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Re: LDraw at Brickfest 2006
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Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:59:41 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> Joe Meno, the coordinator for this year's Brickfest, has asked the LDraw
> community to help out on some ideas for the fest. I'd like to start a dialog
> discussing the feasability of each project and judge overall community interest.
> Too long has LDraw been a minor side player in the overall community and this is
> a great opportunity to strut our stuff.
I will be too busy with other LEGO endevours to be able to participate in the
actual model entry, but I'll do what I can to help fix LPub bugs.
I think it is very cool!
Kev
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> Here's a rundown of the projects he's suggesting:
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> 1. Community Build - This year, there won't be a mosaic build, but a 3-D build
> of Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home. What I would like is to have the LDRaw
> group create the overall model and then section it off into 10 - 15 sections.
> From there, each section will have a set of instructions for a person to
> build...so a group of people will make the entire building. The base is 36" x
> 24", so make the building fit nicely in the area. Use as many commonly available
> parts as possible (bricks and windows), as we will be hopefully getting parts
> from the LEGO Group for this project. Why Mt. Vernon? We got our hotel courtesy
> of the Fairfax Convention Bureau, and they want to have this to display at trade
> fairs. This is a thank you of sorts.
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> 2. Community Build 2 - Another idea that has been thought about is a micro (or
> nano) version of the Washington Mall, with each person doing an element, such as
> the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Smithsonian Castle. Separating the Mall by each
> building leaves a lot of little models to design. Again instructions are
> generated, and each part is a kit to be built and placed on a table of the Mall.
> The coordination would be in deteriming the scale to make the area and then
> making the sectors for each museum and building. From there a grid could be set
> up and designers could pick a sector. This looks faster to finish, as it
> requires many to make plans. Again, make the parts as common as possible, and
> we'll figure out the part procurement.
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> 3. 3-D Stereo Renders - Make posters or smaller prints of stereo views, using
> red/blue photos or parallel viewing. This could be really neat as pics could be
> taken of things that coouldn't happen:-) This could also be compiled into a book
> for sale, if desired.
>
> -Orion
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