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Re: Minifig scale?
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:49:15 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Tommy Armstrong wrote:
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I think this whole issue of scale and size brings into question just how
humans see the world and depict it.
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But I like other kinds of models and art also. I am not sure that LEGO is
really a system that is the best for “things in one scale”—it is a more human
system that allows the user to naturally create in any “scale” he wants and
as many as he wants.
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Hey Tommy,
I agree for the most part and certainly don’t keep to a single scale in my own
dioramas (or even work completely to scale on many models). Selective
compression, forced perspective and other techniques are very useful and so long
as things look ‘right’ together I’m a happy camper. Of course a certain amount
of fixed scaling is necessary for some things such as aeroplanes where they tend
to look ‘wrong’ if the ratios are off.
But... the pedant in me still gets roused when I see things described as
‘minifig scale’ but that’s pedantry for you.
Tim
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| (...) Wow, have not really seen the word "pedant" used in a long while--maybe since studying for the SATs back in Age of Aquarius so I had to look it up again. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules. One who exhibits one's (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| I think this whole issue of scale and size brings into question just how humans see the world and depict it. Western Civilization and the whole scientific mathematical outlook of the world originated only a few hundred years ago with the discovery (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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