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We may want to look into how to do partial reimbursements then. Anybody have the relevant accounting experience, knowledge, phone a friend? I know some members have mentioned not wanting to support this event because they do not find the shuttles to be convenient and would prefer to park at the convention center but those fees add up quick. As for street parking, there are quite a few folks who are not on board with that either for safety, inconvenience or other reasons.
Now that said, I will now instruct folks on what they would need to do to get a receipt for parking at the “shuttle parking lots” for exactly $8 (or the relevant daily fee should it have changed this year) on a day that they worked the Home and Garden. Step 1. Go to https://alcoparking.com/parking-receipt/ . Step 2 self report what lot you parked at (Gold lot 1), what you paid with (cash), the amount ($8 assuming it’s the same this year) and the other relevant information Name, Date, Duration. Hit submit and it generates a pdf receipt for your parking to submit for reimbursements. Last I checked the lot attendants really didn’t care who were coming into the lot And there were quite a few cars parking there. They just pleasantly took the requisite cash fee and gave you change as required. If asked for a receipt they would direct you to the above website. Just sayin
I support folks being able to claim a cap of $8 per day worked regardless of where they park. I understand that the stadium isn’t convenient for everyone. But I do highly recommend it as the shuttles run constantly, the drivers are well coordinated to get you where you need to go even when cops decide to block of Gen Robinson and you have to take the back roads up past the Children’s Museum and Aviary as I experienced last year. 🙂
The LUG has in the past reimbursed for the $8 that it would cost to park at the Stadium. This is a balancing act. On the one hand, the only reason we are getting any money is because we pointed out that there is a significant cost incurred by the LUG and it’s members to put on this show. Hence all of the money we are getting is meant to support the show in some way. Whether that’s parking, stanchions, table cloths, meals etc. That’s at our discretion as a LUG. On the other hand the funds aren’t unlimited and having everyone park at the convention center or claim meals would eat up those funds real quick. So the consensus thus far has been the fee for stadium parking and not to cover meals. What’s left over has gone on to fund things like the MILS plates for the trains as well as support the LUG in other areas throughout the year.
I don’t know that we need to scale back space. Most of us can always bring more filler and because Home and Garden lasts so long it tends to fill in as we go since folks tend to bring stuff to build during the show. Hence we can spread out some in the beginning to allow for those builds to be added later. Maybe add the display spreadsheet link to the first post so it’s easier for folks to access it?
So I’m going to put this out there as a proposed challenge. Doesn’t have to be for Q2 but I think it would be cool to do a color pop challenge. The most famous example is probably the girl in the red coat from “Schindler’s List”. However, if you google “Color Pop Photography” you’ll see many examples of this technique in practice. The main gist of this is to create a mostly black&white/grayscale scene and then select something to focus on in that scene that will be in a very bold color. i.e. a Red Rose against a grayscale field of flowers. A butterfly picked out against a grayscale flower. The idea is to create a strong contrast between the subject and the rest of the scene. The main questions you’d be asking yourself (and probably detailing for the judge) is why did you pick the subject that you picked and why the color(s) that you picked for it.
Another possible challenge would be to have a build that starts in black and white on one side/corner(doesn’t matter which) and then gradually pulls in colors as you move through the build until you get to the other side/corner which is full color. This effect would be more akin to the movie “Pleasantville” Where the show starts out in Grayscale and slowly gets ‘colored in’ as the movie progresses. The aim being an “explosion” of color in the build.
Both of these are inspired by the color your world library theme. Neither will work for what we are probably going to be doing in Cranberry (Basically a case wide version of the 2nd challenge), but they might work for the other libraries especially those with less display space.
bringing us back to Q2, do we have any dates in mind yet? That might determine what we do for the challenge. As if it’s prior to Summer reading set ups, we might leverage it for that purpose.
lol I don’t think you realize just how many folks I’d disaapoint if I touch the iguana. If I have the parts I might could build a chameleon but I’m not sure at this point so we’ll see.
WIP but this would is the first of maybe 4-5 Butterflies to be suspended from the top of the case for this display. The aim is to keep it simple and to have some good color mixes going on. Madison’s happy I’m finally doing color. Also my youngest pointed out that the Iguana has never been on display at Cranberry and the Librarians there love him so I’ll see if I can’t craft some kinda space for him in the cube system.
By 3 cubes you mean 3 columns? Also folks will need to make sure they have good supporting columns between builds. I have depicted builds with a back corner wall support and a front corner column, but that probably isn’t enough support for the builds above. I would test adding weight on top of your build.
