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Hey guys!
This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
That is *very* cool!
I've been messing around with some similar stuff, but nothing much past
figuring out a good scale.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > (FUT .castle)
> >
> > Hey guys!
> >
> > This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> That is *very* cool!
Thanks!
> I've been messing around with some similar stuff, but nothing much past
> figuring out a good scale.
Hmm... when I started, the only things I decided for sure were:
a. my inn had to be part of it
b. the whole town had to fit on an island baseplate
I had no idea how many buildings will be there whatsoever - just that there
will be as many as possible without cluttering.
I have two island BPs, one is 32x32 (the one I used) and the other is 16x16.
The 16x16 one was way too small. So I went for the big one.
I played around with the inn for a while. I built it, took it apart, rebuilt
it, added some more, it fell apart, I rebuilt it again... you get the
picture ;-) When I was finally satisfied I started the peasants houses. I sort
of improvised with the few tan bricks I had, and used up all the peaks from my
three roof packs. The stone house came sometime in between... I really wanted
those slopes Erik Olson thought of (1) for that house... if you look closely,
you'll see a red 1x1 cone where I was dying to put a studless 1x1 slope piece!
Err... back to my point, I was talking about... hmm... um... Oh, scales!
What I was getting at is that I basically just played around with the bricks
and it came out naturallly - once I had one building, I could compare the rest
to it and all went well.
HTH! And thanks for the comments!
-Shiri
(1) http://www.lugnet.com/dear-lego/?n=1808
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
Pretty nice, darlin'! I like the way you did the Inn roof; I'd never thought
of something like that. Now, you need to expand and make a HUGE town. Maybe
for part of it you could use that baseplate I sent you...
-Chris
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In lugnet.castle, Chris Maddison writes:
> Pretty nice, darlin'! I like the way you did the Inn roof; I'd never thought
> of something like that.
Thanks! It took me a while to figure out. At first I just used an apex piece
and a peak, but it didn't look right and anyway that's not what I'm gonna do
to the bigger inn's roof.
> Now, you need to expand and make a HUGE town. Maybe
> for part of it you could use that baseplate I sent you...
Well, the BP you sent me will join the others I'm about to receive (I'll then
have a total of 5 island BPs :) to create the Lioness ArchipeLEGO. All part of
the greater Lion Kingdom... for now. Mwahahaha!
(No more spoilers allowed!)
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
It worked out really well,especially the Inn's roof. I haven't seen microfig
scale used for a townscape (I must get out more, :) ).
Maybe Australians should work in that scale exclusively (Lego prices in Oz).
Could you whip up a bigger town, I think it would look great and you could
incorporate small hills easily, though it might get tricky getting the plates
off the baseplates. I hope the dragon doesn't live in the central lagoon of
Helfire, it could be quite disruptive for the locals.
-pete.w
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Ouch... I'm replying to every reply in this thread... :-)
In lugnet.castle, Peter White writes:
> It worked out really well,especially the Inn's roof. I haven't seen microfig
> scale used for a townscape (I must get out more, :) ).
Thanks! I haven't seen any microfig towns either...
> Maybe Australians should work in that scale exclusively (Lego prices in Oz).
And in Israel ;-)
> Could you whip up a bigger town, I think it would look great and you could
> incorporate small hills easily, though it might get tricky getting the plates
> off the baseplates.
Yeah, I thought of doing my capital city/main castle in microfig since I don't
have enough bricks otherwise.
About the plates tho', there's always the cool "brick disconnecter" that works
great for disconnecting plates.
> I hope the dragon doesn't live in the central lagoon of
> Helfire, it could be quite disruptive for the locals.
LOL... no, I just stuck it in there to amuse Craig, he said he wanted to see
more dragons... :-)
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Peter White writes:
> > it might get tricky getting the plates
> > off the baseplates.
>
> About the plates tho', there's always the cool "brick disconnecter" that works
> great for disconnecting plates.
For baseplates that are completely flat (i.e. no vertical geographical
features like hills) all you have to do is flip it over and bend it a few
times in different directions. Then, of course, you have to spend a few
minutes looking for some of the pieces that have flown under the sofa. :)
Don't get me wrong, I would never give up my LEGO separators (either of the
two versions).
By the way, excellent job on the town! I'm continually amazed that LEGO
creations can be so marvelous at any scale.
John Gramley
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John Gramley wrote:
> Don't get me wrong, I would never give up my LEGO separators (either of the
> two versions).
