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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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