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Two new flower mosaics....
Well, okay, the ParLUGment one isn’t really new since it’s been built for a few
months and was actually on display at Brickfest. I’m a little behind in taking
pictures. :)
The LEGO logo seemed like an obvious good candidate for a mosaic of this type.
The only problem of course was that LEGO doesn’t make black flowers. Go figure.
Using blue flowers seemed like a reasonable compromise on the ParLUGment mosaic,
but that just wasn’t going to cut it for the LEGO one. I finally bit the bullet
and, with the advice of ParLUGment’s resident painting expert, dove into the
task of painting 180ish blue flowers black. I think they turned out pretty
well, but it certainly wasn’t very much fun.
Someday, probably when I’ve forgotten what a pain it is to paint flowers, I’d
like to retrofit black ones into the ParLUGment mosaic as well.
Enjoy,
J
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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Two new flower mosaics....
Well, okay, the ParLUGment one isn’t really new since it’s been built for a
few months and was actually on display at Brickfest. I’m a little behind in
taking pictures. :)
The LEGO logo seemed like an obvious good candidate for a mosaic of this
type. The only problem of course was that LEGO doesn’t make black flowers.
Go figure. Using blue flowers seemed like a reasonable compromise on the
ParLUGment mosaic, but that just wasn’t going to cut it for the LEGO one. I
finally bit the bullet and, with the advice of ParLUGment’s resident painting
expert, dove into the task of painting 180ish blue flowers black. I think
they turned out pretty well, but it certainly wasn’t very much fun.
Someday, probably when I’ve forgotten what a pain it is to paint flowers, I’d
like to retrofit black ones into the ParLUGment mosaic as well.
Enjoy,
J
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It was a pleasure to be able to see these up close, outstanding work Jason. The
flower beds looked amazing in the town/train display. I was surprised how each
flower sort of locks in the other holding them in place because I have always
had issues with the flowers falling over in my displays.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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It was a pleasure to be able to see these up close, outstanding work Jason.
The flower beds looked amazing in the town/train display. I was surprised
how each flower sort of locks in the other holding them in place because I
have always had issues with the flowers falling over in my displays.
Janey “Red Brick”
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Thanks Janey,
Yeah, they hold together pretty well. The ones along the edges and especially
in the corners are less stable and will occasionally fall off in transit, but
they are no where near as unstable as flower stems on their own.
J
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
> Two new flower mosaics....
>
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5802/index.htm
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5802/thumb.jpg>>
>
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5801/index.htm
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5801/thumb.jpg>>
>
> Well, okay, the ParLUGment one isn't really new since it's been built for a
> few months and was actually on display at Brickfest. I'm a little behind in
> taking pictures. :)
>
> The LEGO logo seemed like an obvious good candidate for a mosaic of this type.
<snip>
Dude, you are the master of flower mosaics!
All the mosaics looked great in the layout.
Keep up the great work. Play well.
Tim
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
> > Two new flower mosaics....
<snip>
>
> Dude, you are the master of flower mosaics!
> All the mosaics looked great in the layout.
> Keep up the great work. Play well.
>
> Tim
Cool, thanks Tim!
J
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Jason Allemann wrote:
> In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> > In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
> > > Two new flower mosaics....
>
> <snip>
> >
> > Dude, you are the master of flower mosaics!
> > All the mosaics looked great in the layout.
> > Keep up the great work. Play well.
> >
> > Tim
>
> Cool, thanks Tim!
>
> J
I have uploaded my pictures of the mosaics now.
LEGO logo:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/lego-flower-mosaic-halfsize-1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/lego-flower-mosaic-fullsize-1.jpg
ParLUGment logo:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/parlugment-flower-mosaic-halfsize-1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/parlugment-flower-mosaic-fullsize-1.jpg
Canada Flag:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-halfsize-2.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-fullsize-2.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-3.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-4.jpg
The pictures don't do them justice. These must be seen in person.
Play well.
Tim Strutt
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> In lugnet.build.mosaic, Jason Allemann wrote:
> > In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> > > In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
> > > > Two new flower mosaics....
> >
> > <snip>
> > >
> > > Dude, you are the master of flower mosaics!
> > > All the mosaics looked great in the layout.
> > > Keep up the great work. Play well.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > Cool, thanks Tim!
> >
> > J
>
> I have uploaded my pictures of the mosaics now.
> LEGO logo:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/lego-flower-mosaic-halfsize-1.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/lego-flower-mosaic-fullsize-1.jpg
> ParLUGment logo:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/parlugment-flower-mosaic-halfsize-1.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/parlugment-flower-mosaic-fullsize-1.jpg
> Canada Flag:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-1.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-halfsize-2.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-fullsize-2.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-3.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Details/canadian-flag-flower-mosaic-4.jpg
>
> The pictures don't do them justice. These must be seen in person.
> Play well.
>
> Tim Strutt
Nice. Thanks for posting these Tim. They are really nice shots. Better than
any I have that's for sure.
J
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> I have uploaded my pictures of the mosaics now.
The thumbnails in that directory got all screwed up, so I deleted the directory.
The mosaics now have their own directory, which they well deserve:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/Train-Shows/Oct-04/Mosaics/
Play well.
Tim Strutt
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> In lugnet.build.mosaic, Tim Strutt wrote:
> > I have uploaded my pictures of the mosaics now.
>
> The thumbnails in that directory got all screwed up, so I deleted the directory.
FYI, you can re-generate the thumbnails in a folder by clicking "Rescan" when
viewing the folder. You must be logged in.
