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Re: NELUG Brickwars 04/01/00 pics are up.
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:35:21 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.eduSPAMLESS
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Thanks! Neat idea.
David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Christopher Masi writes:
> > I noticed a nice looking tree next to the yellow house with the blue roof. Do
> > you have any close ups of the round tree?
>
> Never failing to want to take credit, I'll jump in :) (Now if only I can find
> some way of taking credit for the wrecked church! :D )
>
> Actually, those two 'round'-ish trees that you see on the green layout are my
> little knocked-up-on-the-spur-of-the-moment-design. I don't know if anyone took
> detailed pictures of them though-- from the side, they look silly, but from the
> top, we kinda liked them (I actually refined the design a little later on my
> own to not look as silly from the side)
>
> To make them you need:
> 3 palm tree bases
> 6-10 (or whatever) palm tree sections
> 3 palm tree tops (the 4/5 prong tips, not the fronds or the 2x2 round plates)
> 16-24 large green 5?x7? leaves
> 0-? small green 3?x4? leaves (I used about 10 in each one, maybe more)
> 1 green 2x2 round plate
>
> 1 - Take 1 palm tree base, and attach all the palm tree sections onto it
> 2 - Put on 1 palm tree top
> 3 - attach 8 large leaves to the top via the 4 prongs
> 4 - instead of topping with a 2x2 round plate as in the 'standard' palm trees,
> attach another palm tree base
> 5 - repeat steps 2-4, and then step 2 again
> 6 - attach a mix of large and small leaves, totalling 8 (smaller on top of
> larger)
> 7 - top the tree with the 2x2 round plate
> 8 - now fill in the gaps. There are 2 huge-looking gaps in the tree when viewed
> from the side.. fill 'em up as much as you want with small leaves.
>
> Anyway, from above, it looks pretty cool (from the side it still looks a bit
> silly)... After playing around with the idea more, there are much better ways
> to do the tree's top, but that's the basic idea :) Enjoy!
>
> DaveE
>
> (FUT .build)
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