Moongrunt Discussion

[Mad Mecha Guy]

Dust would be blown into 'air' but how long would it stay up, as there being no atmosphere the dust particles would drop down  & not float around on air currents


Watch the rooster tails on the moon rovers.






With the low gravity & no atmosphere, any explosions would blow the dust further & faster, dispersing any dust clouds quickly & the dust would not hang around.

[Tas]

Ok good point - and backed up with video footage no less!

Maybe a Martian dust storm would have been a better starting point 

[Cacique Caribe]

Does anyone know if the two "Luna Base" ships here (VU-22 and UD-41) are scaled for 15mm?

http://www.genetmodels.com/ebbles-variations-2010/

Here's their other stuff:
http://www.genetmodels.com/free-stuff/

Dan
PS.  I wish someone would make a template like this, but for a 15mm moon base:
http://www.toposolitario.com/workshop/mash.html
Another option would be to re-size the top row here to serve as large containers for 15mm:
http://www.toposolitario.com/workshop/hovercraft/objetive_markers.pdf

[Mad Mecha Guy]

According to the instructions they are 1/60 scale.

Believe would have to print at 60% size to scale to 1/100.

[YPU]

According to the instructions they are 1/60 scale.

The dropship might work for 15mm als a pretty large ship, the smaller one has a door with mid height handle that might look out of scale at 15mm.

[Cacique Caribe]

According to the instructions they are 1/60 scale.

Believe would have to print at 60% size to scale to 1/100.

Excellent!  I should have looked at the instructions before asking.  Thanks so much.

Dan

[Billchuck]

Excellent!  I should have looked at the instructions before asking.  Thanks so much.

Dan

Ebbles' kits work well scaled down to 15mm. The only thing I do different is cut off the glue tabs and make my own from scrap card. It's a little easier that way.

[Jagannath]

What are people's thoughts for buildings for Moongrunt? All I've seen is the Ion Age buildings. It's probably unrealistic but I really like th aesthetic of geodesic domes in the vaccum.

[Dezmond]

What are people's thoughts for buildings for Moongrunt?

There is a video here about using 3D printing robots to create domes out of the lunar regolith:-







In the back of the 1st edition 40k rule book there were instructions for making domes by pushing a ball in to damp sand then pouring plaster in to the hole created

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page137.html

I made one of those many years ago, and I think I will find it entertaining to do some to make a moonbase.

[Cacique Caribe]

Wow!  And if that Terragenesis dome had been painted in tans and grays instead of bright colors, it would have looked like domes covered in lunar regolith.

[gamer Mac]

making a moonscape is easy, we done it a few years ago for a 7tv game
Just pink foam boards sanded to shape ,covered in sand and painted grey and dry brushed with some white

whole thread on the subject around here somewhere?

[Steve F]

What are people's thoughts for buildings for Moongrunt? All I've seen is the Ion Age buildings. It's probably unrealistic but I really like th aesthetic of geodesic domes in the vaccum.

Like this?
http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/15mmSF/Moonbase.html

[Jagannath]

Sort of - what I'd really like is just the top half of one of those spheres, that sort of idea.

[Hobby Services]

Sort of - what I'd really like is just the top half of one of those spheres, that sort of idea.

XMarx the spot, if you'll pardon the pun:

http://www.xmarx.com/products.html

In particular:

http://www.xmarx.com/geo.html

[YPU]

Thanks for pointing those out, I was under the impression xmarx had gone the way of the dodo.