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"Ran Talbott" <ran@netgate.net> writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Chris Gray writes:
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> Corrected URL:
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> http://www.graysage.edmonton.ab.ca/cg/Toys/Megabloks/ProBuilder/USSKittyhawk/
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> (You left out the "cg/").
Oops. Thanks for the correction.
> Some really impressive stuff there, Chris! I think your 7-foot skyscraper
> kinda answers my question about structural strength ;-)
No problems with strength. If my ceiling had been higher I could have gone
another couple of feet with the bricks available. My guess is that that
basic design is mostly limited in height by its stability - if you build
it outside and get too high, it would get blown over! The tower has been
taken apart over the last few days. I was going to take a picture of the
pile of bricks from it, but didn't remember until it was about 1/4 taken
apart. Sigh.
> I've also thought it would be extremely cool to do a "bricks-only" castle
> (though I haven't done more than a little thinking). One thing I'm wondering
> about is the color matching between MB and Lego: in some cases, a mismatch
> would be awful, but I'm thinking it would be very nice for a castle wall. It
> would make it look a little more realistic if there was some variation among
> the stone colors. Have you tried that?
I've done a little mixing, but not much. I have very few grey Lego bricks -
the ratio is about 100 to 1. I think the greys would go together fine,
and the red, blue and white do go together almost invisibly. Some of the
earlier MegaBloks yellow was noticeably different, and of course their
different colours (purple, bright green, military green, etc.) don't match
any Lego colour. Also, the Megabloks tan is noticeably oranger than the
Lego tan.
--
Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.
Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/
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| (...) I went ahead and picked up a MB battleship set for experimenting. The MB grey is quite noticeably lighter than Lego grey. And it looks like it will give just the "natural stone variation" effect I was hoping for. (Which is also to say that, if (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Chris Gray writes: Corrected URL: (URL) left out the "cg/"). Some really impressive stuff there, Chris! I think your 7-foot skyscraper kinda answers my question about structural strength ;-) I've also thought it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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