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Hello all. This is my first post to LUGNET. I just wanted to let you all know
that I have created two LEGO pages of my own, and I invite everyone to come
check them out!
(1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots page, and
I wanted to come up with my own alternate Throwbot designs. But since I only
have one of each Throwbot kit, I couldn't make Ultra Throwbots of my own. But
then I thought to myself, "Hmmm... What if I cross-breed them?"
http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/tcp/crossbot.html
(2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
Let me know what you think of them!
Thomas Foote
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> (2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
> and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
> of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
>
>
> Let me know what you think of them!
>
> Thomas Foote
Thomas --
I loved your home movies (paticularly the UFO one, it really made me laugh) --
let's hope that other AFOLs will be inspired to make Lego stop motion films.
Thanks for sharing your work.
F
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Great movies!
I´ve only downloaded one when I´m writing this, but I´ll watch the others as
well.
One of my dreams too has to be able to make stop-motion films of lego-models.
Especially with my classic space minifigs, my moon landscape and my blacktron
Battrax... That would be cool!
I like the way the minifig walk, although he is walking pretty quick :-)
It´s probably hard to make minifigs walk in a good way.
--Tobias
In lugnet.announce, Thomas Foote writes:
> Hello all. This is my first post to LUGNET. I just wanted to let you all know
> that I have created two LEGO pages of my own, and I invite everyone to come
> check them out!
>
> (1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots page, and
> I wanted to come up with my own alternate Throwbot designs. But since I only
> have one of each Throwbot kit, I couldn't make Ultra Throwbots of my own. But
> then I thought to myself, "Hmmm... What if I cross-breed them?"
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/tcp/crossbot.html
>
>
> (2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
> and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
> of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
>
>
> Let me know what you think of them!
>
> Thomas Foote
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In lugnet.general, Tobias Möller writes:
> Great movies!
> I´ve only downloaded one when I´m writing this, but I´ll watch the others as
> well. One of my dreams too has to be able to make stop-motion films of
> lego-models. Especially with my classic space minifigs, my moon landscape and
> my blacktron Battrax... That would be cool!
> I like the way the minifig walk, although he is walking pretty quick :-)
> It´s probably hard to make minifigs walk in a good way.
Especially considering that they don't have knees or ankles... just that one
BIG toe... :)
> > http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
Great movies! I just wish my PC at work had a sound card!
DaveE
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Those are awesome!
What synthesizer did you use to make the sounds?
KL
In lugnet.announce, Thomas Foote writes:
> Hello all. This is my first post to LUGNET. I just wanted to let you all know
> that I have created two LEGO pages of my own, and I invite everyone to come
> check them out!
>
> (1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots page, • and
> I wanted to come up with my own alternate Throwbot designs. But since I only
> have one of each Throwbot kit, I couldn't make Ultra Throwbots of my own. But
> then I thought to myself, "Hmmm... What if I cross-breed them?"
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/tcp/crossbot.html
>
>
> (2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
> and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
> of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
>
>
> Let me know what you think of them!
>
> Thomas Foote
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In lugnet.general, Tobias Möller writes:
> I like the way the minifig walk, although he is walking pretty quick :-)
> It´s probably hard to make minifigs walk in a good way.
>
> --Tobias
Tell me about it... :}
The big problem with getting a slower walk is that minifigs have a very limited
range of motion. It's hard to get a smooth leg motion up and over then next
LEGO stud in front of them, and getting them in a transitional step (both feet
off studs) makes them very unsturdy. But then, the minifigs look so cute and
cartoonish I kind of like the way they zip across the baseplate at 54000
studs/hour. (BTW, that's an accurate calculation. Anyone know what the scale
speed is?)
I just got my first Technic figures for Christmas, and I'm having much better
results with them. They have an incredible range of motion, and can hold
awkward positions with amazing stablilty. Haven't done anything cute with them
yet, but I'm working with them.
