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Captain Invictus posted:Well you like never make things that aren't spaceships, robots, or robot spaceships, so it wasn't a far stretch to think you were making a Grappler Ship. What can I say? Gotta stick with what I like 
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I've been wanting-- needing a good lightbox for a looong time, and I found this recently: http://www.indieicing.com/blog/2009/11/14/part-5-selling-handmade-online-lets-build-a-large-lightbox.html It inspired me to do the same... except I may have gone overboard    Of course it's not quite there yet. Some lighter, thinner fabric would probably diffuse the light more while letting more in. Maybe nylon, or fleece like that guide suggests? Also, after some experimental pictures:   (This is why the lightbox is so big; Infinity is over 3 feet long!)  I can see that a smooth backdrop would be a lot better, like paper. The problem is finding 4-foot wide strips of paper and fabric. I'll check out a few craft stores like Michael's tomorrow. I also need clamps to hold the fabric, and the side lights really need to be mounted above and on the outside of the fabric. Still, I'm pretty excited  Total cost so far is ~$43.
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That's a great link, and I will most likely end up with paper for the background just because its the easiest to keep smooth. I've managed to get decent pictures with just a roll of white paper and regular overhead lights w/o diffusion:  But there would always be shadows and the light would never seem to be the same from one set to the next. What I'm really looking for is consistency so I can minimize the editing I have to do in Photoshop. I will definitely look into some different colors though, since I'll be out looking for backgrounds anyway.
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Sep 27, 2010 07:47
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Carbohydrates posted:IMO, you want shadows. Helps avoid the 'floating in a void of nothingness' effect. Here's a lego thing and a non-lego thing. These were shot on a piece of white foamboard with natural indirect lighting, no flash. This is really the kind of effect I'm looking for. In the pics I posted you can see the shadows are a lot sharper and show where the light is coming from, because they were done with directional/uncovered ceiling lights and no diffusion. And yeah I might have to go with brighter lights too, those housings can handle up to 150 watts, and the lights I used were compact fluorescent at only 23 watts, meaning I can get quite a lot more light if needed. I'm hoping to avoid a lot of heat output if I can though.
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Sep 27, 2010 19:21
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Carbohydrates posted:It gets... even worse, actually. It doesn't even look remotely appropriate there. Why do you want to hurt us Lego? We've been such good friends... I've had you at birthdays and Christmas, we've gone on all night binges-- my family has seen us together! And now this? I just don't understand. On a serious note the Egyptian stuff looks awesome and so does the next wave of Atlantis. I'm pretty excited about those.
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Sep 27, 2010 21:12
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THIS PLEASES THE MIGHTY DOOP-LOS
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Sep 29, 2010 00:40
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:question re: those ball turrets from the star wars sets: do they take technic axles or only pins? LDD says an axle will fit whereas a pin won't, but I'm not sure that a) that's right given instructions that say use pins and b) it's not clear whether the axle engages anything so it can be held in. I just tried it to make sure, and they only take pins; its weird that LDD only allows axles (unless there's been a design change?). Though it has an x-shaped hole, an axle will just spin and not be held at all while a pin will click in, and then if you spin it, it will spin roughly because of the weird hole. Why they designed it this way,  .
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I keep on having problems of getting somewhere in a design and then just giving up. At least it's easy to make lots of doodles in LDD, they don't take up space or consume parts. So just hang onto it and do something else for awhile, you'll get inspired to finish it/convert it to something else in the future. If it helps, I think it looks pretty neat so far and has plenty of potential. Torael_7 posted:These two ships are both huge and amazing. Especially the second one. That Vexillum is giving me a strange fizzy sensation 
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BrainWeasel posted:I parsed those seats as hands and thought you were making a Transformer for a minute there. I like this, it's a good use for those plates and it fits together well. Captain Invictus posted:Also, this set is totally awesome. I mean seriously, it's a giant transforming ridable robot scorpion with tank treads for legs that transforms into a tank/snowmobile thing. It's awesome. I bought two of them on sale on Lego S@H for parts. Not ALL the new sets are awful, I guess. I got the same deal, and it is a really great set even if its only for the pieces you get. When I get around to it I wanna make some tanks with those treads. InfinEight fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Sep 30, 2010 |
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 'Bionicle' and 'creativity' go hand in hand.
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Captain Invictus posted:Probably just a Playboy Bunny -bot. 
