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Hey Didier,
This is a pretty good start towards a technique compendium, but I can think of a
few things you missed. There’s element stressing (as
discussed at Brickfest ‘06),
and I think it would benefit from a section on articulation. After all, joints
aren’t just for mecha! Also, sculpture techniques such as Bram’s
LSculpt are worth a mention, and perhaps a
section on angles.
I think a website would be more suited for this project. Having it as a .pdf
necessitates downloading the same content every new update, and there’s the
question of how often to update. Having a single author limits the range,
because of course nobody has the time to follow all the various genres for
technique advances. And as you already experienced, the danger of burnout is
always present in one person trying to tackle such a huge amount of information.
Anyone want to pioneer a site?
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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I think a website would be more suited for this project.
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Anyone want to pioneer a site?
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You could always add any techniques you like to the
BrickWiki
building
techniques category. As it’s a wiki, it can be edited by anyone, including you!
ROSCO
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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I think a website would be more suited for this project.
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Anyone want to pioneer a site?
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You could always add any techniques you like to the
BrickWiki
building
techniques category. As it’s a wiki, it can be edited by anyone, including
you!
ROSCO
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I was about to suggest that a wiki would be the perfect way to organize/document
Technic building techniques. I didn’t know about brickwiki!
-mark
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Alas! A tragedy of redundancy. I guess I have to bookmark it now, even though I
can’t be bothered to contribute.
Perhaps the wiki might benefit from some marketing? I don’t see any links on
Lugnet, for example...
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
Hi Kevin
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This is a pretty good start towards a technique compendium, but I can think
of a few things you missed. There’s element stressing (as
discussed at Brickfest
‘06),
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This presentation about stressing the elements is HUGE but suffer from being not
widely known. Every builder have to read it.
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and I think it would benefit from a section on articulation.
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Yes. Seen very good things on mechahub about articulation - again not widely
known, for instance “Joint Technology” by Chris Snead :
http://www.mechahub.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=167
(two parts)
(PS : check also in mechahub articles section stuffs about “Gestalt”)
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After all,
joints aren’t just for mecha! Also, sculpture techniques such as Bram’s
LSculpt are worth a mention,
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I agree, worth a mention. (and more)
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and perhaps
a section on angles.
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Sorry, I can’t really see what you mean exactly.
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I think a website would be more suited for this project. Having it as a .pdf
necessitates downloading the same content every new update, and there’s the
question of how often to update. Having a single author limits the range,
because of course nobody has the time to follow all the various genres for
technique advances. And as you already experienced, the danger of burnout is
always present in one person trying to tackle such a huge amount of
information.
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You are totally right on these points. I’m about to reply about Brickwiki
farther on this thread.
Didier
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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I think a website would be more suited for this project.
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Anyone want to pioneer a site?
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You could always add any techniques you like to the
BrickWiki
building
techniques category. As it’s a wiki, it can be edited by anyone, including
you!
ROSCO
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Hi Ross,
As you know I’ve contributed/supported BrickWiki from the very beginning in
every ways I could. I still hope it will encounter more audience than it has
today (both for the contributors and readers part of the audience). I hope this
thread will help this way :-)...but until now, I’m disappointed it hasn’t
fullfilled is goal :-(.
And I think people would also enjoy (at least as a reader I prefer) an off-line
and unique document rather than a on-line website.
In both cases, the more difficult part of the job is to collect and to gather
informations spreaded on various websites’ articles and forums, so I encourage
people to duplicate their findings to BrickWiki. (to contribute Brickwiki is
almost as simple as copy / paste).
Didier
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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Anyone want to pioneer a site?
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I just forget to mention the blog “Unique Brique Techniques” (the link is in the
lugnet.build.schleim side bar)
http://uniquebriquetechniques.blogspot.com/
A blog I was used to check on a daily basis but unfortunately no more updated
:-(
Of course, this blog is not an organized collection of building techniques but a
collection of links to MOCs using building techniques...and I enjoy this a lot
as techniques should not exist only for their own sake.
