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Re: Jeremy Sproat
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 19:14:58 GMT
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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 message
news:GAK8yB.3yr@lugnet.com...
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
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> 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..
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> > 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
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> Agreed...Star Wars overall is a great example of Greebles. Is that a real
> word or a Jeremy word? I've never heard it.
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> > using too many, which gives a cluttered look,
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> 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..
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> > and too few, which kinda defeats the purpose.
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> True. IMO too few details end up looking forced.
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