Woah! Um... Perhaps you could look at some diagrams on SP and see what I mean when I say that the Sears/Willis Tower is the only one that seems to scale. The rest seem a bit too squat,
Hm. You are right. Well, I built them according to LEGO Architecture instructions, so maybe those buildings are not to scale. Or it could be that they were never intended to be to scale.
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Hm. You are right. Well, I built them according to LEGO Architecture instructions, so maybe those buildings are not to scale. Or it could be that they were never intended to be to scale.
Actually, the Landmark Series of LEGO Architecture has a common scale. Or at least they tend to. ART does that on purpose when designing them and, IMO, does a pretty good job at it too. Perhaps they just have to be modified when they are enlarged to your scale, though
Hey Spencer, what's that building to the left of the Citigroup Center? I've noticed it in some photos for awhile but I never thought of asking till now.
Looks like and old building from either Chicago or New York....? Is it 20 Exchange Place?
I have been taking advantage of some free time to expand my new LEGO Architecture White House. Take a look:
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The west wing is still under construction.
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i was at the Lego store last week in Bellevue and picked up a ton of these green flat clear 1x1's i did a small park out of them with a small lift in terrain.. seeing what you guys though of the idea.
Cool idea. One thing with Legos is trying to make any elevation change is always clumsy looking. Things obviously look too square and structured. Nature doesn't look like that. But using those clear tiles sort of softens the effect. You still have your elevation change, but it doesn't look blocky, even though the blocks/tiles are still there. It hides their edges, and what you end up with is a slight elevation change.
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Cool idea. One thing with Legos is trying to make any elevation change is always clumsy looking. Things obviously look too square and structured. Nature doesn't look like that. But using those clear tiles sort of softens the effect. You still have your elevation change, but it doesn't look blocky, even though the blocks/tiles are still there. It hides their edges, and what you end up with is a slight elevation change.
I think that the elevation effects depend on what scale you use. For example, if you build a small scale model of a skyscraper, elevation changes and transitions, can't really look as accurate as real life because there are no pieces/elements that provide a small enough slope to accurately represent the gradual decline in elevation of certain parts of the skyscraper's complex such as sidewalks or pavement. I do agree that nature isn't blocky like LEGOs are but that's part of the fun in it. You can make whatever you want and there are no rules to tell you otherwise!
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