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Re: Brick Testament: First Glimpse of the Promised Land
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:53:05 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> > Great as always.
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> Thanks, Bruce.
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> > The use of insect antennae as grapes worked well.
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> Is that what those are? I've only bought them on Bricklink, so I don't know
> how they were originally used in sets, but I assumed they were supposed to
> be two cherries with connected stems. Hmmm.
Hmm. I see that Bricklink does call them cherries. I've got one of these
elements and for some reason I thought it was antennas for one of those insects
from the Belville sets. I think I got this in an e-bay lot that had some
other Bellville elements, including one of those ladybugs, so maybe that's why
I made that connection.
> Yeah, it does stand out, but I wanted to give those 12 explorers some extra
> character to separate them from the rank and file Israelites. They are
> repeatedly described in the Bible as "leading men of the community", so some
> special clothes seemed right. I examined the torso, and checked for
> anything particularly anachronistic about it, but besides the style of
> having a kerchief at the neck, it didn't seem too unbelievable to set in
> ancient times.
I guess my main issue was that the colors and a striped shirt didn't fit with
the Jedi robe style that most of your Israelites are wearing. Perhaps not
actually anachronistic, but it does look more modern to me.
> It's hard to avoid that. Yahweh sure does like to talk. I try to cut down
> his flowery speeches to their bare essantials at times, but for me, God
> dooming the Israelites is really the crux of the story here.
I'd say not just for you. Most Christians would also see the proclamation that
they will spend 40 years in the wilderness as the key point.
> I'm certainly going to try to keep that up. I really like the idea of each
> separate people having their own distinct look for their armies.
Good luck. You're going to accumulate huge armies by the time you're done.
> > How do they hold their respective shields? Do the hands fit
> > into those elements? Or do you have
> > some attachment on the back they're holding on to?
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> The Amalekites' (red/black army) sheilds borrow the technique used in the
> new Adventurer sets: there's a 1x1 round plate attached on the inside of the
> shield that lets a minifig attach his hand to it. The Canaanites' (blue
> army) sheilds have four studs on the inner side, so I used a "tap" piece
> pressed in between the four studs to act as a handle.
Thanks. I'll have to use that trick with the boat studs sometime. Those make
great shields. I'm not sure how many taps I have, though.
> I think I'll eventually go back and do some more New Testament material, and
> possibly even some of the non-narrative parts of the Bible like the Psalms,
> or the visions of the prophets. But overall I think narratives tend to work
> best for The Brick Testament.
I agree. I'm just curious as to how you would tackle the more poetic imagery
of these other parts.
Later,
Bruce
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