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My next Lego landmark: St. Peter's Basilica. Or should I say a cathedral based
on St. Peter's Basilica? Clearly the colors are wrong but that was a matter of
economics coupled with the amazing pieces I found at the Disney pick-a-brick.
Also, by using the reds and dark reds I found at the pick-a-brick it allowed me
to acheive the level of detail I wanted in the building's facades. Tan probably
would have been a much better choice.
The dome was the greatest challenge. I tried a more traditional dome (and even
added lever bases as I had done in a previous MOC) but all attmepts looked too
"pixelated"/ too boxy. Using a calculus technique I took the hemi-sphere and
sub-divided into concentric disks of decreasing radius. By stacking the disks I
was then able to acheive a dome-like effect.
A photo
<<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2979255>>
The link
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=300478>
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In lugnet.announce, Arthur Gugick wrote:
[snip]
> The dome was the greatest challenge. I tried a more traditional dome (and even
> added lever bases as I had done in a previous MOC) but all attmepts looked too
> "pixelated"/ too boxy. Using a calculus technique I took the hemi-sphere and
> sub-divided into concentric disks of decreasing radius. By stacking the disks I
> was then able to acheive a dome-like effect.
Nice work!
I think your dome looks really good, and I'm planning on borrowing your
technique for a MOC currently underway. I have to admit, I was so psyched to
see a usable dome technique that looks like it should scale, I really barely
even looked at the rest of the MOC, but what I saw was very nice. The thing I
like about your dome is that it offers enough points where I could vary the
colors to achieve a tiled effect (I'm thinking of Islamic domes using colored
tiles), in particular the 1 x 2 panels.
-Sandy
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