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Re: Portland Head Lighthouse
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:14:38 GMT
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Jason Sutherland <jasonsutherland5@cs.com> writes:
> Well, I wanted to create a web page at some point but in the meantime I
> figured I'd start posting some of my older creations on Brickshelf. This,
> as the subject suggests, is the Portland Head Lighthouse. My grandpa • really
> likes lighthouses so I thought I would build his favorite one for him. I
> guess it's kind of hard to judge the size but the lighthouse itself stands
> about 2 1/2 feet tall. I also included a picture of the actual lighthouse
> as a reference. Please let me know what you think as this is my first
> creation posting!
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4805
Cool! It looks a lot like your reference image. My only suggestion is to
step the bricks a little more on the lighthouse tower to make it rounder. I
think a good way to see how to make circles with bricks is to draw circles
in M$ Paint with the same dimensions in pixels as your circle is in bricks.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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| (...) Bram, that's fabulous! I've been over-engineering my efforts to generate good circle approximations, when the necessary program was staring me in the face all along! Thanks! Dave! (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.build)
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| Well, I wanted to create a web page at some point but in the meantime I figured I'd start posting some of my older creations on Brickshelf. This, as the subject suggests, is the Portland Head Lighthouse. My grandpa really likes lighthouses so I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.build)
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