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Hi, One of my colleague (not an AFOL) is a great fan of Napoleon. As he knows about my strange hobby ("laygoz"), he asked me a MOC some months ago. I'm not a great or prolific builder (and I feel good with that) so I took a look at Allan Bedford's (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
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(...) Good stuff, Didier! Thanks for sharing - I'm a big Napoleon fan as well. I have a print of (URL) David's Napoleon Crossing the Alps> hanging in my dining room. Was your depiction based on a particular image of Napoleon? It's a shame that his (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) (Side note : I have a print of Edward Hopper - the long leg : (URL) - funny how we have both choosen trans-atlantic painters for our dining room ;-)) (...) Yes, my colleague gave me a picture of a figurine. It look more or less like this one : (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Great work Didier, nice to see such character being captured in such a scale. Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Just a print ; ) Seriously, a nice Napoleon. I think he may have preferred a larger model however. God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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(...) Hi Nathan, AFAIK, the painting is in Versailles, France - Let's have a visit :-) (...) thank you (...) Napoléon was "only" 1m67 tall (about 5'6") - I guess Miniland scale is enough for him ;-) Didier (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Miniland scale Napoléon
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(...) Thank you Richie for such encouragement :) Didier (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hi Didier, I just wanted to post a quick note about your great model. It's nice to hear that ULBG provided some ideas. But I think it's obvious that you've used a lot of your own skill and imagination to create a really unique character. It's (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.build)
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