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Re: Building a moon-display for your space models
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Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:56:01 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Tobias Möller writes:
> What should be improved? I know something:
> Time.
> I made mine over a weekend just to get it over so I could start taking
> photos. If I make another one, I´d put in more effort and time in it.
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> --Tobias
One can -always- throw more time at -any- project; whether it improves the
finished item or is simply a case of 'over-engineering' the final product is
open to debate <grin>. However, in this case I would say that the more time
spent would certainly be an investment. I have in mind the notion of adding a
bit of texture to the base that you've built. After all, we know from both
direct experience (well, those of us who actually made the trip <grin>) that
the lunar surface is rocky; flat; dusty; has rills and valleys; variations in
light, shadow and colour; &c. From waht my browser showed me, I think you've
got the hills and flats right, so the next challenge might well be to add some
'surface detail' to the model. The model railroaders use a form of artist's
chalk or pastels (I'll have a look at my sources at home for the name-- I think
it is also in the r.m.rr FAQ) to add 'weahter' effects to the colours used on
the cars, buildings and landscape. We might need to think about this for the
moon- and planet-scapes that we're interested in. This starts to sound like a
project that might take a while to bring to full fruitition, but since I'm
doing this for both a 'space' theme as well as a 'castle'-derived theme, I mean
to get this right.
<grin> I guess being an engineer/hacker shows, eh? IN any case, you've made
an excellent start. What are your plans to continue? Move into the 'virtual
world' of CAD?
Thanks for the web-site and your experiments. You've broken some new ground
here, and made a good effort at so doing.
Cheers,
Roger
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| I don´t think it is shown very well on the pictures, but I *have* added texture. I sprinkled over sand (it´s not really sand but I don´t know the English word for it) before painting it. I own pov-ray but I think it is just too complicated for me, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| What should be improved? I know something: Time. I made mine over a weekend just to get it over so I could start taking photos. If I make another one, I´d put in more effort and time in it. --Tobias (...) at (...) They've (...) both (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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