Well, I'd give up SOME of my brick separators... I've got one in the
kitchen, one beside my dining room table, one beside the computer (and
primary LEGO sorting [and every once in a blue moon building] station),
one in the bathroom (you never know when the urge to build will
strike... actually, it's there because sometimes I process LEGO to be
cleaned in the bathroom), and one in the bedroom. I've got several more
that don't have a home yet...
--
Frank Filz
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> John Gramley wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I would never give up my LEGO separators (either of the
> > two versions).
>
> Well, I'd give up SOME of my brick separators... I've got one in the
> kitchen, one beside my dining room table, one beside the computer (and
> primary LEGO sorting [and every once in a blue moon building] station),
> one in the bathroom ...
No, don't say it: you are (searching for subtle euphemism) "passing" bricks?
Oooooo, and you have to use a brick separator? Ouch.
You are taking this Lego stuff too far! :-)
Bruce
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Frank Filz wrote:
> John Gramley wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I would never give up my LEGO separators (either of the
> > two versions).
>
> Well, I'd give up SOME of my brick separators... I've got one in the
> kitchen, one beside my dining room table, one beside the computer (and
> primary LEGO sorting [and every once in a blue moon building] station),
> one in the bathroom (you never know when the urge to build will
> strike... actually, it's there because sometimes I process LEGO to be
> cleaned in the bathroom), and one in the bedroom. I've got several more
> that don't have a home yet...
Well, I only have three, but I usually find that one of them is lost in the
pile of junk mail on the desk. I try to keep them all together so I don't
have to build any contraptions to get the 1x2 plate stack apart.
John
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> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
I'm starting to LIKE microfig scale. I'm more of a truck and vehicle
microfigger but the town stuff and spaceships got me more into it.
Nice work!
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
Hee, hee. Here's another one for you to reply to. One comment, and I'll quit
buggin' you. ;) You should do a NANOfig scale city (1x1x3 skyscapers, small
buildings as 1x1 plates, etc. Just an idea, I don't know how it'd look.
-Chris
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In lugnet.castle, Chris Maddison writes:
> Hee, hee. Here's another one for you to reply to.
Out of principle, I WON'T reply!
"Um, Shiri...? You just did."
"Oh. Ooops."
;-)
> One comment, and I'll quit
> buggin' you. ;) You should do a NANOfig scale city (1x1x3 skyscapers, small
> buildings as 1x1 plates, etc. Just an idea, I don't know how it'd look.
That'd be cool, but it would be really hard to convey what it is, I guess...
-Shiri
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Shiri Dori wrote:
> > One comment, and I'll quit
> > buggin' you. ;) You should do a NANOfig scale city (1x1x3 skyscapers, small
> > buildings as 1x1 plates, etc. Just an idea, I don't know how it'd look.
>
> That'd be cool, but it would be really hard to convey what it is, I guess...
In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
(it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
48x48).
If anyone else has any information on this educational kit, I'd love to
hear from you. I'm pretty sure it was LEGO, and I'm also pretty sure it
was a commercial product (but could have been put together by a small
company, and not be a Dacta product). The kit came with all sorts of
study materials, and the city layout was done at three different stages
in history.
Another interesting part of the study was that they didn't tell you it
was Seattle, they just told the story of how it was settled and roughly
where it was. I figured it out by studying rail lines on maps (I think I
was the first in the class to figure it out). It left enough of an
impression that when we were approaching Seattle a few years later on a
cross country vacation, I recognized that we were real close when we
started crossing the lake.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> 48x48).
Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
> It left enough of an
> impression that when we were approaching Seattle a few years later on a
> cross country vacation, I recognized that we were real close when we
> started crossing the lake.
<grin>
"What's that? A skyscraper, hmm... looks just like those three bricks I saw in
that school project!"
</grin>
-Shiri
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Shiri Dori wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> > scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> > represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> > (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> > also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> > 48x48).
> Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
1976 or 1977
Frank
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Frank Filz wrote:
> Shiri Dori wrote in message ...
> > In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > > In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> > > scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> > > represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> > > (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> > > also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> > > 48x48).
