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Post by Steven329 on Nov 10, 2005 21:04:07 GMT -5
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Post by Steven329 on Nov 11, 2005 23:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by back2murder on Nov 12, 2005 8:59:56 GMT -5
uhm i cant see it what u made.. pics are to blurry. sorry.
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Post by Jamit on Nov 12, 2005 10:56:52 GMT -5
How big are you planning this to be? Will it be multi colored?
And I suggest you do something else. If you make a fantasy building it does not have to look like one thing.
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Post by Steven329 on Nov 12, 2005 12:30:35 GMT -5
How big are you planning this to be? Will it be multi colored? And I suggest you do something else. If you make a fantasy building it does not have to look like one thing. Multi color is not an option to me any more. This is going to be the biggest yet! Buildings 1,2,3 and maybe if I can fit 4,5,6,&7 The World Trade Center was my favorite since I was 4. I wanted to build the WTC for a long time now.I will take more pics tonight. I Will ask for a memory card loader for X-mas -Steven329 |
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Post by Steven329 on Nov 18, 2005 21:06:57 GMT -5
 11/18/05. I will keep updating |
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Post by Jamit on Nov 18, 2005 22:32:59 GMT -5
When I asked how big I ment just the two main buildings. Are you thinking minifig scale? And so far, the parts I can see, look good.
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Post by Steven329 on Nov 19, 2005 10:54:44 GMT -5
When I asked how big I ment just the two main buildings. Are you thinking minifig scale? And so far, the parts I can see, look good. Jamt,I will build it intill it can get no higher.I will be minifig scale with 3,4,5,&6.I will make 7 if I can make it before I move. |
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Post by Jamit on Nov 19, 2005 23:05:09 GMT -5
You have that many bricks?  Well, good luck! |
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Post by Paddy <3 Morphosis on Nov 24, 2005 4:37:24 GMT -5
Build Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall. That would be far more impressive.  |
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Post by Steven329 on Nov 25, 2005 17:38:21 GMT -5
You have that many bricks? Well, good luck! Well I asked for LEGO tubs for x-mas.Thanks for the luck! You dont understand.The World Trade Center was my favorite building for a long time now and Im willing to make The World Trade Center. |
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Post by Jamit on Nov 25, 2005 19:29:20 GMT -5
Steven, when viewing Padawan716's post you must take them very lightly.  |
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Post by Steven329 on Nov 25, 2005 22:47:17 GMT -5
Well I was trying to tell him that I will not turn away the World Trade Center Idea.
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Post by Steven329 on Dec 11, 2005 17:07:55 GMT -5
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Post by Paddy <3 Morphosis on Dec 12, 2005 5:46:03 GMT -5
I guess it's off to a good start. But can I recommend that you place a couple Bricklink orders for white bricks first? If you come up with a system that you will use on each floor, the calculations for the quantity of bricks of each kind you will need will be extremely easy. It'll be up in no time.
I would also recommend that you stay away from the blocky design. Try some SNOT. I haven't seen a minifig (well, not really, but "minifig play scaled" I guess) scale WTC made with SNOT. You oughtta try that.
I mean, you've already started, but you haven't reached the point of no return.
I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, and I don't want you to get the wrong impression about the concert hall idea... I'm just trying to push you in a more interesting direction.
Bricks stacked on bricks - that is not interesting.
Plates, layered with tiles, creating an L-shape (complete with angled corner), to which you attach the floors using an insane amount of technic 1/4 pins, and finally seal up with a second L-shaped facade - I think that'll do it justice.
So just keep it in mind... maybe try a few test builds. I think the plates will work out better. I'm thinking of 1x8 and 1x10 white plates at the moment... those should give you stability *and* increase the height of the building. Now, with all the floors, it's going to get tough to find a solution, but I'm sure you can work in a central shaft that just goes through the building. Give it elevator doors on each floor, just using some inset tiles. Anything and everything to grab attention to it.
Solve problems, create interesting solutions, think outside the "brick." Think of the it (the brick) as a three-dimensional tool that can be applied everywhere, in almost any position, for almost any purpose.
Just because a baseplate has studs facing up does not mean that a brick sitting on it is right side up.
Check out Jail's stuff for some sweet floors and some innovative solutions.
EDIT: I once tried to do a WTC-esque MOC. I did everything like you are doing. Bricks on top of bricks.
It was a disaster. I hated it. It got boring. I didn't want to build. I wanted to finish it, I wanted to make it amazing, but it just sucked. I wanted to do stuff with it that I couldn't do unless I thought outside what logic told me.... and I never did.
Maybe I'm wrong and you will blow us away with a studs up model. But will it be because it's a big model, or a unique model?
Go forth and kick ass, my son.
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Post by Steven329 on Dec 12, 2005 6:54:45 GMT -5
Thanks Patty, I did ask 2 buckets of LEGO this Christmas and willing to get more white bricks. The MOC is running slow not because I got bored its not much whites. I try to use some SNOT but I don't know were to use it. I also did a test last summer. Yes I saw Jails MOCs,isn't he brilliant. I also had interest of the WTC for awhile now so I think that you got bored of building your WTC because you didn't have deep interest in the MOC. The L shaped buildings will be completed after Towers 1&2 Thanks again Patty.  -Steven329 a.k.a reepblue |
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Post by TheQ on Dec 12, 2005 9:08:37 GMT -5
I would make the walls by using *very* high number of plates and add windows by SNOT to it. Could save a lot of time and effort by doing that.. And I can only say that making good looking building is long long project. It also costs more money than building other themes. I hope good luck to you and remember, when no-one will see the brick, you can use rainbow there -Q |
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Post by Steven329 on Dec 12, 2005 15:08:38 GMT -5
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Post by Nannan on Dec 12, 2005 17:06:44 GMT -5
I must comment now on my least favorite theme: mundane town. Paddy, welcome back again.
Steven, good to see you uping the techies. Try building something small to expriement techniques. I'd try out SNOT on lesser buildings first before implementing it on the shazzam.
+15 bricks for steven's moc and paddy's review.
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Post by Steven329 on Dec 12, 2005 17:31:30 GMT -5
Im sorry Town is not your favorate but Im not good at anythig else.Im done breaking my n00bish acts. The WTC is my lifes goal kinda.(sad,very sad.-_-| ).
-Steven329 a.k.a reepblue
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