Thomas Foote
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Thomas, your movies are spectacular! I was laughing so hard at the UFO one
that several of my cow-orkers came over to see what was the matter. Since
they're all LEGO fans, too, they enjoyed the movies as well.
I also am impressed by your Crossbots! Now my Throwbots have a purpose in life.
Keep up the fantastic creations!
-Cheese
In lugnet.announce, Thomas Foote writes:
> Hello all. This is my first post to LUGNET. I just wanted to let you all know
> that I have created two LEGO pages of my own, and I invite everyone to come
> check them out!
>
> (1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots page, • and
> I wanted to come up with my own alternate Throwbot designs. But since I only
> have one of each Throwbot kit, I couldn't make Ultra Throwbots of my own. But
> then I thought to myself, "Hmmm... What if I cross-breed them?"
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/tcp/crossbot.html
>
>
> (2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
> and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
> of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
>
>
> Let me know what you think of them!
>
> Thomas Foote
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Foote writes:
> But then, the minifigs look so cute and
> cartoonish I kind of like the way they zip across the baseplate at 54000
> studs/hour.
It definately gets my vote - I love these movies, and they way the minifigs
walk!
Do you think it would be worthwhile having a LEGO movie competition
(stop-motion, ray-traced/CAD, etc) at some point in the future to encourage
other people to get creating?
Richard
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Great stuff Thomas! I love the first animation with all of the Blactron guys.
I made a fool of myself by laughing so much at it while I was in a public
computer lab. Hehe!
Pat J
In lugnet.announce, Thomas Foote writes:
> Hello all. This is my first post to LUGNET. I just wanted to let you all know
> that I have created two LEGO pages of my own, and I invite everyone to come
> check them out!
>
> (1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots page, • and
> I wanted to come up with my own alternate Throwbot designs. But since I only
> have one of each Throwbot kit, I couldn't make Ultra Throwbots of my own. But
> then I thought to myself, "Hmmm... What if I cross-breed them?"
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/tcp/crossbot.html
>
>
> (2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
> and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
> of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
>
> http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
>
>
> Let me know what you think of them!
>
> Thomas Foote
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
> Those are awesome!
>
> What synthesizer did you use to make the sounds?
>
> KL
I wish I could take credit for making those sounds myself, but I found them all
on a CD-ROM of "2000 Sound Effects" for $5. Check the bargain bins in Best Buy.
Thomas Foote
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Foote writes:
> The big problem with getting a slower walk is that minifigs have a very
> limited range of motion. It's hard to get a smooth leg motion up and over then
> next LEGO stud in front of them, and getting them in a transitional step (both
> feet off studs) makes them very unsturdy. But then, the minifigs look so cute
> and cartoonish I kind of like the way they zip across the baseplate at 54000
> studs/hour. (BTW, that's an accurate calculation. Anyone know what the scale
> speed is?)
Assuming a minifig is about 6 feet tall, and that your average stud is 8mm
across, about 7mm=1 foot.... So it makes 54,000 studs/hour about 11.7 miles per
hour in minifig scale... I think that represents a running speed for most
people? Not too bad at all, actually... they just look cute doing it!
DaveE
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Thomas Foote wrote:
>
> In lugnet.general, Richard Franks writes:
> >
> > Do you think it would be worthwhile having a LEGO movie competition
> > (stop-motion, ray-traced/CAD, etc) at some point in the future to encourage
> > other people to get creating?
> >
> > Richard
>
> Competition? Gee,that sounds so... competitive. :)
>
> Actually I think it would be a good idea, but mostly I would love to see some
> sort of a LEGO film festival. It would be great to see what other people can
> come up with. I think the best way to get people encouraged to try making their
> own films is to present examples just to show that it can be done, and to share
> descriptions of techniques, tools, and ideas.
My friend made some interesting films, not that great picture wise, but
I could put them up if some people wanted to see.
Scott S.
