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Re: CFD: Scaling Buildings in Datville
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 17:16:06 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, John VanZwieten writes:
> What does everyone think about using scaling to bring some models (esp. large
> buildings) into scale with the rest of Datville?
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> As I see it, the benefit is that we can make use of, and show off, those
> buildings (such as Anders' rendition of his own house) which are too large
> scale otherwise.
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> The downside is that a scaled building won't fit perfectly with its
> surroundings, and will reduce the "reality factor" of Datsville being a town
> you could build if only you had the right pieces.
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> LMKWYT,
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> -John Van
Do you mean having people redo their submissions if they aren't, say, minifig
scale? I'd support having everything at the same scale, mostly so you don't
have a Legoland Park scale building next to a classic scale building, as it
really wouldn't look right in my opinion. I wouldn't mind the 'suburb' idea,
though.
Of course, the other reason I'd like everything to be at minifig scale is
because that is the scale I build in. :)
Jeff
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