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Re: Depicting Bricks & Mortar
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lugnet.town
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Sat, 28 Oct 2000 19:24:02 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Erik Olson writes:
> interested in is any way to hint at the color of mortar between bricks in a
> wall. I've noticed that solid red Lego buildings really betray the look of
> their real-world red brick counterparts.
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> Here's what I've come up with in experiment:
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> 1. Gray plates separating rows of bricks. Possibly 1x4 plates, recessed to
> leave a crack on the face between 2x4 bricks.
I just went out and measured the bricks here at work and find that they're 2.25
inches tall and 7.5 inches wide. The mortar joint is between 3/8 and 1/2 inch
thick tending toward the smaller end. Are you trying to work with minifig
scale?
If so, I think you're just going to have to make huge concessions to the brick.
If not, then why not call one stud width ~1/2 inch and make the brick 15 studs
long 2.33 high and build on a grand scale? At that point, the recessed mortar
would look great!
Before I got onto that though, I was going to suggest doubling the height and
width of the 2x4 so that it was 8-wide and 2-high and then the grey plates
would match better.
I've played with trying to make it work and haven't gotten anywhere. I'm eager
to see if you get any good responses.
Chris
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| I'd do a search on "bricks" but it would be futile. No hits on Mortar. What I'm interested in is any way to hint at the color of mortar between bricks in a wall. I've noticed that solid red Lego buildings really betray the look of their real-world (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.town)
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