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Re: Pics from the weekend!
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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:13:26 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Chris Phillips writes:
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> Oops! I realized last night that the reason my ceilings seem so high is that
> the rooms are a full seven bricks high, not six!
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> I'm just curious what the "standard" height of a minifig-scale building is
> supposed to be. I had thought that it was five bricks, judging from the few
> apparently room-height BURPs that I have, but that seems awfully cramped when
> you actually try it. It looks like the doors in the classic bucket are five
> bricks tall, so once you add a lintel you're up to six.
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> Did you discuss/agree upon a standard height for each story of a building for
> this display? (Not that it matters all that much, but...)
Well I don't think there are any real standards for room hieght just like in
the real world although it seems that TLC leans towards 6 bricks high. I guess
that is what I use more often then not for "Middle class homes" Peasant homes
might be a little less and for a Castle or Keep you could go 7 or 8 high
depending on the room.
So no it does not matter so I wouldn't worry about it.
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> Last night I finished up many of the interior details of the university
> building, including the classroom and library. I even pulled two Santas out
> of my (otherwise unopened) Advent Calendar to get some long white beards for
> the professors. (I'll post pictures in a couple weeks when I get my camera
> back.)
Cool!
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> Meanwhile I have started thinking some more about the Dragon's Lair. I'm
> thinking that dragons are misunderstood creatures that are quite a bit more
> sophisticated than we humans generally give them credit for. No damp, drafty
> cave will do here -- I was thinking about making an ominous castle/keep in
> dragon-fig proportions that could loom over the little town from a mountain
> peak toward the rear of the display. But I'm not sure if this would be
> consistent with what other people think that a Dragon's Lair should look like,
> or if that would fit into the planned layout, either physically or
> stylistically. Any thoughts on this?
Well to Dragon fig proportions it would be hugh although probably a neat
project. My idea is that every one will bring there stuff when we set up and
if something just dominates the scene to much for one reason or the other then
we will have to decide if we are going to keep it or not.
I had thought about the inside of one of the cubes just because it would be
waisted space anyway. One thing is that Dragons don't exist in the 2000 sets
so we probably don't want then to dominate the scene although including them in
the scene should be fine.
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> Are there any other outstanding projects that still need to be done for the
> display? Do we have a date yet for when the TCS display is going up??
Nothing I can think of in particular except I need to figure out a standard for
the BURP facades for the cubes. Other then that we have a pretty well rounded
town even though we don't really have a castle or keep to go with it and I
don't think they are necessary although it would be nice to have one.
We have residential space with lots of homes.
We have commercial space with a market and the inn.
We have a church.
We have a university.
We have the castle wall.
I guess we don't have much in the way of government buildings but that is all I
can think of.
Eric Kingsley,
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| (...) That was one of my concerns was how to do this without overwhelming the town. I don't think the TCS window area would be large enough for it to be very far off in the distance, unfortunately. The Dragon's Lair should definitely be a sideshow, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) building (...) Oops! I realized last night that the reason my ceilings seem so high is that the rooms are a full seven bricks high, not six! I'm just curious what the "standard" height of a minifig-scale building is supposed to be. I had (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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