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Re: Jeremy Sproat
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lugnet.build.mecha
Date: 
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.
> 
> 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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  Re: Jeremy Sproat
 
(...) 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.. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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