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As a final update for 2006, seven new illustrated stories have been added to the
King Saul section of the
The Brick Testament website:
Samuel Anoints David
God Torments Saul with Evil Spirit
Goliath Attempts to Limit Bloodshed
David Decapitates Goliath
Another Slaughter of the Philistines
Jonathan’s Feelings for David
The Fate of Goliath’s Head
(NOTE: For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or the Bible, please take
note of the content warnings for the stories before viewing.)
Enjoy,
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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As a final update for 2006, seven new illustrated stories have been added to
the King Saul section of the
The Brick Testament website:
(NOTE: For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or the Bible, please
take note of the content warnings for the stories before viewing.)
Enjoy,
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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Did you ever notice that whenever The Reverend posts a new installment, all
activity on LUGNET grinds to a halt? Coincidence? I think not!
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Chris Phillips wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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As a final update for 2006, seven new illustrated stories have been added to
the King Saul section of the
The Brick Testament website:
(NOTE: For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or the Bible, please
take note of the content warnings for the stories before viewing.)
Enjoy,
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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Did you ever notice that whenever The Reverend posts a new installment, all
activity on LUGNET grinds to a halt? Coincidence? I think not!
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Perhaps it is the time difference?
The images in “Jonathan’s Feelings for David (1 Samuel 18:1-4)” are not
viewable. Other than that, this is, once again, another great installment of
stories from the Bible. Thanks for sharing, Rev. - Spotlighted! :)
“Big Daddy” Nelson
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
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The images in “Jonathan’s Feelings for David (1 Samuel 18:1-4)” are not
viewable.
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Woah, sorry about that! Fixed a typo in the html and now they’re working.
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Other than that, this is, once again, another great installment of
stories from the Bible. Thanks for sharing, Rev. - Spotlighted! :)
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Thanks!
-Brendan
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Oops, I almost let a BT update go by without comment.
Samuel annoints David - I really like how you start with the reference to the
killing in the previous story. Nice continuity. The fact that he’s still
carrying the axe puts a new spin on the “Do you come in peace?” question in the
next picture. I like the carcass on the altar quite a bit.
God torments Saul - In Jesse’s house I really like the window you made with the
back sides of headlight bricks and the inverted slopes. I’m not a fan of your
lyre solution at all, though I have no good alternative. The effect of putting
the feet back a stud to make Saul lean against the pillar is quite good.
Goliath attempts to limit bloodshed - Nice Goliath solution. Makes me think of
Mike Crowley’s Brickfas figs a little. He looks best in 17:16 with the bent
leg. That Duplo bear always looks mildly confused - “Why is this boy hitting
me with a stick?”
David decapitates Goliath - Some really nice effects in this one - David with
the crown not fitting, the sling being held out of the frame of the picture so
it looks like it’s in action, and the stone hitting Goliath (I assume this is a
careful balancing act?).
Another slaughter - The dead along the road from Ekron work quite well. The
“Why doesn’t he remember me?” in the last panel makes me think of Mr. Burns and
Homer.
Jonathan’s feelings - Hmm, the homoerotic twist on their friendship is
interesting. In the last scene, it is unclear what the naked Jonathan is
handing to David.
Fate of Goliath’s head - These are well done, but not a lot to comment on here.
I enjoy how David is lugging the head around for the last three stories.
Bruce
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Oops, I almost let a BT update go by without comment.
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Well, they were coming in at record pace for a while there. I finally took a
long holiday break, and am just now starting to plot out the first Brick
Testament stories for 2007.
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Samuel annoints David - I really like how you start with the reference to the
killing in the previous story. Nice continuity. The fact that he’s still
carrying the axe puts a new spin on the “Do you come in peace?” question in
the next picture.
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I’m not sure how else the “Do you come in peace?” question could be spun. Do
you think it has another more traditional meaning? It was certainly my artistic
license to have Samuel still carrying his grisly murder weapon, so perhaps in
the original story the Bethlehemites do not feel that they are in immediate
danger from Samuel, but I have to imagine that the reason they ask their
question at all is because they have received word that Samuel just stone cold
hacked a dude into pieces.
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I’m not a fan of your lyre solution at all, though I have no
good alternative.
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I very much like how those two gold LEGO pieces form the shape of an ancient
lyre, but I am bothered by it obviously having no strings. I tried a few ways
of giving it strings with LEGO string or rubber bands, but that ruined the
elegant look of the instrument and made it impossible to keep its shape. I’d
certainly love to see if someone has a nicer LEGO lyre solution.
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Goliath attempts to limit bloodshed - Nice Goliath solution. Makes me think
of Mike Crowley’s Brickfas figs a little.
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He was definitely inspired by the Brickfas figures. I had actually intended to
study the Brickfas figures more closely while putting together Goliath, but I
couldn’t remember who had created them or what they were called, so my search of
LUGNET and Brickshelf turned out fruitless, and I just went by what I could
remember and winged the rest.
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He looks best in 17:16 with the bent leg.
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Agreed.
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That Duplo bear always looks mildly confused - “Why is this boy
hitting me with a stick?”
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Poor Duplo bear. He’s been through a lot in The Brick Testament. He’ll get his
revenge when I illustrate the Elisha story in 2 Kings 2, though.
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David decapitates Goliath - Some really nice effects in this one - David with
the crown not fitting,
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As much as David comes off as an awful person in these stories, I have to admit,
he looks pretty adorable in that ill-fitting armor photo. :)
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the sling being held out of the frame of the picture
so it looks like it’s in action, and the stone hitting Goliath (I assume this
is a careful balancing act?).
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I wish I could say I found a LEGO, balancing, or gravity solution for this shot,
but I cheated and used a little sticky gunk to keep the stone stuck to Goliath’s
forehead for this photo. I suppose I could have balanced it there if I was
willing to somehow arrange the whole background of the scene to be upside down.
But I got lazy.
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Another slaughter - The dead along the road from Ekron work quite well. The
“Why doesn’t he remember me?” in the last panel makes me think of Mr. Burns
and Homer.
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Heh. Yeah.
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Jonathan’s feelings - Hmm, the homoerotic twist on their friendship is
interesting.
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I had to think quite a bit about how to portray their relationship. It’s pretty
hard for me not to get a strong homoerotic vibe from the text’s description of
it. The text doesn’t come right out and say they did anything physical, but
some of the descriptions of their feelings for each other and their removing of
clothes in front of each other struck me as fairly shocking for a Bible story.
So I wanted to retain that sense without overdoing it.
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In the last scene, it is unclear what the naked Jonathan is
handing to David.
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It’s supposed to be his folded up clothes. Without the text, I admit, it would
be pretty hard to tell. But I figured with the text explaining what’s going on,
it would work OK. I guess I still haven’t found a good convention for showing
minifig clothing that’s not being worn. Should I use LEGO cloth? Torsos by
themselves? Or plates and tiles? I think I’ve done all three.
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Fate of Goliath’s head - These are well done, but not a lot to comment on
here. I enjoy how David is lugging the head around for the last three
stories.
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That kid gives me the creeps.
But he is a man after Yahweh’s heart, that much can be said. :)
-Brendan
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