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Re: Scale (Was: New MOC: A-Wing Fighter)
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:19:03 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> consider 1 stud = 1 foot, then your minifigs are only about 5 feet tall,
> which is well under average height for a human. But if you decide that a
> minifig is 6 feet tall, then they end up being about 2.5 feet wide, which is
> a pretty rotund person. :^)
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> Sometimes I scale things simply from of a lack of parts. My Skipray
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Right, so now I try to scale based on other things (e.g a sitting minifig,
is around 1/35th scale but with super short legs... but if he's to be
sitting, I scale it to his sitting height). And yeah, running out of parts
is another consideration!
> Essential Guide are often just made up numbers. Then there are problems like
> the controversial Millennium Falcon scale issues.
Which is why I didn't even mention the Falcon! Worst of the bunch for us
scale fanatics!
> I try just to build stuff that "feels" right. It works for me. :^)
And likewise, why I said "I gave up". Heh. As long as a minifig fits in it,
it's minifig scale, I guess.
There is no scale, there is no scale......
Mark W.
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 | | Re: Scale (Was: New MOC: A-Wing Fighter)
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| (...) I do this mainly because of the fact that minifigs have no scale. If you consider 1 stud = 1 foot, then your minifigs are only about 5 feet tall, which is well under average height for a human. But if you decide that a minifig is 6 feet tall, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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