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I must use my usual preamble to posting to .space, and say I am not much of a
space builder, but nevertheless, I present to you the Wikicraft Barnstar:
The perfect craft in which to deliver a compliment to others!
I’m a great fan of Wikipedia. Not just the encyclopedia itself, but also of the
community that does a lot of work behind the scenes to deliver the ‘pedia to us
– the network of editors, administrators, bureaucrats and so on that ensure that
the ‘pedia is built as well as it can be, and that appropriate standards are
maintained.
One of the things that the community there does is give each other ‘barnstars’
in recognition of good work in helping build the ‘pedia. Some dismiss them as
trinkets, but I think they’re kind of neat.
I was thinking it would be great to have something similar for the on-line LEGO
community, and I pondered the possibility of building a barnstar out of LEGO.
Five pointed figures are not easy to achieve in lego (or at least, not easy for
me!). After a bit of playing around, I came up with the idea of building a
Spiffcraft style, star-shaped spacecraft. After about a month of
experimentation, I finally came up with a design which, I think captures the
spirit of both the barnstar and the Spiffcraft.
Some more pics:
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| In lugnet.space, Richie Dulin wrote: ... (...) Nice work on a five-point star - very elegant design and the effect is perfect. Hey, if it isn't used in the LEGO community, maybe you can propose it on Wikipedia, to be awarded to people doing a good (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Interesting use of those type of hinges to make such a potentially complex shape using LEGO© brand building blocks! Are you planning on making a new 3D version of a Jugstar next? (URL) (18 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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