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Re: Lattice windows revisited and modified (wasRe: lattice windows)
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.general
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Fri, 15 Oct 2004 20:22:07 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Daan Bargerbos wrote:
> Hello Anthony,
>
> you pointed to the studs that still could be seen at the back.
> It was a little backdraw in the whole concept
> for which I couldn't find a solution.
>
> But a good night rest can change a lot :)
>
> In this picture I've tried to solve the 'stud-problem',
> making the complete section as slick as it can be:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Debarg/Windows/latticewindows022.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Debarg/Windows/latticewindows023.jpg
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> The dark gray 1 x 10 brick is now replaced by
> one layer of 1x10 brown tiles.
> Both at the top as on the lower side of the 8x8 lattice frame
> I've put brackets that are finished with a brown 1x8 tile.
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> In this way you can just put the window
> in the wall. It's easy and sturdy enough
> (won't fall out, unless you push).
>
>
> So, thanks to you Anthony who pushed my creativity a little bit further ;-)
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> And by the way,
> in my earlier texts I didn't mention that the wall idea of using the
> decorated wall brick (2454pb01) in front of the 1x6x5 wall piece,
> came to mind when I didn't know what to do with all the 1x6x5 pieces
> I had coming from the Slytherin set (3754pb02).
> Now the 1x2x5 completely covers the Slytherin motive.
>
> See this picture:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Debarg/Windows/latticewindows018.jpg
> (deeplink)
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> What remains is: now I've got to find a way of using all my 3754pb03 bricks,
> but how do you fill an open mouth of a snake :)
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> Best regards
>
> Daan Bargerbos
Great ideas!
But I just want to point something out for making it "realistic". That is ALL
great churches and cathedrals with stained glass do not show the glass color on
the outside. What that means is from the inside one sees lots of color, but
from the outside it should appear as just trans-clear glass.
I have a book on Chartres Cathedral (35 miles outside of Paris), which just
happens to have the worlds best collection of medieval glass (176 windows of
unsurpassed beauty). All pictures taken from the outside of this cathedral show
the windows to be rather clear, even though the inside has a kaleidiscope of
colored glass.
I mention this because when I built my own 20,000 piece cathedral (4 feet long x
1 1/2 foot wide) it uses about 2000 clear bricks and plates. My cathedral is
based on 4 cathedrals: York Minster and Canterbury Cathedral in England, Notre
Dame and Rheims Cathedral in France. It has 18 bays (window units) a crossing
tower, and 2 towers over the west front. I would show a picture, but I am saving
it for the cover of my upcoming CD on the history of Lego. However there is
another idea that I used and that was using clear bricks and 1x1 and 1x2 clear
plates (I got about 500 from 1960's plates parts packs, but they are now readily
available again in Bricklink). I use them in a SNOT format, rotating the
windows (bricks/plates) 90 degrees. The clear bricks are layered between levels
of non-clear plates (1x4 or 1x6 or 1x8 in whatever color your church walls will
be) and at the top of the windows I use clear plates staggered to mimic Gothic
tracery. I found this to be the most realistic way to make great Gothic
windows. My cathedrals Great West Window now looks alot like the great window
in the dining hall of Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter movie.
Just my 2 cents ;-)
Gary Istok
A Lego addict since 1960.
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