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Captain Nebula Lieutenant SG
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:03 am Post subject: Making planets and moons |
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I was wondering if anyone has made their own planets or moons or if there are companies you can buy them from. |
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Steve Cole Site Admin
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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I have seen people use styrofoam balls of various sizes. _________________ The Guy Who Designed Fed Commander
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Bill Stec Lieutenant SG
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Corsec Engineering sells kits:
http://corseceng.com/planet-kits/
I have also made planets from foam balls, cut in half. Make sure you use the foam without all the holes, or it's hard to smooth the surface.
I used several coats of Modge Podge to try and smooth up the surface of styrofoam balls with some success. |
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wedge_hammersteel Commander
Joined: 27 Sep 2008 Posts: 578 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Or the bottom half of large plastic Easter eggs
Didn't Scoutdad post some pics of his planets? I seem to remember a golf ball size earth where he painted the continents, oceans, some clouds and I even think a tiny little marker for his house in Tennessee
He could tell you how he made them.
I betcha when something is missing around his house, his wife asks him if he is starting any new craft projects. He is quite inventive. |
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Captain Nebula Lieutenant SG
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome! Thanks! |
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:50 am Post subject: |
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wedge_hammersteel wrote: | Or the bottom half of large plastic Easter eggs
Didn't Scoutdad post some pics of his planets? I seem to remember a golf ball size earth where he painted the continents, oceans, some clouds and I even think a tiny little marker for his house in Tennessee
He could tell you how he made them.
I betcha when something is missing around his house, his wife asks him if he is starting any new craft projects. He is quite inventive. |
Has Evey been talking to you again???
I have managed to acquire lots of her "stuff"
I got one of her photo corner rounders...
One of her 12-inch paper cutters...
One of her paper punches...
Over the years, I appropriated... kitchen sponges... Christmas balls... pine trees from her Christmas Village... cotton batting from her stock... felt... fabric... poly-foam... beads... bead organizers... gauze pads and gauze bandages from the first aid kit... coffee stirrers... straws...
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:03 am Post subject: Re: Making planets and moons |
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CaptainQuirk969 wrote: | I was wondering if anyone has made their own planets or moons or if there are companies you can buy them from. |
Here's the link to the previous thread with many of my planet photos:
http://www.starfleetgames.com/federation/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=4808
If you're on Facebook, I have a fan page there:
A Call to Arms Star Fleet fans
There are many more photos of planets (mine and other peoples) there. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Captain Nebula Lieutenant SG
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:56 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! Just sent over a request to join the Facebook group. |
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3413 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:45 am Post subject: |
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No crafting supplies are safe in my house. She borrows my stuff, I borrow hers. Hers comes back with paint on it... I sleep on the couch... _________________
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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djdood wrote: | No crafting supplies are safe in my house. She borrows my stuff, I borrow hers. Hers comes back with paint on it... I sleep on the couch... |
Same here.
I often head to the game room only to find the table has become a scrap-book den or a lapidary studio.
She "borrows" my stuff as often as I borrow hers.
The only difference seems to be that I get my stuff back... hers ends up in some project and is lost forever. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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