>
>
> > Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
>
> 1976 or 1977
>
> Frank
Frank, I don't remember ever having seen a 48x48 (or 50x50) baseplate in
anything other than all gray. The only exception to this (AFAIK) was a 50x50
1970 Samsonite only LEGO green plate with a curvy "T" shaped roadway on it.
Since this roadway had no markings, and was somewhat light blue (rather than
gray) in color, it could be used for water as well as roadway. Could this
one be it? It was totally flat though. Otherwise I don't remember any other
variations to the large plates.
Gary Istok
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Gary Istok wrote:
>
> Frank Filz wrote:
>
> > Shiri Dori wrote in message ...
> > > In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> > > > scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> > > > represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> > > > (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> > > > also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> > > > 48x48).
> >
> >
> > > Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
> >
> > 1976 or 1977
> >
> > Frank
>
> Frank, I don't remember ever having seen a 48x48 (or 50x50) baseplate in
> anything other than all gray. The only exception to this (AFAIK) was a 50x50
> 1970 Samsonite only LEGO green plate with a curvy "T" shaped roadway on it.
> Since this roadway had no markings, and was somewhat light blue (rather than
> gray) in color, it could be used for water as well as roadway. Could this
> one be it? It was totally flat though. Otherwise I don't remember any other
> variations to the large plates.
Well, there is another exception of course, but it's rather current...
The Soccer baseplate, 48x48 green...
This was a flat baseplate, with printing, I don't think it had any
unstudded area (i.e. not a custom mold). It could easily have been a
non-TLC printing on a standard LEGO grey baseplate, or it could be a
custom order (even if the kit wasn't sold by DACTA or whatever). It most
definitely was NOT the Samsonite road plate (the non-studded area on
that just would not have worked with the excercise).
Of course it could be totally non-LEGO at all...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> Gary Istok wrote:
> >
> > Frank Filz wrote:
> >
> > > Shiri Dori wrote in message ...
> > > > In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > > In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a
> > > > > scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks
> > > > > represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate
> > > > > (it had the harbor and lake printed on it). I think the baseplate may
> > > > > also have had contours printed on it (it was a flat baseplate, I think
> > > > > 48x48).
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wow, that's cool! Sounds like a great thing... how long ago was this?
> > >
> > > 1976 or 1977
> > >
> > > Frank
I think this soccer base plate did have printed lines on it - white lines for
the soccer pitch markings?
> >
> > Frank, I don't remember ever having seen a 48x48 (or 50x50) baseplate in
> > anything other than all gray. The only exception to this (AFAIK) was a • 50x50
> > 1970 Samsonite only LEGO green plate with a curvy "T" shaped roadway on it.
> > Since this roadway had no markings, and was somewhat light blue (rather than
> > gray) in color, it could be used for water as well as roadway. Could this
> > one be it? It was totally flat though. Otherwise I don't remember any • other
> > variations to the large plates.
>
> Well, there is another exception of course, but it's rather current...
> The Soccer baseplate, 48x48 green...
>
> This was a flat baseplate, with printing, I don't think it had any
> unstudded area (i.e. not a custom mold). It could easily have been a
> non-TLC printing on a standard LEGO grey baseplate, or it could be a
> custom order (even if the kit wasn't sold by DACTA or whatever). It most
> definitely was NOT the Samsonite road plate (the non-studded area on
> that just would not have worked with the excercise).
>
> Of course it could be totally non-LEGO at all...
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
Could you make thumbnails that link to bigger images on your pages, since they
take so long to load?
Alan
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In lugnet.castle, Alan Gerber writes:
> Could you make thumbnails that link to bigger images on your pages, since they
> take so long to load?
> Alan
I'll try tomorrow but I can't now. Sorry!
(BTW, the pics are already smaller than original size of 480x640 :-)
-Shiri
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I like it!
Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Fs5tKC.67s@lugnet.com...
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
Shiri - I think you've really come on to something. You could use it as a base
map, like in the CastleWorld map, and then have each building as a link - like
to the Bloodstone Inn. I'm thinking that that's what I'm gonna do when I get a
digital camera (can't wait till june, don't want it for my birthday, I want it
NOW!!!)
<<KM>>
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
...Hellfire is great! cant wait to see it populated! :-) I like
microfig stuff nice inspiration! (bring it to the fest this summer!
:-)
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
wubwub
stephen f roberts
wamalug guy (http://wamalug.org)
wildlink.com
lugnet #160
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
Shiri,
Super job, I really like your little-big town :-).
