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Re: Steampunk Dirigible: The Leslie Anne Levine
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lugnet.adventurers
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Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:21:25 GMT
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In lugnet.adventurers, Kevin Heckel wrote:
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I decided to finish one of my many half-built MOCs last week, and it actually
happened. This ship was based off a Decemberists poster with 17th-century
dirigibles on, and so I figured it needed a Decemberists name to go with.
PLMKWYT, I subsist solely on forum replies.
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I consider steampunk to be nothing more than straight-up witchcraft voodoo, so I
was surprised to find that I like this. As always with your MOCs, it’s the
attention to fine detail that makes this - the log bricks in the tail for a
feathered effect, the backpacks and buckets used as ballast, the curved rope
ladders around the main balloon.
Contrary to Jeff, I like the balloon colors; I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hot
air balloon with a tasteful color scheme, much like bicycle shirts. Maybe a
patchwork design of cartoon bedsheets would work, but what you have looks great.
Nick
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| (...) Thanks for the praise, Nick. I'll make a steampunk convert out of you yet. You're right about the detail, but I would substitute "attention to" with "agonizing over". Keep this a secret, but I put off finishing it for months because I couldn't (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| (URL) I decided to finish one of my many half-built MOCs last week, and it actually happened. This ship was based off a Decemberists poster with 17th-century dirigibles on, and so I figured it needed a Decemberists name to go with. PLMKWYT, I (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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