Raised or Flat

Post by **Robin Hood** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:52 am

Which type of base plate do you prefer? I am a both. Flat are more predominat (or however you spell it) but raised have there place, espically for making things higher without using up bricks you don't have.

Admins if this is in the wrong forum please change it.

Post by **Formendacil** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:54 am

Flat.

More versatile.

Can be larger.

Can be smaller.

Less confining.

But I have definitely been known to use raised on occasion.

That is becoming less common. I tend to use it now because I haven't enough flat.

footsteps · Post by **footsteps** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:57 am

I'm with you. Raised plates are helpful for some MOCs, though I wouldn't want them to predominate. I have three different kinds (one each) and would love to get my hands on the latest "4 corner pits" style used in Morcia.

Alan

footsteps · Post by **footsteps** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:01 am

Formendacil wrote:Flat.

Okay, you two...
Do you use different computers in the same house, or just take turns posting???

Alan

Post by **Formendacil** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:03 am

footsteps wrote:
Formendacil wrote:Flat.
Okay, you two...
Do you use different computers in the same house, or just take turns posting???

Alan

Two different computers.

He's on the nicer one, but I'm on the one that lets you chat and upload to BrickShelf.

Well, he was.

Now he's offline.

Waiting for me to get offline.

So that he can upload to BS. (You know, I really ought to do that myself one of these days.)

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:20 am

Are you brothers?

Well anyway, never liked building on raised, way too confining! I build on flat, or just plates.

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:08 am

I use both. I prefer building my own raised baseplate so I am not as confined by the sizing, but I have used the other styles of raised baseplate fairly often. The 4 pitted baseplate is the worst one in my opinion as it is the most limiting. The plate form 6090 is also not as easy to expand upon.

Will

Post by **Formendacil** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:16 am

Dragon Master wrote:Are you brothers?

I'd refer you to another post, but I forget which it is. The simple answer is yes.

The complicated answer is: only biologically, Legologically, religiously*, and a few otherlies speaking. Other than that, we are completely unrelated.

* I suppose, that religiously speaking, EVERYONE not a a female is my brother. Those of the female persuasion are sisters.

But this is getting offtopic.

Ontopic:

I have the raised baseplates from:

6081 King's Mountain Fortress
6090 Royal Knight's Castle
5948 Sphinx Secret Surprise

I think I like the Royal Knight one best (most useful), although I tend to think that the Sphinx one looks the most useful.

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:23 am

I have seen the Sphinx baseplate and its relatives used in some very cool mocs, so I would have to say it is one of the best raised baseplates.

Will

Post by **Formendacil** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:29 am

To me, the Sphinx-base is at its best in Town, or Town-related MOCs, that ramp-thingy makes an excellent driveway, and all those stairs.

I DID once make a Castle on the Sphinx-base (before the days of the digital, so no pics.) It wasn't bad.

The best feature of the Sphinx-base is probably that you can easily cover its pits. With the ones used on the castles, this tends to be a harder chore. (Certainly with the other two that I own, it is.)

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:34 am

That to me is the downfall of the 6090 baseplate. Covering the pits is a real pain. the CRAPP (6081. 6086) is definitely another easier baseplate to cover the pits in.

Will

Post by **Formendacil** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:39 am

wlister wrote:That to me is the downfall of the 6090 baseplate. Covering the pits is a real pain. the CRAPP (6081. 6086) is definitely another easier baseplate to cover the pits in.

Will

Easier, but still not easy.

Its hard finding plates that cover it right, and I hate having to resort to more elaborate pillars underneath.

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:50 am

I have a large assortment of light grey and black plates, so I have never had to resort to pillars for support, but I would imagine that it would be a pain to work around.

Will

Lord_Of_The_LEGO · Post by **Lord_Of_The_LEGO** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:16 am

I mostly build on flat plates and use bricks when I want terrain, but when I was first building castle stuff I used the raised baseplate from the Dragon Fortress:

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/2069

I dislike raised baseplates because they are limiting to build with, but if you are too lazy to build terrain with normal bricks or just don't have enought pieces, raised baseplates are a nice alternative.

doctorsparkles · Post by **doctorsparkles** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:44 pm

I only have the raised plate from the Sphinx set, and I hate it. I don't believe I have ever used it in an MOC.

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