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Re: Three new Wipeout MOCs
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Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:16:15 GMT
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Alexander,
These look pretty good- I’m not familiar with the game, but the shapes are
pleasing enough.
But WHY would you cut up so many good pieces for one specific model? If you
really want the model that accurate, may I suggest polystyrene kitbashing and
scratch-building?
I believe the joy and challenge of LEGO bricks is to use the parts they offer
and come as close as possible to the shape of your original (real or
envisioned).
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I’m getting the impression that you are envisioning me doing something just
completely above and beyond radical here. I don’t know why people freak out
whenever I mention cut-out parts. I am not doing anything THAT radical. The most
“severe” thing I’ve done was cut out one left and one right 2 x 10 wedge plate
from a couple of old 7 x 12 wings for my AG-systems ship and it gets less severe
from there. I needed a few (three to be exact) 1 x 1 clickable hinges instead
of the standard issue 1 x 2 which couldn’t fit into the feisar’s chaises
(Believe me, I tried and I couldn’t do it without blowing away it’s proper
proportions), and I needed plenty of 2 x 3 wedges in colors like blue, yellow
and red. Lego only has them in grey, so rather than go through the trouble of
painting them or having to live with a yellow, blue and grey color scheme,
(yuk!) I cut 3 x 4 wedges in the colors I need in half. As we all know, they
are a penny a dozen. These are relativly minor and petty things, and it doesn’t
detract from the spirit of lego, IMO.
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| (...) Well Alexander, let's look at it from a technical point of view. Your MOC uses pieces of ABS plastic made by cutting up genuine LEGO elements. By all reasonable definitions, those pieces are no longer genuine LEGO elements - they're just (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Alexander, These look pretty good- I'm not familiar with the game, but the shapes are pleasing enough. But WHY would you cut up so many good pieces for one specific model? If you really want the model that accurate, may I suggest polystyrene (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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