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Re: Interior modeling techniques?
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Date: 
Wed, 30 May 2001 13:49:48 GMT
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In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:

I'm afraid I've never mastered the art of interior design, when it
comes to Lego craft.  Seeing some of the models, most recently Bram's
latest wonder, has made me really want to work on improving that.

I like to think I do a good job on the exterior design of my ships.  I
think they tend to have good lines, and symmetry, and all that.  But
I've never been able to do a good job on the interiors.

I tend to think that the exterior of my models aren't quite there, so to
speak. I don't have the skill to make the lines that look so nice. Maybe in
a while I will be to that point...


Maybe it's because I never worked on Town models, back "in the day".
I was a Space fan through and through.  A couple of computers and a
steering wheel is as far as I ever got - just like the official Lego
models.  You never saw a bathroom in a Galaxy Explorer, did you?

So I'm learning late.  I've been working on copying some of the clever
chair designs I see on Brickshelf and other things like that.  But I
think I'm missing the big picture in terms of integrating these
elements into the model.

How do you all do it?  Do you plan the internal floorplan in advance,
and build the exterior to suit it?  Do you build the exterior and add
interior pieces in the result?  Some combination of the two?  I tend
to build ships with wide open spaces inside, then find difficulty
adding interior walls, wall-mounted fixtures, etc., without having to
disassemble the whole thing.  But doing the interior first strikes me
as wrong too.  What's the best way?

My personal procedure is to plan the interior so I at least have an idea
about what I want to include. I then design exterior and interior together
as I build, working out the kinks as I go along.

I don't think that I've ever had a ship with a wide open space, other than a
cargo hold. I would like to have the Star Trek style open space in my
interiors, but it tends to eat up more ABS than filling the interior with a
bunch of cramped interior NASA type details. :-)

--Bill.

-Duane



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