28mm Aphid Gunship paper model WiP
In anticipation of Red Sands and to complement the paper miniatures I made a while back, this is the beginning of what looks like it's going to be a pretty fun project. A Space:1889 Aphid gunship paper model.
I'm using Deitrich's plans from the original rulebook which don't match up but are close enough to work with. I'm building the model in Maya and I'll use a combination of Photoshop and Pepakura to manufacture the parts.
I'm hoping to have the first one, complete with paper crew (of course) by the time Red Sands is released.
I've made a start on the main deck. This will have two sides, the intention being that you glue them to each side of a sheet of 5mm foam board or some such for strength and rigidity. It should then provide a light, but pretty sturdy core for the model.
Provided Photobucket hasn't resized it, this is around actual print size (on my monitor atleast) and is around 28% of the working file. I'm working at 300 dpi - though the final may well be 200dpi to keep the file size down.
I've been working on some new Space 1889 minis aswell, but I'll bung those in the other thread when they're done.
If you want the ones I've done so far, they're here:
http://www.crowstuff.co.uk/temp/Space_1889_Minis_01.pdf
Here's the main deck started. I printed out both top and bottom pieces and glued them to a piece of 5mm foamboard. I've made 5mm skirt pieces with rivets visible on the 'nose. The rest will form the base of the hand rail but I don't want to put those on until the main deck features like the cabin and boiler etc are in place.
Hull Protoype 01 - paper worked quite well but it feels as fragile as I suspected it might and wrinkles somewhat on the joins. The foamboard 'ribs' either end of the middle section provide pretty good support though. The whole structure could probably stand on it's 'stomach' without collapsing.
I'm going to try a second prototype using cardstock which I suspect will prove a lot stronger as long as the thickness of the card doesn't throw the measurements out too badly. I'm not expecting it to.
I'll post updates here
Crow
I'm using Deitrich's plans from the original rulebook which don't match up but are close enough to work with. I'm building the model in Maya and I'll use a combination of Photoshop and Pepakura to manufacture the parts.
I'm hoping to have the first one, complete with paper crew (of course) by the time Red Sands is released.
I've made a start on the main deck. This will have two sides, the intention being that you glue them to each side of a sheet of 5mm foam board or some such for strength and rigidity. It should then provide a light, but pretty sturdy core for the model.
Provided Photobucket hasn't resized it, this is around actual print size (on my monitor atleast) and is around 28% of the working file. I'm working at 300 dpi - though the final may well be 200dpi to keep the file size down.
I've been working on some new Space 1889 minis aswell, but I'll bung those in the other thread when they're done.
If you want the ones I've done so far, they're here:
http://www.crowstuff.co.uk/temp/Space_1889_Minis_01.pdf
Here's the main deck started. I printed out both top and bottom pieces and glued them to a piece of 5mm foamboard. I've made 5mm skirt pieces with rivets visible on the 'nose. The rest will form the base of the hand rail but I don't want to put those on until the main deck features like the cabin and boiler etc are in place.
Hull Protoype 01 - paper worked quite well but it feels as fragile as I suspected it might and wrinkles somewhat on the joins. The foamboard 'ribs' either end of the middle section provide pretty good support though. The whole structure could probably stand on it's 'stomach' without collapsing.
I'm going to try a second prototype using cardstock which I suspect will prove a lot stronger as long as the thickness of the card doesn't throw the measurements out too badly. I'm not expecting it to.
I'll post updates here
Crow