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Re: Lego Graffiti
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Date: 
Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:18:14 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dean Earley wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> Seeing as a lot of you tend to do large town scenes for layouts (and I
> couldn't find a group any more relevant :), can anyone give any
> suggestions on how to do graffiti on a wall?
> 
> I have a large (64 studs x 12 bricks) wall in plain grey and I'm trying
> to make it slightly more interesting.
> I've tried getting photos and reducing them in Paint Shop Pro but they
> look absolutely rubbish at brick/plate resolution.

Thanks everyone, and after waiting forever (2 weeks) for a delivery of 1x1
plates, The final product is on brickshelf at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1719833
(Photo curtosy of Mark Palmer)

Enjoy :)

--
Dean Earley (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Lego Graffiti
 
(...) That's pretty cool! Makes me want to order a bunch of 1x plates in different colors... :-) JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Lego Graffiti
 
(...) The comment I liked from a, child, spectator was "...where's the can of black paint...", Dean has added "spray-cans" at the feet of the minifig but not a black one. It looked really great on the layout. Mark (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Lego Graffiti
 
(...) Damn! I was SO going to do this! I was probably going to just use decals though, so yours is very impressive. Nicely done. One suggestion for a subtle detail... I made my spray cans the same way you did, but I realized that if you use a 1x1 (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)

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  Lego Graffiti
 
Hi all. Seeing as a lot of you tend to do large town scenes for layouts (and I couldn't find a group any more relevant :), can anyone give any suggestions on how to do graffiti on a wall? I have a large (64 studs x 12 bricks) wall in plain grey and (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)

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