I'd go with the smooth, featureless sphere. Firstly, "stick with the source material," and secondly, "what's old is new again," it will wow everyone with how far out and futuristic it is.
I'd go with the smooth, featureless sphere. Firstly, "stick with the source material," and secondly, "what's old is new again," it will wow everyone with how far out and futuristic it is.
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The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
Good points, here. I am leaning in the direction of simply letting the thing speak for itself - it's the way Phil described it, which is good enough for me. It has enough dings and dents to give it some surface detail, as well as a look of some antiquity.
I love the Bare Metal stuff! Very easy to apply, and the results when you use the 'grain' in different directions are spectacular. I keep a pile of it 'in stock', as it's just way too useful! My gut feeling is that to use this stuff to best effect I need to get a second sphere, fill it, undercoat it, and then make templates with which to cut the foil to shape. I think it'd be a really nice model, but I'm also thinking that it would spend all of it's lifetime on the shelf unless I made Dire Warnings to players about handling the thing.
The current car is done with my last remaining can of very vintage Testor's 'Metallic Silver' spray paint. I kind of wanted to do this car with only what we would have had available back in the day (in the late 1970s and early 1980s) so as to give that 'period' look; I dunno - I have been kind of getting into a mindset of 'What would we have done if we'd done this back in..." and doing more and more 'vintage'-looking projects in the same style that Phil liked to do. It's like the Underworld tiles I recently did; Phil used to regale us with stories of how when he was a mere child, he'd beg cigarette papers off of all the adults so that he could use them in his model temples and palaces that he made. Hence my using the paper, glued to the MDF flats.
I think I'll leave this first car the way it is; sort of 'used', but 'vintage'. Does any of that make sense?
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Yes; the Underworlds are full of horrible stuff like this, with a galaxy's worth of molds, fungus, and other horrors just waiting for an adventurer to trip over them or fall into it or breath in the spores or something. We learned the very hard way to look before we touched, as it's easy to avoid if you see it in time.
Oh. Wow. I had to read this twice, and started hyper-ventilating. My first thought was 'You let a twelve-year-old read "To Serve The Petal Throne"?!?!?' and I nearly fainted at the very idea. Then, my second thought was 'You let a twelve-year-old read "To Serve The Petal Throne..." and he didn't fall asleep instantly? I gather he liked my account of our adventures, and I guess I'd better get cracking on the rest of them. I am genuinely astonished, delighted, and amazed; I have no idea if the thing has any appeal or interest - and then I remembered what I'd written as the 'usual notes on the back cover':
"Tales for the Edification of Young Persons who wish to Embark on a Life of Adventure and Excitement, written down (in a fine scribal hand) by Lord Chirine ba Kal from his own experiences..."
Well. There we are. I am hugely touched by your son's enjoyment of the book, and I am delighted - and very deeply honored! - that he's following in the family traditions.
Wonderful; this is simply wonderful. I am very glad he's been able to enjoy Phil's creation as we did, and still do.
Luckily, he won't have my nose. Depending on what he wants to do for a career, I can have a few words with some people I know. What else are clan-uncles for, anyway?
Quick footnote: While the book is still very much a work-in-progress, I am getting there...
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Well, I consider it a balancing act between system, setting and style of play/genre the group wants. Think of a certain Indiana Jones movie where he meets a machine that depends on three points being in precise balance...
Not just OSR. There are people like that everywhere.Yeah; some of the OSR people I've dealt with are like this.
Yeah, that's a problem with night shifts. I've been on such a regime 3 years, and didn't meet many people, either...Yes. My problem is my work schedule, which pretty much isolates me from the rest of the world. Seeing non-gamers is actually pretty rare for me.
Do it - if the game part fails, you still get a social circle out of it...Good advice, here. I'll see what we can do.
I can understand why. I've said more than once that I'd probably choose to stop running games instead of adopting a system and/or setting that I dislike....or, if all else fails, run a Pathfinder game at your home, and see how that goes. Kingmaker has the reputation that it's almost like a hexcrawl (never tried it, so can't confirm).
