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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - secretary needed
« on: June 23, 2006, 11:14 PM »
Adam's got the job. 
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: Star Wars World - Background story thread
« on: June 23, 2006, 05:42 PM »
This is a good basis for a great background for our planet. Definately post more.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - secretary needed
« on: June 23, 2006, 05:36 PM »
I'll ask him.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / The Ultimate Group Project - secretary needed
« on: June 23, 2006, 04:56 PM »
I'm thinking we need a secretary to keep us organized. This person would stomp the other forums looking for new recruits for the project. He would also make up a weekly email detailing the events that have happened this week. That way everybody can keep up to date with what is going on in each department.
Any volunteers?
Any volunteers?
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 23, 2006, 12:06 PM »
Agreed. We do have that chat comming up tomorrow night at 9pm est.
This size thing is kind of a chicken and the egg agrument. How do you know how big it is going to be until you know how many entries there will be? We also have to consider the flake factor of people volunteering to work on something and what are the odds of them actually doing it on time. We as group leaders need to be extreemly tough on people that don't meet deadlines or don't respond to email requests for status updates.
My though is to agree on the map design. Then grid it off into one foot square sections. Each person, depending on reliablilty, will be given buildings or wilderness areas. Basically, if this person has no history for sticking with a project, they will be given less critical things to work on until they prove themselves. If they are not done on time, someone else will be assigned to take over.
The hard part of leadership will be keeping the flaking level down to a minimum.
This size thing is kind of a chicken and the egg agrument. How do you know how big it is going to be until you know how many entries there will be? We also have to consider the flake factor of people volunteering to work on something and what are the odds of them actually doing it on time. We as group leaders need to be extreemly tough on people that don't meet deadlines or don't respond to email requests for status updates.
My though is to agree on the map design. Then grid it off into one foot square sections. Each person, depending on reliablilty, will be given buildings or wilderness areas. Basically, if this person has no history for sticking with a project, they will be given less critical things to work on until they prove themselves. If they are not done on time, someone else will be assigned to take over.
The hard part of leadership will be keeping the flaking level down to a minimum.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 23, 2006, 09:57 AM »
Ok. Sorry for the delay. I've had some technical problems. Here are the project leaders that I would like to have over the various teams.
Assistant Project Leader - Production: Chewie
Team Leader - Concept Art / overall design : Glassman6
Team Leader - Diorama design / production : Ryan
Team Leader - Figure and vehicle creation: Darth_Ennis
I havn't choosen the logistics and planning committee yet. I've been too overwhemed with emails right now and I'm still sorting thru them.
Assistant Project Leader - Production: Chewie
Team Leader - Concept Art / overall design : Glassman6
Team Leader - Diorama design / production : Ryan
Team Leader - Figure and vehicle creation: Darth_Ennis
I havn't choosen the logistics and planning committee yet. I've been too overwhemed with emails right now and I'm still sorting thru them.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: Star Wars World - Background story thread
« on: June 23, 2006, 09:43 AM »I think I'll get started on this tomorrow maybe.
What kind of history is needed? History of the planet? Events that occured there? Landscape? Inhabitants? Events that are occurring in the present time? Size? Population? Anything?
All the detail you can think of. Have fun it. Go wild.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 21, 2006, 02:09 PM »
Skys the limit right now. We'll see what actually shows up in March and how many tables we need then.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: Star Wars World - Background story thread
« on: June 21, 2006, 02:08 PM »
We'll all get a chance to read them and decide what is best and then we can adjust it as time goes by. (add different elements here or there). We just need a base story and description to start concept art with.
Whatever your imagination can come up with. Totally up to you.
What style of Planet are you looking for Phurby? Tattoine? Yavin? Dantoine?
Whatever your imagination can come up with. Totally up to you.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 21, 2006, 12:31 PM »
I've added a new thread to come with a background history and name for this planet.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Star Wars World - Background story thread
« on: June 21, 2006, 12:30 PM »
I would like to start a little contest to name the planet for our group project. The idea is to name the planet and write a short background story about it. This will give us a good direction on how the diorama would be built. Add as much detail as you would like. Just keep it less than two typed pages. Email or PM the story to me by the end of June. I'll post all of the stories and let everyone vote on the best treatment. No prizes. Just the honor of having it as the official background history. After something is chosen we can expand on it.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 21, 2006, 10:30 AM »
Great ideas everyone. I've been laying low listening to suggestions and trying to figure out who would be a good group leader for each position that Ryan laid out. Nothing is set in stone yet but I hope to have something more firm tonight or tomorrow.
Anyway, here is the general layout of the diorama. The time period would be between ep3-4 (probably closer to 4 then 3). We would have an imperial garrison occupying a rather large city. Outside the city we would have wilderness (grass or sand would be cheap). On the other side of the board, we would have a hidden rebel base carved into a mountain. Inside could be a few ships and lots of rebels. I've asked Chewie to draw a very rough sketch of the landscape and layout for us to work off of.
