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Re: Depicting Bricks & Mortar
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lugnet.town
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Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:57:29 GMT
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Erik Olson wrote:
> Suggestions? MOCs?
I've only done this as an experiment and a small part of a building, but
it looks pretty good if you use 1x2 red plates and stack them like
bricks. As Chris Weeks pointed out the mortar space is incredibally
tiny at minifig scale, so i would just choose to ignore it. The joints
of the plates represent the mortar joints, sans color.
Of course, getting enough 1x2 (and 1x1!) red plates is an entirely
different story.
-chris
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 | | Re: Depicting Bricks & Mortar
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| Thanks guys. I'm not trying to be realistic in scale, although the 1x2 plates approach sounds interesting. Rather I want a look that conveys the idea of bricks and mortar. After all, minifigs are not to scale. Pictures of what I mean. I bet your (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Depicting Bricks & Mortar
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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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