Ryno917
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Thank you! :) Such unique machines. Whether you agree with Don's ethos or not, his cars certainly stood out.
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Finally ready to show off this one! The early LMP era is quite underrepresented in the community, so I've decided to tackle one of the fan-favourite cars from the category. While Audi came in and dominated everything for several years, Panoz was the one team that was considered a real threat to them. Always loved the Panoz LMPs, especially the Evo. Overall very happy with this one. Such a cool car, and I think I captured it decently well. I hope you guys enjoy!
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Thank you! :)
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Thank you! There's a few more early GTP models in the works, and I would like to tackle some of the 3.5L era Group C cars as well, if I can :) Hopefully the next will be up soon, though it'll be a newer era car. Likely back to GTP after that as there's one I really want to get finished up asap as well. :)
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There's a few in the pipeline. Most of them are mostly sorted out, but need an additional quality pass to make sure everything is secure enough and not too brittle, and then instructions and decals. Except for one, which is almost finished. Just needs a few small decal tweaks that I'm hoping to get to this week. :)
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Thank you! That era, and this car specifically, are the guilty parties for getting me hooked on the sport in the first place. Love the old GTP and Group C stuff, but there's been a lot of great periods in the LMP era as well. More on that soon... ;) Thanks!
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So cool! Now we just need an open box of rations on the back with some, er... missing packets. And thanks for the heads up on NV's work - I'd seen May's car before, but not the other two.
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For my first real build after coming out of my second dark age, I tackled one of my all time favourite cars - and the one that got me hooked on racing in the first place. It's also the first time I tried my hand at building in an established theme, being the 8-stud wide Speed Champions theme. Super fun build, and I'm quite happy with the result.
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Tips for unwrapping curved shapes?
Ryno917 replied to Ryno917's topic in Minifig Customisation Workshop
I'm mostly just trying to figure out how to get an accurate template to draw the decals on; and I want it all one piece for continuity and general polish. I wound up just putting tape over the windscreen piece, getting it stuck down well along all the edges, and using the side of a pencil's lead tip along the edge to mark out the shape, then remove the tape, stick it flat on paper, and scan it in at full scale in high resolution. It's not perfect, but it's close. When I get a chance I'll print out the templates and verify that it's accurate enough. Wish there was an easier/more accurate method, but I can't find it yet. -
That was great! Very smooth and consistent animation for stop motion :)
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Bricklink Studio - Replace part with custom part?
Ryno917 posted a topic in Digital LEGO: Tools, Techniques, and Projects
Hey all, probably something I'm just missing but I can't find an option for this directly. I've got a MOC all build, instructions sorted out and ready to go. I've finished most of the custom decals for it and started applying them in Studio as new custom parts. Going back to the MOC model, using the "replace part" option I can't find any custom parts in the list. Does this feature not work with custom parts, or is there a setting/option/button somewhere that I'm just missing? Would rather not go through and manually change every single decorated part and move it to the right step. Thanks! -
I'd be down for any/all of the above. Really I'd buy any race car that isn't a NASCAR stock car or a contemporary F1 car (says the guy with the McLaren and Mercedes F1 sets on his wall...). I'd actually probably pick up a smaller series NASCAR vehicle like a truck or a modified, but those are definitely too niche for LEGO to consider, I'm sure.
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If we're looking at pure speculation, or wishlisting, I'd love it if they continued with the IMSA GTP cars; especially if they released an "old + new" pack. Though, I don't think it's likely as the only current GTP contender that had a car in the 80s/90s GTP class is Porsche, and we've already got their current car, as well as a raft of MOCs for the 962 and 956. Maybe if they open it up to include the LMH cars, we could see an LMH + Group C double pack which would be pretty rad. There's opportunity for a few of those cars, Peugeot with their 9X8 could be paired with any of the Group C era 905 variants (a 905 EVO2 "Supercopter" would be amazing... I may tackle that one myself). Toyota's current GR010 could be paired with an 88CV, or TS010 for GroupC, or maybe the Eagle MKIII for a GTP tie-in. Ferrari may have to look further back into their Le Mans history to pull a double pack as they never made a GroupC car, but the 499P could be paired with a 333SP for a more modern tie-in. Looking a bit further back maybe the 250 T/R would be cool, or maybe a 250P or 275P, or keeping it to more purebred prototypes a 330P4 would be a great addition. I'd also love to see more classic race cars in general. If they insist on F1, an old + new F1 pack would be really cool. Alpine/Renault with a '79 RS10 would be a dream, Ferrari with a 156, 1512, or a 641? McLaren with an MP4/4, or an M7A... OR have a lot of fun and bring in a Can-Am car for its pair with an M8D? Williams has a raft of great classic picks as well, like the FW14B or FW19. Mercedes could be paired with a W196, or go cross-discipline and bring in a Mercedes-Sauber C9, C11 or C291 from their Group C stable. Red Bull could use the Honda tie-in to include a Honda RA300... Getting even further out there, a good Indycar set would be nice; especially if it spawned a new windscreen to use since we don't really have a good part for the Aeroscreen. An MX-5 Cup car would be a lot of fun. Honestly I'm down with any race cars that aren't just modern F1, really. Realistically we'll probably just get another [insert generic modern hypercar here] and [insert dull, overweight modern "sports car" here], though, paired with some SUV. Shame the modern automotive industry is so boring.
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Apologies if this isn't the right section for it since it's not strictly minifig related, but as this is the customization section with some resources for decals, I thought this was the most appropriate area for it. I'm working on some custom decals for a MOC. Most of it is pretty simple, flat shapes and the like. I do want to do a full cover decal for one of the newer windscreen parts, and I'm trying to figure out the best method for unwrapping the curves of it to get an accurate flat pattern. A less-than-exact method could be to cover the physical part in tape, trace out the edges, then remove the tape and scan that to get a somewhat accurate unwrap of the part. Not convinced it'd be accurate enough for a cut sticker to properly meet up at the edges, though. I'm currently modeling the part in CAD to derive accurate dimensions from, but it won't really help when it comes to flattening the curves themselves as I don't think there's a method to flatten the surface. As far as I can tell it's not a compound curve so there should be a geometric method to flatten it. From what I can tell, the curves are all constant radius in 2 axis, which is simple enough, but when the other dimension is at an angle to that flat face, is there a good method to derive the final curvature and angles from it? I was thinking of taking the CAD model into Blender and doing a UV Unwrap of the curved face in there, but there's no guarantee that it's not warped and it's very difficult to verify. I could try to figure out the resulting elliptical shape from the intersection, but my geometry skill isn't quiiiite there to figure out the exact angle of the flat sides at the tangent point. Do you guys have any tried and true methods for getting a good dieline for edge-edge decals on curved parts?
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Could Lego really help with depression and anxiety?
Ryno917 replied to ks6349's topic in General LEGO Discussion
All creative pursuits can have mental health benefits. Art, music, design, dance... LEGO is no exception. Creative expression is just one of the reasons it can be helpful, too. For some, following the instructions methodically is meditative and relaxing. For some it's the physical, tactile, sensation of working with the bricks. For some it's the feeling of accomplishment finishing a build, or figuring out a complex construction on a MOC. For some it's a mental escape, like a book or a movie. There's a myriad of ways that it can have benefits for a variety of different mental states, conditions, or disorders. Like anything else, though, there's also ways it can be a hindrance to mental health if you let it. Hoarding, over-extending finances, obsession/addiction, toxic competition, etc.