Since I'm in the run of Sarednab for a Serenity Malcolm Reynolds gun, I thought it would be nice to also add the Serenity Ships Papers too. I first was looking for the Quantum Mechanix (QMX) version, but then RPF member Straycatt offered a set for sale, made by Whitefall.
I did some initial research and found out that Whitefalls version was the first one out there, and after that Whitefall helpde QMX to design their set, resulting in a very similar set of documents. I also found out that Stephen Dymszo is involved in QMX, and since this guys has a very, VERY bad reputation here, I'd rather buy a Whitefall set, than one of QMX.
So I bought the set from Straycatt and was very pleased with what I received. Only the metal plate that holded the documents together had the holes in it drilled a bit uneven, so the plate assembled a bit tilted compared to the border of the leather document holder. So I commissioned a new plate with RPF member Teddz. I gave him the measurements of the plate, and a few days later I received my new part. To protect the documents from getting scratched by the plate, I also applied some green felt to the back of it.
I was also planning on weathering the documents a bit. But since I didn't want to do that on the original documents, I scanned them all very carefully in 1200 dpi, and printed them out at a A3 / 1200 dpi color laser printer. The original documents are stored safely in a document tube, and the copies are ready to be aged. But before I do that (if I ever will, I'm not that sure anymore), I wanted to post some pics of this great addition in my collection.
So this is document holder closed (duh):
Some of the documents in there:
This is a complete view of all the documents in the leather holder:
The documents included are:
1. Firefly identification sheet => Malcolm as captian
2. Chinese page with stamps on the right side (no idea what this paper actually is)
3. TG freight page
4. Sheet with external characteristics of the ship
=> attached is the Original Transfert Certificate
5. Declaration of non-standard cargo space
6. Violation sheet
=> renewal ship works slip and bribe money attached (I added an extra money bill)
7. Cortex nav beacon lisence
8. Traders Guild certificate
9. Unified reclamation for Beaumonde
10. Unified reclamation for Hera
11. Firefly identification sheet => Eli Harbatkin as captain
And some special close-up of the replacement part made by Teddz:
And now waiting on the gun to arrive, so it can be added to these Ships papers
.
I did some initial research and found out that Whitefalls version was the first one out there, and after that Whitefall helpde QMX to design their set, resulting in a very similar set of documents. I also found out that Stephen Dymszo is involved in QMX, and since this guys has a very, VERY bad reputation here, I'd rather buy a Whitefall set, than one of QMX.
So I bought the set from Straycatt and was very pleased with what I received. Only the metal plate that holded the documents together had the holes in it drilled a bit uneven, so the plate assembled a bit tilted compared to the border of the leather document holder. So I commissioned a new plate with RPF member Teddz. I gave him the measurements of the plate, and a few days later I received my new part. To protect the documents from getting scratched by the plate, I also applied some green felt to the back of it.
I was also planning on weathering the documents a bit. But since I didn't want to do that on the original documents, I scanned them all very carefully in 1200 dpi, and printed them out at a A3 / 1200 dpi color laser printer. The original documents are stored safely in a document tube, and the copies are ready to be aged. But before I do that (if I ever will, I'm not that sure anymore), I wanted to post some pics of this great addition in my collection.
So this is document holder closed (duh):
Some of the documents in there:
This is a complete view of all the documents in the leather holder:
The documents included are:
1. Firefly identification sheet => Malcolm as captian
2. Chinese page with stamps on the right side (no idea what this paper actually is)
3. TG freight page
4. Sheet with external characteristics of the ship
=> attached is the Original Transfert Certificate
5. Declaration of non-standard cargo space
6. Violation sheet
=> renewal ship works slip and bribe money attached (I added an extra money bill)
7. Cortex nav beacon lisence
8. Traders Guild certificate
9. Unified reclamation for Beaumonde
10. Unified reclamation for Hera
11. Firefly identification sheet => Eli Harbatkin as captain
And some special close-up of the replacement part made by Teddz:
And now waiting on the gun to arrive, so it can be added to these Ships papers
.
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