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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1253

While looking for deck plans, I came across this image:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_a_7,300_DWT_cargo_steamer.jpg

I noticed that it had a scale for one of the cargo bays, 66 ft., and it clicked that the length of the bay would be 11 inches on the Savage Worlds scale.

So I did it. I resized the image so that the cargo bay in question was 11 inches long, and applied a 1 inch grid using GIMP.

Each main deck, printed out, fills four pages of 11 x 17 paper -- taped together they're around 5 feet long.

I have a little idea of what I'm going to do with them, in Rippers, but I started the project without much of a plan. Just... because I could. Mr. Green

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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:04 am Post subject:

Nice!!! Crazy nice!!! Wink

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Dirty Ernie · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:55 pm Post subject:

Very nice job!

...but, c'mon, you ain't foolin' me...

That's the Semiramis, skippered by Ponga Jim Mayo. Cool

Check out the Smuggler's Hold and Tunnel Escape in the cross-section plan.

Also take a look at this awesome work from Greentongue, who's known to haunt this forum. Very Happy

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fanchergw · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:58 pm Post subject:

That's incredible, SGG! Your players should have a great time with that.

BTW, did you save a copy of the file with the resizing and grid applied? I'm sure many people (including me) would love to have a copy.

Gordon

SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1253

I'm not sure what the legalities of sharing something like that would be, which is why I'm hesitant to uploaded the gridded images.

Apparently the original image is in the public domain, so does that mean I could legally upload my scaled, gridded version?
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sablemage · Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:49 am Post subject:

Nice work, SGG! More Daring Tales of Adventure than Rippers, but very nice!

(IANALB if the original image is public domain, I think yours would be too.)
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The Angle · Veteran Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 624 Location: Seattle

There are several more, similar plans -- sidewheelers, mostly -- in the "Line Drawings of Ships" category of Wikimedia.

Steve
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Vinzent · Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:57 pm Post subject:

SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1253

Oh of course I wouldn't charge for it. I just don't want to mis-attribute anything or cause a legal kerfluffle for myself. Very Happy

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Cryonic · Veteran Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Posts: 813

Since it is in the Public Domain there isn't anything legally wrong with selling it with your changes. Just like artists who do Classical music. The actual music is Public Domain, but the individual work is Copyrightable still (since it is your performance made permanent).
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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1253