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This post has two purposes -- gratitude and proposal.
I'd thought I'd take a moment to extend gratitude to those who I regard as
mentors in getting me back into LEGO space after an 18-year hiatus.
Picture, if you will, a vast hall made of finest white marble, in Greek
style, complete with Doric columns. Positioned around a sunken speaking
floor is a semi-circular section rising fifteen feet above the floor and
containing 29 thrones, all of which are occupied by scholarly-looking chaps
in robes. Suddenly, from the hall entrance comes the sound of a closing
door, and in walks a humble-looking figure, obviously awed by the entire affair.
The twenty-nine heads stop speaking and all turn to gaze down upon the
visitor, many with one raised eyebrow.
OK, OK, it's a bit cheesy but still...
Before I even became a LUGNET member (which has only been for one month), I
was on Brickshelf desperately seeking ideas for LEGO building projects. So I
started perusing the individual sites. One by one, I came across some
awesome spaceships and started downloading the images under folders named
for the individual builders. Before long, I had 79 pictures organized under
29 folders.
These I put into a PowerPoint slide presentation for the sole purpose of
using as a kind of online LEGO idea book. Then I posted it to Brickshelf. It
is still there at:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2574
Now I am seriously considering expanding that original presentation, given
the welcome but unexpected explosion that has taken place with LEGO Space of
late.
The original 29 "mentors" are:
Geordan Ballantree
Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
Adrian Drake
Nathan Falslev
Chris Giddens
Brandon Grifford (along with TC, of Mark IV Destroyer fame)
Paul Hanson
Bob Hayes
Joel Hoornbeek
Greg Howell
Elliot Hyde
James Jackson
Daniel Jassim (quite simply, the Master)
Kyle Keppler (this boy desparately needs a Galaxy Explorer, folks)
Bram Lambrecht
Wayne McCaul
Jonathan Mizner
Jon Palmer
Joel Parker
David Pena
Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
TR Sammis
Mark Sandlin (Admiral)
JJ Sierra
Jeremy Sproat
Mike Steele
Scott Thomas
Ed Toton III
Sun Yun
- Thank you for freely displaying your creations. They were all very inspiring.
If you want your name or a particular creation removed from either
presentation, please send me a civil email or respond to this post. (Kyle -
I received your instruction.)
Keep those badass models coming!
Peace,
Pat
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Groovy.
While I don't consider myself an expert builder or anything I don't mind
being mentioned in the same breath as some of the others.
Most of the pics look good. A couple appear grainy, but that's probably
because they're being blown up larger than they were meant to be. Overall,
it was kind of neat.
I have also been collecting pics of other people's work, but really just to
print out for my own Idea Book. I can never seem to remember the details of
someone's MOC when I get home and having a variety of pics to view can break
some of the mindblock I get.
Anyway, thanks for thinking high enough of my little stuff to include it (I
didn't think anyone even saw the explorer ship). I've been sort of dormant
over the last two months, but - hopefully - things are going to change and
I'll have some more stuff up and running soon.
Evil Wayne
______________________________________________
"There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
http://www.geocities.com/legomaniac70.
In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
> This post has two purposes -- gratitude and proposal.
>
> I'd thought I'd take a moment to extend gratitude to those who I regard as
> mentors in getting me back into LEGO space after an 18-year hiatus.
>
> Picture, if you will, a vast hall made of finest white marble, in Greek
> style, complete with Doric columns. Positioned around a sunken speaking
> floor is a semi-circular section rising fifteen feet above the floor and
> containing 29 thrones, all of which are occupied by scholarly-looking chaps
> in robes. Suddenly, from the hall entrance comes the sound of a closing
> door, and in walks a humble-looking figure, obviously awed by the entire affair.
>
> The twenty-nine heads stop speaking and all turn to gaze down upon the
> visitor, many with one raised eyebrow.
>
> OK, OK, it's a bit cheesy but still...
>
> Before I even became a LUGNET member (which has only been for one month), I
> was on Brickshelf desperately seeking ideas for LEGO building projects. So I
> started perusing the individual sites. One by one, I came across some
> awesome spaceships and started downloading the images under folders named
> for the individual builders. Before long, I had 79 pictures organized under
> 29 folders.
