"Scratchbuilt Starships" Topic

Here are some ships I have built for my Long Delayed Space Combat game that I am resurrecting from the grave!

doodlebot.net/redoubt/?p=91

They are a lot of fun to build and completely constructed (Except the bases) from Plasticard. The Bases are by Litko and are quite cool. Each one of the "Big" ships took about an hour. The Smaller ones usually less than 30 mins.

How do you cut the plasticard (so well)?

Where are the pics of the 'finished' stug, sci-fi gun thing?

Believe it or not Scissors and Sharp Exacto blades. I use "Zap-A-Gap" for gluing.

The Stug IX pics are on:
doodlebot.net/redoubt

I just have not painted it yet.

Those have a very nice rugose, gnarly, realistic spacy feel to them. Very "outside the box". Great work!

Virtualscratchbuilder

Very impressive Mike, let me know when your ready to playtest your rules.

Dave

Thanks Dave! Will do. The Terrans use a 2D Vector System. The Mantacc use Gravity well generators that make them "Fall" toward a placed counter.

Interesting – does everyone else fall towards that counter too?

Those ships are cool! Makes my "Viking Shield Enterprise" seem pretty pathetic. :-)

One more time, without the typos:

Those look very nice indeed. Always liked the ships from "Sword" myself, and the design influence is clear. The game mecnahics sound interesting too, look forward to hearing more about the rules.

Nicely done. Love the concept and look!

Lugal: Yes they do, Although the amount other ships move is less than the actual Generating ships (They use Gravity Polarization to enhance the effect) In addition it acts to Diffract Laser weapons and deflect Projectile/Missile weapons that cross the Gravity Well Marker.

Great work. Any plans to blog more about how you put the ships together?

Yeah I was thinking i would do a Step-by step. It's very free-form starting with a Sheet of Plasticard, a Styrene Beam, A Styrene "C" Beam and a couple Styrenet Tubes. I cut a Beam or Tube as a "Base" full length end then layer on top of that.

Nice work as usual :)

Thanks CC!

You do some very nice work, have to try the scissors on plastic card trick.

Thanks for sharing,

LLC aka Ron

They are great. Nice work.

Tony
occultwars.com

Count me for one who really wants to see a tutorial on those.

Nice, a very different look, I like the big drive ring.

Robert

They are impressive

first plasticard only ships that i like
(in oposition to Froggy-the-Great style all stuff combined – wich ive seen many great designs )

Inspired stuff. More, please.

With tutorial, step-by-step, whatever you want to call 'em.

For additional ideas, check out the tutorials listed on the right side of this page:

link

CC

Awesome Stuff CC!

Excellent work!

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

Thanks, CC, that's good stuff.

I echo the compliments of the other TMPrs who have responded positively. Great stuff. Your rules sound really interesting. I look forward to seeing them. Ive been trying to get my head around movement systems in space combat for years and am always looking for new insights.

I'm impressed; very well done!

You should contact this guy to help you with the ships designs, he did some pretty good work:

link

He used to do work for GW and Forge World when they used freelance sculptors.

LOL well I appreciate the thought Xian but I did the Narn and Centauri Fleet designs for AOG's B5Wars as well as the Gaim for the newer B5 ACTA system. I'm just finally getting off my Butt and doing this for my long-delayed personal "Strike Vector" project! Funny story: Oro\iginally the Project was called "Starsiege" and I started it about 11-12 years ago. I was contacted by Dynamix(A now-defunct computer game company) and they purchased the Starsiege name-rights from me.

No prob, the sculptor is a friend of mine. We used to work together at GW a while back and he is trying to get more sculpting work since GW does not use freelancers anymore.

" he is trying to get more sculpting work since GW does not use freelancers anymore."

Hmmm… Mwahahahahahahahahaaa!!

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

OK, BlackWidowPilot, I'll bite.

What is the maniacal laugh for? AFAIK GW does not use freelancers anymore, at least thats what Ted Williams (GW studio guy)told me a few months ago.

He is a pretty darn good sculptor, so I don't think its unreasonable for him to look to continue sculpting.

"What is the maniacal laugh for?"

BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

" AFAIK GW does not use freelancers anymore, at least thats what Ted Williams (GW studio guy)told me a few months ago."

"against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain!"

"He is a pretty darn good sculptor, so I don't think its unreasonable for him to look to continue sculpting."

<ahem> Neither do I…. Mwahahahahaaa!! *We* employ *freelance sculptors* at MX….. need to send a memo to His Bruceness… Mwahahahahahahaaa!! The thought of a potential new (freelance) evil minion just warms the cockles of my evil, depraved and utterly degenerate excuse for a stone-cold heart…

Any further questions?

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net
"BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! And you can quote me…!"

OH! You mean I should get him to take a look at your website and have him contact you, right?

Ok, I'll send him an e-mail today; the maniacal laughter just threw me off a bit.

Sometimes, when he was working on models on his break he would just start laughing to himself, and when we asked him what was so funny, he would just say "nothing" and laugh some more.

So I guess madness loves company after all.

Looking for new Silent Death sculpts, are you, Leland?

"Looking for new Silent Death sculpts, are you, Leland?"

Mwahahahahahaaa!!

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

EVIL SUBCREATURES!!!!! NOW you've gone and done it!! *I* am scratchbuilding starships again… from empty DEODORANT CONTAINERS!!! BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!

Photos will go up on the Metal Express Gallery when they're done…

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

Well Leland, I'm sure that they'll smell nice.