Great job documenting the roof and doing a corner peek. I do think you have
seen them before though but just not as close up and obvious, my Inn does have
2 corners like this one is in the front upper left corner when facing my inn
and the other is in the rear upper right corner.
Your picture documents it well though and I think it really shows how this type
of thing is done. I am considering doing something like a "how to create
complex roofs in LEGO" page at some point and I think your technique is great
for showing detail in photos so I might try using it myself if I ever do create
that page.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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Shiri:
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
Great! (mais très petite)
There is no doubt about what it is, although the church
could use a "slightly" smaller cross.
Play well,
Jacob
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .castle)
>
> Hey guys!
>
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> -Shiri
well, shiri~
congrats on a truly successful and well-received build! i got a charge
out of the sproats' microfig castle too! your nano-fig creation has
absolutely inspired me! this is a great way to realize what i envision for
hillendale! (tho' i may go micro-fig, w/ 1x1 cylinders for 'figs) the way
your inn is referenced among the structures is great!
later ~ craig~
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In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
> well, shiri~
>
> congrats on a truly successful and well-received build! i got a charge
> out of the sproats' microfig castle too! your nano-fig creation has
> absolutely inspired me! this is a great way to realize what i envision for
> hillendale! (tho' i may go micro-fig, w/ 1x1 cylinders for 'figs) the way
> your inn is referenced among the structures is great!
Thanks! I'm glad this worked out well, as I said it was rather spontaneous -
thought of it in Phys Ed and started constructing when In got home, half an
hour later ;-)
I think I'll definitely use this for references, both in CW and in my
storyline (which are somewhat connected but never mind).
BTW, in regard to macro/nanofigs... I liked what Jeremy writes about microfigs
in his webpage:
"So what the heck is a microfig?
"A microfig is anything smaller than a minifig. :-) You know what a minifig,
or minifigure, is, right? It's those little plastic men you get in a typical
Lego model; Legoland sets are at minifig-scale. Well, a microfig-scale model
is significantly more reduced, and is useful for depicting medium-size
vehicles. A nanofig-scale model is even smaller, and is useful for depicting
city blocks and huge starships and the like.
"The actual physical scale is variable, and up to the modeller. My microfig-
scale models tend towards a 384 : 1 scale, the distance between the
centerpoints of two studs being 10 feet. But I tend to wander even from that
scale."
(This is quoted from Jeremy Sproat's homepage; I hope it's OK with you,
Jeremy!)
I guess my scale could be called nanofig but I dunno. I envision a nanofig
scale to be much smaller than that... maybe it's just me...
Anyhow, I might end up doing the 1x1 cylinder = minifig (aka microfig scale)
too, depending on what I really end up doing.
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> Anyhow, I might end up doing the 1x1 cylinder = minifig (aka microfig scale)
> too, depending on what I really end up doing.
"I might end up doing <this and that>... depending on what I REALLY end up
doing."
Wow, that's vague. Man, I need some sleep.
-Shiri
(FUT o-t.fun)
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> BTW, in regard to macro/nanofigs... I liked what Jeremy writes about microfigs
> in his webpage:
> "So what the heck is a microfig? [...]"
> (This is quoted from Jeremy Sproat's homepage; I hope it's OK with you,
> Jeremy!)
Wha---! *sputter* I DEMAND a royalty!
(King enters.)
Oh, hello your majesty! *bowing*
...Not the royalty I meant... ;-)
> I guess my scale could be called nanofig but I dunno. I envision a nanofig
> scale to be much smaller than that... maybe it's just me...
Yah, my vision of nanofig scale would be somewhere around 1/1000 or even
smaller. Your town looks something like 1/200 or 1/300, which is in
the microfig range to me. Actually, it looks like it'd be very close to my
Kriegsmacht scale of 1/384. You wanna couple of mecha to battle with the
dragon? :-,
Cheers,
- jsproat
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In lugnet.castle, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> Yah, my vision of nanofig scale would be somewhere around 1/1000 or even
> smaller. Your town looks something like 1/200 or 1/300, which is in
> the microfig range to me. Actually, it looks like it'd be very close to my
> Kriegsmacht scale of 1/384. You wanna couple of mecha to battle with the
> dragon? :-,
I've used three scales in setting up my CW realm and environs (progressively
larger scales):
- minifig scale
- (Shiri's Helfire scale)
- terrain scale
one stud=one 32x32 minifig baseplate
useful for modelling rivers, mountains, etc., and large city layouts
- realm scale
one stud=one 32x32 microfig baseplate=1024x1024 microfig studs
useful for modelling adjacent CW realms (4x4 studs at this scale)
also useful for modelling continents and seas
I've found the terrain scale very helpful in suggesting additonal minifig
scale models, since the minifigs have some surrounding geographical features
to build against.
