far-trader
SOC-14 10K
Sorry to say I'm not impressed with the sample. The quantity and price are fine, just not the quality.
First off, the scale is wrong. Yes the plans shown are pretty close in area I think at a quick glance BUT not in the third dimension. The stats list the ship as being 6m tall, and that is accurate if you count the height being from the top of the turret to the lowest part of the fuel deck for the scale shown. Which means that the upper and lower deck, as well as the turret and deepest part of the fuel deck are each only 1.5m high. Not the 3m needed to conform to volume.
Second is a relatively minor issue, and probably an easy fix but one that should have been caught in editing before posting. All the numbers keyed to the deckplan seem to be shifted down relative to where they should be. Very confusing until I figured it out which granted didn't take long. It's just sloppy.
Finally, the layout. Well, I'll just chock that up to artistic differences but it doesn't fit my vision for my game so c'est la vie. I won't be needing it or interested in the future titles. I don't say this lightly. I have struggled with doing my own for decades, generally I like what I come up with but there's no way I'd do it for money. It wouldn't pay. They are more a labor of love or a way to pass the time. For example I just recently found my old Type A Free-Trader plans and, needing an update for the differences in T20 I have worked them up again. Total time invested in the deckplans over the years and different systems, about 6 months of full time work if you figured it that way. So let's say $3 a copy, I'd only need to sell about 5,000 copies to make minimum wage out of it
You see what I mean. So I understand the publication need to call it good enough at a certain point, as opposed to the hobbyist who just keeps tinkering in solitude.
So, I wonder if you are interested in deckplan submissions Hunter? Or will you be doing them all in house?
There is a certain consistancy that way which is good but this style won't interest me. I don't mean the graphic part, though that is not to my taste either, but the accuracy part. I'm tired of all the grossly out of whack scale deckplans published. I can make my own or find other fan-plans that are better that way. Sorry if this comes off as harshly negative but I felt I had to speak to this honestly.
First off, the scale is wrong. Yes the plans shown are pretty close in area I think at a quick glance BUT not in the third dimension. The stats list the ship as being 6m tall, and that is accurate if you count the height being from the top of the turret to the lowest part of the fuel deck for the scale shown. Which means that the upper and lower deck, as well as the turret and deepest part of the fuel deck are each only 1.5m high. Not the 3m needed to conform to volume.
Second is a relatively minor issue, and probably an easy fix but one that should have been caught in editing before posting. All the numbers keyed to the deckplan seem to be shifted down relative to where they should be. Very confusing until I figured it out which granted didn't take long. It's just sloppy.
Finally, the layout. Well, I'll just chock that up to artistic differences but it doesn't fit my vision for my game so c'est la vie. I won't be needing it or interested in the future titles. I don't say this lightly. I have struggled with doing my own for decades, generally I like what I come up with but there's no way I'd do it for money. It wouldn't pay. They are more a labor of love or a way to pass the time. For example I just recently found my old Type A Free-Trader plans and, needing an update for the differences in T20 I have worked them up again. Total time invested in the deckplans over the years and different systems, about 6 months of full time work if you figured it that way. So let's say $3 a copy, I'd only need to sell about 5,000 copies to make minimum wage out of it
So, I wonder if you are interested in deckplan submissions Hunter? Or will you be doing them all in house?
There is a certain consistancy that way which is good but this style won't interest me. I don't mean the graphic part, though that is not to my taste either, but the accuracy part. I'm tired of all the grossly out of whack scale deckplans published. I can make my own or find other fan-plans that are better that way. Sorry if this comes off as harshly negative but I felt I had to speak to this honestly.
