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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: SanKor on April 06, 2004, 07:14:07 am

Title: LEGO starship
Post by: SanKor on April 06, 2004, 07:14:07 am: http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v27/Star*Fighter/spaceship1.jpg

i'll :mad: if it doesnt work(preview doesnt show it)

edit: and it didn't, so i try link now
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Post by: Setekh on April 06, 2004, 07:20:26 am: The link works perfectly. :)

That thing's actually really good, both as lego and as a starship. You do it all yourself? :D
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Post by: SanKor on April 06, 2004, 07:30:28 am: i used LDraw (www.ldraw.org) for it, and i have done the thing from my own LEGO blocks(star wars ep.1 trade federation drone fighter and AT-ST pieces).

so i all i did was just reassemble the model with MLcad and render with povray, so i guess this is pretty simple... (i started doing it with a 3D renderer, but it proved so hard i just dropped the idea for a while and when found LDraw, this was the first thing i did :))

and i first tried direct linking instead of putting a link to the image
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 06, 2004, 08:02:29 am: Nice.
Further proof that MLCad and POVRay are a force to be reckoned with.

btw,
(http://swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/Medusa.jpg)
:D
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Post by: Grug on April 06, 2004, 08:07:29 am: nice.

Good work mate :D

-Grug
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Post by: Janos on April 06, 2004, 08:28:56 am: Nice!
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Post by: TopAce on April 06, 2004, 08:43:15 am: :yes:
Great work.
I find the Medusa better.
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Post by: Carl on April 06, 2004, 10:11:24 am: we aren't gonna start the lego thing up again, are we? :lol:

what happened to that old thread? let's bump it, shall we?
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Post by: kasperl on April 06, 2004, 10:35:08 am: well, i got Petrarch rebuilding the Medusa (lost in a format) with a little construction guide. once it's done, I'm gonna let my little brother loose on it, I'll make pictures.
Title: LEGO starship
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 06, 2004, 10:54:53 am: And here it is. Step-by-step guide, presented as a series of gifs, with a text file listing the parts need for each step. It should be easy enough to follow, the thing is symmetrical after all.

Hopefully it won't all fall to bits if you try and build it.

http://swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/medusamanual.zip
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Post by: TopAce on April 06, 2004, 11:15:22 am: Oh ... we even have a step-by-step manual.
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Post by: kasperl on April 06, 2004, 11:34:16 am: http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/fscz/kasperl/Medusa/medusa.htm

this is the instruction thingy, in HTML, with low res images. 13 pages A4. these images also have the transperency working.

http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/fscz/kasperl/Medusa/highmedusa.htm
this is the same thing, but with high res images for those with either the paper to spare or working from the screen. transperency not working here, meaning 255,250,255 backgrounds. might be ugly ifor your red color cartridge. 36 pages.
Title: LEGO starship
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 07, 2004, 07:59:30 am: I'm now trying to produce a Fenris, with limited success. There are 2x2x3 sloping bricks, and that's all very well for the upper half of the central hull, but there aren't any inverted ones, so I can't make the lower half.

EDIT: And I've just recieved word from Kas that the model is complete, and that photos are on their way.
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Post by: TopAce on April 07, 2004, 08:39:00 am: Produce a Sathanas fleet. ;)
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Post by: Drew on April 07, 2004, 10:02:59 am: sweet, im gonna have to bust out some of my old lego skillz.

i made a 4' long ship once in like a neghboorhood competetion for whoever could make the kewlest ship.
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Post by: TopAce on April 07, 2004, 10:46:20 am: Quote
Originally posted by Drew
sweet, im gonna have to bust out some of my old lego skillz.

i made a 4' long ship once in like a neghboorhood competetion for whoever could make the kewlest ship.

LEGO skills: :yes: Good wor....d!
kewlest: Coolest?
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Post by: mikhael on April 07, 2004, 12:53:40 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I'm now trying to produce a Fenris, with limited success. There are 2x2x3 sloping bricks, and that's all very well for the upper half of the central hull, but there aren't any inverted ones, so I can't make the lower half.

