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I agree, the gryphon is very nice.
They look pretty nice, Wout. Though on the second one you might want to take off the blue 1x4 plate on the front, it makes too much of a flat side up front.
So I'd like to make a forest, but I don't have a whole lot of tree pieces so I decided to see what I could make in LEGO Digital Designer. Could I get some feedback on how these trees look, and if I should buy pieces to build similar ones or not?
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It's going to be a hummer-type vehicle of some sorts, even though now it looks like a rotting version of an amphibic car.
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No, 
because Mighty Wanderer posted before you, making your post just another post.
Your prop is nice, but like you said, it isn't much right now. But, it'll probably look nice once you've completed it all.
They look pretty nice, Wout. Though on the second one you might want to take off the blue 1x4 plate on the front, it makes too much of a flat side up front.
So I'd like to make a forest, but I don't have a whole lot of tree pieces so I decided to see what I could make in LEGO Digital Designer. Could I get some feedback on how these trees look, and if I should buy pieces to build similar ones or not?
I think those trees would work good for a forest but not as trees in a neighbor hood. So it depends on what you will use them for most.
Oh, I forgot to specify that they would be for a forest. Thanks.
Mighty Wanderer, I think the trees would look better if you added more leaves (Especially the first one). The trunks are pretty good though.
They might be a little short, but it's hard to tell without a minifig for scale or my LEGO collection to go reference. It depends on what kind of forest your going for. If it's whimsical, I think there great, if it's supposed to be realistic, I think they might need to be taller, perhaps a bit thinner (hard to get a good looking base, I know) and more leaves. 
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sory for my tpying , my keyboar is fjl of Lego bricks for thec ar
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How did you post that before me?
Sorry for my typing spelling, my keyboard is full of Lego bricks for the car 
I'll edit this once my keyboard is clean.
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I think the trees would look better if you somehow managed to get them more rounded on the top.
I was thinking maybe using Bionicle or similar parts to get some angle on the leaves parts.
Maybe like this (the tree in the middle):
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Or like these:
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I dont really know how much angle you would need, as the trees doesn't look too tall.
I'm trying to build trees without using a minimal amount of pieces, since I don't really have many of the pieces I'd like to use. backyardlegos, I'm not going for full realism - it will be semi-realistic, but this is going to be for a sort of "troll forest."
Mjolnir, those are amazing, but boy, that would be downright expensive to even get half of those tree pieces. Also that tree in the middle of the first picture would be a real pain if I accidentally bumped it.
Though I do like the trees in the second picture, but do you know how the slanted pieces were applied? I'd be really interested to find out how, it could come in useful for making it look like the tree is fuller than it really is.
Double post, but I was messing around more and came up with something I like better. If I make it in real life, all those gaps will be filled, but for the time being LDD is pretty restricting so I can't do so. I'd probably also be able to stick on a few more of the small leaf pieces, again I have the restrictive problem of LDD. Does this look better?
That does look better.
I like the tree. I also thought that these types of trees in general should have hinged or angular bricks so that the branches can be set at an angle. The greens of the trees always look so "flat" to me.
That new tree looks better.
I like the flatness of the leaves, because it adds to the unshakable cuteness of Lego. It depends on what kind of film you are making though...
Does anyone have any idea how to make a flat (as in, only one flat brick in height) rug of Captain America's shield? My prototype ended up being three studs high (not good) and I have no idea how to do the star pattern. This is what I'm aiming for:
My set will only vaguely resemble this, especially as far as the upper level and balcony go. My selection of actual bricks is quite limited. I've built the superstructure and some of the furnishings, and now I'm just onto the finer details. It's for a project that I should probably get on and make now before I go onto any other projects, and I'm aiming to have all the kinks ironed out before the end of the week.
Any help would be much appreciated!
If your design ends up being too tall, just raise the floor around it until it is level or one plate under the level of the rug. As far as the star goes, maybe wedge plates combined with hinges plates or angled using jumper plates might work.
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