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Re: Building a moon-display for your space models
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Wed, 6 Oct 1999 17:02:47 GMT
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I did something similar to this when I was messing around with animation back in
high school. A friend and I were making an ice planet movie(it never got that
far) and needed sets. I built a few by first making a frame out of 1x2s about
2x3 feet. Then I formed mountains out of carboard and covered that with moist
newspaper. Then I covered this with plaster of paris and wall spackel. Most of
these thechniques are basic model railroading scenery construction. I didn't
have to paint it since I was looking for a snow finish. I also imbedded some
broken white plates into the surface for attachment points. I have a clip on
video somewhere that i should transfer to quicktime or something. We also
started a large asteriod with a hole(tunnel) in the side that would hold a 64x64
stud base. Unfortunately graduation and other stuff got in the way and this
project was never finished.
I guess i didn't add much new info here, but techniques like this work well and
its quite easy to get good results.
PS. If you want something short term, you can mix baking soda with water till
it has a cake batter like consistancy and as it dries out sclupt it into the
desired shape. This works really well for snow scenes. My friend and I used it
for those Star Wars
diecast metal micro-figs that came out so long ago. Best of all the baking soda
is reusable- just crumble it up and wet it again.
-Chris
"Tobias Möller" wrote:
> I just got this idea that I´ll try soon.
> By using papier-mache, some glue and sand, you could build a planet plate to
> play and display your space models on. This would be especially cool with
> classic space. You form the landscape, spread glue on it, sprinkle over sand
> and let it dry. Then paint with a sand-like color, not glossy.
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| I just got this idea that I´ll try soon. By using papier-mache, some glue and sand, you could build a planet plate to play and display your space models on. This would be especially cool with classic space. You form the landscape, spread glue on it, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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