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Re: The Ten Plagues
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Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:46:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> First Plague (River into Blood): The red river is especially effective.
If only I had enough trans red to cover the whole river! @8^) I was happy
with the way the plain red river came out, though. Even in LEGO, there's
just something eerie about the look or a river running red.
> I also like in the background of this photo:
> http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament//exodus/the_first_plague/ex07_21d.html
> the use of the lightsaber rod for a stream of blood.
The lightsaber was a last minute addition. I had been stupidly trying to
stack trans red 1x1 tiles on their sides to give the illustion of blood
pouring from the bucket. But I think the saber was much more elegant solution.
> Also the bench in this picture:
> http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament//exodus/the_first_plague/ex07_21c.html
> is a simple yet effective piece of minifig scale furniture.
Thanks. I've been very impressed and inspired by the minifig scale
furniture I've seen in other people's work on Brickshelf, so I feel very
indebted.
> Third (mosquitos): I'm actually not a fan of your mosquito solution. It
> seems like cheating to just draw them on. I know, I've done lighting
> effects etc in photoshop too, but this seemed more obtrusive to me. (Hey, I
> can't say everything was great, or people would think you were paying me
> off. :) )
It's good to hear some criticism from you, Bruce. @8^) I agree that my
non-LEGO representation of the mosquitos is not the optimal solution, but I
just couldn't really think of a better one. Mosquitos would be so small in
minifig scale that I couldn't think of any possible LEGO element to
represent them. The only other possibility I considered was switching to a
macro scale for these shots. But even then, I didn't think I could model
larger versions of minifigs that would be recognizeable to the audience. If
you (or anyone else reading this) think of a different way I could have
represented the mosquitos for those passages using LEGO, I'd be interested
in hearing about them.
> Fourth (beetles): Very cute in ways similar to the frogs. I like the
> little fence in this and other plagues seperating Goshen from the rest of
> Egypt. I could almost hear the Hebrew figs saying "Ha-Ha" in the tone of
> Nelson from the Simpsons. I like the servants of pharoah trying to shoo the
> bugs away with brooms.
Have to admit to trick photography on some of the beetle shots. I didn't
really know in advance that I'd be doing a plague of beetles. The Bible I
had used to takes notes for the plague stories translated the fourth plague
as a plague of horseflies. I was worried I'd have to result to non-LEGO
measure again for this plague until I did some more research and found that
the Hebrew words describing this particular plague can be understood in
different ways. Literally, it's something like "harmful creatures". Some
translators even interpret this as wild animals, though most common is some
sort of fly. But when I discovered that beetles was a valid translation, I
was happy because I knew I had a number of LEGO beetles lying around. Plus,
they're cute. Anyhow, I only had about ten of them total, so anytime you
see more than that, I had to splice multiple photos together to achieve the
level of infestation appropriate for a plague. Sigh... I'm becoming such a
cheater... @8^)
> Favorite build detail is the archway with the
> stairway in this scene:
> http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament//exodus/the_fourth_plague/ex08_24b.html
> also the floorboards. That's a very nice building. Oh, and Baby Fett's
> torso is great for that fig. I need to get me one of those (along with the
> blue stubbies).
Thanks. Yeah, I liked that building. I knew that all I had coming up in
the near future were stories set out in the desert wilderness, so I wanted
to try out some cool ideas for indoor shots while I still could.
> I also love the picture of the beetles swarming out of the
> palace door.
I was a little worried that this shot would be confusing, because the text
below it says that "not one remained", and yet above you see lots of
beetles. But yeah, I thought it would be funny to have them all marching
out in unison.
> Fifth (dead animals): very sad when all the horses are lying there dead,
> especially sad is the kitty :( I do love all of your brick-built-beasts,
> especially the camels (simple and abstract, but effective) and sheep.
Thanks. I've refined my camels a bit, giving them cylinder legs with
hooves. I like my brick-built-beasts, but I think there are others who do a
better job. I kind of wish I'd seen Dave Eaton's sheep before I made my
own. Mine seen a little bland in comparison:
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/newtown/shepards.jpg
> Ninth (darkness): Kinda cheating, but funny. A nice silly little detail is
> Moses "streching" his hand towards heaven.
I considered photographing a wall of black LEGO instead for these shots, but
I think that just would have been somewhat confusing. @8^) I also
considered shooting the photos is very, very low light, but I mean hey,
total darkness is total darkness. At least I tried to keep this story nice
and short.
More replies to your further comments ahead...
-Rev. Smith
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| (...) I agree that it's pretty much impossible to do this without cheating. One thing I though of was that you could build a fairly detailed mosquito at a larger scale, something like: (URL) then take a photo of this and in Photoshop cut it out and (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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