Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Wind Turbines

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I don't think I've ever seen one single wind turbine on a Sci Fi tabletop in any scale. Yet I'm sure there will be many new colonised worlds where this will be a cheap and plentiful source of day to day power, outwith StarTrekinium, or similar staple Sci Fi  energy sources of course.

We have a windfarm overlooking us and an increasing number of farms in our valley have their own wind turbines. These are bound to be a far more common site in the future

Here's a model 38cm high that I found on Ebay for the respectable and not shabby at all price of £5.50.

Cheers
Mark
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  1. commissarmoody27 April 2011 at 08:22

    I agree, I have personally been looking for some wind turbines for when I finally get the cash to start my own 15mm sci-fi project. My colonies on garden worlds, will be powered by wind, Geo-thermal. water turbine and none recyclable waist burn plants.

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  2. commissarmoody27 April 2011 at 08:36

    I mean why spend extra credits and to transport nuclear material, (warp generators, fusion reactors) and hard water to ever small colony out there.

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  3. Evyn MacDude27 April 2011 at 09:35

    You know I was thinking that just the other day while playing Borderlands.

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  4. Basement Gaming Bunker27 April 2011 at 19:26

    That makes quite a bit of sense. By the time we start colonizing space those components will be insanely cheap to produce. Just one or two could power a "planetfall" shanty town or pre-fab building complex.

    Hell, around 20% of our total power here in Iowa is already coming from the things. I can't drive an hour in any direction without seeing hundreds of them... should have thought of them for my own game tables!

    Chris

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  5. Mark27 April 2011 at 19:35

    The Wind Turbine Farm behind us has 7 turbines and supplies enough power for 9,000 homes.

    In our Sci Fi games the turbines could be an objective, certainly a tactical challenge for light aerial craft and jet pack/a-grav soldiery or just simply some different terrain.

    Cheers
    Mark

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  6. Deserter1 May 2011 at 13:08

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crazy-Joes-Junkyard-Wind-turbine-sci-fi-25-28mm-scale-/350425985459

    Here's another :) 28mm this time, but seems like it'd fit in with 15mm or 20mm quite easily. It's a great idea!

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