 Cacique Caribe  | 07 Nov 2009 10:08 a.m. PST |
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| Tom Reed | 07 Nov 2009 10:22 a.m. PST |
Those would be great. I really don't care for "packing crate" scifi buildings, except that they would be more easily transported. Now buildings like these could be transported and blown up and then oversprayed with some sort of self hardening material. |
| Jimwright | 07 Nov 2009 11:04 a.m. PST |
The next time you get home and have some free time, get some Sculpy or Fimo clay and give yourself an hour of "creative" time. Cheers, Jim |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Nov 2009 11:06 a.m. PST |
I like that idea, Jim. If I had an actual oven in my hotel room, I'd start right now. Dan |
| Dave at Ambush Alley Games | 07 Nov 2009 11:08 a.m. PST |
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| Ravens Forge Miniatures | 07 Nov 2009 12:06 p.m. PST |
All you need is some acrylic half spheres from the hobby store, sandpaper, plastic primer and textured spray paint link scuff all over with some 150grit paper, spray with a "plastic primer" and then with some textured paint. you could add details with plasticard or model train building parts. These would be easy to make. |
| Acharnement | 07 Nov 2009 2:07 p.m. PST |
Looks like you need to find some product that is packaged in a hemisphere plastic blister, or haunt the Japanese toy vending machines to pick up the capsule halves for your raw materials. Some cutting and a coat of paint and you are away. If you don't the structures to be hollow, then any dollar store should have small balls that you can cut in half. |
| Top Gun Ace | 07 Nov 2009 3:20 p.m. PST |
Styrofoam balls can be used as well. CC, they do sell air drying clay as well. |
| Feet up now | 07 Nov 2009 3:45 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 07 Nov 2009 4:08 p.m. PST |
Hmmm. Well, I was hoping to only have to sculpt them once, and then just make a latex mould, so I can get multiples later. Dan |
| Feet up now | 07 Nov 2009 5:21 p.m. PST |
Try to find some Tibetan singing bowls and see if they will give the desired mould shape for you. |
| Tom Bryant | 07 Nov 2009 8:50 p.m. PST |
Dan, I'm tempted to do some paper models of stuff like this. If I can recover it I have a reactor dome that I did for a sci-fi power plant. |
| commanderroj | 08 Nov 2009 7:04 a.m. PST |
Looks like you need to find some product that is packaged in a hemisphere plastic blister, or haunt the Japanese toy vending machines to pick up the capsule halves for your raw materials. Some cutting and a coat of paint and you are away. If you don't the structures to be hollow, then any dollar store should have small balls that you can cut in half. In the UK you used to be able to get plastic hemispheres from the model materials workshop. As far as i am aware, they are still available, and probably from other ABS plastic suppliers too. |
| commanderroj | 11 Nov 2009 8:02 a.m. PST |
In the UK you used to be able to get plastic hemispheres from the model materials workshop. As far as i am aware, they are still available, and probably from other ABS plastic suppliers too. Actually, i meant EMA model supplies. Some of the plastic domes are flourescent colours. These might work quite well for an appropriate scenarion (i.e. a blue shade to screen out harmful u.v. rays/excess heat on a desert world) |
| emu2020 | 11 Nov 2009 9:07 a.m. PST |
And interesting source of curious and non-standard domed structures are the bottom of one and two litre soda bottles. You can get dome of a good size but you can also get domes with several peaks on them. I am considering the ones with multiple peaks as residential domes with each peak being a heater chimney for small stoves inside. -Eli |
| Grabula | 11 Nov 2009 10:29 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 11 Nov 2009 5:46 p.m. PST |
Grabula, Love that look! Dan |
| Robin Bobcat | 14 Nov 2009 10:39 p.m. PST |
We actually have some similar dwellings here in town. 'The Domes', or 'Bag End' is an experimental student housing commune. The buildings are fairly small, designed for two occupants, but are reasonably cozy. For hippies. Serious hippy-dom there. Rumor has it the best weed in town comes from there. daviswiki.org/The_Domes They're single-sphere, and VERY small, but for those living there, it's heaven. |
| davebill | 14 Nov 2009 10:48 p.m. PST |
Not sure if this is what you're after but I used Sculptamold and some plastic packaging to make this:
link It was designed for 6mm but works well in 15mm as well. |
| Cacique Caribe | 15 Nov 2009 8:44 a.m. PST |
"Amaco Sculptamold"? I've gotta try it. Thanks Dave! Dan |
