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Re: Hedge Maze
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:04:56 GMT
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In lugnet.build, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.build, Heather Patey writes:
> > Here I am in limbo between themes again. Come see what I've done with
> > Tore's shrubbery - thanks Tore!
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5054
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> > You can see, I hope, why I built this one virtually instead of really!
> > Unfortunately the lamppost is not yet LDrawn or that's what would have
> > supported the gazebo - more elegant than cylinders, I think. Comments welcome.
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> Cool. The only hitch I see (aside from probably not having enough
> shrubbery) is that I've found putting shrubs that close together tends to
> not work well. They want to pop off the baseplate. :/
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> But that doesn't stop an ldrawn version from looking very asthetic. :)
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> James
I figured out a way around this when doing a prototype:
Put two antennas on the base plate _between studs_, with two studs' worth of
space between them.
Put a technic plate over them and press down hard. The ends of the technic
plate should perhaps be supported by plates.
Thread the bushes over the antennas and attach to the studs on the technic
plate.
As in...
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hpatey/buildings/how_to_attach_bushes.dat
or for the dat-impaired:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50105
I think it would take some finagling to do a maze of twisty little passages
this way but it could probably be done.
The main hitch was definitely the number of pieces - this 8x8-cell maze on a
48x48 plate took 158 bushes. The paths could be made narrower to increase
the complexity, but a minifig would have trouble passing through.
Cheers, Heather
--
Heather Patey
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
LUGNET Member #490
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