Author Topic: The Gateway Arch (Read 1212 times)

iBlox / (-Nick-) · July 06, 2011, 05:52:32 AM

This is iBlox. This is not finished. As you can see, the observation deck is not complete (it's probably the hardest part).

You can rate or whatever. (x/10) Don't get mad at me for it looking not perfectly round shaped because you can't do it.

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Wheatley · July 06, 2011, 06:10:41 AM

How many bricks is that? It looks like ~~a crapload~~ quite a few.
and how tall is it?
I rate 7.5/10, so far.
It's not perfectly round!11!!

uno_da_cat · July 06, 2011, 06:43:15 AM

I've been in that thing before. ~~SWAYS LIKE BALLS~~
I live like a half an hour away from it.
8/10
Looks good :D

iBlox / (-Nick-) · July 06, 2011, 04:14:05 PM

Quote from: Wheatley on July 06, 2011, 06:10:41 AM

It's not perfectly round!11!!

Well it's impossible to make it perfectly round.

(-Nick-)

Remousamavi · July 06, 2011, 05:36:23 PM

Quote from: iBlox / (-Nick-) on July 06, 2011, 04:14:05 PM

Well it's impossible to make it perfectly round.

(-Nick-)

It is possible to make it more round though. You just need to get the base width and height, and then build it round. If you are not good at that, you can use a thirdparty program like paint or pixen and count the pixels on one quarter edge of an elipse. You'd do the same twice, one for the inner edge and one for the two outer edges.you would only have to build one side on that scale, and then dupe it over. From there you can just build the faces in.

Fragite · July 06, 2011, 07:02:10 PM

Looks good. I would tell you to make it more round, but that would mean destroying the whole thing, so I won't.

TURN SUPER SHIFT OFF!!!!!!!

matthewbim11 · July 06, 2011, 07:14:59 PM

Hot damn!

Nice work, 8/10.
8 Because its just a arch, nothing special. And its not done.

iBlox / (-Nick-) · July 06, 2011, 07:50:23 PM

Quote from: matthewbim11 on July 06, 2011, 07:14:59 PM

8 Because its just a arch, nothing special.

It's not "just an arch". You do realize this is a real monument in the U.S., correct?

Quote from: Wheatley on July 06, 2011, 06:10:41 AM

How many bricks is that? It looks like ~~a crapload~~ quite a few.
and how tall is it?
I rate 7.5/10, so far.
It's not perfectly round!11!!

I had to do alot of measuring and calculating. It's 630 feet tall in real life and the "leg to leg" length is also 630 feet. In Blockland it's about 330 blocks tall. It is 26,581 bricks, but again it is not finished.

Quote from: Remousamavi on July 06, 2011, 05:36:23 PM

It is possible to make it more round though. You just need to get the base width and height, and then build it round.

Can someone explain what that means, or tell/show me how I can do this? I don't understand how I can make it more rounded. I am using alot of ramps and if we had ramps that were 2, 4 and maybe even 6 blocks tall I could probably make this look alot rounder like the real Arch.