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Re: The Beeesh
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:06:56 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Pilati wrote:
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So I guess the question and decision I am left with is: Do I create my own
joints from scratch or do I ask for examples and start from where others have
left off? What would you recommend?
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I’m not Eric but this question can be asked in any theme, do you start by
copying the idioms of the best builders in the theme (be it trains, castle,
spaceships, mecha, whatever) or start by trying to develop your own?
My advice, however unsolicited: Start by copying the work of masters you
admire, if you can. Give credit of course, You’ll learn a lot and you’ll
understand what the mechanics of the pieces are capable of and when you branch
out on your own you’ll eliminate things that won’t work out much faster.
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I second Larry’s advice.
I personally studied the LDraw files of past builders such as
Karim Nassar,
Ben Vaughan (site is down), and
Jeremy Sproat (site is down). The MOCs
these guys made were so critical to my understanding of LEGO construction, that
I still revisit their work for general inspiration and, dare I say, building
tips. Since they were the first to create mecha (among other sci-fi creations),
I consider their works fundamental and in some ways perfect. :-)
Although most (mecha & space) builders now use digital cameras instead of LDraw
to document their work, you will still find some members in the community who
provide LDraw-format files for their MOCs. I am one such builder, and I do it
primarily to allow other builders to explore my models in-depth. My hope is
that, in this way, aspiring LEGO builders will learn from my mistakes and/or
successes, pick up new techniques, and get inspiration.
Also, I remember that I once built Karim’s hardsuit, and Jeremy’s microfig
Valkyrie, just to gain an even greater understand of their creation. Of course,
I never displayed them publicly, and I think that was the right thing to do.
Therefore, I encourage you to duplicate MOCs that are not of your design, and
to learn from them, but to be wary of posting them on Brickshelf, for example.
The best thing to do is either to e-mail the original creator, and to give
proper credit, as Larry mentioned.
Hope that helps.
Mladen Pejic
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| (...) Mladen, Thanks for the advice and I would like to take you up on the offer to browse your LDraw works? Do you have a link that you could supply me? After looking at the Beesch and now Mark's newest creation, I think it will be best to start at (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Sproat's site is (URL) here.> Yikes I actually joined this thread. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> (URL) [ m o o n b a s e ]> (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not Eric but this question can be asked in any theme, do you start by copying the idioms of the best builders in the theme (be it trains, castle, spaceships, mecha, whatever) or start by trying to develop your own? My advice, however (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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