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Re: Microfig Creations and Karim Nassar's Pallas Spaceworks
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:59:16 GMT
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Mark Sandlin wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Bill Jackson writes:
> > Why spend nearly $1,000 building one of these huge Minfig
> > creations that takes maybe a year or two to build when you could build a
> > smaller, more detailed version of it for $100 or less?
> Huh? Since when is microfig more detailed? Perhaps you mean to say
> that you can afford to have more extensive "features" on your ship, like
> multiple fighter bays and cannon batteries and such. Details are things
> like the insides of engine compartments, mess halls, and Starship
> command bridges. You just can't do these things as effectively with
> microfig creations.
I disagree. Detail doesn't necessarily entail a 1500-button command display
on the bridge. Effectiveness doesn't necessarily require a large scale. Part
of the lure of microfig-scale building is trying to capture the essense of
something in as few pieces as possible. (1) But it's not just the challenge
of minimalist design. It's also learning new and innovative ways to use
pieces that would have never come up with minifig-scale building.
> But don't get me wrong, I love microfig creations, and I think they have
> their own merits, since you can afford to give them a greater sense of
> scale. I don't think this makes them any better or any worse than Minifig
> scale, however.
Agreed. There is no "right" scale. It's simply what the modeller finds his
or her skills matching.
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. Eric Brok put it best: http://www.lugnet.com/cad/?n=1386
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Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society
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 | | Re: Microfig Creations and Karim Nassar's Pallas Spaceworks
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| In lugnet.space, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: <snip> (...) display (...) I didn't say that effectiveness required a large scale... just fine detail. (...) challenge (...) </snip> Indeed, and by definition, "minimalist" means that it has less detail. But (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Microfig Creations and Karim Nassar's Pallas Spaceworks
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| Sproaticus wrote in message <38EA1F64.6D7A7A51@io.com>... (...) challenge (...) You seem to be implying that minimalism is something that happens especially in microfig-scale. I don't think that it is. It can be applied at any scale, and I can just (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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