>
> These I put into a PowerPoint slide presentation for the sole purpose of
> using as a kind of online LEGO idea book. Then I posted it to Brickshelf. It
> is still there at:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2574
>
> Now I am seriously considering expanding that original presentation, given
> the welcome but unexpected explosion that has taken place with LEGO Space of
> late.
>
> The original 29 "mentors" are:
>
> Geordan Ballantree
> Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
> Adrian Drake
> Nathan Falslev
> Chris Giddens
> Brandon Grifford (along with TC, of Mark IV Destroyer fame)
> Paul Hanson
> Bob Hayes
> Joel Hoornbeek
> Greg Howell
> Elliot Hyde
> James Jackson
> Daniel Jassim (quite simply, the Master)
> Kyle Keppler (this boy desparately needs a Galaxy Explorer, folks)
> Bram Lambrecht
> Wayne McCaul
> Jonathan Mizner
> Jon Palmer
> Joel Parker
> David Pena
> Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
> TR Sammis
> Mark Sandlin (Admiral)
> JJ Sierra
> Jeremy Sproat
> Mike Steele
> Scott Thomas
> Ed Toton III
> Sun Yun
>
> - Thank you for freely displaying your creations. They were all very inspiring.
>
> If you want your name or a particular creation removed from either
> presentation, please send me a civil email or respond to this post. (Kyle -
> I received your instruction.)
>
> Keep those badass models coming!
>
> Peace,
>
> Pat
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In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
(snip)
Very well done! It took a long time to download, but I liked the end result
because it gives a lot of publicity to a large number of people. The chosen
pic seclection was good, although I have only one question: You showed an
excellent sellection of Mark's pics, but left off some of the best stuff
done by people like Jon Palmer (ie: Bardiel), Tim Courtney and Brandon
Grifford (Mark 1 Destroyer) and Daniel Jassim (A Wing Carrier). It would
have been fitting to include these works of art. BUT the selection was very
good non-the-less. Well done! Very entertaining.
PS: You have a typo- Brandon Grifford worked with on the Zacktron Mark I
Destroyer, not the Mark IV. I think the only release of a "mark 4" of late
was me. I only say this because Brandon did A LOT of really great work on
the Zacktron mark 1 destroyer warship (somebody please correct me if I'm
mistaken). I was astounded personally.
(snippity - snip snip snip)
> Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
(snip)
WHOO HOOOOO HA HA HA !!! :^D
Cheers!
~Trev
Astro Lift Co.
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In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
> If you want your name or a particular creation removed from either
> presentation, please send me a civil email or respond to this post. (Kyle -
> I received your instruction.)
>
> Keep those badass models coming!
>
> Peace,
>
> Pat
You could add my Constitution class capital destroyer, and my MF175 (blue
freighter) if you would be so kind. I'm kind of happy with those. That's
if you are taking suggestions. :^)
Regards,
~Trev
Astro Lift Co.
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You forgot Karim Nasser, or was he not a mentor. Check out his space stuff
here:
http://www.etymon.org/kn/pallas/main.html
I'm thinking that maybe Karim just hasn't posted recently enough for you to
see. You should check out the link section to my old site to see a cool
archive of space and mecha related lego models. A lot of this stuff has never
been posted to brickshelf, and has not been mentioned in this forum for some
time.
Links:
http://home.austin.rr.com/prj/links.html
Here is the brickshelf archive of my stuff, in case you are intereseted ;)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=PRJ
Pat J
In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
> This post has two purposes -- gratitude and proposal.
>
> I'd thought I'd take a moment to extend gratitude to those who I regard as
> mentors in getting me back into LEGO space after an 18-year hiatus.
>
> Picture, if you will, a vast hall made of finest white marble, in Greek
> style, complete with Doric columns. Positioned around a sunken speaking
> floor is a semi-circular section rising fifteen feet above the floor and
> containing 29 thrones, all of which are occupied by scholarly-looking chaps
> in robes. Suddenly, from the hall entrance comes the sound of a closing
> door, and in walks a humble-looking figure, obviously awed by the entire • affair.
>
> The twenty-nine heads stop speaking and all turn to gaze down upon the
> visitor, many with one raised eyebrow.
>
> OK, OK, it's a bit cheesy but still...
>
> Before I even became a LUGNET member (which has only been for one month), I
> was on Brickshelf desperately seeking ideas for LEGO building projects. So I
> started perusing the individual sites. One by one, I came across some
> awesome spaceships and started downloading the images under folders named
> for the individual builders. Before long, I had 79 pictures organized under
> 29 folders.
