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Re: Definition of "micro"
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Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:23:13 GMT
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In lugnet.build.microscale, Phillip Thorne wrote:
   And what exactly is “stickfig?”

Forgive my late reply, but I’ve been offline for quite a while...

“Stickfig” is a term I coined for the scale where a person is depicted by a 1x1 cylinder with a couple of 1x1 round plates on top. It’s a “stick figure” representation of a person.

There are all examples of stickfig-scale building:
This scale (as I used it) has the benefit of being a fairly precise scale. From my website: “This scale is 1:115; in other words, a 1x1 brick is 1 square meter across the top.”

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  Re: Definition of "micro"
 
(...) Okay. We'll simply call them "sub-mini-super-micro figs." :) For instance, (URL) these tiny astronauts> or (URL) my tiny Starfleet figures>. And what exactly is "stickfig?" (...) Yes. If such a model fits in your hand, it's merely a "small (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)

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