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LEGO programming will be returning to the 2005 Philcon
SF convention! This will be the second year with an official exhibit and
events. (And the third year as part of the Children’s Program, but don’t let
that scare you, AFOLs.) Plans include a MOC exhibit, open build and Micro
Moonbase, squad and fleet gaming, digital slideshows/building demos for
starships and mecha, stop-motion film screenings, and the return of Eric
Sophie’s Giant Robo Sculptures Of “Gah, is that really LEGO?”.
I thought I’d invite SciBrick, Space and Mecha builders, and other interested
parties to participate. (Castle would also fit Philcon’s mission, but there’s
only so much room at the hotel. I’d be happy to be persuaded otherwise.)
Exact placement of events has not yet been determined, because we all know how
much room MOCs occupy (hence Micro Moonbase, instead of full-scale), and I have
to squeeze them alongside Philcon’s other fixed attractions.
This year’s main guests are DAVID WEBER, author of the Honor Harrington mil-SF
series; and DAVID MATTINGLY, cover artist for the books. Accordingly, a
selection of program items will be built around that theme; and I’m arranging
some space fleet combat games.
Philcon is the annual Philadelphia (Pennsylania) Area Science Fiction
Conference, since 1937. It features programming devoted to SF/F/Horror in
books, TV, film, and games, including... heck, I’ll just do a keyword list:
(anime, art show, authors, books, children, costumes, dealers, fantasy, filk,
filmmakers, gaming, horror, LARP, masquerade, panels, parties, pros, science
fact, space, TV, workshops). The 2005 edition is returning to the Marriott
Philadelphia Downtown in center-city Philadelphia, convenient to public transit
and parking garages.
I can be contacted by any of the usual LUGNET channels, or at kids2005 at
philcon dot we’re a non-profit. Thank you.
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Whoops...looks like I got this in the wrong group. Any admin/mod can delete if
they so choose.
-Austin Bailey
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I don't usually post here on Lugnet, but figured I might as well considering
this is what I consider as one of my better minifig models. Without further
ado, the Schleiffen Torpedo bomber:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=134603
With a crew of 3 (pilot, bombardier/weapons officer, tail-gunner), it has 8
fixed heavy cannons, 2 automated medium cannon turrets, a twin-cannon
rear-turret, 8 smaller missile hardpoints, 2 larger missile hardpoints, and an
internal rack system (i'll try to get some pictures of the rotary mechanism I
made) that holds 3 large missiles in each hull section (you can see the tips of
the missiles sticking out on either side of the cockpit.
It's probably for use in such things as starship-attacks, where a heavy missile
payload is important.
Not much more to say. Let me know what you think.
It may take a while for Brickshelf to clear the folder for viewing. Please be
patient.
-Austin
P.S. The other models in the "Mesarthrim" folder on Brickshelf are new as well,
but somewhat small, and much simpler. They all use the triangular hull design I
made for the "Patton" fighter, which I continued in the Schleiffen.
P.P.S. I have build this model in real life, albeit with a more "rainbow" type
color scheme, thanks to the limitations of my personal lego collection. I'd get
some pictures, but Ldraw = free, digicam = $$ (and between college and a new
house, me = no $$).
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Exodus War Homepage
www.Exodus-War.net
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In lugnet.org.scibrick, Keith Goldman wrote:
[snippy snippy]
> clarify your position? Or maybe you guys should settle it with knives on
> pay-per-view.
YEA! KNIVES ROCK!
...
Haha! Now I will make fun of you by telling you that you exasperated the issue
and that's you're just making things worse and feel like I'm the intelligent
redeemer!
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