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Re: Depicting Bricks & Mortar
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:13:54 GMT
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Thanks guys. I'm not trying to be realistic in scale, although the 1x2 plates
approach sounds interesting. Rather I want a look that conveys the idea of
bricks and mortar. After all, minifigs are not to scale.

Pictures of what I mean. I bet your eyes just glazed over at my earlier
descriptions--what's he talking about?

http://olson.pair.com/walls/



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  Re: Depicting Bricks & Mortar
 
The idea might best be conveyed with a few simple "brick spots" here and there, especially on corners and edges...using simple 1x2's with single plate widths between. It might look like the building is made of brick and the paint is wearing off here (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.town)

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  Re: Depicting Bricks & Mortar
 
(...) I've only done this as an experiment and a small part of a building, but it looks pretty good if you use 1x2 red plates and stack them like bricks. As Chris Weeks pointed out the mortar space is incredibally tiny at minifig scale, so i would (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.town)

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