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Talaminiatures => General Discussions => Topic started by: Glenn M on October 14, 2008, 02:29:17 PM
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After the local con got done, I was once again itching to play Silent Death, happens every year. Last year I bought the rules and ordered some of the plastics. Now I am painting them, and working on getting a Mat, but I haven't seen any that really get me wanting them. So following a few online tutorials, I managed to work out these, note, these are just test pieces to play with.
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Starfield.png)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/GlennsMap1.png)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/StarfieldC.png)
Anyways, if I manage to make some that are high enough res and look great, you'll be able to order them on Cafe Press, it'll be around $20 for a 23"x35" mat, with or without a grid. You can see the basic background on these are all the same, but that is because I have been too lazy to generate a new one so far, I am experimenting with other pieces on it.
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Both jjdodger and I are fans of Silent Death. I like Colos and Hibernia, while Dodge is partial to ASP.
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I know very little of the world detail, the guys I'll be playing with are pretty lenient, so I'll be playing with the standard ships, and maybe a few others, I want to pick up some of the Geonosian fighters from Starship Battles and some other things as well. My brother wants Battle Star fighters. So yeah.
EDIT: I should also note, I am not very familiar with the ships yet, I know I like the look of the Talon and Lance Electra, but otherwise, I am floating blind.
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Those look pretty good !!!!
Keep us posted please?!?!
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Walmart can print a 20x30 for something like $15. SO I am totally going that route. Anyways, I am going to generate a few more, and try mixing and matching mats to see what works out. I want all my mats to be made in such a way to allow you to get more than 1 together and still make a coherent map.
Oh, I had a few other ideas, Planets, Wormholes and Blackholes should be printed on Transparencies, then they can be added or removed from gaming mats on an as needed basis.
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3D planets are the best, all other items listed above should be 2D (meteorites should be 3D also IMHO)
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McGee and his cronies are Silent Death addicts. Don't let him fool you.
By the way, Glen, excellent work!
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There are also the Star Wars Starship minis maps you can use. Fantasy Flight Games also made Twilight Imperium: Armada: Stellar Matter, which featured discs of various sizes, featuring wormholes, nebulae, planets, space stations, space mines (as in the kind that go boom...not to be mined) and asteroids.
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I am not having good luck making wormholes, I am still working on it though, hopefully, I'll be able to pull something compelling together though. Nebula aren't too hard though.
I plan to make my mines, asteroids, etc. in 3d.
And Josh, it is Glenn, not Glen, G L E N N.
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If you can find any pics of the wormhole from the opening credits of Deep Space 9 you might wnat to use it. I think it is a beautiful shot.
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D'oh, I should be paying better attention Glenn with two n's!! It's four to the floor at the office today and my forum-fu ain't too savvy. I'll remember it.
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Alright, here is my attempt to make a wormhole, note the normal file has a transparent background. This allows you to print it out on a transparency or attach it to an image.
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/Wormhole.png)
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Some work on Planets, using a fractal generator to make a cool texture, then by lensing it, creating an atmosphere and such, you can create a very nice planet quite easily. Anyways, here is the same planet, took me around 10 minutes to design this one. One has a shadow, the other doesn't, I can easily add the shadow after I add it to the mat though.
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/magmaworlda.png)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g213/Biokanan/magmaworldshadow.png)
This is actually really fun, I may make a Wallpaper with this stuff.
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I know very little of the world detail, the guys I'll be playing with are pretty lenient, so I'll be playing with the standard ships, and maybe a few others, I want to pick up some of the Geonosian fighters from Starship Battles and some other things as well. My brother wants Battle Star fighters. So yeah.
EDIT: I should also note, I am not very familiar with the ships yet, I know I like the look of the Talon and Lance Electra, but otherwise, I am floating blind.
Anytime you wanna talk Silent Death, start a thread. Dodger and I will, gladly, lend you any advice that we can.