Early Ralph McQuarrie concept art for the series that never was.
The ancient kingdom of Spidernesti
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"The House of Stars became the House of Spiders".
That's the line from Tanis's secret journal that the heroes managed to
decipher. And the druidess rea...
I'm thinking of both how well that design would
ReplyDeletetranslate to slabs of plastic, and a couple of plastruct tubes, and the SpaceHack comic, where the
ship was an Enterprise with the saucer replaced
with a star destoyer.
"I'm thinking of both how well that design would translate to slabs of plastic,"
ReplyDeleteYou know, I've been thinking about spaceships and sci-fi campaigns. Even if you don't have a ton of miniatures it might be worth the time and money to have a decent painted 3-D representation of the PC's vessel(s). Maybe it would contribute to the ongoing fetishization of spacecraft in sci-fi roleplaying, but it would also serve as good jumping off point for the players' imaginations.
"and a couple of plastruct tubes, and the SpaceHack comic, where the
ship was an Enterprise with the saucer replaced with a star destoyer."
It's crude parody when some comic guy marries the Enterprise to a star destroyer. When Ralph McQuarrie does it, then it's a work of genius. :)