Almost finished with it, the first of my New Israeli Maccabees:
http://nift.firedrake.org/QADMinis.htm
I still need to figure what to do with the dome thing on the NI minis
(including the big radome bead on the Sabras), and how to distinguish
individual ships in the same class. One method I've seen done well is pick an
individual structural component and paint it different colors on different
ships. I'm torn between that, adjusting running light
colors, and trying to put different numbers/symbols on the hulls
themselves. I _don't_ want to make them effectively identical and leave
the differentiation to marks on the base. My other NI minis have hull's
painted but no detail work yet.
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"The reverse side also has a reverse side." -- Japanese proverb
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I still need to figure what to do with the dome thing on the NI minis
(including the big radome bead on the Sabras), and how to distinguish
individual ships in the same class.
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Personal preference: domes should be same color, gold or white. Can't explain.
Have you thought about stripes or chevrons on the wings? Vary the number,
color, and solid and broken lines for individuals. Use one wing for groups,
the other for individuals.
The_Beast
> and how to distinguish individual ships in the same class.
You could paint Hebrew letters on them...except that if you want them to be
able to hit anything, you might have to skip the second letter. Or you
could paint that one with a Tasmanian pin-up girl, or a couple of dice
showing 1's. <g>
I think Doug's suggestion works well.
> I think Doug's suggestion works well.
;->= Being AFRAID of paint, going for the simplest is always good if you
can make it impressive. Would most suggest a contrast color for a line first,
then painted over? Not sure with something as dark as Noam's, but
for lighter ships/vehicles, a stripe of black, with the main color
painted over with just a thin outline of the black showing seems to look good.
I know it can be the way to go with more complex patterns.
The_Beast
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> Almost finished with it, the first of my New Israeli Maccabees:
Hi Noam,
Nice photos on the link. Please can you tell me where you purchased the
starmap (Robodad photo).
My son also has the lego robots and we do a simple D6 game, using some
micro machine buildings as terrain - it is a lot of fun! Nice to see
someone else found a good use for them. Have you tried the X-pod rules
which come with the smaller sets in the clear plastic round pots (download at
the lego.com site)?
Regards Robin
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Beast - I'm tending to agree with you about the domes. I'm actually
toying with the idea of black, but that may be too dark to be distinct. Gold
or copper is a good candidate,
I have thought of stripes/chevrons. The chevron is a part of my NI
military insignia. The challenge will be making them small yet distinct enough
to go with the various hull features.
Laserlight - I did hebrew letters on my Brigade NI fleet and it worked
up to a point. Apparently some days I have a steadier hand than others. It's
more problematic on the smaller minis. Even if I don't put a letter on the
hull, I'll probably put one on the base.
Robin- The starmat I got from GeoHex when it was still around. Starmats
are available from different places, I think. You might want to check the GZG
East Coast Convention web pages and the vendors listed there for the past
cons:
http://www.warpfish.com/jhan/ft/gzgecc/
I have not tried the X-pod game, and now the kids' lego robots have
been absorbed into the ever-growing lego reservoir. I'll look it up at
some point, though.
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"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and
the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He
seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
-- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's
revolutionary rocket work
FYI, the Geo-Hex starmats are still being manufactured by Monday Knight
Productions.
http://www.mondayknight.com/MKP-Mats.htm
Bill