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Re: Minifig "cloth" cape version 2?
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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 22:06:50 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Paul Easter writes:
> > The is another version of the cape. Sorry, it's not perfect, but none the
> > less it's available. I might play with it some more when time allows.
> > LMKWYT
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> It's great! The only thing you might want to do, and this is the only thing
> for this version, is maybe smooth out the slightly angled join where the
> curves meet.
Yes, that is what I am trying to figure out how to do.
> This cape is wonderfully full looking and perfect for regular
> minifigure use. Renders beautifully from the front!
:-)
> My wish list for the cape would include a "b" version that allows for the
> use of a 2x2x2 slope skirt on a minifigure, where the cape curves out behind
> the skirt slope and doesn't intersect with the lines of the slopes as does
> the current version. Such a cape might be more authentic, the cloth capes I
> have seem to curve out at a greater angle than the one you have designed --
> but the one you have posted probably works better with a regular minifigure.
I went out and bought a new 7200 'Final Duel 1' set. I put the capes on the
minifigs and measured them as they hung.
The first cape was one my son had, it was extremely wore out. :-)
> I get the idea the curves were plotted using some tool and not just by hand,
> can you describe your process here? Or link me to your tools?
These capes we both done totally by hand using LDAO and L3lab. The method I
used was distorting the 1-4edge by manually altering the matrix line.
Loop in the back
> 1 16 0 0.25 21 0 0 2 -.25 1 0 -3 0 0 2-4edge.dat
> 1 16 0 1.25 20.5 0 0 2 -.25 1 0 -2.5 0 0 2-4edge.dat
> 1 16 0 0.75 21 0 0 -2 -.25 1 0 3 0 0 2-4edge.dat
> 1 16 0 1.75 20.5 0 0 -2 -.25 1 0 2.5 0 0 2-4edge.dat • Outer Edges
> 1 16 0 41 -10 0 0 73.539 27 1 0 34 0 0 48\1-8edge.dat
> 1 16 0 41 -11 0 0 73.539 27 1 0 34 0 0 48\1-8edge.dat
> 1 16 18.545 60 0 33.455 -1 0 0 0 -60 14 0 0 48\1-4edge.dat
> 1 16 18.545 60 0 33.445 -1 0 0 0 -59 13 0 0 48\1-4edge.dat
> 1 16 0 41 -10 0 0 -73.539 27 1 0 34 0 0 48\1-8edge.dat
> 1 16 0 41 -11 0 0 -73.539 27 1 0 34 0 0 48\1-8edge.dat
> 1 16 -18.545 60 0 -33.455 -1 0 0 0 -59 14 0 0 48\1-4edge.dat
> 1 16 -18.545 60 0 -33.445 -1 0 0 0 -58 13 0 0 48\1-4edge.dat
Then all these were inlined and combined to make the surfaces.
There is about four hours total in the second cape, and about 2 in the first.
(I even reused some of the first one.)
> I don't know about how such an element is recieved by others, but I really
> love it. It looks so cool! A great finishing touch for CAD minifigures, to
> be sure.
Thank you! I hope it will be used quite a bit. (after I figure out how to
smooth the back out.) :-)
> A thousand thanks!
>
> -- Hop-Frog
Your welcome!
Paul
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| (...) It's great! The only thing you might want to do, and this is the only thing for this version, is maybe smooth out the slightly angled join where the curves meet. This cape is wonderfully full looking and perfect for regular minifigure use. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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