Shiri's scale looks a really good way to get the feel for the shapes of
buildings. I assume the scale is one minifig wall (6 high) to one brick
height?
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Jason Catena writes:
> - realm scale
> one stud=one 32x32 microfig baseplate=1024x1024 microfig studs
Er, 1024x1024 minifig studs, sorry.
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Jason Catena writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > Yah, my vision of nanofig scale would be somewhere around 1/1000 or even
> > smaller. Your town looks something like 1/200 or 1/300, which is in
> > the microfig range to me. Actually, it looks like it'd be very close to my
> > Kriegsmacht scale of 1/384. You wanna couple of mecha to battle with the
> > dragon? :-,
>
> I've used three scales in setting up my CW realm and environs (progressively
> larger scales):
>
> - minifig scale
> - (Shiri's Helfire scale)
> - terrain scale
> one stud=one 32x32 minifig baseplate
> useful for modelling rivers, mountains, etc., and large city layouts
> - realm scale
> one stud=one 32x32 microfig baseplate=1024x1024 microfig studs
> useful for modelling adjacent CW realms (4x4 studs at this scale)
> also useful for modelling continents and seas
>
> I've found the terrain scale very helpful in suggesting additonal minifig
> scale models, since the minifigs have some surrounding geographical features
> to build against.
Yeah, it sounds like a great thing! I might try it soon, the 6766 I got will
help a lot... lots of brown and green. My terrain is very hard to show
normally, since I'm planning on having many islands and a small part of a
mainland. (I sorta hinted that by mentioning the Lioness Archipe-lego :o)
> Shiri's scale looks a really good way to get the feel for the shapes of
> buildings. I assume the scale is one minifig wall (6 high) to one brick
> height?
Just about. It's not exact, of course; but that's probably the closest
approximation.
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > I guess my scale could be called nanofig but I dunno. I envision a nanofig
> > scale to be much smaller than that... maybe it's just me...
>
> Yah, my vision of nanofig scale would be somewhere around 1/1000 or even
> smaller.
Yep, that'd be my vision too. Mainly because the only nanofig creations I've
ever seen were yours. ;-)
> Your town looks something like 1/200 or 1/300, which is in
> the microfig range to me. Actually, it looks like it'd be very close to my
> Kriegsmacht scale of 1/384. You wanna couple of mecha to battle with the
> dragon? :-,
Oh yah! Bring 'em on, buster!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > You wanna couple of mecha to battle with the dragon? :-,
> Oh yah! Bring 'em on, buster!
Oops, dunno if you read .cad.dat.models , but my reply is at:
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/models/?n=1153
Cheers,
- jsproat
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> Hey guys!
Hey Shiri!
> This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
Wow. Dang. Exactly what I wanted to do at the "other scale". :-, The
baseplate is a very nice touch, too. Looks kinda Zelda-ish (that's a
compliment :-). Seeing your town has made me want to buy a red roof parts
pack.
I especially like what you've done for windows, and building texture in
general. ...Is that a macaroni brick with a grille?
Cheers,
- jsproat
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In lugnet.castle, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Hey guys!
>
> Hey Shiri!
>
> > This was a real spontaneous thing, I think it came out nicely! LMKWYT.
> > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/Helfire.html
>
> Wow. Dang. Exactly what I wanted to do at the "other scale". :-,
Uh... huh?
> The
> baseplate is a very nice touch, too. Looks kinda Zelda-ish (that's a
> compliment :-). Seeing your town has made me want to buy a red roof parts
> pack.
Thanks! I got one when I moved here (couldn't resist it, I was so happy to
have something like S@H) and two more about a month ago in the LIC in FL.(1)
This was the first time I actually *needed* more! (Till now it was just
*wanted* more :-)
> I especially like what you've done for windows, and building texture in
> general. ...Is that a macaroni brick with a grille?
Nope, it's four curved plates stacked together. They come with the cheap SW
landspeeder set.
I'm glad you like it, it were your and Barbara's creations that first got me
interested in scales other than minifig...
-Shiri
(1) That's the Lego Imagination Center in Florida ;-)
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