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Re: Mark's Lego Creations Update!
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Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:22:15 GMT
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> From: "A. Mark Wilburn" <amwilburn@iname.com>
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> Firstly: D'oh! Beaten to the punch! (I only just bought a few chrome divers
> helmets for the exact same purpose! And I haven't gathered nearly enough dark
> grey plates and wings yet...)
Buy some Sith Infiltrators!
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> Mark, I wish you'd warn us before you unleash another of your recreations on
> us; that way those of us with less ambitious designs can show them first and
> worry about being outshone later, rather than trying to have to live up to a
> high watermark.
Heh. Shucks, man. You flatter me.
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> Having said that: I love it, it's great! I wasn't thinking anywhere near that
> level of complex detail (since the toy I was basing it off was fairly plain)
> and now if I do one, I'll certainly be adding more detail than I would've.
> Your ability to add detail that wasn't necessarily there but looks natural
> anyway is just great; I'm going to be asking you for suggestions on beefing up
> the look of any models I've posted/will post!
Sure thing. Check out where I used some binoculars in the techno-junk on the
top. ;^)
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> I do share Mr. Brown's opinion though, that while the Raider looks fantastic
> overall, the cockpit holds it back slightly. Yes, I realize your tradoff (and
> I completely agree with the choice; where else would you store your Cylons?).
> But did you try a compromise of fitting in only 1 (or 2 offset, like TLG's
> official Falcon set) in order to make the cockpit smaller? It wouldn't be
> accurate per se, not having 3, but just a thought.
Nah, I really wanted to have 3 in there, so I did the best I could with what
I had.
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> Also, it looks really good scaled next to the Viper, but perhaps you
> could've 'cheated' a little and made the rest of the Raider a bit larger (to
> scale with the larger cockpit necessitated by the 3 minifigs)? If it helps,
> the instructions sheets for the models (and a couple of other sources I've
> seen) state that the Viper is approx 9 metres/ 29 feet long, whereas the
> Radier is 26 ft long and 36 feet wide. (Does that give you a little extra room
> for scaling the Raider up to match the cockpit?)
I dunno. I don't really calculate scales when I build, since minifigs aren't
to any scale. I just try to build things that "feel" right. In some cases,
like this one, I just didn't have quite enough plates to make the thing any
larger... and I felt that it looked pretty good.
If you'd like to take a shot at building one, I don't mind. Feel free to use
any of my ideas you like.
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> These are just nitpicks, of course. Great job, I'll bet Bram's proud.
He thought it was pretty neat. :^)
<snip>
> p.s. I think tackling an ID-4 alien attacker would let you go detail crazy,
> and it's design seems to be inspired by the Raider in the first place. Of
> course, minifigs would be a problem, unless you decide to recreate the one
> with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in it ;)
Heh. I could cram a JarJar in there ;^) The ID4 alien ship isn't one of my
faves, but maybe someday I'll take a whack at it.
~Mark
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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