Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => The Book/Movie/Game…GB => Topic started by: Weaver on November 13, 2014, 08:03:25 AM
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Ladies, Gentlemen and any entities possessed of a measurable amount of sentience and at least one opposable thumb, welcome to The Book/Movie/Game GB. Here are the rules.
1. The GB will run from 00.00 hrs GMT on Saturday 15th November 2014 to 24.00 hrs GMT on Saturday 31st January 2015 Sunday 15th February 2015. Extensions to the dealine may or may not be granted depending on the creativity of any pleading, bribery or threats received.
2. The objective of the GB is to create a model, profile or story which is inspired by a what-if-themed work in another medium, such as a book, graphic novel, movie, TV programme, computer game, piece of 18th century romantic poetry, or whatever else inspires you.
3. Physical models, profiles, artwork and stories are all admissable. Subjects can be spacecraft, aircraft, ground vehicles, watercraft, figures, buildings or any other form of modelling.
4. Winners will be decided in two categories, physical models and profiles/stories, by a poll after the deadline has expired. If sufficient entries are received, the profiles/stories category may be split up. There may be prizes.
5. Participants should post a clear explanation of how their model is related to the work it's inspired by. This may take various forms, for example a scan of a comic book page, a link to a movie clip or reference material on the web, or a piece of text.
6. There is indeed a Rule 6.
7. Models of real-world, non-whiff subjects are admissible if the context in which they appear in the source material is a what-if situation. For example, the F-14s vs Zeros dogfight from The Final Countdown would be acceptable, because even though the aircraft are stock, the situation is definately a what-if.
8. Part-started physical models are admissible. Profiles should be started after the GB commences, but may be based on pre-existing groundwork. In either case, please seek the approval of the moderators before proceeding.
9. If you have any questions about these rules or are uncertain about whether your project qualifies for the GB, then please contact the moderators before doing any work on it. The moderators are Weaver, Cliffy B, and nils. The moderators decision is final.
10. Have fun!
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Define 'what-if-themed'.
I've read a lot of fiction over the decades in just about all genres and very
little of it is specifically 'what-if'.
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by what-if themed, we mean any art of fiction is elligable.
for exsample, the aircraft from TinTin, Blake & Mortimer, certain Buck Danny comics, Area88,....is approved.
however, if its "based on a true story" , then i dont think it is.
for exsample, the Buchon Ha1112 in luftwaffe markings from the "Battle of Britain" movie is elligable, but the spitfires are not.
or the IJA T-28 Trojan from "A bridge to far" (or was it "the bridges of toki-ri") is OK to.
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Yes, that's the idea:
Fictional plane = OK
Real plane in fictional markings = OK
Real plane in real markings in a fictional setting = probably OK, but check with the mods first
Real plane in a real setting = not OK.
(For "plane" read any type of model, of course).
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I wasn't going to join this GB because my record of finishing things lately, isn't very good.
But after reading the rules, I'm wondering if this project might be admissible,
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=794.msg8216#msg8216 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=794.msg8216#msg8216)
It's my Avro Atlantic build which only got as far as half the fuselage built and some work on the wings. A description of the aircraft appears in the book 'In the Wet' by Neville Shute and was called an De Havilland Ceres plus a small sketch of it appeared in the book too, which is shown here below
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2. The objective of the GB is to create a model, profile or story which is inspired by a what-if-themed work in another medium...
So... if there is this game that has fictional vehicles in it - I don't have to make one of the vehicles that are actually in the game. I could invent my own, as long as it somehow fits in.
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2. The objective of the GB is to create a model, profile or story which is inspired by a what-if-themed work in another medium...
So... if there is this game that has fictional vehicles in it - I don't have to make one of the vehicles that are actually in the game. I could invent my own, as long as it somehow fits in.
Yes, that's the idea. As long as you can demonstrate a reasonable connection to the source material.
For example: I've got the Porco Rosso flying boat fighter kit and my intention at some point is to convert a Berieve Be-4 into a 1920s-style flying boat (open engine and cockpit) to sit alongside it as a "support plane". That would be acceptable because it would fit in to the original anime even though no such plane actually appeared in it. If I wanted to take the same Be-4 and give it swept wings, jet engines and missiles, then that wouldn't be acceptable because it wouldn't fit into the original story which is set in the 1920s.
