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Re: Building Rant One
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Thu, 13 Mar 2003 23:16:53 GMT
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It's sort of hard to respond to this as no specific question has been asked.
I'm not really certain what it is you wish to discuss exactly, but I'm
guessing the nub of it is in your last paragraph.
So here's the question I tihnk was being asked: What is your philosophy of
building and how does it carry through into different sizes of mocs? (please
rephrase this is I'm way off here Paul)
For me, I don't really have one, or at least I haven't develped one yet,
nor, for that matter, do I intend to. I don't really take it that seriously.
Maybe that'll doom me to never building to the sort of quality evident in
the Mako, but I'm ok with that.
Ultimately the building technique is defined by the model. If the model
demands a totally smooth exterior, then that's what the model gets. The only
criteria that I use it that the model looks and functions correctly.
Whole worlds are contained in that word 'correctly'. It can be used both
subjectively and objectively, and in my Lego models it's a bit of both,
which is why I value the (hopefully) objective viewpoint of the .space
community - the subjective correctness is entirely for me to determine.
That said, I do admire what you're doing Paul. The idea of setting a few
basic rules and techniques that'll carry through all your work will
certainly allow a certain amount of freedom from some of the more mundane
mental efforts that I end up putting into every moc. I spend more time
figuring out how to build something that I spend actually building it. It's
like I'm starting from scratch every time. Shifting the ratio more in favour
of the building part does have a certain attraction. I look forward to
reading your treatise on the subject if you put as much thought into as you
did for the 'minor' subjects of greebling and colours.
Apologies to Mark and Rosco for responding to this thread in the spirit that
was intended, and apologies to everyone else for rambling on - it's a slow
morning at work.
Cheers,
Allister
In lugnet.space, Paul Hartzog writes:
> I am trying to develop a comprehensive philosophy/theory
> of building through my work, that will involve technic
> chassis, plating/greebly techniques, etc. and in my
> opinion, a large ship would have much of the same design
> approach as a smaller ship (visually, not structurally)
>
> anyway,
> please chime in and share your opinions :-)
>
> -paul
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