Ouch. I'm not sure I'd want to game under those conditions.
We just sent letters.Same here' used to go through a lot of postcards for turn orders...
It was a good thing we knew the authors, because the one who was doing the replies to my moves sometimes had trouble with my writing...
Sorry to hear that...Thanks! It's been pretty intense, and pretty tough.
That's so cute!
Let's listen to the good advice, Uncle - both counts of it are true, IMO.
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Yeah, I think so too. I'm starting to get into a mindset where I'm doing things with 'period' materials, so as to try to give people an impression of what we used to do 'back in the day', where everything was 'homemade' because all we had was imagination and basic modeling techniques. Going back into the parts bins and supply shelves has been a lot of fun - simply getting the workshop cleared out enough to do it was also a treat. (We had to move a lot of stuff in there when we got First and Second Daughters; had to make room for them to live in.) I am enjoying this, in the same way I enjoy my vintage Triang stuff.
And, I will admit, when I go to to the FLGS and see the huge display of the new 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek' games and their attendant models, I'm left a little cold. Back in the day, we had to make all that - like my Death Star trench where most of us got vaporized - and we had a a lot of fun doing it. Now, just throw money at it, and you're done.
From AsenRG:
Well, I consider it a balancing act between system, setting and style of play/genre the group wants. Think of a certain Indiana Jones movie where he meets a machine that depends on three points being in precise balance...
Oh, yes, very much so. Couldn't agree more.
Not just OSR. There are people like that everywhere.
I'd agree. It just seemed that there was a higher percentage of them in the OSR, back a few years ago when I first started to be active on the web. I was more then a little put off by it, but then I assumed that it was something in the water supply that made them do it.
Yeah, that's a problem with night shifts. I've been on such a regime 3 years, and didn't meet many people, either...
True. I was on a overnight shift from 2008 to 2015, and it was actually easier to deal with. I'm now on the 3:30 to midnight, and it's gotten a lot harder to have a life outside work.
Do it - if the game part fails, you still get a social circle out of it...
Good advice! I'm working on it!
I can understand why. I've said more than once that I'd probably choose to stop running games instead of adopting a system and/or setting that I dislike.
Agreed. I love running Barsoom as a setting, but I have yet to find a set of rules that I can get and read. So, I just run the game like I usually do...
We just sent letters.
It was a good thing we knew the authors, because the one who was doing the replies to my moves sometimes had trouble with my writing...
Hah! Now, that's funny - and I'll bet the orders for a little mixed up, too...
Sorry to hear that...
Thanks; I wound up being the storyteller in the marketplace to entertain everybody and try to cheer them up a little. It seemed to work, but it was a difficult 'performance'.
That's so cute!
It is, isn't it? Got me back on my feet, it did...
Let's listen to the good advice, Uncle - both counts of it are true, IMO.
I think you're quite right; make two models, I think...
As a store owner I vigorously approve of people throwing money at me.
Honestly, I love do it yourself stuff, but have you seen Rendra's new castle. 'cause DANG!
My castle is hand made Styrofoam and it's okay. but DANG it Rendra!
You can always find people to take anything you're giving away for free but you never get any real commitment from them until they've spilt blood...errr...spent money.
At last! The big revision! More monsters! more magic! Two page hit location table!
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Oh, I do agree with you; I was just in the favorite FLGS on Saturday evening - I happen to be in the locale as I give Second Daughter a ride to work - and mentioned that I was looking for some out-of-the-ordinary stuff to use as Fiendish Devices for the Barsoomian air skiffs. Lo and behold, they had three packs of robot arms intended for a steampunk game of some sort, and these are perfect for the job. So, a sale!
I do like to support them; it's just that my needs are so specialized that it's often hard to find something that I can use...
It is a very cool castle indeed. I like the LEDs for the interior lights.
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