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Re: Monument of Mine
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Date: 
Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:00:24 GMT
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Bill,

Caught me! I actually painted the male hair piece and the Amidala hair
piece. I was debating whether to do this, and decided since I had so many,
one of each wouldn't hurt. After hours (okay....minutes) of grueling mixing
testors paint, I finally found the perfect color. I took the opportunity of
painting a dragon dark gray too (Statue of St. George and the Dragon coming
soon).

The hardest part of the monument was figuring out the best pose/s for Gawain
and the Triceratops. Eventually, I removed the bottom segment from the
dinosaur and flipped him over.

I'm not sure why I included the Ninja and Samurai...I guess I wanted to add
some variety to the statue (the ninja has two left legs which is why he can
do the splits easily).

I've been on this statue/monument kick lately. Will LEGO please come out
with light gray minifig hands?!?!?!

Question to anyone reading this:  Would an all black monument look tacky? I
thought I could justify it as obsidian or black marble. Stories could be a
lot more detailed as there are obviously more of a variety and quantity of
minifig and decorative black elements. I've had a few comments that it
wouldn't appear as "real" as the dark gray or light gray statues I've done.

-Kyle

http://web.newave.net/~kpeterson/trizeta/misc2.html


Totally AWESOME! It is excellent, you packed a lot into a small space! Very
ornate, the little details are great. I love the blend of Castle, Ninja and
Star Wars.

Did you have to paint some pieces or edit the pictures a little? (re: the
gray Amadala hair)

"I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
Bill



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  Re: Monument of Mine
 
(...) The color is perfect, and it was almost undiscernable that it had been painted. (...) I don't think black would work as well, too hard to take pictures - shadows and glare, etc. Bill (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Monument of Mine
 
Oddly enough I had a similar conversation with one of the Master Builders at LEGOLAND, CA this past week... He was showing me one of his "monument" creations for the Brick-Or-Treat activities at LEGOLAND this past Halloween. It was done in all (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Monument of Mine
 
(...) Ask and ye shall receive. ;-) (URL)Question to anyone reading this: Would an all black monument look tacky? I (...) I think an all black monument would look pretty good. If most of the pictures were closups of the figures, they should look (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Monument of Mine
 
(...) Hey Kyle, What's the secret to taking the dinosaurs apart? I haven't tried it yet for fear of breaking them. Do you have nay tips for getting the two halves apart from each other without causing permanent damage? Matt (23 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: Monument of Mine
 
(...) Totally AWESOME! It is excellent, you packed a lot into a small space! Very ornate, the little details are great. I love the blend of Castle, Ninja and Star Wars. Did you have to paint some pieces or edit the pictures a little? (re: the gray (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)

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