To be honest, I don’t know how much I’d avail myself of the cube form. I’m not exactly known for building to a base plate standard. What I think I’m going to aim for this display is a handful of colorful butterflies to suspend from above. If we brought the cubes together, That would provide room to add the Boa. It’s brown scale with some black so it’d work for the floor space and should be done before home and garden. Plus I don’t foresee needing it over the summer. That’s an option but certainly not something I’m going to insist on doing. For the cubes…if I manage to work out a good design for them, I might be doing a build with poison dart frogs that would probably fit some where between brown scale and colorful but at this point they are in early development so no guarantee.
Arranged with a transition that happens diagonally and with doubled columns…i.e. 64 deep from the front.
It’s usually just comes down to someone suggesting something and a few others concurring with them. If we already have a next challenge, then the new idea gets pushed out to the next open meeting. i.e. there really isn’t any actual procedure per se. I am not sure, but I don’t think we had a challenge in place yet for Q2.
Display case mock up is a work in progress, but once complete should allow for an easier time of planning these out. Any who, this is a preliminary of what 3 columns would like like. Cubes are 32 stud bases extended up 27 brick (best estimate based on the photo from the dig display and which does roughly produce a Cube Shape (slight variance on the height vs 32 studs). It’s not a bad arrangement. I think I see each column being a different color scheme though rather than transitioning up each column. The floor could be made into a sea of grayscale with various smaller builds floating in it. I still need to measure heights for the case for the mock-up but 5 blocks high seems about a good height.
What if we break the stacks apart. And instead do singular columns as basically rising towers of a color scheme, that could then be surrounded by independent builds matching the color scheme? I mean a lot is gonna come down to who’s building and how much are they building for this?
@greg Restrictive color palettes are going to be the key on this display. And is really the only thing we’ve nailed down to some certainty. i.e. if you are in the full color zone you should be using almost exclusively vibrant colors with no greyscale and very little dark brick. Conversely in the greyscale side you’d basically just build in black, greys and maybe whites. I think theme will probably remain open so that we aren’t limiting folks more than we already are.
Based on the above image we have basically 3 rows (and change) of 32×32 base plates. The first row has 4-5 full base plates and some variable padding on either end next to and around front the Columns. The middle row is 6 and change.The change being on the right side of the picture. That right wall is slightly angled so there’s not quite room for a 7th. The 3rd “Row” is a little different in that it is essentially an irregular pentagon. As pictured in the view above you get 5 full baseplates on the left if you orient to the front window with filler in the triangle space to the left (white half plate) and another dead space the right (timer). However you could easily reorient things such that you have 5-ish full base plates if squared to the door side. The caveat being that you’d cut into some of row 2 (they hypotehtical partial 7th and possibly part of the 6th baseplate). Dead space then moves further to the right and center towards row 2. I think that’s usually what we do or something similar.
I would suggest zones to be from left to right. Zone 4 first two base plates. Zone 3 next two base plate. Zone 2 Plate and a half. Zone 3 the rest (basically everything behind green column).
I’m not sure I’m sold on cubes as being the way to go. I think that might be limiting to folks to don’t build large items. Building the cubes alone would be a significant parts investment never mind what we fit inside them. Further that locks us into a mold. I do like the idea of transitioning by builder though, rather than within builds. I think the orientation that would allow for the most flexibility would be a horizontal transition from left to right. I think the way you achieve your transition is by restricting color scheme for each section. i.e. if you are building for zone 1 space, then you only designated colors from zone 1. A suggestion on such a color scheme set up might be.
Zone 1: Black, Dark Blue Grey/Grey, Light Blue Grey/ Grey.
Zone 2: Zone 1 + “Dark” Colors (Lego usually calls these earth but bricklink I think uses “dark”)
Zone 3: “Dark” Colors and Traditional Rainbow (Lego I think uses “dark” and bricklink uses just the color no descriptor)
Zone 4: Rainbow + Foo Foo Colors (i.e. pastels, florescents, ect)These would be general guidelines and it would be okay if there is some color usage outside of the zone but you’d want to try to stay within your zone’s colors to maximize the effect.
Further we’d probably want to lean into the zones “essence” i.e. the greyscale zone should be kinda monotonous and drab. But the Full color zone should be bright/explosive and engaging. Color your world is a plea to open your mind to new ideas, concepts and worlds (found in books of course) and our build as a whole should emphasis the desire to get from the boring greyscale to the colorful.
Bob was 1st and I was 2nd and we both opted for the cup credits so the set went to 3rd place. I believe that was Kristin’s Potty cause it had the poo in it.
I also won’t be able to attend in person. Will catch at least some of the meeting on discord. Here’s my submission of Iceburgh’s room (Penguins’ mascot).
