MOC INSTRUCTIONS like you've never seen before !!!

[Brick Miner]

hey everyone !!! i've recently finished the digital instructions for my recently publicized MOC, Gunsligners Saloon #6758. i really wanted to share these, cause im really happy with how close to "official" i could get !!! i was going to post these in my already existing GSS #6758 thread, but felt there was enough discussion worthy stuff here to warrent an independant thread.

comments, critizisms, and discussion (as always) WELCOME !!!

these instructions may be of particular interest due to the table/chair/magnet system that was featured in Gunsligners Saloon... maybe of some interest to "mechanism" freaks like me.

unfortunatly, no minifigs are represented here... for me to include them would have taken some work in adobe illustrator that i wasn't ready to get into. basically, the reward wouldn't have been worth the effort at this point.

it took me a little longer than i expected, before i could show these off... i had a little trouble with brickshelf. see, i've jumped on the bandwagon and signed up for a brickshelf account recently. but a brickshelf moderator kept deleting my MOC instructions before making the folder public !!! i contacted the BS support by email... it was my understanding (after reading the entire TOS) that only offically relesed LEGO catalog and instruction scans were banned, not MOC instructions made with software.

well, i get a response saying (in fewer words) that a moderator thought my digital creations were an offical LEGO document !!!

as many of you know, my goal is to come as close to an offical LEGO release as possible with my MOCs and MOC presentations. im adding instructions to my list... so, let me know what you think !!!

here are a few select pages...

and here is a link (to the now cleared) brickshelf folder...

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=192771

- BrickMiner

[xwingyoda]

Many Mant Tks for doing this BM 8-

[Mister Phes]

Once again Mr Brick Miner you have stunned me with your ability to simulate LEGO authenticity. You're really raising the bar around here ya know!

Did you use MClad to design these instructions?

[snefroe]

that's great! 8-

[Norro]

Very impressive! I ampredicting a rapid expansion of the western universe!

God Bless,

Nathan

[Brick Miner]

Many Mant Tks for doing this BM

Sincerely those instructions are great: clear and easy !! I am really impressed by your work

They really do your MOC justice and I am sure that all the Wild West fans will either build it as is or will keep the structure and mod it

well, many thanks to you for writing such kind words yoda !!! i would be honord if WW fans everywhere took my work so seriously !!! only, i can forsee problems there... im sure somone would take credit for them.

oh, and im not sure where they would get the nessesary stickers for the model either.

Did you use MClad to design these instructions?

i used three programs to get the finished product. LDraw, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

how would it look if you'd create the WW background of your cover as a background?

thanks for the good words snefore, but as a background for what ??? im not sure what you mean.

Very impressive! I am predicting a rapid expansion of the western universe!

well, my next MOC is even more ambitious than this one. im planning on creating a whole new WW subtheme. complete with new iconography and background/foreground imagery for the box design. it will all be based on the traditional WW theme design (and traces of that will be apparent).

im planning on all new minifig designs with the new MOC. it seems that when LEGO introduced a subtheme, they also introduced a new line of minifigs. the pirate's islanders are a good example, or the WW indians. i plan on following this concept though to the end with my new WW subtheme, Ghost Town.

needless to say, im excited !!! BrickMiner

[xwingyoda]

im planning on all new minifig designs with the new MOC. it seems that when LEGO introduced a subtheme, they also introduced a new line of minifigs. the pirate's islanders are a good example, or the WW indians. i plan on following this concept though to the end with my new WW subtheme, Ghost Town.

G you are ambitious and seeing what youy did previously, I'm sure it will be fantastic 8-

[exo attack]

When I seen this I died and went to lego heaven.

[Minifig Lecturer]

Nice job BrickMiner! *y*

[ellerb]

I think your instructions look nice. A few things could be improved. The black elements are hard to read (as they are on LEGO instructions). Adding lighter outlines around the bricks would help a lot. This can be done by hand in photoshop or with MegoPOV rendering. You should consider adding which parts are used for each step on that page.

Check out the instructions I made a few years ago for a Building Instructions Portal article:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=401676

www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/resources/tutorial1.cfm (although Jake's site seems to be down right now)

Ben

[Brick Miner]

When I seen this I died and went to lego heaven.

thanks for resurrecting my thread EA :-D

no really, im glad that people are still appreciating the hard work that went into them.

so now that you are in LEGO heaven, will you be constructing a saloon of your own :-P

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I think your instructions look nice. A few things could be improved. The black elements are hard to read (as they are on LEGO instructions). Adding lighter outlines around the bricks would help a lot. This can be done by hand in photoshop or with MegoPOV rendering. You should consider adding which parts are used for each step on that page.

Check out the instructions I made a few years ago for a Building Instructions Portal article:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=401676

www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions/resources/tutorial1.cfm (although Jake's site seems to be down right now)

Ben

thanks ellerb... your suggestions have been absorbed ;-)... and nice instructions of your own, by the way *y*

part of my endeavors in the LEGO hobby, is to create MOCs which mirror official LEGO releases, so the same will go for the instructions. that said, i probably wont apply the suggestion about adding which parts are used for each step. even though i agree, this would help the ease of reading them. i suppose LEGO never did this so that the build was more challenging ???

the black elements are hard to distinguish... thought, i like the flat (kind of drawn) look that mine have... it looks much more like the drawn look of LEGO 90's instructions. the megaPOV rendering style looks more like LEGO instructions of today, not really the look im going for. so, i'll probably just adjust the contrast in photoshop properly on my next batch.

thanks for bring that to my attention.

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NOTE: im currently redesigning the GUNSLINGERS SALOON, incorporating suggestions that were noted by members in the official Gunsligners Saloon #6758 thread. thanks to norro and others for their perceptions about my model *y*

hopefully, updated instructions will follow.

- BrickMiner