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Re: Jeremy Sproat
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:34:59 GMT
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> In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Bryce McGlone writes:
> > "You have the most amazing grasp of greeblies, Eric."
> > Jeremy what is a greeblie?
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> Jot that down as another d'oh from me (and it's not even noon yet). I meant
> "greebles". :-,
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> Greebles are all the tiny little pieces of stuff that model makers put on
> spaceships, etc. to give the illusion of detail from a distance.
Ah I see. I call all the little detail pieces "premeditated seagull poop"
:-D And I mean it in a good descriptive way. It's just a silly term I made
up making the my black horse mech when I was talking to one of the LUGOLA guys..
> An example would be the little knobby things on the surface of the >Death Star which were really yanked from old car and airplane models. >Using them effectively is really a balance between
Agreed...Star Wars overall is a great example of Greebles. Is that a real
word or a Jeremy word? I've never heard it.
> using too many, which gives a cluttered look,
I refer to this problem as pooped out. Actually this is the problem I was
having with the black mech. It just looked pooped on. I think wev'e all
been there...just too much stuff on a model. Tends to lose the overall
design, lines, etc..
> and too few, which kinda defeats the purpose.
True. IMO too few details end up looking forced.
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| Indeed, to much is no good, it's definitely a balance thing...like lego feung-shui or somthing, I call it don't put that there or put that back! gaahhh! (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Jeremy Sproat
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| yep greebles is a real movie industry term... The British industry uses the term wiggets... I love that Excalibur by the way... I wish I could build it with my limited parts collection :P cg-88@home.com Bryce McGlone <bmcglone@ditim.com> wrote in (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Jot that down as another d'oh from me (and it's not even noon yet). I meant "greebles". :-, Greebles are all the tiny little pieces of stuff that model makers put on spaceships, etc. to give the illusion of detail from a distance. An example (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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