 30 Oct 2002 23:58:48 GMT
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"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> wrote in message
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> > (Some How I Phinished ;-)
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> Haha!
I try. I try.
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> Could work. But what do we mean by "100 studs"? Are we discussing length
> of the model? What if someone designs a model that is rather wide, deep, • or
> tall? Theoretically, a ship could contain thousands of pieces and still
> measure less than 100 studs long, depending on its shape. In real life,
> sea-ships are measured using tonnage and displacement (I think). How • might
> such a thing be translated to mini-figure scale for space vessels?
Great questions. I personally think anything that is either 100+
long/wide/tall would be included. Granted some builders will make (and have
in the past) some ships that are this long/wide/tall yet extremely weeny.
Maybe we could even make another acronym for ships that are trying to hard
to be a SHIP. For some reason I keep thinking BLIP...can't really think of
what it stands for though..
I'm not sure how to answer your question. Few people seem to do piece
counts on big projects like this and every ship has a different shape so a
general system of measuring dimensions would be hard I think. I'ver never
seen a ship that was, say 95 studs wide and long and tall but I suppose it
could happen. Maybe we'll just jump out that airlock when we get to it.
> > Anything less than 100 studs would just be a ship.
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> Or, as I do in my world, anything small is called a "craft". Spacecraft,
> unlike spaceships, are typically too small to have a bridge, can be • piloted
> by just one or two people, and due to their size they lack the supplies
> needed for lengthier space journies on their own. I compare it to sailing
> ships. A ship can travel independently oversea, but small craft and boats
> are mostly for coastal travel. ...The next logical question would be
> whether the word CRAFT or BOAT is an acronym for something too...
True. I've thrown the word "ship" around a lot in the past but lately I've
tried to not use it to describe small vessels.
-Jon
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| (...) Haha! (...) Could work. But what do we mean by "100 studs"? Are we discussing length of the model? What if someone designs a model that is rather wide, deep, or tall? Theoretically, a ship could contain thousands of pieces and still measure (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.space)
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