From: Belegdel(Troy Nancarrow) <t.nancarrow@g...>
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 11:55:54 +1000
Subject: Alternatives to miniatures
In my ever more necessary quest for cheaper and quicker miniatures I've come
up with a few ideas for "alien" race miniatures to use in Full Thrust, without
having to buy or even assemble much. I doubt they're original ideas but I've
not seen them mentioned on the list.
1) Sea shells. Mount them on a stand, call them "bioships" and your ready to
roll. Ships sizes range from fighter to planets:)
2) Rocks and Crystals. Especially the more exotic kinds. Perhaps tougher
stands would be necessary. Great for aliens that might throw drives and guns
onto an asteroid and use that for a vessel. Or even aliens that grow their
vessels out of crystal.
3) Glass stones. Put them on a stand and off you go. Various sizes and colours
to represent aliens who construct their ships out of pure energy.
4) Seed pods and other dried bits of vegetation. As for sea shells.
None of them should require paint jobs at all ('cept _maybe_ the last
option)
I've already assembled a veritable horde of Sea shell ships. In fact
considering the variety, you could break them into sub-groups and make
numerous races out of them. All for the cost of the stands (if you want to
bother) and a walk on the beach (if you happen to live near one)!