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Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic event in Austin, Texas
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lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug
Date: 
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 14:03:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Harshbarger writes:
> This is an interesting community project, indeed. I have a couple of
> comments after reading the description and seeing the pic:
> 
> 1) The description said over 600 large gray baseplates were used, yet
> the mosaic appears to be smooth? How were the baseplates used?

It wasn't smooth. It was just so large that it appears that way! The
baseplates were used in a normal manner, they were laid down stud-side up,
and then 2x4's were snapped on top. BTW, the whole thing was made from
2x4's. They did bring a few smaller bricks for last-minute fill-ins, but
tried not to use them. We had to "chase out" a lot of 2x2 holes!

> 2) A mosaic that size, and the 'pixel' size used appears to be huge! I'm
> just trying to imagine the possibilties had single plate/brick
> resolution been used on a 25'+ square mosaic... wow. From the pic it
> looks as if the basic 'pixel unit' used was about 16 studs wide. But, of
> course, since it was the kids building it... it had to be kept
> relatively simple.

The "pixel" size was 12x12. They sub-divided the large (48x48) baseplates
into 12x12 squares by marking them with something (water-based marker?).
Yes, it was kept simple for the kids, but you're right. If the resolution
"pixel" had been 1x1 or even 2x2, it could have been a little better. But at
~25x37 feet, I thought the 12x12 resolution looked pretty good!

TJ



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(...) TJ is right of course, I just wanted to offer a bit more proof. Now that the folder has been moderated, I can show you this picture: (URL)2) A mosaic that size, and the 'pixel' size used appears to be huge! I'm (...) Only other thing I can add (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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This is an interesting community project, indeed. I have a couple of comments after reading the description and seeing the pic: 1) The description said over 600 large gray baseplates were used, yet the mosaic appears to be smooth? How were the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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