HTH
ROSCO
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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Two new flower mosaics....
Well, okay, the ParLUGment one isn’t really new since it’s been built for a
few months and was actually on display at Brickfest. I’m a little behind in
taking pictures. :)
The LEGO logo seemed like an obvious good candidate for a mosaic of this
type. The only problem of course was that LEGO doesn’t make black flowers.
Go figure. Using blue flowers seemed like a reasonable compromise on the
ParLUGment mosaic, but that just wasn’t going to cut it for the LEGO one. I
finally bit the bullet and, with the advice of ParLUGment’s resident painting
expert, dove into the task of painting 180ish blue flowers black. I think
they turned out pretty well, but it certainly wasn’t very much fun.
Someday, probably when I’ve forgotten what a pain it is to paint flowers, I’d
like to retrofit black ones into the ParLUGment mosaic as well.
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These look really spiffy, even if the painting bit does make me cringe. :-)
Spotlighted.
XFUT to lugnet.parts.mod because painting is a kind of mod, isn’t it?
So what kind of paint did you use, and did you have any adhesion problems?
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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Two new flower mosaics....
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These look really spiffy, even if the painting bit does make me cringe. :-)
Spotlighted.
XFUT to lugnet.parts.mod because painting is a kind of mod, isn’t it?
So what kind of paint did you use, and did you have any adhesion problems?
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Thanks Larry,
This is the first real ‘mod’ (if indeed painting is considered a mod) that I’ve
ever done. I approached it with a bit of trepidation but I deemed it was
necessary.
As for the details, here they are....
They were painted by brush using acrylic paint - Games Workshop brand Chaos Black to be exact.
The adhesion seems pretty good. I cleaned the flowers beforehand to get rid of
any dust/dirt/grime. Where I occasionally globbed paint near the edge of a
flower it seemed more susceptible to peeling off, but that’s to be expected.
I’m sure the flowers would show a little wear with repeated handling. I try to
be as careful as possible when moving the LEGO mosaic around.
Full props go to Norbert, without whom I would have been completely lost in this
task.
J
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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Two new flower mosaics....
Well, okay, the ParLUGment one isn’t really new since it’s been built for a
few months and was actually on display at Brickfest. I’m a little behind in
taking pictures. :)
The LEGO logo seemed like an obvious good candidate for a mosaic of this
type. The only problem of course was that LEGO doesn’t make black flowers.
Go figure. Using blue flowers seemed like a reasonable compromise on the
ParLUGment mosaic, but that just wasn’t going to cut it for the LEGO one. I
finally bit the bullet and, with the advice of ParLUGment’s resident painting
expert, dove into the task of painting 180ish blue flowers black. I think
they turned out pretty well, but it certainly wasn’t very much fun.
Someday, probably when I’ve forgotten what a pain it is to paint flowers, I’d
like to retrofit black ones into the ParLUGment mosaic as well.
Enjoy,
J
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yes, these were a very colourful addition to the layout. not as colourful as
they would be if someone (no names) would paint some mauve & peach coloured
flowers for the rest of his group, but awesome just the same. the big question
is, will we see the photo of the lawncare specialist who got a bit too zealous
or had a rough night?
-§ deborah aka higdon §-
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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yes, these were a very colourful addition to the layout. not as colourful as
they would be if someone (no names) would paint some mauve & peach coloured
flowers for the rest of his group, but awesome just the same. the big
question is, will we see the photo of the lawncare specialist who got a bit
too zealous or had a rough night?
-§ deborah aka higdon §-
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lol, I think you’re more likely to get peach and mauve coloured flowers from
LEGO than you are from me.
I think the lawnmower man was displaying his lack of patriotism when Tim was
taking pictures so I’m sure they’ll show up.
Thanks Deborah!
J
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Jason Allemann wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Deborah Higdon wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Allemann wrote:
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yes, these were a very colourful addition to the layout. not as colourful
as they would be if someone (no names) would paint some mauve & peach
coloured flowers for the rest of his group, but awesome just the same. the
big question is, will we see the photo of the lawncare specialist who got a
bit too zealous or had a rough night?
-§ deborah aka higdon §-
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lol, I think you’re more likely to get peach and mauve coloured flowers from
LEGO than you are from me.
I think the lawnmower man was displaying his lack of patriotism when Tim was
taking pictures so I’m sure they’ll show up.
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Mmmmmmmmmmmm Lawnmower Man.
Oh, nice mosaics by the way ;)
ROSCO
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Dude.. that is sooo cool :)
-Anne
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 04:34:35AM +0000, Jason Allemann wrote:
> Two new flower mosaics....
>
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5802/index.htm
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5802/thumb.jpg>>
>
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5801/index.htm
> <http://www.truedimensions.com/lego/customs/5801/thumb.jpg>>
>
> Well, okay, the ParLUGment one isn't really new since it's been built for a few
> months and was actually on display at Brickfest. I'm a little behind in taking
> pictures. :)
>
> The LEGO logo seemed like an obvious good candidate for a mosaic of this type.
> The only problem of course was that LEGO doesn't make black flowers. Go figure.
> Using blue flowers seemed like a reasonable compromise on the ParLUGment mosaic,
> but that just wasn't going to cut it for the LEGO one. I finally bit the bullet
> and, with the advice of ParLUGment's resident painting expert, dove into the
> task of painting 180ish blue flowers black. I think they turned out pretty
> well, but it certainly wasn't very much fun.
>
> Someday, probably when I've forgotten what a pain it is to paint flowers, I'd
> like to retrofit black ones into the ParLUGment mosaic as well.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> J
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