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"Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GoGu3u.s5@lugnet.com... (...) looking (...) the (...) The window above the front door is done by using 4 1x3x2 half arches. The bottom two arches are flipped upside down. They are held in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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"Carsten Schmitz" <casz@gmx.de> wrote in message news:GoGEz0.A6A@lugnet.com... (...) Hi, Thanks for the compliments. I never use the gaps when rendering LEGO stuff. I agree with you that it de-LEGOizes the model a bit, but I've had a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) <snip> Wow! I want to go there for the winter. Some refreshing detail work around the porch. (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) <snip> (...) Well I have two things to say about this model Brad. First, as always a beautiful model. The front porch is neat. And I am looking forward to checking out the dat file to see how you did the window above the front door. Second, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Hey... looks very nice... well done... What happened to the gaps between the bricks? Imho some lego style is lost that way. The Walls look very slick if there are no bricks. Play well Carsten "Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> schrieb im (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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"Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:GoGA0r.J72@lugnet.com... (...) open?) Hi Pedro, Thanks for the compliments. I tried to stay accurate to the original within the confines of LEGO colors (OK RARE LEGO colors). However, you are (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) ! I wonder if the French original is even close to that! (...) Ok, here goes: I LOVE IT! Well, maybe not the colours... but the design is very, very good! I looked at the wireframe, it must have been difficult to see through all those lines. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Hello all, Here is my latest creation: (URL) is a large mansion styled after a French chateau. This is actually a model of a real house in Palos Verdes Estates, (Los Angeles CA). The actual house is currently for sale. I found it in a high-end (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !
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Sorry for the double post. Rendered Instructions and DAT file now available, if anyone is interested. (URL) sure that I made FAR too many steps, but I figure using BrickShelf, people can just skip to what they want to see anyway. Thanks to Jeff Boen (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) (snipped doubts and replies) (...) Way better! Thanks, Adrian. Keep up the good work! Pedro (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. Not too many people have built buildings that aren't pretty much variations on the box. I enjoyed the challenge of making this thing bend in the middle. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Nope, the wings are what sets the angle. Thanks to the size of the building, small misalignments from one end to the other are eliminated, and everything can line up nicely. (...) As a matter of fact, as you can see from this image: (URL) is (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) HEY, watch you comments, Amoco™ has 60% of my city's business (there is a Shell™, & Octan too...) Josh (look for traveling Amoco tank trains & gas stations if I finnaly get to show up at a train show...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) WOW! Great use of yellow!(me who traded alot of his yellow to Jason S.) I like the way you put it on angle.Great! (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Actually, I meant "is there any mathematical model to follow, so that the halves' roofs fit together nicely, without 'holes'?" I did notice the clever use of the wings on the rooftop. What I was trying to know is whether or not you had (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm not sure what you mean by this, but the angle of the building is set by the large Star Wars wing <part:30355> and <part:30356> which are parts of the roof panels. Once I had that part in hand, figured out how big the windows would be, made (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Hi Adrian, Very nice building. I especially like the angle between the two halves, is there any model to follow regarding proportions? How stable is the building, while resisting horizontal forces (ie, "shaken")? Pedro (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) I like yellow just fine - after all, I have a 3033 Blue Tub full of yellow pieces. And I sure understand the lack of "real world" colored bricks in bulk tubs like the 3033. (...) Of course! And now that the Shell™ Exxon™ and Esso™ oil (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yeah, those Life On Mars fan housings are doing a pretty good job up there, aren't they. :) Thanks Adrian (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hey, don't be badmouthing the yellow :) And the fact that the Bricksburg Hotel and the Octan HQ are the same color is strictly coincidence. Since I was modelling the Octan HQ after a real building (and I didn't have 50,000 tan bricks) I built (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. I wanted to try and emulate the sloped front of the real building as close as possible. The best way to do that, since I used all my thin walls for the roof panels, was to use car windshields, similar to what I used on the Museum ((URL) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) WoW! What a nice BIG building! And it's yellow too! Just like a certain hotel from a little while back... I think I saw an Octan press release indicating something about the falling prices of oil have caused them to consider putting the new (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Congrats! What a great huge office building. I'll echo Jason's praise of the windows. The fans on the roof are nice too! Very nice! Jonathan (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow, that's big. Very nice. I like the use of your car front windshields for the front glass. The roof details are a neat touch. -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears (URL) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. I really wanted to duplicate the unique shape of the building as much as I could. The facets on the roof and the bend in the middle were vital to that. I was bummed when I dove into the project and realized just how many bricks it'd (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Consider it done. Even though I'm 6'5", it still looks extremely impressive next to me. (...) Heh, thanks. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. My Ninja guys built this on the Isle Of Mist. :) Okay, maybe not. Adrian (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, you captured the BP Building perfectly! Just needs twice as many floors, as you said. That said, it's still huge! I can't wait to see your latest stuff IRL. The vents/fans at the top and the entire glass section are excellent too. --Bram (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) That is amazing! Not only is it realistic, but it is also huge! Could you stand next to it and take another picture to give us more of an idea of its size? I guess I will pick my jaw up from the floor now ... -- Pawel (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Hey gang, here's my latest creation, and a contest entry in the Creativity Contest too. It's part town building, part sculpture. You can find the Octan World Headquarters on the town page. Cheers Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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John Carroll wrote in message ... (...) the (...) Yes I've seen links to this guy's stuff before.... nice, but he PAINTS his Lego! I don't think he's a LUGNEtter but who knows, maybe he will pop up and talk to use :-) Kevin ---...--- NEW Tank Engine (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.mediawatch)
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The December Cover of Pittsburgh Magizine has a picture of a LEGO wreath. (URL) article about the 5 wreaths that they had Pittsburgh artists make doesn't appear on the online magizine. but in the mag they gave a link to the artist's web site who did (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Cool! But why should something as inconsequential as a ceiling stop you?? Just cut a hole in it!! Incidentally, had the pleasure of seeing another Lego tower this weekend built by David Cook at our local meeting in Melbourne. Similar height. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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I recently completed a Scooterville tower that houses Marshal Heizan and his infamous Killers. It's about 6ft. tall. The only reason it stopped growing was because I hit the cieling. Enjoy. LMKWYT. (URL) (it's at the bottom of this page) (23 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Ogel has set up a front company in Bricktopia to further his evil goals. Check out the innocuous building exterior of the company headquarters here: (URL) what really lurks inside the building here: (URL) here is Ogel's latest fighter, complete with (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) The other use for those is in train bogies - TLC decided to use a chunk exactly the same size & shpae on the sides of their train motor - look here: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Look good, I was debating just last night what to do with all my blank black heads from my Siths, now I am sure of it, columns. Looks like a neat little town, I'll have to check out some of the other pictures. I like what you used for the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build.arch)
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Hi all, Just found this on the web: (URL) a footbridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502, finally been built (though not as big as LdV's design) in Norway. The project page id here (URL) wanna do this in Lego??? ROSCO (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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George- I got that angle by putting the building on the edge of my picnic table and me sitting on the ground. Pretty easy and great effect. Sarah (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Shiri- Thanks! The columns came after the house had been "done" for about a week and a half... but then I was looking at it and I thought, "wait a minute! what house could possibly be complete with out skulls holding up the roof?" Just my kooky (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.arch)
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