Print ASCII Image Using Nested For Loops - Reverse Iteration?

I'm writing a program to print an ASCII image using nested for loops. The output is a rocket ship that looks like this.

/**
//**
///**
////**\
/////**\
+=*=*=*=*=*=*+
|../..../..|
|.//..//.|
|//////|
|//////|
|.//..//.|
|../..../..|
+=*=*=*=*=*=*+
|//////|
|.//..//.|
|../..../..|
|../..../..|
|.//..//.|
|//////|
+=*=*=*=*=*=*+
/**
//**
///**
////**\
/////**\

I'm having problems with the mid section of the rocket, specifically the bottom part of the mid section:

|../..../..|
|.//..//.|
|//////|

I'm having difficulty writing the for loop to correctly print the dots. You're supposed to incorporate a constant which allows you to adjust the size of the overall figure. The loop doesn't work when I adjust the size, only when the value of HEIGHT is 3. The loop, however, for some reason works with the top part of the mid section.

This is the for loop for the top section.

for (int dots = 1; dots <= -1 * line + 1 * HEIGHT; dots++) {
System.out.print(".");
}

This is the for loop for the bottom section.

for (int dots = -1 * line + 1 * HEIGHT; dots <= 1; dots++) {
System.out.print(".");
}

Usually reversing the iteration of the loop just requires flipping the conditions, right? But it didn't work this time for some reason. Why this doesn't work? I can post the code to my entire program for compiling.