Beth said: and you wonder why we're also demented?
[Tomb] No. We don't actually. We just wonder how Derek manages a veneer
of sanity...:)
<I'm not even going to run for the bunker... there isn't really any point now
is there?>
Someone asked:
What figs are being used for Traveller/GZG crossover at ECC?
[Tomb] Imperial Marines: GZG UN (take a close look - they look almost
EXACTLY like traveller Imperial Marine Battle Dress as it was drawn in the
original game and in MegaTraveller)
Zhodani Consulate Jump Commandos: Ainsty/Denizen Ventaurians (with
helmets on, since they look like yoda). The armour is almost exactly that
depicted on the Zhondani aliens supplement from the old version of Traveller.
I'll post pix of both once the painting factory advances...:)
Someone else asked: What do people use for VTOL stands?
[Tomb] For DS, small GW transparent flight bases (I just lift the VTOLs
off). Haven't quite found a transparent quick-detach solution, but based
on what some people have done for FT using square brass tubing, I was looking
for a modified version of the clear plastic flight base that I can pull on and
off but still give good anchoring.
For SG2 Grav or GEV, large GW transparent flight bases. One seems to
work good for most mid sized Grav/GEVs, though you end up putting a lot
of the shaft up into the model. For VTOLs, if you want to come up with a
variable height mounting, some sturdy brass (or better, steel) rod. Or an old
paint brush (wooden) handle. But you might want multiple variable height
stands (if you drill at point of balance, this is feasible) that can be pulled
on and off to do NOE (short stem), landed (no base), or flying (long stem).
Beth said:
> and you wonder why we're also demented?
[Tomb] No. We don't actually. We just wonder how Derek manages a veneer
of sanity...:)
[Tomb]<I'm not even going to run for the bunker... there isn't really
any point now is there?>
<sotto voce> I'll cover you, Tom...
"Derek manages it because he has Beth handy to provide an example of the
alternative."
> laserlight Wrote:
> Beth said:
And he throws himself on the grenade for his buddy!
2B^2
> ><sotto voce> I'll cover you, Tom...
2B^2 says
> And he throws himself on the grenade for his buddy!
I figure, hey, I've got two platoons of Narns TDY'd here already, this
Laserlight
> > ><sotto voce> I'll cover you, Tom...
Hmmm.... several score well armed Narn, or 1 female human. I'm married, so
from my own experience, I'd say, bring on the Narn!
2B^2
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Brian Bilderback wrote:
Yeah, but I bet your wife doesn't know you just said that, right?:>
I'm single & have no Narn boarders, so I'm safe.
Oh, if Laserlight has Narns living with him, are they a boarding party?
Ducking,
> Brian Burger wrote:
> > Hmmm.... several score well armed Narn, or 1 female human. I'm
What, do I *LOOK* stupid?
> I'm single & have no Narn boarders, so I'm safe.
Head..... Hurts..... Must.... stay.... conscious......
Brian said:
> I'm single & have no Narn boarders, so I'm safe.
G'day,
> And he throws himself on the grenade for his buddy!
I was going to say "I'd never thought of myself as a grenade...", but I
thought of Laserlight's potential reaction to that and thought better of it
;)
we already knew you're a firecracker Beth, are you angling for a promotion to
grenade?
> Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> G'day,
> > And he throws himself on the grenade for his buddy!
> From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
From: Brian Bilderback bbilderback@hotmail.com
> Brian said:
I pointed out:
> See, Tom, I'm *not* the only one
I'm beginning to question if you're even the worst....
When I made that "boarding party" remark on the test list a few weeks ago, Tom
said that a squad obviously wouldn't be enough, he was going to
send more. I told him that since the Narns use a two-platoon formation,
we'd have room--two's a company, three's a crowd... It went downhill
from there. Last night Tom decided that since Narns and KV weren't getting the
job done, he was going to try to get JohnA's orders changed from NTC to here,
and see if that worked.
laserlight said:
> When I made that "boarding party" remark on the test list a few weeks
WENT downhill? I would suggest it was already going downhill at that point
- what you describe isn't merely going downhill, it rates as crossing
the event horizon!
Last night Tom decided that since Narns and KV weren't getting the job done,
he was going to try to get JohnA's orders changed from NTC to here, and see if
that worked.
God have mercy.
2B^2
> Beth.Fulton@csiro.au Wrote:
Come on, Beth... We know that all the ladies downunder look like Nicole Kidman
or Elle & Mimi McPherson.
You're just being modest.