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Re: How do a build a mountain?
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Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:28:16 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Brendan Coughlin writes:
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> > Yes, and I wouldn't mind generating one to whatever specs
> > you have - even flat tops and vertical surfaces for
> > "drilling" tunnels.
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> > Play well,
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> > Jacob
I built my moonscape like a pinata, but it has it's downsides. The moonscape is
now under repair, after the famous "foot" accident ;-)
Not to mention all the tiny fragments of plaster that decorated my room after
that...
Perhaps I'd make it solid somehow, using... Concrete or something. Concrete
would make it very heavy, perhaps you can achieve the same results with plaster
*only*? A big pile of plaster, let i dry, add some more, more, the drill/file/
saw it down to the desired shape. If you make a pinata-style mountain and
accidently lean against it, you'll be sorry you didn't go for the LEGO
alternative :-)
> Well, you're really going to get two different looking designs if you make a
> mountain out of Lego's, and a mountain out of plaster. First of all, with
> Lego bricks, you will get a lot of jagged edges which is perfect for a
> mountain. You can add bricks anywhere you want. However, with using lego's,
> you're still taking away the realism of a mountain. I mean look at the water
> on my website. Blue tinfoil worked PERFECTLY. I couldn't get that realistic
> look with blue lego pieces. Not to mention, I don't have enough pieces for
> making a mountain and buying the pieces will take a LOT of money. This
> mountain is going to end up being 3 feet long and probably about 1 and a half
> feet wide. The top is going to be a forest. It's basically going to be a
> cutaway because I want the mountain to look as though it continues on. That's
> why I'm leaning toward the plaster mountain, but I don't know how how I will
> make it? Will it be like a pinata and then go from there? This will be a
> very fun and interesting project, that's for sure. :-)
>
> Brendan
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| (...) ...That would be almost as heavy as concrete (tho easier to work with). U could also use either foam insulation sheets (those big pink rigid foam sheets u can find at home deopt), or find a can of spray foam. That stuff is fun, u spray it and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Well, you're really going to get two different looking designs if you make a mountain out of Lego's, and a mountain out of plaster. First of all, with Lego bricks, you will get a lot of jagged edges which is perfect for a mountain. You can (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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