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2001 Ancient Theme Building Contest Jan 1-Mar 15, 2001
email: 2001@ancient-theme.com
website: http://www.ancient-theme.com/2001
1. Build a Lego model of any place or thing from ancient
history.
You can draw on any ancient civilization. For instance, the
classical cultures of Greece and Rome and all lands and
peoples known to them. Entries covering the Far East and
ancient Americas are also encouraged. Medieval times are
really outside the scope of this contest, but may be
acceptable if there is an obvious ancient connection.
2. Suggested categories are Architecture, Daily Life,
Engineering, Mythology, and Sculpture.
Feel free to go outside these category guidelines. If you have a
good idea, I'll make a new category.
Architecture: Any type of building. Temples, villas, palaces,
monuments, tombs, forts. Work in any scale you prefer. There
have been some very nice micro-scale models, in addition to
minifig and maxi scale.
Daily Life: People doing things. Minifigs in costume. City
scenes, farming, entertainment spectacles, ceremonies,
battles.
Engineering: Models of machines used in the ancient world. This
category was pioneered by the Technic Ship-Shaker of
Archimedes in the 1998 contest. Standing models are also ok,
such as aqueducts or construction scenes.
Mythology: Events or creatures from myth and legend. Past
examples have been the Trojan Horse and Pegasus.
Sculpture: Use Lego to recreate an ancient work of art. Think
lots of basic bricks. For instance: statues, busts, masks,
friezes, mosaics. You could also sculpt an ordinary artefact
such as a lamp or jewelry.
3. The contest runs from Jan 1 to Mar 15, 2001.
4. You can enter more than once.
To enter, take pictures of your model and put them on a web page.
Then post a message to lugnet.build.contests with "2001
Ancient Theme Entry" in the subject.
Alternately, you can send email to 2001@ancient-theme.com and
attach pictures. If you can't send your pictures
electronically, just email and I will make arrangements to
help.
Pictures remain the property of the builder. Some of your
pictures will be used to compile a 2001 contest web page on
ancient-theme.com.
5. You are encouraged to research your chosen subject! You don't
have to write a paper, but some written background would be
nice.
As in any model, building accuracy is secondary to clarity.
You can re-create a famous event, make up your own action, or
just create a standing scene.
6. Models in LDRAW (MLCAD, etc.) are perfectly acceptable.
7. Scenes inspired by movies are ok, but original is better.
8. Prizes will be awarded by a judging committee. The Grand Prize
will be a US$50 Amazon.com gift certificate. Other prizes
will be awarded for each category,
9. Remember: for them the world was already ancient…
10. Have fun!
For ideas and up-to-date information visit:
http://www.ancient-theme.com
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| New: Erik Wilson has given me permission to host his Ancient Theme pages on (URL) some point, the original Acropolis Project and 1998 R.T.L. Ancient Theme Building Contest pages will go offline. Erik Wilson may bring them up elsewhere, but in the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| Howdy Eric, ...my name is Richard Wright, and I am a teacher from Boise Idaho. I am glad you are doing this...we were very excited about it when Mr Wilson hosted it. Is there any assistence you need? I can spread the word to different groups of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Here's what I've planned: There will be at least 5 prizes for best-of-category. Other than the grand prize, which is a best-of-show, the other prizes will be small-to-medium Lego sets from the "treasure chest." It's possible that special (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests)
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