Didier
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Didier Enjary wrote:
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And I think people would also enjoy (at least as a reader I prefer) an
off-line and unique document rather than a on-line website.
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Didier,
I completely agree with this statement. I think online resources are awesome,
but I, at least, don’t build in front of my computer. Having an off-line
document like this that pulls everything together will easily find it’s way to
my building area.
-Elroy
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Didier Enjary wrote:
Nice link... Thanks much!
God Bless,
Nathan
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I also prefer offline documents but I would rather download a small
single-technique .pdf file than a large book of techniques when I just want to
to try one particular thing.
The ultimate would be a set of BrickWiki articles each with a corresponding .pdf
version and a single compilation of all currently available .pdf files on the
subject for those who like to download everything at once.
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Didier Enjary wrote:
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Hi Ross,
As you know I’ve contributed/supported BrickWiki from the very beginning in
every ways I could. I still hope it will encounter more audience than it has
today (both for the contributors and readers part of the audience). I hope
this thread will help this way :-)...but until now, I’m disappointed it
hasn’t fullfilled is goal :-(.
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Not good enough. Wishing is no excuse for not promoting a site you claim to
believe in. I did a quick search to get some context on the history of this
wiki, and there are many roffles to be had, but
this thread basically tells
you all you need to know. My feelings can most accurately be summed up in the
following image macro:
This thread is now about strategies for promoting Brickwiki. Go!
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Didier Enjary wrote:
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Hi Ross,
As you know I’ve contributed/supported BrickWiki from the very beginning in
every ways I could. I still hope it will encounter more audience than it has
today (both for the contributors and readers part of the audience). I hope
this thread will help this way :-)...but until now, I’m disappointed it
hasn’t fullfilled is goal :-(.
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Not good enough. Wishing is no excuse for not promoting a site you claim to
believe in.
This thread is now about strategies for promoting Brickwiki. Go!
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Didier already includes links to Brickwiki in his PDF document, that’s good.
But as much as it needs promotion, Brickwiki needs contributors too.
Unfortunately most people would rather use the information than add to it (human
nature), but I would encourage anyone that knows of a building technique not yet
covered there to add it.
Or any other LEGO-related subject for that matter.
ROSCO
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Didier Enjary wrote:
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Hi Ross,
As you know I’ve contributed/supported BrickWiki from the very beginning in
every ways I could. I still hope it will encounter more audience than it has
today (both for the contributors and readers part of the audience). I hope
this thread will help this way :-)...but until now, I’m disappointed it
hasn’t fullfilled is goal :-(.
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Not good enough. Wishing is no excuse for not promoting a site you claim to
believe in. I did a quick search to get some context on the history of this
wiki, and there are many roffles to be had, but
this thread basically
tells you all you need to know. My feelings can most accurately be summed up
in the following image macro:
This thread is now about strategies for promoting Brickwiki. Go!
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The brickwiki (or the trains bit anyway) is linked from the .trains sidebar and
for its first year or so had a bigger mention higher up the page too.
Tim
(meaning you need to check out .trains :-) )
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Didier Enjary wrote:
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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Anyone want to pioneer a site?
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I just forget to mention the blog “Unique Brique Techniques” (the link is in
the lugnet.build.schleim side bar)
http://uniquebriquetechniques.blogspot.com/
A blog I was used to check on a daily basis but unfortunately no more updated
:-(
Of course, this blog is not an organized collection of building techniques
but a collection of links to MOCs using building techniques...and I enjoy
this a lot as techniques should not exist only for their own sake.
Didier
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It is true that UBT does not update anymore, but one of its contributor is now
involved in The Brothers Brick. The content from
UBT will also be ported to that blog (if it hasn’t already). TBB mainly
highlights good mocs, but we also do the occasional technique post.
Linus
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