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Re: Lamenting over Builders' (Lego?) Block
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Fri, 4 Aug 2000 15:51:19 GMT
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> Tim Courtney wrote in message ...
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> > BTW - I've been looking into using up some of my storehouse of trans • orange
> > corridor walls - so hopefully the Idea Granter will be merciful.
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> *LOL* The first thing that came to my mind was, "Hey - Tim's that guy with
> all the trans orange corridor walls!" and I was about to reply suggesting
> that you try and incorporate them all into a creation of some kind - but • of
> course you kind of beat me to the punch...
LOL! Now *that's* funny. I've been waiting for a good idea to use those
walls. I need more white and 2 more trans orange quarter domes for what I
*really* want to do, and that's to build a Frank Lloyd Wright style Ice
Planet outpost, kinda in the side of a mountain (are there any white
BURPs??) A couple stories lined in corridor walls, L shaped, dome at the
node, and storage shed on the ground floor. But - not enough plates, and
not enough white corridor walls.
What's equally funny, is at Kidvention I was talking to Dave Johann about
the walls, and he said, 'so you're the one!' and expressed to me that *he*
was bidding on that item too. Actually, when I was in California on spring
break, I was at Mike Poindexter's place. I held that lot of corridor walls
in my hands right there and was hooked. I wanted to buy it right there and
he didn't know the value, so I gave him an honest (and generous) estimate of
$50 (I was hoping to get a break from that). He said 'well if ya wanna give
me $50 for it right now...' and so I passed. But I won it on ebay for $31!
:)
> Really, though, I find that that has been my best source of inspiration -
> grabbing about a dozen or so of a large, interesting piece and trying to
> come up with a model that best makes use of them. My most recent • spacecraft
> came about in this way - a sizeable vessel that uses eight of the large
> trans-blue Explorien dome pieces.
Hmmm....that's not a bad idea. I try to think of a shape first and then try
to impliment it. Maybe that's not the way to go. I have a ton of sketches,
but some look pretty hard (or too big) to impliment.
Another problem could be that Brandon (AFOL not online) comes over and
builds with all my cool pieces, and his stuff kicks butt enough that I don't
have the heart to take it apart. Some of it even ends up on display at his
house (we have a habit of trading MOCs back and forth between houses). I
need to LDraw his stuff and use the pieces!!
> Another method that I like is to take a small number of pieces and • construct
> something in micro/nano-fig scale, and then make a minfig version. It • seems
> to work well because building in microfig scale is quite different to
> minifig, and so takes the designs in different and more original • directions
> than would otherwise have done.
Hmmm....now *that's* a cool idea! I've seen some SWEET microfig stuff, even
though I don't jump up and down over the size. But that's definitely
possible to do.
Tom McDonald came up with a kick-butt turret by using a ...wait, he hasn't
released it yet, I probably shouldn't say :) Tom??
> Anyway, HTH a bit. I find it's helped me far too much - these days I feel
> like I'm brimming over with construction ideas, but I simply can't seem to
> devote enough time to Lego! I blame Blizzard Software and their infernal
> Diablo 2.... ;-)
Well, I don't exactly have the time, but Lego helps break up the other
problem, Web Designers' Block - in the development stage of a pretty big
project right now. At least I don't have a *real* job and can sit on my
butt at home all day....
Still, thanks for the words of advice on that. I really really wanna update
my stuff that I've neglected for so long. I've been asked numerous times
over this last year when Zacktron would be updated. I agree, I want to see
more up there.
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
ICQ: 23951114
AIM: TimCourtne
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