Thursday, September 11, 2014

Paperwork from the 'Verse

"Firefly" is long gone, but it's fans continue to keep the show alive.  Yellowjacket brings us an impressive collection of paper props from the 'Verse, including ship's papers, transit labels, industrial signage, and currency.  His discussion thread includes links to everything in high-resolution PDF format.






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  1. CoastConFanSeptember 11, 2014 at 4:56 AM

    That’s a nice assembly of faux official paper for Firefly. I really appreciate the amount of graphic work required to make this stuff, especially when you know the base source of some of the documents.

    The One Credit note is based on American occupation currency of the post-WWII era, which seems really appropriate in the Firefly Universe. The B script is the most common being used for civilians in Okinawa and the Ryukyu Island from 1948 to 1958. The rest of Japan got the “New Yen” issue starting in 1946, which was not a military currency. Occupied Germany had similar square notes for Marks until they got their own currency back in 1949. There are some great high resolution images of defunct paper money on line. I used to collect 20th century inflation currency, especially European paper money from 1923 to 1945.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_yen
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_payment_certificate

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2014 at 4:33 PM

    I know William Pace, and I love his work, but what prompted this slight departure from the usual stuff?
    I'm not at all against it, I'm just curious.

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  3. PropnomiconSeptember 12, 2014 at 3:47 AM

    @ CoastConFan

    Your depth of knowledge always amazes me. I knew some of the show's original currency was based on old Asian bills, but I didn't have a clue about the source for these.

    @gndn

    I thought it was cool. Heh.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 12, 2014 at 5:55 AM

    Speaking of Firefly and props, Margaret Weis Productions has released in hardback and PDF their new "Firefly" tabletop RPG, a prequel (if you like) to their earlier Serenity RPG, but using the revised Cortex Plus system.

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  5. PropnomiconSeptember 13, 2014 at 1:33 AM

    @ Gertrude Perkins

    Thanks! I'd love to be part of a game that took advantage of all these fan created props.

    @ gndn

    That's some beautiful work, and your blog is outstanding. I've added it to the Propmaking Resources sidebar. I love the focus on more obscure items.

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