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Everyone at the Moonbase has to go somewhere to relax and party, right? The genesis of this project was at Brickswest 2003, where Derek Schin and I were hanging out at the Maniac shop, messing around with the parts bins. There were a bunch of those (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space) !!
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(...) ...WOOOWOWWWWWW! That's beautiful!!! Duuuuddddeee! At first glance, I thought it was ray-traced with MegaPOV because of the trans-green. But you actually used trans-green that way! All right! --Todd (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Adrian Drake writes: [snip] (...) Moonbase. The architecture is strong and crisp...those technic pieces work so well there. The structure definitely also fits a "laboratory." I particularly like the design and placement of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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Boy, you've really raised the bar on this one Adrian. This takes the moonbase beyond mere Lego models into pure Art. In a way I miss all the external activity you've put in your other modules, but in this one they'd only distract me from the pure (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The green and black compliment the trans-green nicely. And the club idea is perfect, as well. I can't wait to see it in person someday! Derek (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) not top that. I seriously got the 'bug-willies' and screamed some profanity at my monitor when the first pic loaded. The structure reminds of crazy sphere building like the Epcot Center and I bet using the physics from this someone could (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It used to be that saying that a raytraced image looks real was a great compliment. Now, with the quality of raytracing these days, the opposite is true. You should get that dislocated jaw looked at :) Thanks Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's not a club without a good sound system, right? Unfortunately, they point right down the moonbase corridors, so you can imagine what the noise was like for the neighbors before the sound shields were put up :) The architectural concept for (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Because the outside was left relatively clean, I packed the inside with as much detail as I could. So the detail's all there, still. As for the roof, the frame is attached above each window with a 1x2 technic axle. I can remove some or all of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks. I really liked the way the color scheme worked out. I figured the best way to emphasize the green glass was to pick some nice complimentary colors and go light on the details. I guess it worked. Thanks for helping with the inspiration, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's not about topping the next cool MOC that comes around, it's about building something that you're happy with. (...) That would be quite a trick. The geometry of Lego technic, at least the new pieces, is pretty limited. Now if you used the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) dude. Very nice job. -alex (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hahaha! Only if fbtb and theforce.net link to me. Don't think the casual Star Wars fan has that much interest in Moonbase stuff, though. Thanks anyway :) Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) exterior, that I also love the interior scene you have set up. The droids dancing in an embrace, one of the Fett's chatting at a table in the background, base-inhabitants of all sorts clearly getting excited by the highly talented DJ ABS, the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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Just how freaking cool is that?!?! Oh man, I can't believe you came up with that design. Well, OK maybe I can...but it still is firmly in the can't-be-done-yet-it-is category. That is so wild...it perfectly captures the nightclub scene. I take it DJ (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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*blinks*.... *stares*.... *rubs eyes*....*stares* Holy Hannah. That's just cool. Dang, hook up some Christmas lights and computer speakers in that thing when you bring it to Brickfest and we'll have a partay goin' on. Playing Dark Side o' the Moon (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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WHOA! That is sweeeeet!!! I can even hear the music of "Metro" going now... Scott (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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Adrian, That's just freakin' cool. How solid is the roof when you take it off? how are those black 2x2 tiles suspended between the trans green octagonal elements? Bruce (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I was hoping somebody would notice all that :) Jango Fett is actually chatting with a couple of his own clones. I wonder how he feels about talking to himself. There are also a couple of Ewoks buried in the crowd. I wonder, though, where all (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) heh, no relation to our Muffin Head that I'm aware of. Note the absence of the orange goatee :) As for the design, I sometimes wonder myself where stuff like this comes from. My building style is very freeform. I just get an idea (in this (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Bathroom, eh? You have to go next door for that, I'm afraid. The club was already going to be small enough, I chose to not put in a bathroom and make it even smaller. Hey, how many LEGO town sets do you see with bathrooms? Maybe minifigs don't (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The roof is very solid. I typically grab it by one of the technic beams right in the center when I'm pulling it off, and hold it by just that. The windows, on the other hand... At the corner of each of the roof domes, there's the bottom half (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, I've had an idea for a residential habitat Module. Unfortunately, I have been quite strapped for spare time lately. Of course, if someone else wants to build residential Modules first, I see no problem with that. If the Moonbase is a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually the teeth on those parts are set in 15° increments, so they work basically the same as the new ones, but don't look as cool and are more fiddly to work with and require more parts per joint. Just thought I'd mention that before anyone (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) aaaAAAAWWWWW YEEEEEeeah!! Da jizz-noint be chillin' now, yo! In strictly scientific terms, of course... (...) Dude, the architecture on this is lovely. When I was studying architecture, I learned about space frames and geodesic structures, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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Now that's pretty slick! I especially dig how it sits "off angle." Cool interior too. Bling bling! --Dan (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Umm, thanks. I think. (...) Heh, not bad considering I just pulled this design out of the vaccuum of my mind. :) Adrian -- (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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That's nutz! Look at all those green Canopies and how you mixed and blended all those shapes! Just great! What a place to party. Very nice details. e (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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Oh, wow. This is so great. It almost has an alien feel to it... must be the trans-green. But the design and construction and interior all works well. Wow. -JHK (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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Too cool. I really dig the interior detailing, everything's perfect. Take care Soren (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Awesome. It looks like an alien hatchery on the outside, but it's a sweaty bar on the inside. It's the exact opposite of the nightclubs around here - they look like sweaty bars on the outside but the occupants look like products of an alien (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I was actually listening to Paul Oakenfold, Juno Reactor, and Astral Projection a lot while I was building it. I was feeling the Trance/Rave beat :) Glad you like Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Sure, not every Moonbase module ought to be orthoganal, right? Into every life a little crookedness must fall :) Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) mindstorms brick or two, and it'll look like somewhere that one of your bots would like to hang out in :) Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words. Black, green, and bubbly do seem to provide an alien feel to them, don't they? Adrian -- (URL)-JHK (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Maybe it was an alien hatchery before it was converted to a nightclub. Research Lab is awfully nebulous sounding. I hope all the chemicals were cleaned out of the drinking water ;) Thanks Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.space)
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