I would like to start a little contest to name the planet. The idea is to name the planet and write a short background story about it. Add as much detail as you would like. Just keep it less than two typed pages. Email or PM the story to me by the end of June. I'll post all of the stories and let everyone vote on the best treatment. No prizes. Just the honor of having it as the official background history.
As far as paying someone for commissions, I think this will ultimately lead to really bad feelings among posters. We should all be treated equal with no special perks.
I'm also gave some thought about shipment of the customs. Basically, you all are responsible for shipping them here to Los Angeles and will provide return postage. Anything that doesn't have this will be considered a donation and posted on ebay for charity.
If you haven't already, please send me you real name and email address so I can get together a mailing list for updates. Also if you have preference tell me what type of committee or project you would like to work on. Great ideas everyone. Keep it up.
Anyway, here is the general layout of the diorama. The time period would be between ep3-4 (probably closer to 4 then 3). We would have an imperial garrison occupying a rather large city. Outside the city we would have wilderness (grass or sand would be cheap). On the other side of the board, we would have a hidden rebel base carved into a mountain. Inside could be a few ships and lots of rebels. I've asked Chewie to draw a very rough sketch of the landscape and layout for us to work off of.
I would like to start a little contest to name the planet. The idea is to name the planet and write a short background story about it. Add as much detail as you would like. Just keep it less than two typed pages. Email or PM the story to me by the end of June. I'll post all of the stories and let everyone vote on the best treatment. No prizes. Just the honor of having it as the official background history.
As far as paying someone for commissions, I think this will ultimately lead to really bad feelings among posters. We should all be treated equal with no special perks.
I'm also gave some thought about shipment of the customs. Basically, you all are responsible for shipping them here to Los Angeles and will provide return postage. Anything that doesn't have this will be considered a donation and posted on ebay for charity.
If you haven't already, please send me you real name and email address so I can get together a mailing list for updates. Also if you have preference tell me what type of committee or project you would like to work on. Great ideas everyone. Keep it up.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 19, 2006, 08:50 PM »
Something tells me there might be some expenses to putting on the whole thing. I don't know what booth space would cost. We might be able to find a sponser for that. Shipping items to and from the convention center would have a cost. These are things we can figure out later once we start to see things being made and how big this is going to be.
Could I get everyone that is planning on working on a committee to email me at master.phruby@verizon.net. Please include you real name, handle and what committee your interested in. I want to put together a email mailing list.
Could I get everyone that is planning on working on a committee to email me at master.phruby@verizon.net. Please include you real name, handle and what committee your interested in. I want to put together a email mailing list.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 19, 2006, 07:45 PM »
A special military police is a great idea. We'll have to keep it in mind as this thing grows and changes.
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Celebration IV - Ultimate Group Project / Re: The Ultimate Group Project - a Star Wars WORLD!
« on: June 19, 2006, 07:39 PM »
What's teamspeak?
From what I can see we first need to agree on a time period, location and building zones. Maybe someone could design a map that we can use during discussions. I like Ryan's oranization chart and think we should start with this and refine it as time goes by. Weekly chat sessions would be a great help. Feel free to start spreading the word about this project at different sites and get the discussion flowing. I would like to have in about a month:
1: a time period
2: planet location
3: preliminary map of the diorama
4: group leaders assigned and a organization chart (it can change as time goes on)
5: some beginning concept drawings or references posted
I really think this thing should be set in time between ROTS and ANH. This way we can get the most people involved and we have the most fodder. I believe that there should be at least one city and possibily one hidden base. The rest could be jungles or waste lands.
Another suggest for location is the Spice mines of Kessel. We could have a small imperial outpost but have the entire planet ruled by the Black Sun crime synicate. We could have lots seedy looking characters running around. Lots of droids could be working on mining for Spice. Lots of industrial looking buildings. Maybe some rebel spys running around.
From what I can see we first need to agree on a time period, location and building zones. Maybe someone could design a map that we can use during discussions. I like Ryan's oranization chart and think we should start with this and refine it as time goes by. Weekly chat sessions would be a great help. Feel free to start spreading the word about this project at different sites and get the discussion flowing. I would like to have in about a month:
1: a time period
2: planet location
3: preliminary map of the diorama
4: group leaders assigned and a organization chart (it can change as time goes on)
5: some beginning concept drawings or references posted
I really think this thing should be set in time between ROTS and ANH. This way we can get the most people involved and we have the most fodder. I believe that there should be at least one city and possibily one hidden base. The rest could be jungles or waste lands.
Another suggest for location is the Spice mines of Kessel. We could have a small imperial outpost but have the entire planet ruled by the Black Sun crime synicate. We could have lots seedy looking characters running around. Lots of droids could be working on mining for Spice. Lots of industrial looking buildings. Maybe some rebel spys running around.