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Very nice. Can I buy one off you? :D
 
Could you use the 1/3 height (sorry no idea what the correct name is) flat bricks to improve the "resolution" on the logo?
 
robbieduncan said:
Could you use the 1/3 height (sorry no idea what the correct name is) flat bricks to improve the "resolution" on the logo?
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The one of the facade of the store is too small for that. Looks like it is about 4 studs wide and 3 bricks high. You would not be able to improve that much without making it larger like the skylight one used for the roof.

The angled "roof tiles" the designer used give you slope within a stud unit.

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balamw said:
The one of the facade of the store is too small for that. Looks like it is about 4 studs wide and 3 bricks high. You would not be able to improve that much without making it larger like the skylight one used for the roof.

The angled "roof tiles" the designer used give you slope within a stud unit.

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I was thinking of not using the angled tiles at all and simply using grey and white flat bricks. 3 to each of the surrounding bricks. This would give you 3 times the vertical resolution for converting the Apple and would give a closer approximation.
 
robbieduncan said:
I was thinking of not using the angled tiles at all and simply using grey and white flat bricks. 3 to each of the surrounding bricks. This would give you 3 times the vertical resolution for converting the Apple and would give a closer approximation.
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Got that.

The roof tiles in question seem to be of the 1 horizontal unit wide variety. The plates (1/3 brick height flat bricks) only give you vertical resolution. How does that help?

(Unless it's an anti-aliasing/gradient approach to fool the eye.)

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balamw said:
Got that.

The roof tiles in question seem to be of the 1 horizontal unit wide variety. The plates (1/3 brick height flat bricks) only give you vertical resolution. How does that help?

(Unless it's an anti-aliasing/gradient approach to fool the eye.)

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I think the grey ones are two wide at the bottom, one at the top. So you could still get a bit of a curve/inset going. I'm not sure that my suggestion would improve the look in the space given (which is what you are suggesting I think). But if we used slightly more of the frontage it could be used to give a better logo...
 
robbieduncan said:
But if we used slightly more of the frontage it could be used to give a better logo...
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Yeah. Look at the larger roof versions for a better rendering of the logo.

I don't think you can improve on this one at this scale.

Lego Digital Designer won't let me build this the way I believe it was built. (Which may mean I am missing something). The gaps between the white and grey parts of the logo make me believe that part of that is already done with the 1x1x2/3 roof tiles in combination with the 1x2x1 roof tiles.

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In regards to the facade logo, opinion is swaying towards a decal instead of bricks. This is fine with me because the set is for everyone to enjoy.

balamw said:
Lego Digital Designer won't let me build this the way I believe it was built. (Which may mean I am missing something). The gaps between the white and grey parts of the logo make me believe that part of that is already done with the 1x1x2/3 roof tiles in combination with the 1x2x1 roof tiles.
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There are no 1x1x2/3 cheese slopes. Its made with 1x1x2 and 1x1x3 regular and inverted slopes. The gaps are a result of raising the inverted slopes one plate height, which is the only way to make the two types of slopes work together without increasing the width. The technique of placing slopes on top of eachother and using friction to hold them together, while effective, is what's termed an illegal connection and would not pass Lego's review. I made the facade two studs deep so you wouldn't see light peeking through the gaps.

Cheers
 
darngooddesign said:
There are no 1x1x2/3 cheese slopes. Its made with 1x1x2 and 1x1x3 regular and inverted slopes. The gaps are a result of raising the inverted slopes one plate height, which is the only way to make the two types of slopes work together without increasing the width. The roof logo uses the same technique. I made the facade two studs deep so you wouldn't see light peeking through the gaps.
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[Wallace]Cheese![/Wallace]

It looked like there was a 1/3 offset in there, but I couldn't see enough detail.

Unfortunately the decal seems like the way to go at this scale. Unless of course you get those fancy engraved/printed bricks. http://brickprinter.com/default.aspx or went smaller and just used an apple brick. http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=1826&colorID=5 :p

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Just a quick update:

We're just over 2500 votes. I revised the design so it would be taller, and work better as a stand alone model. Link is in my signature.
 
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