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Mr. Pack
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« on: February 12, 2008, 10:21:33 PM » |
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This is a project to create ships papers for my Airship, the Valiant. It struck me a while back that one cannot simply take off and zoom around Europe. One needs to have the proper documentation to operate an air vessel. Inspired in part by the wonderful prop ships papers for the Firefly ship 'Serenity' I have decided to create my own ships papers. This is a work in progress but here are a few shots: The Ships Registry and latest inspection form The Captains Letter of Marque and Limited Salvage License (one has to pay the bills) Local Chinese passport, Telegram, Newspaper article of interrest, Russian transit papers, assorted maps List of approved air corridors and airspace restrictions Closeup - Letter of Marque The text for the most part is from actual documents I have been able to find. I still have several more items I want to design -Ships engines certification -Certificate of airworthiness -basic elevation drawings I did my best to remain true to the style of documents of the period. T I'd be keen to get feedback or ideas or other documents. Capt Maelstrom |
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Ms. Madeline S. Brightley
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 10:43:47 PM » |
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These are marvelous, sir! May I inquire what sort of paper, inks and such you are using in your project? They look quite official, and are very intriguing.
Madeline Brightley
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"The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!"
- The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
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Wise
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"Time Traveler"
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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 10:44:33 PM » |
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they look absolutely gorgeous! perhaps even inspirational!
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"The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; First, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.” ~Nikola Tesla IAM: Wise |
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michaelbeeman
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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2008, 10:49:46 PM » |
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Mr. Pack, those documents are fantastic! Very well done.
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"If you can't laugh at yourself, you must not be very funny."
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juxtimon
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2008, 10:51:06 PM » |
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fantastic work!
without a doubt, the best prop paperwork i've ever seen!
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SalieriAAX
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« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2008, 10:51:36 PM » |
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Splendid!
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None so knowing as he
At brewing a jorum of tea
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A pretty stiff jorum of tea
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Havelock Oliphant
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Ghostly Airship
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2008, 10:56:31 PM » |
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BEAUTIFUL WORK. This was what i was talking about in the other post about documentation...BEAUTIFUL!
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Johannes von Koenigsbach
Officer
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Adventurer, Scholar, Gentleman Thief.
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« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2008, 11:04:44 PM » |
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These are fabulous.
I'd love to know what fonts you used, and where you got some of the images (logos, borders and such)
The only comment I would make concerns the List of approved air corridors and airspace restrictions -- whoever filled it out has fabulous penmanship (What font is that? I love it!) but he seems to have utterly ignored the printed lines on the form.
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Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
- Vergil: Aeneid, I.203.
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SalieriAAX
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2008, 11:07:55 PM » |
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What font is that? I love it!
That question just made me look again. I had thought it was real. In that light, Mr. Pack, for the sake of authenticity I suggest you invest in a pen  |
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None so knowing as he
At brewing a jorum of tea
Haha Haha
A pretty stiff jorum of tea
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Mr. Pack
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« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2008, 11:32:20 PM » |
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Wow, I step out to the shop for a moment and comments are already at my virtual doorstep!
I spent about two weeks doing research. While it is understood that ships have "ships papers" there is almost no actual information of what is actually IN those documents. I was lucky to find a list dating from the 1950's from the US Coast Guard that was a good starting point.
The ships registry text is from an archive in New England for a ship dating from the late 1700's.
The Letter of Marque is based on actual text, but I can't find my source.
The papers were from a local copy shop. A combination of cotton laid, resume etc. I believe at this time England might have been settling on the longer A4 size of paper, which is close to US legal size, but I couldn't get as many kinds of paper in legal size. The registry is printed on standard blank award certificate paper.
Printing is a standard HP inkjet.
Some of the fonts are freely obtainable from fonts.com but the two handwriting fonts I paid for. One is Texas Hero and the other is called Cezanne I believe. My own handwriting is so poor that is used it only for short notes, canceling stamps etc.
Logos and borders are mostly from the web with a lot of photoshop cleanup. Some stamps are from the web, other from scrapbooking kits and others made in photoshop.
