Comments on: Oasis

By: bengood921

bengood921 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:32:54 +0000

I am interested in how the water was done also. When I originally watched the video, I was convinced that you’d actually poured real water on top of the trans-blue pieces and that’s why it looked like it was moving (I’ve always wanted to use real water in a Lego construction, but that’s a different conversation). But when I looked at the still photos, it was clear that this was not the case. And I had a friend of mine watch the videos, and she thought it didn’t even remotely look like there was literally real water on it and that I was nuts. So, admittedly, part of my curiosity is based on going back and telling her ‘Ha, I told you there was something going on there.’ But I also just wanna know cause it does look awesome, and unless you guys bring it to BrickFair, I won’t get to see it in person.

By: Nannan

Nannan — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:50:00 +0000

Thanks for the comments, a video of the water mechanism will be posted on Tyler’s photostream in two weeks. The motors used were connected to speed regulators so they can be constantly powered. The camera I used is a Canon PowerShot S95.

By: JimmytheJ

JimmytheJ — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:06:12 +0000

Amazing how the water moves. I’m guessing there’s 4×4 blocks, moving up and down on cams. The wheel is madness. I’d have to guess there’s a big cog driving it from under the platform, or maybe two stacks of rotating rubber tires either side, or perhaps a load of them underneath, which would perhaps explain the pause on the missing section of wheel around the 45 second mark… ooh.

By: Sjaacko

Sjaacko — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:08:10 +0000

Looked at it again. Watched the movie again. Still amazing. I am wondering how the mechanism is made that makes the wheel turn and the water move. Oh and btw: the music of the video is nice too ;-)

By: sinfanti

sinfanti — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:49:01 +0000

Holy cow. I especially love the Stargate in the middle. :)

By: Sjaacko

Sjaacko — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:04:38 +0000

Wow. The water!

By: Creative Anarchy

Creative Anarchy — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:56:26 +0000

I love the combination of high and low tech it really fills the piece with a kind of wonderment.

By: Alex Fojtik

Alex Fojtik — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:54:46 +0000

And the teasers come together…A beautiful diorama for sure; the animated parts are my favorite.

Nannan, are you guys using TLGs rechargeable battery boxes? If so, how much control over the motors’ RPM does it give you? I have a diorama with the regular battery box and I can’t seem to gear down enough to get the slow speed I want.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:54:12 +0000

This raises an interesting philosophical question. Would a machine’s vision of paradise be the same as ours? Would the restore the Earth to some prior state, or build it into something we can’t fathom?

By: MarshalBanana

MarshalBanana — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:20:37 +0000

Wow, this is amazing! How did you do the movement of the water, thats incredible epic! Can I also ask you which type of camera you are using for your movies. The quality is really fabulous! Thank’s MB

By: Deus

Deus — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:51:01 +0000

The waving water is pure genius!