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Re: First Mosaic - Joker
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Sat, 1 Jan 2005 01:19:30 GMT
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nice job. Thought about using "quarter round" bricks on the corners to
mimic a playing card shape?
eric
Robert wrote:
> I first saw a Lego mosaic during the master builder tryouts about a year ago
> (no, I wasn't a finalist), and thought it was pretty cool. I had the simple
> idea then to make an ace of spades mosaic, but I never really got around to
> it.
> Then in early December there was a story on slashdot about Eric's the 7ft
> clock. I started looking through all his projects, and realized that the
> playing card was not a new idea (doh!), as Eric had done the suicide king
> long before I had even thought of my ace.
> Well, this motivated me to finally start work on my first mosaic, but I
> decided the ace was to plain, and a joker would be a better project. I
> googled around for a joker image, found one, cleaned it up, and spent a few
> days drawing it in ldraw. Once it was finished in ldraw, I had the parts
> manifest and was able order all 6,000+ parts I would need from bricklink. I
> bought mostly used bricks as it was much easier on the pocket book too
> (about $150 total). Anyways, that was back on Dec. 15th. Finally on the
> 29th, all my parts were here, and I got started. You can see the progress in
> the photo gallery here:
> http://hellalame.com/gallery/legojoker
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> It was a very fun build. I managed to get it done in about 17 hours. It is
> still unglued though, and I am still trying to decide if I should buy all
> new white bricks before gluing it, as some of the used white bricks are in
> less than new condition. All of the other colors look very good though.
> There is also still a small black border I will be building around it, sort
> of as a frame. Once it is all glued together, I plan to hang it in my home
> office. The current borderless dimensions are: 30,25 inches wide, and 49
> inches tall. Looking back, I probably should have made it a little smaller
> :)
> Anyways, any and all feedback is welcome.
>
>
>
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