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Re: On creating life-sized sculpture
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Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:49:35 GMT
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, David Winkler wrote:
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Bill Vollbrecht wrote:
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Ryan Holtz wrote:
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Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that I wanted to come up with actual
step-by-step plans for creating a life-sized Lego statue of some well-known
caped superhero, let’s say, Superman. What would be the best way to go
about this using something like MLCAD or LeoCAD (but preferrably the
former)? Are there any general guidelines or guides for creating the human
form in a Lego representation? Admittedly, I’m not all that artistic, but
while I’m sure I could enlist the help of the 3D modellers who work at the
same company I do, seeing as they already have a 3D model of Superman that
we could go off of, I’d much prefer to have the plans for the statue all
laid out before my fellow members of the development team where I work
commence the construction of the statue, yeah?
Any help is appreciated,
- Ryan Holtz / MooglyGuy
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Hey,
I am not sure about MLCAD type stuff as I have never used it. But the Lego
company uses a program called Legoizer (although I think it has changed
names since I left the company). Essentially, you build a 3D version of what
you want in 3D Studio Max and upload into the Lego software. It then
produces “instructions”. It shows layer by layer in bricks from a top view,
very similar to the instructions from the Yoda or the Statue of Liberty
sets.
I am pretty sure it isn’t available outside the Lego Company, but would
there be a non-Lego equivalant out there somewhere? Of course, I prefer what
Anne called the “organic method” myself!
Good Luck and feel free to ask any questions you might have!
Bill Vollbrecht
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I presented a talk at Brickfest2005 about the theory of automated brick
layout. Slides from the talk are at:
http://brickshelf.com/gallery/happyfrosh/BrickFest2005/automatedbricklayout.pdf
I made a 5’6” sculpture of the Stanford
Angel this way. (Shipping it across the country to Brickfest was painful.)
The plans for the Stanford Angel in pdf and ldr are posted at:
http://brickshelf.com/gallery/happyfrosh/StanfordAngel/
While it’s nice to know where every brick goes, I have had a Lego sculptor
comment to me that the outline is the important piece. Along these lines I
posted the pov-ray script necessary to turn an exisiting 3d model into brick
layout. It’s in a lugnet thread on the
“Stanford Bunny”.
I’ve gotten mixed feedback on whether the software that the Lego company uses
actually produces brick layout or just the outlines of the model. The Master
Builder that I talked to at NWBrickCon2004 seemed to say that they just did
outlines. I know that they get at least brick estimates of their model, but
I’m not sure whether they actually determine by software where each brick
goes.
-dw
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Updating this thread with my latest work.
I’ve posted a bit of my work on
using Poser6 to generate brick outlines for sculpture. This would now be the
way that I would go for a large sculpture.
The Lugnet thread is entitled “Using Poser6 to generate Lego sculptures.” :
http://news.lugnet.com/build/sculpture/?n=965
-dw
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