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In lugnet.general, Thomas Avery writes:
> 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!
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:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=244582
> > 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
Only other thing I can add to this part is that it wasn't water-based marker,
as I had asked about it. Turned out to be permanent marker, and I don't know
how anyone could get it off. They said it would be reused again, I guess they
could make another 12x12 pixel mosaic.
Sorry I missed you out there TJ.
--Anthony
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