There are 2x2x3 inverted slopes, as well as 1x2x3 inverted slopes. You'll find them in the Castle sets, some of the RoboForce sets and all the basic buckets. I make extensive use of them in turret gun designs.
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Post by: kasperl on April 07, 2004, 12:55:24 pm: but keep in mind, not everyone has every part.

i had to edit the Medusa model to allow 2*4s to be used instead of slopes.

we just happen to have a whole load of 2*4's from a different mold the the Lego one.....
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 07, 2004, 01:03:26 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael

There are 2x2x3 inverted slopes, as well as 1x2x3 inverted slopes. You'll find them in the Castle sets, some of the RoboForce sets and all the basic buckets. I make extensive use of them in turret gun designs.

Well they're not in MLCAD.:(
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Post by: mikhael on April 07, 2004, 01:05:47 pm: Bah. Only the one true Brick matters. Electronic representations are pure idolatry.
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Post by: aldo_14 on April 07, 2004, 01:07:35 pm: Plus you can;t run about the room going 'whoosh pow pow pow!' with a Lego CAD model.
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Post by: Setekh on April 09, 2004, 09:13:42 am: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
There are 2x2x3 inverted slopes, as well as 1x2x3 inverted slopes. You'll find them in the Castle sets, some of the RoboForce sets and all the basic buckets. I make extensive use of them in turret gun designs.

Dude, you sound like the Professor of Lego at Harvard or something. Got some pics of your works? :D
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Post by: mikhael on April 09, 2004, 09:31:19 am: *heh* I'll see if I can't track them down, Steak. I did them in truespace a long way back. I've also got some photos hanging around somewhere (in fact, before it lived up to its name, they were on my 404error.com website).

Would it do my reputation any harm if I were to tell you that my Truespace legos were perfectly mathematically precise? ;)
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Post by: Setekh on April 09, 2004, 09:40:21 am: :lol: No harm done at all. Now I just want to see them even more. ;)
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Post by: Corhellion on April 12, 2004, 11:03:02 am: Niice stuff!

(Pimp mode!) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Corhellion

My stuff...some pics and mostly renders...but...Some new stuff: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=73982 and http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=76029

Hurry up with the pics of the Medusa!

I'm tempted to build a minifig Herc Mk.2...done it before...I can do it again!
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Post by: kasperl on April 12, 2004, 11:13:23 am: if you give me a manual for it, i would be very happy.
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 12, 2004, 02:16:21 pm: Cor, that's ****ing ownage! :eek:

My stuff pales in comparison...
(http://swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/RA2.jpg)
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Post by: Corhellion on April 12, 2004, 06:41:27 pm: Nice C&C Red Alert stuff! Mammoth, Medium and Tesla tanks right? With some riflemen and an Advanced Powerplant!

Excellent stuff! Now make a complete Soviet base! :D:D
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Post by: mikhael on April 12, 2004, 07:43:42 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
:lol: No harm done at all. Now I just want to see them even more. ;)

They're gone, even my Battletech Stone Rhino inspired Lego mecha (15" tall with heavily articulated legs including a floating ankle joint for stabilizing it on uneven footing).

I'll keep searching, but I can't find the pics--or the models I built from the originals--anywhere. :(
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 13, 2004, 03:51:13 am: Quote
Originally posted by Corhellion
Nice C&C Red Alert stuff! Mammoth, Medium and Tesla tanks right? With some riflemen and an Advanced Powerplant!

Excellent stuff! Now make a complete Soviet base! :D:D

I'm working on it, don't you worry. ;)

http://swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/RA_3.jpg

Now with Allies!
(The scale isn't quite right, but meh)
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Post by: TopAce on April 13, 2004, 09:02:20 am: :yes: I like it. Red Alert 1 is among my favourite games. And I like the Allies. Many, many people underestimate them in Red Alert 1, unless they learn the efficiency of mixed forces.