Trees

The Brick Rat · Post by **The Brick Rat** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:21 pm

JoshWedin wrote:Those trees are quite impressive, very lifelike. I wonder how sturdy they are? Everything I have built with the leaf pieces has been rather unstable...

Josh

For info on how John got around the instability issue check out his Lugnet post.

Ken

CAI · Post by **CAI** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:01 pm

The Brick Rat wrote:
JoshWedin wrote:Those trees are quite impressive, very lifelike. I wonder how sturdy they are? Everything I have built with the leaf pieces has been rather unstable...

Josh
For info on how John got around the instability issue check out his [url=C[/url].

Ken

The trees are amazing, but I don't like the fact that a metal rod down the center was used to keep them standing, unless LEGO is producing long metal rods now

Maybe using plates in the center would make it more strudy, with out having to use metal rods...and flex tubing

jwcbigdog · Post by **jwcbigdog** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:54 pm

I noticed that each tree came with a pretty substantial base, but I figured there would need to be more to it.

He gives a piece count on his largest one, 674 branches!!

Amazing, but man, that is a lot of branches, and that is for only one!! He must have thousands tied up in that little forest.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:02 pm

Now those are TREES! Those are the best looking Tree MOCs I've seen in a while.

Stone Goblin · Post by **Stone Goblin** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:22 pm

These are some sweet trees. To bad they use too many pieces.

Speaking of trees, here is some I did awhile ago:

Redwood Trees
Not the greatest looking especially closeup but very large.
The gallery link here

Sheen · Post by **Sheen** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:31 pm

I am so impressed at those beautiful trees, it makes me wish I were a minifig so I could sit under one of them in the dappled shade and dream about LEGOs. Though I must admit I wouldn't be one to think of using a metal bar for stability.

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:27 pm

Hmm... well, I can agree that a metal rod is not the most attractive answer, but considering the the number of tree leaf/branch pieces he had, I would say that this might be one the best uses for them, so I can excuse it

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I was looking at these again and they still continue to dazzle. A really great creation.

JacobS · Post by **JacobS** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:09 pm

WOW

Awesome my only bother would be that the trunk looks too thin an d could be replaced with a more realistic thicker structure replacing the need to have the metal rod