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Re: How do you guys do it?
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:35:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Anne Carasik wrote:
> 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!
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> There's one I'm still looking for, that someone posted on .space a while
> ago. It's the coolest thing I've seen.
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> > Dirty little secret: It's {easier} to build big than to build small...
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> 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.
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> > 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.
This is one of the MOC's I completed while sorting, as mentioned elsewhere in
this thread:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=54567
If the control stick & base are counted as 2 separate parts, it's 22 pieces -
but it never would have seen the light of day if I couldn't find those 22 pieces
in a short amount of time.
I don't have enough brick, which is why I still buy sets on discount. At the
same time, I have never felt like I don't have enough. It all still fits
together somehow. Building small can be just as personally rewarding as
building big.
Plus, if I'm whooshing it around the house and someone comes to the door, I can
put it in my pocket. Try answering the door with an ISD in your hands ;)
-Nick
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