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Re: How do you guys do it?
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lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient
Date: 
Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:38:18 GMT
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This one time, John Gerlach wrote:
> But, some of the coolest things I've seen are very small -- between 10 and 20
> pieces.  Some are less than 10 pieces!

There's one I'm still looking for, that someone posted on .space a while
ago. It's the coolest thing I've seen.

> Dirty little secret:  It's {easier} to build big than to build small...

Depends on the builder :P For me, that's true. I have a hard time building
small, which is why I build both big and small, because the small really
challenges me. The big can challenge me too.

> Building small forces you to distill down to the very essence of what you're
> trying to create.  What is the fewest amout of detail you can include and still
> have people able to recognize what you're making.  As an example, look at the
> mini Star Wars sets - brilliant work.

What John said :)

-Anne
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  Re: How do you guys do it?
 
(...) As others have said, Welcome! Lots of great ideas in this thread, as a 'old-timer' I thought I could toss out a couple more. Don't feel you need to build HUGE things. Yes, some of us love to build massive things like 8-wide trains and 4+ foot (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military, FTX)

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