The air corridor paper indeed isn't lined up to the lines. I'd been up until about 4am when I started it and need to go back and clean it up.
The inspection papers (not seen) are in English and French, still needs work. Te Salvage license text was made up using general contract rules of the day. I tried my best to find actual text but could only find references TO the text.
You can see a little bit of a cargo manifest, it dates from the mid 1800's but hadn't been cleaned up yet.
I'm not sure if the file folder is period or not, but it looked right. Papers are held down with the foldable metal strips like a crude stable.
Once this is done I'm making a set for my friend. If there is enough interest, I might offer custom sets for sale over on the Trading Section with your own ship and captains names. I didn't think there would be much interest in the concept.
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Commander Obadiah
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« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2008, 01:11:35 AM » |
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I'll have you know sir, not all New Zealand yachts are defenceless, and I'll prove it in the airways!
Commander C. Obadiah
Post Script: Gorgeous! Gorgeousness and gorgeosity!
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The Steampunk code: 'To delicately dismantle the system from within, if it's not too much trouble'
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Jemima Annabelle Clough
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Zeppelin Overlord
 United Kingdom
When you're tired of tea, you're tired of life
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« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2008, 01:22:08 AM » |
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These are truly wonderful!
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Remember: Stressed backwards spells desserts
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Master of Chaos
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« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2008, 02:34:07 AM » |
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Rather wonderful, very well done.
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akumabito
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« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2008, 09:33:57 AM » |
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Pretty damn impressive!
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Bertram Granger
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« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2008, 01:39:48 PM » |
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If I may use strong language; Bloody fantastic!
I for one would pay good money for a fine set of these fabulous documents, although they’d have to be British for me I‘m afraid. Would that be a problem sir?,
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yibble
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« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2008, 02:21:02 PM » |
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Precisely what the good gentleman above me said. Fantastic work, any chance of a Creative Commons licensed package for said media?  |
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Smaggers
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« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2008, 07:12:33 PM » |
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I might be up for a set as well.
In the "various maps" I don't suppose there's one of the North Atlantic, specifically Iceland Greenland and the northern coast of Canada / Russia?
Just wondering.
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JennyWren
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« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2008, 08:18:57 PM » |
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they look awesome, well done, look foreward to see the other documents
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michaelbeeman
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« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2008, 10:04:17 PM » |
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You have inspired me. So much so that I have today picked up Photoshop Elements (all I could afford ) and will begin figuring how to use the rascal. I was admiring your documents again, and again, let me say how wonderful a job you have done! |
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Mr. Pack
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« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2008, 04:23:07 AM » |
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I would be happy to create documents for England. Or for any country I could get translations for. The registry was made American because it was true to the source document.
I know more of these documents exist, but they are in University and museum collections and may not have been digitized yet. I tried looking for a world map showing general wind currents, but these are far less predictable than ocean currents.
I just had an idea for a new document. When I was in Egypt some of the local Nile boat captains would show off books that had letters of recommendation from customers. The 'Letter of Introduction' might still have been in use in Victoria's time as a way to vouchsafe for someones character or skills. I think a letter from Miskatonic University's 1886 Polar Expedition might look nice.
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Albrecht
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« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2008, 09:40:55 AM » |
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I think a letter from Miskatonic University's 1886 Polar Expedition might look nice.
My word! What a most cthulhuoid idea! I've participated in that particular endevor and I#ve got the patch to prove it (and the deranged, haunted look, too). How about a Zeppelin expedition to the supposed resting place of Cthulhu or the Plateau of Leng? (Oh dear, I'm getting carried away...) |
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Smaggers
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« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2008, 01:33:11 PM » |
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Mr. Pack
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« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2008, 05:37:21 PM » |
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Well now, doesn't THAT make me look dumb.
And I thought my Google-fu was strong.
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Commander Obadiah
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« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2008, 08:15:33 PM » |
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If anything, for the next decade or so, wind currents will be just as easy to predict as sea currents.
Commander C. Obadiah
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