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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Martin Nilsson wrote:
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Here are some comments, or rather mostly a proof reading report...
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Not only are you an outstanding artist; you are also quite humble in your
response to criticism. I don’t know that I could have answered that post
without a touch of cynicism.
I had thought at one time your minifig interpretation of the various
factions/nations was just creative. I caught a Discovery Channel special on the
the subject a few weeks ago and gained a new appreciation for your work. I
hadn’t realized you researched details like that for your builds (the Philistine
hair pieces weren’t lost on me, at least).
Outstanding work; I’m always excited to see your new installments.
Felix
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Felix Greco wrote:
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Not only are you an outstanding artist; you are also quite humble in your
response to criticism. I don’t know that I could have answered that post
without a touch of cynicism.
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Well, typo reports (and pointing out math mistakes) are just plain helpful.
Those are always nice to get.
I didn’t think anything Martin wrote was particularly harsh, and it’s always
easier to take criticism from someone you know has an overall favorable opinion
toward the thing they’re criticizing. In fact, that’s generally where the most
helpful criticism and suggestions for improvement come from.
Even if I don’t think a comment or suggestion is on target, I usually don’t mind
explaining why and letting people know why I did something the way I did.
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I had thought at one time your minifig interpretation of the various
factions/nations was just creative. I caught a Discovery Channel special on
the the subject a few weeks ago and gained a new appreciation for your work.
I hadn’t realized you researched details like that for your builds (the
Philistine hair pieces weren’t lost on me, at least).
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There’s still a great deal that’s pure creative license, but necessarily so,
since there’s just not much known about these other ancient nations. I am quite
interested in the historical settings of these Bible stories, so I have done a
fair amount of reading about what we can know about this region in the time
period from 1000 BCE to 100 CE from archeology and non-Biblical writings. I’m
no expert, and I’m sure I take a few unwarranted liberties here and there due to
my own ignorance (and/or the desire to keep things visually interesting), but I
make an effort to have my illustrations informed by knowledge of the time
period.
It’s trickier when what’s in the Bible contradicts what we can know (or at
least, what seems extremely probable or improbable) from non-Biblical sources,
but in those cases I defer to the Bible since that’s the book I’m illustrating.
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Outstanding work; I’m always excited to see your new installments.
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Thanks, Felix!
Hoping to get one more set of stories in before the Christmas break. :)
-Brendan
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Felix Greco wrote:
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Martin Nilsson wrote:
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Here are some comments, or rather mostly a proof reading report...
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Always appreciated!
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Not only are you an outstanding artist; you are also quite humble in your
response to criticism. I don’t know that I could have answered that post
without a touch of cynicism.
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Yeah, I agree. It’s simply that couldn’t come up with very much specific points
to comment on regarding the Lego constructions themselves this time -- they’re
pretty flawless, which is what I should have said, of course, it’s only that I’m
a bit spoiled by now -- we’ve sort of have come to expect great quality from
BPS. (I threw in two “that’s pretty funny” in the post though -- those were
certainly meant in a positive way.) And then there are of course a lot of things
I spontaneously feel like saying about the biblical content in there, but those
things have been been discussed for eternity already by wiser men already, and
tend to lead to eternal discussions/flamewars in lugnet.off-topic.debate here
anyway.
And I knew from before that he has a wish to keep the BT error-free so that it
shall not be as easy for its detractors to dismiss it simply due to the fact
that small glitches can be pointed out in it here and there.
Luckily for all of us, the Reverend took my answer in the right way.
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