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Re: The Ten Plagues
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Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:15:54 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> Sixth (boils): Again, I kind of thought this was cheating. I do like that
> they actually bulge out though.
Yep, more cheating. But how else does one show boils? I suppose I could
have used fire to actually change the shape of the plastic on the minifigs,
and that would have made is still be all-LEGO. But burning LEGO seems like
such a sacrilege. Maybe I could have just put 1x1 round plates on people?
> Interesting octagonal building in the background during Moses
> and God's conversation. I'd like to see clearer pictures of that.
That's one of my buildings that are designed to look cool blurry in the
background, but if you saw what it was really like, you would not be very
impressed. @8^) Actually, I was sad to see so much of it get covered in
dialogue bubbles. It does fulfill its job of looking cool as a blurry
background building, and it's a shame you can't see too much of it. But it
was really just a very fragile and poorly constructed facade that fell apart
at the end of shooting the photos.
> Seventh (hail): Nice humor with the references to the already dead
> livestock. I really like the building in this picture:
> http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament/exodus/the_seventh_plague/ex09_20a.html
Thanks. That buildning, since it's up close in the foreground, I actually
spent considerable time on. In fact, I was a little sad more of it didn't
make it into the final shot. A lot of times, I don't know how big to make
my buildings, since I don't know beforehand exactly how I'll eventually set
up the shot. There's a whole second floor of the building that you can't
see in the shot. But at least this shot makes it hard to tell I don't have
a matching curved tan railing on the other side! @8^) I should buy a
second one on Bricklink or something...
> I like the hail. Impressive. All of my clear and colorless bricks look
> more weathered than those. I don't think those age too well, so these are
> all new.
I was able to find a lot of those clear pieces in the K-8 boxes they put out
at BricksWest. Presumably that stuff was all new. The rest is probably
mostly from my childhood LEGO collection, plus the LEGO my girlfriend
acquired that used to belong to her (signifigantly) older brothers who had
LEGO collections in the 60s.
> Also an impressive number of those old-style trees.
I had never seen these before we got that shoebox full of 60s LEGO. @8^)
Those old trees are too cool. I've bought one more on Bricklink since then,
but they are pretty prohibitively expensive... What you see in that photo
represent my entire collection of old school granulated trees.
> Eighth (locusts): I like the use of guns as locusts. There seems to be a
> symbolic connection between the two.
I was determined not to cheat using non-LEGO for the locusts. I had to find
something small enough and hopefully somewhat reminiscent of the shape of a
locust. After weeding out many other potential elements, I decided to go
with the six-shooter revolver. Still a bit odd once you realize what they
are, but at least they actual LEGO. With my luck, in two months they will
come out with an official LEGO locust.
> Tenth (firstborn): The table covered with the animal carcass with it's
> head, entrails etc is pretty good. The insect antenna is a nice addition.
> Also the painting the blood above the door scene is very nice. God killing
> the firstborns is pretty brutal, but that is the story. I really love your
> microfig scale city:
> http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament/exodus/the_tenth_plague/ex12_30b.html
Thanks. I was happy with the way the microfig city came out. That's a fun
scale to build in. Up to now when I've built micro-scale, it's been for
buildings "far away" in the background, and consequently blurry, so detail
wasn't a big issue. It was tricky finding enough parts in tan to make a
varied ancient cityscape. On a side note, I am happy to see LEGO officially
making microscale products with the introduction of the new line of micro
Star Wars vehciles.
> Anyway, all around great work. Looking forward to the parting of the Red
> Sea (Sea of Reeds).
Your detailed comments are really appreciated, Bruce. Your payment for them
will be sent off today -- note that I have docked your pay for the criticism
about the mosquitos. @8^D
-Rev. Smith
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