Monday 27 January 2014
Star Fleet: Planetoids
Since it was Christmas, I picked up some Christmas baubles going cheap. Last year I picked some up and glued them on sticks, but this year I decided to halve them to make some wee planetoids and planets. I carved the baubles along the joining line. Not all baubles are equal, so a few shattered in this attempt, and ended up in the bin.
Most of them were fine, so I advanced to the next stage. In the majority
of cases, I just glued some sand on them, applied a layer of diluted
PVA glue on that, and painted over that. Some of them I lavished with
more attention. I used Greenstuff or Milliput to make some continents on
some, and some others I covered in a layer of putty, then carved lines
in it to make a fractured volcanic planet and some ice worlds. The destroyer is for scale. More to
follow.
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very cool looking - couple thoughts;
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2. ping pong balls could be alternate sizes? moons maybe?
Cheers! They aren't fragile once they've had a bit of work, and the main selling point was the incredible cheapness. I think all of the above and several other bits only cost £4 because of the post-Christmas sales. There's a nice range of sizes from teeny bits to nice big ones.
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