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  1. lizzienewell

    NOAA-19

    Wow! I'm popping with ideas after Westercon science fiction convention art show. I did't have any sales but I've got ideas of how to change that. My prices were too high, and the pieces too small. Also the lighting was bad. So I'm going bigger for starters. Also it seems that people in Denver...
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    Boats for Westercon art show

    I've dusted off boat models to include in the art show. This is one of the first card-models I designed. I'm finishing up the hanger. It was falling off the wire so I used rice paper and acrylic to cover the wire shelf. I'll paint it a watery color. I'm pleased with the display solution and may...
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    Globe series

    Working on the most recent iteration, # 25 I think. My goal is design of a kit. These globes are 2" in diameter right now. I'm going to scale up soon, but I've still got a few tweaks. The bearing sleeves throw off the accuracy around the poles, and they are a bit awkward to put in. That problem...
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    Moble cardmodeling

    I'm planning on an artshow in 9 month. After than I'm going to set up model kits for kids and educators. I might do worldbuilding presentations at science fiction cons. I'll explain how to take latitude and axial tilt into account when mapping science fiction and fantasy worlds. For those goals...
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    Copyright

    I've been designing models and would like to sell them as kits and as completed models. Most of my design work is of the support structure for spheres which I then use to model planets. For the skin I've been icosahedral maps designed as card models by Calvin J Hamilton. These have no support...
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    Glowforge or Silhouette Cutter?

    Has anyone tried either Glowforge or Cameo Silhouette Cutter for cardmodels? The Silhouette Cutter is quite a bit cheaper than Glowforge. I like to combine cutting and printing so that the score lines are printed. I'd like to know about precision of the Silhouette cutter, particularly as far...
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    Earth and Moon

    I'm back. It's been awhile. I had to suddenly travel to Colorado and left my tools behind. I replaced them in time to make models at Milehigh con in Denver. They're a great conversation starter. I dropped the scale of my Earth and Moon models to make them easier to carry along. The larger model...
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    Cat likes my cardpmodels

    At last someone appreciates my cardmodels! Here he is with one of my model planets. It seems to be the perfect size and texture to get claws on.
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    Book cover: Tristan Bay Accord

    I'm on track for bring out my next SF novel in February 2017. The manuscript is with an editor for the second round of line editing, so I've shifted back to cover art. The book is science fiction romance but the romance community doesn't like my stuff, too much science fiction. With the cover...
  10. lizzienewell

    Jupiter

    I've taken off from build your own planet. Now I'm modeling Jupiter. Here is where I was with building the planet. I've decided to focus on the painting part of things. This is a canvas panel painted as an experiment along with a section of the globe in the process of being a painted.
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    Household repair using cardmodeling

    Cardmodel techniques work for repairing plastics. The tray on my printer broke. It's fragile plastic, maybe polystyrene. I bumped the tray and a tiny piece broke off. The tray wouldn't stay. It's difficult to even get a good look at the problem, and I can only fit the fingers of one hand into...
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    Water Forming

    Zathros has been talking about water forming. I think this may be what he's talking about. I'd like to see what others are doing with similar techniques. These are some models/sculptures which I made years ago before I knew what cardmodeling was. I'd been studying ceramics. I tried making the...
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    Book and bookmark slipcases

    My second science fiction book , The Stud and the Sperm Thief, comes out next week. Actually it's already available through Amazon, Kindle, and CreateSpace. But most of my sales though are from my briefcase which I always carry around. I also carry postcards with the cover on them and...
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    Lockbolt Station: space station design for SF novel

    I'm halfway through drafting a science fiction novel called Lockbolt Station, and I'm thinking about the design of the station. I'll probably model it as some point, and it will appear in drawing/painting on the cover of the book. With the Firefly series I liked how the set design/spaceship...
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    LED lights for cardmodels

    I've been using a small flashlight to light my card models from the inside but I just ordered these. They're balloon lights and come in a pack of twelve. Does anyone else have experience with incorporating LEDs in card models...
  16. lizzienewell

    Build your own planet

    I've been working on this problem for years(maybe 15 years) and I'm now designing a kit for making science fiction maps. I'm not sure if this should be with Space & Aeronautics or with science fiction, so I've got stuff posted in both categories I'm making models of the Earth and the Moon. My...
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    SF book design

    I'm not sure if I should post under Science fiction on under illustration. I'm an author illustrator (and publisher) . I write science fiction books and also do the book design and illustrations. My card modeling experience comes in handy. A paperback book is basically a card model, same paper...
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    Mapping SF worlds globe model

    As a science fiction author I've been struggling with designing maps for inclusion in books. Many writers start by scrawling a map on a piece of paper. This maps usually end up with single rectangular continents often with unrealistic rivers which have little relationship to coastline and...
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    Returning after an 8 year hiatus

    I'm back. 8 years ago I was working quite a bit on cardmodels, but I had to get a job :-( and that cut into my time. I held the job for 6 years but burned out and it was a low paying job. I realized that if I refinanced my house I could afford to write science fiction full time. I did. I...
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    devlin's nancy's china

    I've started on another boat. Uh oh two going at once. This is out of a book called "Devlin's Boat Building: how to bild any boat the stitch-and-glue way" Samual Devlin has developed a method of boat building which uses plywood and fiberglass. He stitches the plywood parts together with wire...
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