| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 9:18 a.m. PST |
So, a while back I cobbled together a quick and dirty landed gunship/cutter sort of a ship out of an old Batman movie Tumbler toy. Adding some guns and bits and pieces and a crudely sculpted armored canopy made the shell of the vehicle into a passible ship. I haven't painted it yet, but here are some pics - picture picture What have you folks done for ships on the ground? Show us some pics! -Eli |
| Insomniac | 24 Apr 2011 9:25 a.m. PST |
A shuttle for my Grymn Starship crew: picture Based on a Thunderbird 2 toy from the latest film. |
| Earl of the North | 24 Apr 2011 9:34 a.m. PST |
|
| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 9:42 a.m. PST |
Insomniac – that's a pretty simple, but slick ride. Earl – That's a real monster. Many Star Wars models/toys died….:( -Eli |
| Earl of the North | 24 Apr 2011 10:20 a.m. PST |
Earl – That's a real monster. Many Star Wars models/toys died….:( Only a couple of Action Fleet AT-TE's and a Republic Star Destroyer kit…..I did evilly laugh as I dismantled the AT-TE's. MMMWWWWWHHHHHAAAAAAA! 
|
| PapaSync | 24 Apr 2011 10:21 a.m. PST |
@emu2020 Nice use of the Batmobile. . . 8) |
| nvdoyle | 24 Apr 2011 10:24 a.m. PST |
Those are very inspirational. Thanks! |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 11:07 a.m. PST |
Anybody else have trouble coming up with workable landing gear, cockpits and/or hatches and windows for spacecraft? |
| Unrepentant Werewolf 2 | 24 Apr 2011 12:19 p.m. PST |
There's a suggestion for GZG, Jon does building bits, how about landing gear, cockpits etc? |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 12:19 p.m. PST |
Not sure if it could pull a market, but would be cool to ask once he's back up and running. -Eli |
| Zeelow | 24 Apr 2011 1:57 p.m. PST |
|
| Ron W DuBray | 24 Apr 2011 3:28 p.m. PST |
Okay those will work for landing ships or fighters. where are the star ships? |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 3:52 p.m. PST |
Yes? Where is yours? 
-Eli |
| D A THB | 24 Apr 2011 4:52 p.m. PST |
A freight Dropship rather than a Starship. link |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 5:00 p.m. PST |
By god that thing is made out of an AT-AT! I love it. What did you use for the landing skids and cockpit? -Eli |
| Jamesonsafari | 24 Apr 2011 5:00 p.m. PST |
I think a starship would be a tad too big to fit on a 28mm game table. Shuttles, gunships and landing craft coming from the starship are about as big as you can expect and even those are really undersized to make for a practical gaming footprint. |
| Eli Arndt | 24 Apr 2011 5:06 p.m. PST |
In 15mm I would say you could pull off something the size of a cutter or light freighter (Millenium Falcon) on the ground and not have it be the board. I hope to some day have enough landed ships to stage a space port battle. -Eli |
| Fonthill Hoser | 24 Apr 2011 5:48 p.m. PST |
|
| Etranger | 24 Apr 2011 10:50 p.m. PST |
Dropship rather than starship but picture |
| D A THB | 25 Apr 2011 2:55 a.m. PST |
emu2020 I used some legs off an Airfix Robo gear walker for the landing gear. Thats where the cabin came from as well. |
| ThorLongus | 25 Apr 2011 4:56 a.m. PST |
not my pic, but this is my landed starship/freighter
link
it is huge probably 2 feet long
had one years ago i used for my imperial guard army but sold on ebay…..of course recently bought another one off ebay, at least cheaper than what i sold my old one for |
| Ron W DuBray | 25 Apr 2011 8:28 a.m. PST |
here is mine
it filled up the table: link |
| Little Big Wars | 25 Apr 2011 8:34 a.m. PST |
Of course, there's always the Stoned Potato and its crew: link |
| 28mmMan | 25 Apr 2011 8:38 a.m. PST |
Ron you sick monkey! That is one serious terrain piece. Wow. Well done. |
| billthecat | 25 Apr 2011 9:04 a.m. PST |
Lots of great stuff here. Very inspirational. |
| Eli Arndt | 25 Apr 2011 9:07 a.m. PST |
Big ship there. Nice model but a bit expensive. |
| 28mmMan | 25 Apr 2011 4:31 p.m. PST |
The Stoned Potato turned out great. Is it a STONED potato, being heavy and flying smooth as a rock per say, or like a stoned potato. Or is it a STONED potato, with a couple potheads at the wheel? Either way, looks good. I like your color choices. Best compliment I could offer, it reminds me of the Firefly/Serenity universe. |
| Farstar | 25 Apr 2011 4:39 p.m. PST |
where are the star ships?
Like some others here, I operate from a long-time Traveller bias. The smallest true starship in Traveller, and its most iconic, is the Scout/Courier. In 15mm it would be 16 inches long… |
| Lion in the Stars | 26 Apr 2011 12:11 p.m. PST |
A 747 is 230-250 feet long. I can't see an SSTO shuttle, let alone an actual starship, much smaller than that. In 1/100 scale, a 747 would be 30" long… too big to be anything but the table! |
| Eli Arndt | 26 Apr 2011 12:25 p.m. PST |
Keep the pics coming folks. The starship word was just used in the title. What we're looking for is futuristic vessels parked on the ground. -Eli |
