Making planets and moons

Captain Nebula · Post by **Captain Nebula** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:03 am

I was wondering if anyone has made their own planets or moons or if there are companies you can buy them from.

Post by **Steve Cole** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:29 pm

I have seen people use styrofoam balls of various sizes.

Bill Stec · Post by **Bill Stec** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:10 pm

Corsec Engineering sells kits:

http://corseceng.com/planet-kits/

I have also made planets from foam balls, cut in half. Make sure you use the foam without all the holes, or it's hard to smooth the surface.

I used several coats of Modge Podge to try and smooth up the surface of styrofoam balls with some success.

wedge_hammersteel · Post by **wedge_hammersteel** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:11 pm

Or the bottom half of large plastic Easter eggs

Didn't Scoutdad post some pics of his planets? I seem to remember a golf ball size earth where he painted the continents, oceans, some clouds and I even think a tiny little marker for his house in Tennessee

He could tell you how he made them.

I betcha when something is missing around his house, his wife asks him if he is starting any new craft projects. He is quite inventive.

Captain Nebula · Post by **Captain Nebula** » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:25 pm

Awesome! Thanks!

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:50 am

wedge_hammersteel wrote:Or the bottom half of large plastic Easter eggs

Didn't Scoutdad post some pics of his planets? I seem to remember a golf ball size earth where he painted the continents, oceans, some clouds and I even think a tiny little marker for his house in Tennessee

He could tell you how he made them.

I betcha when something is missing around his house, his wife asks him if he is starting any new craft projects. He is quite inventive.

Has Evey been talking to you again???

I have managed to acquire lots of her "stuff"
I got one of her photo corner rounders...
One of her 12-inch paper cutters...
One of her paper punches...

Over the years, I appropriated... kitchen sponges... Christmas balls... pine trees from her Christmas Village... cotton batting from her stock... felt... fabric... poly-foam... beads... bead organizers... gauze pads and gauze bandages from the first aid kit... coffee stirrers... straws...

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:03 am

CaptainQuirk969 wrote:I was wondering if anyone has made their own planets or moons or if there are companies you can buy them from.

Here's the link to the previous thread with many of my planet photos:

http://www.starfleetgames.com/federatio ... php?t=4808

If you're on Facebook, I have a fan page there:
A Call to Arms Star Fleet fans

There are many more photos of planets (mine and other peoples) there.

Captain Nebula · Post by **Captain Nebula** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 4:56 am

Thanks! Just sent over a request to join the Facebook group.

djdood · Post by **djdood** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:45 am

No crafting supplies are safe in my house. She borrows my stuff, I borrow hers. Hers comes back with paint on it... I sleep on the couch...

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:33 pm

djdood wrote:No crafting supplies are safe in my house. She borrows my stuff, I borrow hers. Hers comes back with paint on it... I sleep on the couch...

Same here.
I often head to the game room only to find the table has become a scrap-book den or a lapidary studio.

She "borrows" my stuff as often as I borrow hers.
The only difference seems to be that I get my stuff back... hers ends up in some project and is lost forever.

Federation Commander

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