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:How dick is it to flip lego on ebay, anyway, because it looks like there's a bunch of those winter sets moving each day. If your starting bid is MSRP or less, you can't be blamed if people keep bidding higher. When you see sets like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/LEGO-Coast-Guard-Truck-Speed-Boat-Set-7726-/320596152641?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa5051141 for 3x MSRP, then the seller is just being a huge dick. Also, dis is a lot of dark blue:  Click here for the full 1000x750 image.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I'm getting my end-of-year bonus soon and I'm tempted to invest like $1k in ebayable lego sets. Is this a bad idea? It's been talked about in the old thread I think, I can't remember what kind of profits others have gotten. Basically I think, unless you buy hot sets and sit on them until they're out of production, you won't make a lot of profit after the time invested, AND ebay/paypal fees. Green Grocer, Cafe Corner, stuff like that are just expensive enough that most won't pick them up on a whim in the store, making them more rare and desirable after their run is over. But like the examples posted, if you try and sell them for 3x MSRP, you could be sitting on them for a long time. I've never been able to justify it, personally, since I'd rather just keep the sets for myself and the profits seem too slim to bother.
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Dead thread is dead today. I've done more tweaking with my lightbox and I'm pretty happy with the results. As others have suggested, the key is more light! I started with compact fluorescent since they'd be lighter and cooler, but they weren't working for me, so I switched to halogens:   These are un-edited and after getting another worklight and trimming the sheet, I'm pretty pleased. Obviously I can't get rid of the shadows entirely (though if the object is on a stand it helps) but this setup responds to the camera and photoshop a lot better. The 4 lights give a lot better spread as well, with two vs four:  The best thing about this is I can take the whole thing apart when I don't need it, and I can even make a half-size version for smaller stuff if I want. Hopefully I can finally get my cargo ship photographed soon. Also, this thing is drat cool- a giant sea plane in the old technic style. Looks like it has working everything. 
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I'd actually love to get my hands on that Diagon Alley, those buildings are just really nicely made and attractive. Maybe I'll win the lottery this year!  interwhat posted:So I got inspired and bought the 5892 Sonic Boom 3-in-1 kit. I built all three, but got bored. . . It's neat for the limited parts in that set, you could easily expand on it if you wanted. Chris Knight posted:This is from one of the first themed MOC sites I ever found, years ago. They mainly deal with tanks and related vehicles. Someone in Japan is a big ELP fan apparently: And I don't know what this is, but I like it. Anyway I wanted to share a few more pics of my little Viper since I'm pleased with my light-tent/box thing, and also put a link to the MOCpage if you wanna see more and read my ramblings: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/229385    
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3 posted:I'm not gonna lie, it's a slightly rubbish shape for a vic viper... I definitely agree on the wing angle, and was able to get that with this type of click-joint:  The problem was I didn't like how far the legs/wings stuck out in walking mode, so I switched to shoter, brick-type pieces that don't really allow for that angle without looking shoddy. This way I could also use a half-pin to help keep the wings in position, so it has some advantages. It wasn't entirely intentional for it to be similar to a Vic Viper, it just occurred to me that if it had a tailfin, it wouldn't be far off. I had fun with it anyway, and thanks 
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I decided to put my Lunar Limo together, and right away Brick Daddy became my favorite mini-fig. The set itself is pretty great, though I can't help but think it would have been even more amazing if it used chrome gold. Either way I'm really pleased and glad I bought it, and I hope Lego finds a use for Brick Daddy's head in other sets (I still think the gold one looks like a headcrab).
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Sorry, should have included a link to this link. I love these!  I should really buy more. Also Pyroclastic, 10 inches in diameter? At that size, wouldn't 1x3s and 1x1 rounds be stronger? Like this:  Or maybe that forces the circle to be too wide? InfinEight fucked around with this message at 08:35 on Oct 8, 2010 |
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Ohh, I misread what you put, gotcha. Sounds pretty ambitious though, so I look forward to the finished product.
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Pyroclastic posted:Also, the brick+round technique doesn't seem to lend itself to lettering-by-color. What if you use 1x2 plates and 1x1 round studs in place of some of the bricks?
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Torael_7 posted:I posted some enormous spaceships a couple weeks ago from brother's brick, but these are far, far more amazing.  Click here for the full 1024x542 image. 
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Daisyvondoom posted:I have got a giant tub here of (like a quarter of) my old lego stuff, but since it was like the only thing I did from the ages of like 5 to 13 I have a smattering of pieces from a billion different sets, and not real cohesive theme, even though at one point I had both the collector's star destroyer and TIE interceptor 36,380 tons (minifig scale)  As long there is a pattern and/or its symmetrical, you can make an assortment of colors work pretty well. Besides, sometimes its nice to just build your idea regardless of what colors you have available, like I did:    That way by the time you have a better selection of colors, you're more confident with different techniques/ideas. So don't be afraid to be a rainbow warrior if you have to, just have fun.
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Anyway what I'm asking here is, is it possible for me to even put together anything cohesive with a decent color scheme or am I doomed to mismatched things with 30 wheels?