>
> These I put into a PowerPoint slide presentation for the sole purpose of
> using as a kind of online LEGO idea book. Then I posted it to Brickshelf. It
> is still there at:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2574
>
> Now I am seriously considering expanding that original presentation, given
> the welcome but unexpected explosion that has taken place with LEGO Space of
> late.
>
> The original 29 "mentors" are:
>
> Geordan Ballantree
> Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
> Adrian Drake
> Nathan Falslev
> Chris Giddens
> Brandon Grifford (along with TC, of Mark IV Destroyer fame)
> Paul Hanson
> Bob Hayes
> Joel Hoornbeek
> Greg Howell
> Elliot Hyde
> James Jackson
> Daniel Jassim (quite simply, the Master)
> Kyle Keppler (this boy desparately needs a Galaxy Explorer, folks)
> Bram Lambrecht
> Wayne McCaul
> Jonathan Mizner
> Jon Palmer
> Joel Parker
> David Pena
> Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
> TR Sammis
> Mark Sandlin (Admiral)
> JJ Sierra
> Jeremy Sproat
> Mike Steele
> Scott Thomas
> Ed Toton III
> Sun Yun
>
> - Thank you for freely displaying your creations. They were all very • inspiring.
>
> If you want your name or a particular creation removed from either
> presentation, please send me a civil email or respond to this post. (Kyle -
> I received your instruction.)
>
> Keep those badass models coming!
>
> Peace,
>
> Pat
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"Trevor Pruden" <trevor_pruden@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:G81uvJ.MoB@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
>
> (snip)
>
> Very well done! It took a long time to download, but I liked the end result
> because it gives a lot of publicity to a large number of people. The chosen
> pic seclection was good, although I have only one question: You showed an
> excellent sellection of Mark's pics, but left off some of the best stuff
> done by people like Jon Palmer (ie: Bardiel), Tim Courtney and Brandon
> Grifford (Mark 1 Destroyer) and Daniel Jassim (A Wing Carrier). It would
> have been fitting to include these works of art. BUT the selection was very
> good non-the-less. Well done! Very entertaining.
Yeah... I liked it a lot too! Some peoples' names I didn't recognize, and
likewise with some MOCs.
> PS: You have a typo- Brandon Grifford worked with on the Zacktron Mark I
> Destroyer, not the Mark IV. I think the only release of a "mark 4" of late
> was me. I only say this because Brandon did A LOT of really great work on
> the Zacktron mark 1 destroyer warship (somebody please correct me if I'm
> mistaken). I was astounded personally.
Brandon and I worked on that project about 50-50 in the end. The funny thing
about the destroyer thing is - he and I have been making 'Destroyers' for years.
We couldn't come up with a class name in time so we just released it as
'destroyer mk 1.' You have been doing 'Destroyers' and publishing them for
quite some time, and using the mark system of naming. Then....you changed yours
over to a class name (which is what we wanted to do from the beginning). So,
because of this we share similar size ships and naming conventions. Kinda
funny, and though really we both came to it totally independently, it may end up
looking like we copied you :P
> (snippity - snip snip snip)
>
> > Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
>
> (snip)
>
> WHOO HOOOOO HA HA HA !!! :^D
> Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
HE HE HE HE HA HA HA HA BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!! :^D
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
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> "Trevor Pruden" <trevor_pruden@hotmail.com> wrote
> >
> > Very well done! It took a long time to download, but I liked the end result
> > because it gives a lot of publicity to a large number of people. The chosen
> > pic seclection was good, although I have only one question: You showed an
> > excellent sellection of Mark's pics, but left off some of the best stuff
> > done by people like Jon Palmer (ie: Bardiel), Tim Courtney and Brandon
> > Grifford (Mark 1 Destroyer) and Daniel Jassim (A Wing Carrier). It would
> > have been fitting to include these works of art. BUT the selection was very
> > good non-the-less. Well done! Very entertaining.
Pat answers: Well, that first PP presentation was made months before I was a
BrickShelf or LUGNET member, and thus I didn't know about the Mark I or IV
destroyers, or Daniel's carrier at all. That's one of the reasons I'm
expanding it, to include these vessels. I am glad that there's been no real
opposition to the project. Plus, you have to remember that folks like Jon
are active all the time, adding new stuff. There has to be a point where you
say, OK, it's cutoff time.
