PHArchivist
Master Member
I think it is safe to say that the Aztec patterns on Star Trek ships drove the birth of "wall paper decals".
For the uninitiated (all three of you), these are decals that cover 90% or so of the ship's surface, to create surface detailing most of us mere mortals don't have the time, or the inclination, or the skill (or any combination there of) to reproduce conventionally.
But...
If you were building a nicely-sized X-Wing, or even the Perfect Grade Falcon, and there was a source for ILM-perfect wall paper decals, would you use them?
Or would it take all the fun out of it for you?
Why haven't we seen this?
Or - have we, and have I had my head up my ass?
By the way the rhetorical question of "Would you?" is why I really do not like 3D printing.
Yeah - I'm an old-school dinosaur...
For the uninitiated (all three of you), these are decals that cover 90% or so of the ship's surface, to create surface detailing most of us mere mortals don't have the time, or the inclination, or the skill (or any combination there of) to reproduce conventionally.
But...
If you were building a nicely-sized X-Wing, or even the Perfect Grade Falcon, and there was a source for ILM-perfect wall paper decals, would you use them?
Or would it take all the fun out of it for you?
Why haven't we seen this?
Or - have we, and have I had my head up my ass?
By the way the rhetorical question of "Would you?" is why I really do not like 3D printing.
Yeah - I'm an old-school dinosaur...