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Daisyvondoom posted:Thanks, I'm keeping that first one open in a tab as motivation to keep on truckin'. Speaking of, what are those grey and black round pieces up on the bottom front? I know I had some of them but I have no idea what to search for them as or where they come from. Those are from some older Alpha Team sets, like this: http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/4793-1. I had that exact set in fact. I remember one day an older cousin suggested that I glue my legos together to make them tougher. I was only 11 or 12 and I wanted to punch him, haha.
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Daisyvondoom posted:Wait what's holding the ammo chain together there? I feel like I can see something right where it's coming out of the gun around the back but I don't get any evidence of that anywhere else. It looks like some sort of narrow, thin plastic strip. I doubt it's an actual lego piece but it's possible.
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Fayez Butts posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPxWTCA1Ug This sums up my feelings on the Mini-Figs pretty well. I was willing to pick up a few when I saw them at the store that ONE time, but looking back, I'm kinda glad they were all gone the next day. I can't blame anyone for wanting all of them, but wouldn't it be better if you didn't have to pay extra through Bricklink? Or order 3 dozen of them just to get the few you really wanted? I can only hope that maybe the variety of figs will spurn more variety in future themes 
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This thing is quite sinister looking and I love it. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=444137
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Looks like it is, based on the brickshelf gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=403749
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  Click here for the full 1496x1512 image. http://mocpages.com/moc.php/233349 This guy has made some awesome stuff and I wish I had half the lego funds he has.
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Sockser posted:Used non-Lego pieces; disqualified Uhm, okay?
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I don't really care about the lego-ness of the cloth, because even without it, it's stylish and creative. The whole thing has a lot of neat and thoughtful details, especially on the pagoda (?). Its the sort of thing I would be sorely tempted to play with if I saw it in person.
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GoldenSeraph posted:how come whenever I see a majestic lego creation I get this inkling to HULK SMASH the ever-loving poo poo out of it? Because you are a BAD MAN and are not invited to my house  Dammit why do I keep getting snipes with nothing good to add  Here's something cool to make up for it, though it may have been posted before:  Click here for the full 854x1139 image. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=438618 InfinEight fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Oct 30, 2010 |
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There are plenty of talented LDD users in this thread so you should get lots of interest. I may even take a stab at it if I get bored at work. As for me, not much new except more sorting. I got through about half my unopened sets over the weekend and bought more shelves:   Of course this isn't very dignified for my own models, but its progress  Edit because 'my own my own creations' is retarded. InfinEight fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Nov 2, 2010 |
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Krispy Kareem posted:It just seems odd on the digital side not to post it. I can see someone guarding their IP with a real life build though. I like to at least give tips or exploded views when it's practical, but honestly I prefer to not make instructions myself. I did make instructions for my version of a Gekko, and while it's cool that others have made their own based on my idea, I kinda feel that it stifles creativity. I've always felt that there is more than one way to execute an idea, and I hate for people to think my way is the 'official way', when their ideas could easily be better than mine. I think the same logic applies to LDD files even moreso, since copy+paste takes even less thought.
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Captain Invictus posted:Man I saw "Gekko" and I thought you'd made an awesome InfinEight-ized version of the Gekko-Go Heh, I don't think I have space for a 10 foot wingspan to make it properly. Though I've got some nice lime green pieces that could help with a micro-scale one...
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Hey, I dabble in other things! Like fuel trucks: So a lego Michael Douglas could be right around the corner.
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Muppetjedi posted:So Nasa is going to send a Lego Space Shuttle into space Space doesn't need those legos, it can't even make whooshing noises! 
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Okay so... my local Smith's/Fred Meyer has all their Star Wars Lego on sale to varying degrees. I was tempted by Grevious' Fighter, another Y-Wing, etc... but the Clone Turbo Tank turned out to be a huge bargain. Not only was it marked down to $96 instead of $120, but the lady at the checkout informed me of a 10% of all toys coupon, which she then applied to my purchase. That means I got 1141 pieces for $86.40, (rounded up $0.08 per piece). Now I hafta decide if I should open it or save it, and depending on my paycheck tomorrow, I may not be able to resist one more set 
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So I was thinking about making a review of the Clone Turbo Tank, but there's already a couple decent ones. Instead I went back to Smith's because (for my loyal and unending use of their fresh values card) I got a $15 back coupon in the mail. I settled on General Grievous’ Starfighter mostly for that sweet cockpit. With the coupon, the sale, and 10% off, I got it for ~$21. There's review here if you're interested.
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He also looks a bit on the small and scrawny side. Anyway, I made some major revisions to my half-track truck thing. It had the tilting cab before but I've rebuilt the whole cab and chassis more to my liking. I have to say it's really rewarding to make little stuff sometimes because you can make big changes so easily and quickly. 
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