| Cacique Caribe | 26 Aug 2011 4:16 p.m. PST |
It might be the medications, but what do you guys think of this crazy idea … If I cut these echo toy microphones like rings, could the sections pass for spaceship parts:
link Dan
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| War Monkey | 26 Aug 2011 4:57 p.m. PST |
ok, very nice idea. Thanks |
| malleman | 26 Aug 2011 4:57 p.m. PST |
I like the idea. Also, Target usually has some in the dollar toy section. |
| infojunky | 26 Aug 2011 5:17 p.m. PST |
I am seeing a lot of potential there……. |
| Grumpy Monkey | 26 Aug 2011 5:19 p.m. PST |
Certainly a better use than their original design that is for sure |
| War Monkey | 26 Aug 2011 5:39 p.m. PST |
You know as I look at it more it could make for a rather large engine section too! depending on it's scale, battle field junk. |
 Jlundberg  | 26 Aug 2011 5:40 p.m. PST |
Good spaceship engine as well. |
| Gunner Dunbar | 26 Aug 2011 6:35 p.m. PST |
Dan you are going to make your children cry, leave their toys alone :), yes it has potential for scratchbuilders/converters. |
Dropzonetoe  | 26 Aug 2011 6:47 p.m. PST |
Seemed to have gotten turned around in my posting here… Anyways,
This worked for me over in Iraq – half a water bottle and some printed textures I found on the web. |
| Sundance | 26 Aug 2011 7:54 p.m. PST |
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| Wellspring | 27 Aug 2011 5:59 a.m. PST |
Best terrain idea I've heard in a while! |
| Cacique Caribe | 27 Aug 2011 9:51 a.m. PST |
Blame it on the pain killers! Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 27 Aug 2011 10:25 a.m. PST |
Like DZT may be suggesting above, Quonset buildings could be possible too, if we cut the microphones down the middle!
Dan
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| War Monkey | 28 Aug 2011 5:42 p.m. PST |
I wanted to do a downed craft with some over growth vines and such, just for a terrain effect and I was going to kit bash some 1:100 military aircrafts. now I'm thinking this would make for a nice downed craft add some wings a little of this, a little of that. oh yeah I can see it now. |
| Cacique Caribe | 28 Aug 2011 10:00 p.m. PST |
LOL And without all the guilt attached to cutting up a perfectly good model too!!! Dan |
| War Monkey | 29 Aug 2011 5:50 p.m. PST |
Oh Yeah, couple of well placed trees and a skeleton or two laying on the ground. |
| Cacique Caribe | 29 Aug 2011 6:41 p.m. PST |
You mean like this? link Dan |
| War Monkey | 29 Aug 2011 8:59 p.m. PST |
That's fairly close thinking on the same line
or this
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| Cacique Caribe | 29 Aug 2011 9:05 p.m. PST |
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| War Monkey | 29 Aug 2011 9:32 p.m. PST |
A large enough ship but not too large, with panels missing and an exposed deck or decks so you can game through it not just around it, works for me. |
| War Monkey | 29 Aug 2011 11:50 p.m. PST |
Here's a thought, Who said it has to crash on dry land or a desert? a swap or marsh could be cool too, or a jungle, maybe a plateau or a sea shore. |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Aug 2011 7:13 a.m. PST |
Good point! I would pick any of those. Dan |
 Legion 4 | 30 Aug 2011 7:15 p.m. PST |
Love the Smugglers Camp C/C !! Ever since I saw that episode of "Enterprise", I wanted to do something like that !!  |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Aug 2011 9:26 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it! Just a few hours ago I was using my one good hand to slice off styrene sheets and strips that will be used for such a thing. The roofs will have to wait a few weeks though, until after my left arm starts healing a bit – enough to saw through those thicker plastic sections. Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Sep 2011 1:42 a.m. PST |
In my SF frontier town I will also incorporate several buildings I have bought over the years: TMP link Of course, I will also add several scratch-built ones to the mix. But I guess we can never have too many options for buildings, right? TMP link Dan
PS. On using Pringle tube containers:
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| Cacique Caribe | 05 Sep 2011 1:38 a.m. PST |
How do you guys like this?
Dan |
| alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 07 Sep 2011 5:49 a.m. PST |
Dan – I've been trying to post this for you as a new topic, but tmp will not let me start any at the moment (weird) I was thinking about your request for making buldings out of spacecraft hulls. I started to think of stuff I started to convert over the years for 28mm sci-fi, and one item struck me as possibly being of use to you.
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If you could find a cheap or even better slightly damaged one on ebay, I think the hull would cut up quite nicely and the 'skeleton' of the craft could be built onto as well, I think it'd work well for 15mm. Apologies if you've already thought of this one. |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Sep 2011 6:37 a.m. PST |
Alien Surfer, That is definitely an awesome-looking source for curved hull material. I must get my hands on one of those. Thanks so much, Dan
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| alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 07 Sep 2011 7:16 a.m. PST |
Dan – I had and might still have at my family home 3 or 4 of these. When I next get up there and check the loft I'll see if I still have them – as I won't need that many :-) Scott |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 Sep 2011 2:19 p.m. PST |
Scott, That would be fantastic! Please let me know if you find them when you get up there. Thanks! Dan |
| Psyckosama | 08 Sep 2011 2:26 p.m. PST |
Wow! I'd love to get my hands on one of those… maybe take a pair of Echo-Microphones and give it big honkin' engine pods! |
| Cacique Caribe | 09 Sep 2011 3:38 p.m. PST |
Search for styrene sheets with simple moulded greeblies . . . TMP link Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Jan 2012 4:55 p.m. PST |
Has anyone started cutting up, and playing with the curved bits from, their toy microphones yet?
If so, I'd love to see the results! Thanks, Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 22 Jul 2012 7:19 p.m. PST |
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| deflatermouse | 22 Jul 2012 8:39 p.m. PST |
This is fantastic. Double sided stickytapeto adhear your paper to paper/card. It will never come off. no need to wait for glue to dry, not stick etc. I've had the idea re the microphones for a couple of years but this tube tutorial has really gotten it going for me. I recently got some 2mm corrugated card & some pine offcuts av 25mm wide by 25mm high. with the cc, ceral boxes & doublesided tape I've been able to knock out around 6 shanties in 1/2 hour (not sea shanties either)
bishbosh a slap of black then orange rust then light grey. Done.45mins-1 hour to start. now for the packing tube nissan huts (or Quonset as some folk know them.) |
