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Re: Idea Crunching
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 7 Dec 2004 05:06:29 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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Okay,
Paul Baulch has a well documented distaste of the use of wheels as engines.
And at first I thought he was crazy, but then, the more I hear his words in
my head, the more I think he’s right. They are somewhat un-LEGO-y, not to
mention easy and over-used.
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Often yes. But at the same time, don’t let somebody else’s idea root itself
needlessly. And it doesn’t sound like you’ve done that, but at least consider
whether it’s your style or not, and why. When a wheel is the perfect part,
regardless of moc size, then it is the perfect part.
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So I was hoping to mine the forum for some ideas on how to achieve cool
engines without resorting to space wheels, specifically in relation to
building large ships and shuttles (not dinky fighters ;) ).
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Scale can have tons to do with it. Right angles often take the lines away from a
small model that needs all the contouring help it can get from special pieces.
As an example, antennae, bars, rods and hoses could suffer a similar malady
simply because 99% of the time that they’re visible on a ship, they seem to be
only antennae, shooters or conduit.
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I had one good idea with the
Kushinata, but the
result didn’t look 100% engine to me, so I added the transorange bit and then
it ended up looking more like a giant Bot head.
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I think that idea looks like a bot head because the rest of ship style doesn’t
match the stern, IMO. Usually I’m not one to point out a less-than-desirable
choice of color, esp. when the builder’s collection is more limited, but the
engine cowling would have been much better in light gray or green, as there is
no other major black section to match it. The black is just too great of a
contrast with those lighter colors. IMO, that looked just as “tacked on” as any
wheel.
Don’t think that I might be raining on Paul’s parade either because I’m not. I
agree that wheels are overused and frequently “tacked on”, What I think builders
really are grasping for here is more various round parts in different sizes and
slope grades, as well as textures and orientations. I wish Lego would make some.
As a meager, newer example, The Jack Stone engine comes to mind. More recent
wheel designs and “upgrades” need help because they only seem to attach as
wheels and not anything else. But just because a part was used in an official
set as a wheel, doesn’t always make it a wheel :-)
-Tom McD.
http://www.spamcake.com
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