And yes, the speed (or lack thereof) downloading is a real concern. I
cannot solve this using ZIP because to my knowledge, all zip files are
automatically unzipped upon upload to BrickShelf.
> "Tim Courtney" wrote
> Yeah... I liked it a lot too! Some peoples' names I didn't recognize, and
> likewise with some MOCs.
Pat answers: True; with 29 names there were bound to be a few free agents in
there that no one had ever heard of before. Remember, this was when Kevin
Loch's search feature was still in the making, so I went through every
single member portfolio on BrickShelf seeking anything that even resembled a
spaceship (except Mechs); needless to say, this took awhile.
> "Trevor Pruden" wrote
> > PS: You have a typo- Brandon Grifford worked with on the Zacktron Mark I
> > Destroyer, not the Mark IV. I think the only release of a "mark 4" of late
> > was me. I only say this because Brandon did A LOT of really great work on
> > the Zacktron mark 1 destroyer warship (somebody please correct me if I'm
> > mistaken). I was astounded personally.
Pat answers: I appreciate the correction, and I'm not sure, given the
current format of the slideshow, how I'll tie both Brandon and Tim to the
same pic, but it'll work itself out. And now I have Trevor Pruden attached
to Mark IV.
> "Tim Courtney" wrote
> Brandon and I worked on that project about 50-50 in the end. The funny thing
> about the destroyer thing is - he and I have been making 'Destroyers' for >years. We couldn't come up with a class name in time so we just released it as
> 'destroyer mk 1.' You have been doing 'Destroyers' and publishing them for
> quite some time, and using the mark system of naming. Then....you changed
> yours over to a class name (which is what we wanted to do from the
> beginning). So, because of this we share similar size ships and naming
> conventions. Kinda funny, and though really we both came to it totally >independently, it may end up looking like we copied you :P
Pat closes: Thanks, guys, for looking at the slide presentation and taking
time to share your views. These discussions are great sources of motivation.
A couple of new things I have already begun to implement with the expanded
presentation:
- Caption under each pic showing name of the vessel
- Most ships have multiple views, so future slides will show a main view
(largest pic on slide) with two or so smaller pics showing alternate views.
Peace,
Pat
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> You forgot Karim Nasser, or was he not a mentor. Check out his space stuff
> here:
> http://www.etymon.org/kn/pallas/main.html
Pat H answers: No I didn't forget him per se; the slideshow was made over
two months ago, before I became a LUGNET member. It is likely that I did not
see any space creations at that time under his name in the BrickShelf
member's gallery, or maybe he had no listing then. I'm only saying this
because I went through every single member's portfolio looking for anything
that even remotely resembled a spaceship.
The "mentor" thing shouldn't be taken too seriously; these were just the
orignal 29 people whose models appeared in the first slideshow, which was
never meant to be a static project in any event. That's why I'm doing the
expansion.
After looking at Karim's stuff, I must say I'm quite impressed. I think
this will really enhance the expansion slideshow. Do we know if he's OK with
this?
> I'm thinking that maybe Karim just hasn't posted recently enough for you to
> see. You should check out the link section to my old site to see a cool
> archive of space and mecha related lego models. A lot of this stuff has never
> been posted to brickshelf, and has not been mentioned in this forum for some
> time.
> Links:
> http://home.austin.rr.com/prj/links.html
Pat H answers: Thanks for the link; it is now bookmarked.
> Here is the brickshelf archive of my stuff, in case you are intereseted ;)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=PRJ
> Pat J
Pat H answers: Likewise bookmarked, and I'll have a look upon posting this.
Oh, by the way, I take it by the link to your old stuff that you live in
Austin or did at one time. I happen to live in north Austin, in case that
should mean anything.