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In lugnet.general, Richard Franks writes:
>
> Do you think it would be worthwhile having a LEGO movie competition
> (stop-motion, ray-traced/CAD, etc) at some point in the future to encourage
> other people to get creating?
>
> Richard
Competition? Gee,that sounds so... competitive. :)
Actually I think it would be a good idea, but mostly I would love to see some
sort of a LEGO film festival. It would be great to see what other people can
come up with. I think the best way to get people encouraged to try making their
own films is to present examples just to show that it can be done, and to share
descriptions of techniques, tools, and ideas.
Thomas Foote
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Fraser wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > (2) LEGO Home Movies: Using a camcorder, a video digitizer, my assorted LEGO,
> > and a lot of patience and disk space, I have finally achieved an old interest
> > of mine of making my own stop-motion films.
> >
> > http://members.xoom.com/thomasfoote/legomovies/lmovies.html
I can't get to seem to get the avi working. It says I need a
cvid decompressor, does anyone know of a program that runs this? I have
had no luck at all on all of the media players I have (Real Player,
Windows Media Player, etc.)
Scott S.
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In lugnet.general, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
>
> I can't get to seem to get the avi working. It says I need a
> cvid decompressor, does anyone know of a program that runs this? I have
> had no luck at all on all of the media players I have (Real Player,
> Windows Media Player, etc.)
>
> Scott S.
Hmm. I was afraid of this. There's a particular DLL which you (and I here at
work) need to be able to do this decompression, and unfortunately I have no
idea which DLL it is. I've been looking at all the different video compressors
I have and wondering which ones are the most widespread and available, as well
as which one does the best job at compressing.
Looking under Control Panels -> Multimedia -> Advanced -> Video Compression
Codecs should give you a list of available decompression methods you have
installed. Currently here at work, I only have Intel Indeo(R) Interactive
32-bit Driver [IV41], but I'm sure at home I have many more. I'm sure when I
assembled these it defaulted to something else. If you tell me what compressor
drivers you have, maybe I can get an idea of what's the most popular driver and
redo these. (I aim to please!)
Thomas Foote
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Foote writes:
> Actually I think it would be a good idea, but mostly I would love to see some
> sort of a LEGO film festival.
Yeah, that sounds like a better idea :)
What do people think? And when would be a good time - during the summer?
Richard
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> > Actually I think it would be a good idea, but mostly I would love to see • some
> > sort of a LEGO film festival.
I can't find the initial post in this thread...
Is this talking about a LEGO Stop-Motion animation "showing-off" time? I've
done some stop motion stuff I would have fun showing sometime. I can create
some small video clips sometime, if there is some interest.
Iain
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In lugnet.general, Iain Hendry writes:
> I can't find the initial post in this thread...
<http://www.lugnet.com/announce/?n=442>
> Is this talking about a LEGO Stop-Motion animation "showing-off" time? I've
> done some stop motion stuff I would have fun showing sometime. I can create
> some small video clips sometime, if there is some interest.
I'd love to see it :)
Richard
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Thomas Foote <thomasfoote@xoommail.com> wrote in message
news:FoAD0A.ML0@lugnet.com...
> (1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots • page, and
> I wanted to come up with my own alternate Throwbot designs. But since I • only
> have one of each Throwbot kit, I couldn't make Ultra Throwbots of my own. • But
> then I thought to myself, "Hmmm... What if I cross-breed them?"
Excellent work! I particularly like RoadRage.
I liked the UltraThrowbots as well, but like you, not having 2 of each, I
could not replicate them either. I will have a go at building some of yours
ASAP.
Huw
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We need to have it at the same time as a 'real-life' film festival that has
a name which can be 'punned' with a Lego term.
Many thanks,
Nick Allan
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Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:FoAqqI.Itn@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Thomas Foote writes:
>
> > Actually I think it would be a good idea, but mostly I would love to see • some
> > sort of a LEGO film festival.
>
> Yeah, that sounds like a better idea :)
>
> What do people think? And when would be a good time - during the summer?
>
> Richard
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