TASTER Posted December 15, 2010 Hello everybody, i want to say a little "Hello" into the Eurobricks world :-) I am Tobias from Stuttgart in the south of Germany! Some of you will remember this picture postet by Shary some weeks ago: I am the guy on the right side in the blue shirt (and so one of the two Euromap builder). You can find the rest of my Lego history, MOCs, and so on here on my website: It is in German and English! And last but not least some will remember my software PicToBrick? Happy Bricking! Tobias Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flare Posted December 15, 2010 Hi TASTER, welcome to Eurobricks! Wow! You built that huge map!? Did you use your great program for that? Great work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Cam Posted December 15, 2010 I certainly do remember that map. Nice that you have joined! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrlegoninja Posted December 15, 2010 Welcome to EB! It looks like you did a great job on the map! I hope you enjoy the site! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XimenaPaulina Posted December 16, 2010 Yeah I remember that wonderful Lego Euro map! Welcome and we're glad to have you here in Eurobricks Tobias! Have fun here and see you around! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prateek Posted December 16, 2010 Welcome, and congrats on such an awesome map MOC. Mind showing us the design process? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CommanderFox Posted December 16, 2010 Welcome aboard TASTER! Hope you enjoy the forums! That is one impressive map! Also, just curious, what was in the parcels? See you round! CF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TASTER Posted December 16, 2010 (edited) Hi TASTER, welcome to Eurobricks! Wow! You built that huge map!? Did you use your great program for that? Great work Yes we used PicToBrick for coloring the map and for a material approximation. The 3D effect was made manually. I certainly do remember that map. Nice that you have joined! Thanks ;-) Welcome to EB! It looks like you did a great job on the map! I hope you enjoy the site! I am registered since several month, but in the past i have not found the time to be here continuous. I hope this will be better in the future! Yeah I remember that wonderful Lego Euro map! Welcome and we're glad to have you here in Eurobricks Tobias! Have fun here and see you around! Nice to hear that ;-) Welcome, and congrats on such an awesome map MOC. Mind showing us the design process? I can try to tell it in some easy words: 1) We searched the web for a good source picture of the European map. 2) Then i made some modifications with Photoshop: Converting the picture to Grayscale (lowland in white, highest mountains in black, the rest in different gray colors between). 3) Then we used PicToBrick with the Slicing Algorithm to set the colors: This method cuts the color scale of the picture (from white to black) into a given number of equal parts and you can choose a color for each part. 4) After this we built the map with different heights for each color. 5) 20 people from all over Europe helped us with building the fantastic little sights :-) In the moment the map is shown in a childs museum in Cologne. However it will be shown at the Legoworld in Copenhagen (02/2011) and/or at Fanabriques in France (06/2011), too. Welcome aboard TASTER! Hope you enjoy the forums! That is one impressive map! Also, just curious, what was in the parcels? See you round! CF Hehe ... you can see the contents of the parcels here: http://www.t-reichling.de/pictures/euromap/euromap_113.jpg It is the architecture set "Guggenheim Museum" and an engraved 1x8 brick "Euromap Builder". This present was given or sent out to each helping hand! Best Regards, Tobias Edited December 16, 2010 by TASTER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walter Kovacs Posted December 16, 2010 Welcome, Tobias. That map is stunning. I wish I could see it in person, but Germany is a bit of a drive (and there's that ocean thing in the way, too). I hope you find the time to join us in some discussions. There are certainly enough topics to cover just about everything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buddy Posted December 16, 2010 Welcome to Eurobricks TASTER! ~buddy~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enpaz Posted December 17, 2010 Good day TASTER and your map with famous buildings is incredible, to say the least... I imagine it was quite a hit at whatever convention or fair you set it up. :) Enpaz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
