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BUDDY!
01/13/09
I like the effort. But this design looks monotonous. Where's the giblets? (I think I've got the wrong word. What's that term used to denote all the detail given to scifi ships and such?)
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01/14/09
The word you're thinking of (at least in terms of LEGO construction, if not in a more general sense) is some variation on "greebles", or "greebling". Mention that term to an AFOL, and they will know exactly what you mean.
01/14/09
Asgard ships still do have certain embossed texture which is tough to represent with Legos, perhaps.
01/14/09
Maybe with traditional studs-up brick and plate construction, but a working knowledge of SNOT (Studs Not On Top) construction techniques and some of the more useful decorative elements, you'd be surprised what can be accomplished in that same scale. It should be possible to build that ship, at that same size, without a single LEGO stud being visible anywhere on the surface of the ship. It would probably increase the cost to build, and the piece-count would skyrocket, but any intentional texture wouldn't be muddied up by the grid pattern formed by all those visible studs.
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I agree. I wouldn't want to ship that thing.
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01/13/09
"Too much time on your hands"
Dear GOD people leaving comments on blogs need to stop saying this.
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