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Re: Scaling up Sculpture
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Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:19:12 GMT
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Timothy P. Smith wrote:
Does anybody have experience scaling up a sculpture?
I have a MLCad model of Yoda- the Target exclusive. I'd like to build that at
3x scale. I can see how to do it- but I'd appreciate any practical advice.

As for parts- I'm sorting those out now. I had this big angel sculpture- about
10k white bricks. I took it apart soon after completion, for space reasons. Now
I'm sorting out 5 big tubs of white bricks. Sigh. At least it's not black

The folks at Legoland usually just scale models exactly.  So each brick becomes
3 bricks high, each plate becomes 1 brick high, and each stud becomes a 3x3
square of studs.  The end result will be just as blocky as the original, so it
will be very obviously Lego.



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  Re: Scaling up Sculpture
 
(...) I was hoping to smooth out some of that blockiness. It'll still look like it's made from Lego pieces, I'm sure. I guess I'll just have to build it and see. Thanks for the info. (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
  Re: Scaling up Sculpture
 
(...) Does this mean that if there is a 1x1 brick you would need to make it 3x3x3? A 2x4 brick would be 6x12? I have often wondered about this as I have heard that Lego builders do this. So if you have a 1x2 half overhanging without support on the (...) (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)

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  Scaling up Sculpture
 
Does anybody have experience scaling up a sculpture? I have a MLCad model of Yoda- the Target exclusive. I'd like to build that at 3x scale. I can see how to do it- but I'd appreciate any practical advice. As for parts- I'm sorting those out now. I (...) (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)

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