Peace,
Pat (Hough)
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In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
> I'd thought I'd take a moment to extend gratitude to those who I regard as
> mentors in getting me back into LEGO space after an 18-year hiatus.
snippage
>
> The original 29 "mentors" are:
>
> Geordan Ballantree
> Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
> Adrian Drake
> Nathan Falslev
> Chris Giddens
> Brandon Grifford (along with TC, of Mark IV Destroyer fame)
> Paul Hanson
> Bob Hayes
> Joel Hoornbeek
> Greg Howell
> Elliot Hyde
> James Jackson
> Daniel Jassim (quite simply, the Master)
> Kyle Keppler (this boy desparately needs a Galaxy Explorer, folks)
> Bram Lambrecht
> Wayne McCaul
> Jonathan Mizner
> Jon Palmer
> Joel Parker
> David Pena
> Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
> TR Sammis
> Mark Sandlin (Admiral)
> JJ Sierra
> Jeremy Sproat
> Mike Steele
> Scott Thomas
> Ed Toton III
> Sun Yun
Wow. I'm really flattered to be included among the "original 29" - expecially
considering that I've only posted a couple of MOCs. There's some heady company
there.
Your presentation is really neat (if a loooong download). Please feel free to
include any of my stuff. It's a cool way to see lots of models by lots of people
all in one place - really gets the creativity flowing.
Speaking of creativity, I'm nearing completion of my newest MOC. It's a sort of
multi-mode planetary exploration thing (basically a rover, but the wheels can be
pulled off & replaced with wings to make a spaceship, or with fins & propellers
to make a submarine). I'll post pictures as soon as it's done.
Thanks - Paul
Shameless plug:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=pghanson
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<snippage of welcome text>
">Keep those badass models coming!"
I should be able to get alot of new models out in the next little while
because of access to a digital camera, besides VisionCommand:)
And thank you, I feel honored (no, really) to be among those other 28.
Good building to you after those many years. I haven't even had a real
'darkage' yet. Anyway, good building to you. I look forward to seeing your
models.
Nathan Falslev
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Pat,
I know this is very late in coming. This is an awesome slide show. It had a
bunch of ships I'd never seen. Thanks for sharing it. I saw it because of
Eric's post. Now how about that Mecha slide show!!!!
Bryce
> In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
> This post has two purposes -- gratitude and proposal.
>
> I'd thought I'd take a moment to extend gratitude to those who I regard as
> mentors in getting me back into LEGO space after an 18-year hiatus.
>
> Picture, if you will, a vast hall made of finest white marble, in Greek
> style, complete with Doric columns. Positioned around a sunken speaking
> floor is a semi-circular section rising fifteen feet above the floor and
> containing 29 thrones, all of which are occupied by scholarly-looking chaps
> in robes. Suddenly, from the hall entrance comes the sound of a closing
> door, and in walks a humble-looking figure, obviously awed by the entire affair.
>
> The twenty-nine heads stop speaking and all turn to gaze down upon the
> visitor, many with one raised eyebrow.
>
> OK, OK, it's a bit cheesy but still...
>
> Before I even became a LUGNET member (which has only been for one month), I
> was on Brickshelf desperately seeking ideas for LEGO building projects. So I
> started perusing the individual sites. One by one, I came across some
> awesome spaceships and started downloading the images under folders named
> for the individual builders. Before long, I had 79 pictures organized under
> 29 folders.
>
> These I put into a PowerPoint slide presentation for the sole purpose of
> using as a kind of online LEGO idea book. Then I posted it to Brickshelf. It
> is still there at:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2574
>
> Now I am seriously considering expanding that original presentation, given
> the welcome but unexpected explosion that has taken place with LEGO Space of
> late.
>
> The original 29 "mentors" are:
>
> Geordan Ballantree
> Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
> Adrian Drake
> Nathan Falslev
> Chris Giddens
> Brandon Grifford (along with TC, of Mark IV Destroyer fame)
> Paul Hanson
> Bob Hayes
> Joel Hoornbeek
> Greg Howell
> Elliot Hyde
> James Jackson
> Daniel Jassim (quite simply, the Master)
> Kyle Keppler (this boy desparately needs a Galaxy Explorer, folks)
> Bram Lambrecht
> Wayne McCaul
> Jonathan Mizner
> Jon Palmer
> Joel Parker
> David Pena
> Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
> TR Sammis
> Mark Sandlin (Admiral)
> JJ Sierra
> Jeremy Sproat
> Mike Steele
> Scott Thomas
> Ed Toton III
> Sun Yun
>
> - Thank you for freely displaying your creations. They were all very inspiring.
>
> If you want your name or a particular creation removed from either
> presentation, please send me a civil email or respond to this post. (Kyle -
> I received your instruction.)
>
> Keep those badass models coming!
>
> Peace,
>
> Pat
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