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I wasn't going to join this GB because my record of finishing things lately, isn't very good.
But after reading the rules, I'm wondering if this project might be admissible,
[url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=794.msg8216#msg8216[/url] ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=794.msg8216#msg8216[/url])
It's my Avro Atlantic build which only got as far as half the fuselage built and some work on the wings. A description of the aircraft appears in the book 'In the Wet' by Neville Shute and was called an De Havilland Ceres plus a small sketch of it appeared in the book too, which is shown here below
The mods have conferred and you're in. ;D
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I wasn't going to join this GB because my record of finishing things lately, isn't very good.
But after reading the rules, I'm wondering if this project might be admissible,
[url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=794.msg8216#msg8216[/url] ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=794.msg8216#msg8216[/url])
It's my Avro Atlantic build which only got as far as half the fuselage built and some work on the wings. A description of the aircraft appears in the book 'In the Wet' by Neville Shute and was called an De Havilland Ceres plus a small sketch of it appeared in the book too, which is shown here below
The mods have conferred and you're in. ;D
Thanks Guys -- :)
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Ladies and Gentlemen
There you go again, excluding some members of the forum... ;)
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Ladies and Gentlemen
There you go again, excluding some members of the forum... ;)
Yair! Whaddabout wombats, eh!? :icon_ninja:
[grumble] Bluddy 'umans, stan' on two flippin' feet, an' over two ruddy feet tawl an' fink vey owna bluddy place! [/grumble]
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Now to figure out what to build. It will be something in either 1/35 from Girls und Panzer,or an upgunned Crusader tank in 1/48 that had a 60 mm HVM gun,from an E book called,The Shield. It is where Israel as a whole was sent back in time to June 20,1941.
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Ladies and Gentlemen
There you go again, excluding some members of the forum... ;)
'pologies: fixed it. ;)
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This may be a bit early to asked about a possible extension, but now I've started my new job, I've found it's 12 hour shifts. By the time I get there and back I'm looking at 15 hour days so not a lot of time to do anything in between except sleep.
But I want to finish this one ----
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Well I am on target with one finished (Minion) and one as good as (Time Machine) but I really, really want to see the Avro Atlantic finished so I put my hand up in support of Kitters.
Go with an overlap to kick of the next GB ontime .
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Has my support.
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seeing as there arent that many physical entries, i guess a 2 week extension would open up the ability for more entries :)
the other moderators will have to be OK with it of course.
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No problem here :)
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Fine by me! :)
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Okay, I've just updated the deadline to 24.00 hrs GMT on Sunday 15th February 2015.
A straight two weeks would have it ending on Valentine's Day and I'm guessing some folk have better things to be doing that day............... ;)
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Thanks for the extension, I'll endeavour to get some more done to my project. I've got a couple of days off now but working these 12 hr shifts now doesn't leave much spare time. I have though, had plenty of time to plan things out for what I have to do next (while standing around minding workers) ---
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ending on Valentine's Day and I'm guessing some folk have better things to be doing that day............... ;)
Honey, sorry I can't take you to dinner as I'm busy working on this model kit…THWACK!!! ;D
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Already have the 14th covered, I got a stupidly expensive Tag Heuer baseball cap and my wife got the free watch that came with it.
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My wife and I actually go out of our way not to do anything special on the 14th...
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We never plan anything but with the ups and downs over the last year we take any excuse at the moment.
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Last week folks! >:(
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Last days... >:(
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Last days... >:(
Wanted to do this one bad, but knew even withe the extension I wasnt going to make it :(
Finish strong to those who did participate! :)
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ok, pencils, paintbruches...down, the deadline for the GB has ended today.
if you have finished an entry, please post these in the rightfull finished stories/profiles/models threads (these will close at 0.00GMT)
were gonna see about putting up voting polls tomorrow, but i still need to discuss with the other mods if its gonna be an invisible or a public poll.
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Completed models/profiles/stories threads are now closed. Voting will be done shortly.