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(...) Thanks for this suggestion. that way i wont get colums of bricks all the same size and the layers will be more interlocked. great idea! bob (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) hi Maarten, you bring up a good point. it never occurred to me that weight would also be an issue. this now becomes a weight vs. part count efficiency problem. i'm going to have to go find the weight of the parts i'm using and do some (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: Spanish Wall
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(...) Go ask on JLUG, ( (URL) ) they'll tell you there... Hope that helps! I agree, cute build... I'm guessing that's the Leia torso I can just about almosty barely make out??? Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing, JoJo. (In the US I've just heard these (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) JoJo, you awakened the voyeur within me. I especially like the towel hanging from the side, it's a nice effect. Thanks for sharing. So I HAVE to know: Is she completely naked behind that? ;-) Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Dressing Screens ? Very cute build. I won't ask what she is draping over the top though :) good work. (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Hello! Though I do not know if "Spanish Wall" is what this kind of furniture is called in English. Anyway, in German it is. - This one is someway in the style of the Art Nouveau and that's not exactly suitable for my current MOC. So I thought I'd (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.people.adults, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Comparing techniques (Error Diffusion Dithering)
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(...) Oooh! Now that's a sentence with wonderfully ominous potential. Bulwer-Lytton awards, anyone? Dave! (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Because nothing is truly without color; there are things darker than lego black. Also, using a slightly-less-than-t...ally-black shade allows outlines to be drawn with RGB(0,0,0) and still show up (at least, somewhat). And with shading (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Indeed, the more colours you use, the smoother the image will be. But not everybody has that many colours at his disposal. (...) Isn't that inside information of TLG? Where did you find this information? I contacted TLG about it, but never got (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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I really like this mech Eric. When I first saw it I was able to make out your style immediately but it looked so much more "human like" and proportional that I had to study it. I agree with comments made earlier exept for the hands. I think they are (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Mediterranean Windmill
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(...) I usually do that too. I also think it would be cool if Brickshelf could pull up a thumbnail from lower down when a folder just contains further folders. Anyway, what's odd about that picture is there's something missing from the thumbnail. If (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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This is a Little Bot I made using the instructions in Eric Sophie's Brickshelf Gallery.This is the second one I have made and I have to say it is a well thought out design.I had fun making it and plan to keep it around for a good while. Hope you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Tatsumaki Ver.2
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This is Tatsumaki Ver.2 This is a remake of the original using parts from 6 Titan XP sets that I have. I think this remake is by far better than the original. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Marcus Clancy Brickshelf Gallery (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi Eric, this looks different and very familiar. I like it very much. When I first examined the pictures I couldn't see what made me feel that familiar (despite the head). Reading Mark's reply an then looking at the pictures once more I realised it. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: It's winter. The deer are starving.
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Hey Jojo, Very cool. I especially like the rabbit over on the left. I've played around with (URL) designs> in the past, but never come up with anything I really liked. I'll have to borrow that idea someday. Bruce (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hey Eric, Rad! It's cool to see two builder's styles come together and produce a hybrid that still contains the flavors of both. Bravo! I like the fact that Ryetsumaki's skin is totally you, Eric, but the proportions of Marcus' frame pushed you in a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) <big snip> Jason, the windmill is really cool. When I visit a Brickshelf gallery, I usually click on the "Up" menu, just to take a sneak pick on other projects, pictures, etc. I did it on your gallery, and I saw my train station floor in (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: New MOC - fright car from the middle of the last century
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(...) My head is spinning from these techniques. Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing the details. later, James Mathis (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Hey cool,I like that. Thanks. (...) I really try not to copy themes but rather just build with the shapes I like to use. Look at it like this. I was sent a frame, I built a mech. Where my head is really at is this: I want to make a fully (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) :) (...) Thanks, I have some green tile wall thingies in trans green, but everything I did made it look bulky, so I left it as is in that case. Still needs something heh? (...) I was thinking of changing them to Grey like the body color. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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(...) My first impression was "ugh, Sophie managed to take a new and cool frame, totally different than his traditional stuff, and make it look just like everything else he built..." But, then I read Mark Neumann's reply, which called attention to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Aww hey that is great. It was fun and such a releif to be honest that I didn't have to scratch engineer my own joints. The skip ahead and build factor was much apreciated. Unussual feeling at that, thank you. Glad you like the result. I am (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Mediterranean Windmill
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(...) I'm not sure if you mean it's too big or too small - I'd say it's pretty close for minifigs! I saw several on the island of different sizes. This would count as one of the largest, but size of this style varies depending on where you go. Some (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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wow, wow, wow. OK, big props to Marcus for supplying the frame and the inspiration. Eric, this is an awesome build, especially for an all nighter. It's just a shame that there aren't parts to match to close up a few holes. Like a trans green plate (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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(...) WOW!! I am not sure what to say. About a month ago I sent Eric the frame for study. I did that so he could see it first hand. When I first say his Little Bot I thought it was cool but appreciated more after I built my own. Hence the reason for (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Mediterranean Windmill
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Hello! When I was browsing BrickShelf and I saw this windmill it was crying "Don Quijote!" to me. :-) That's a cool building, both in terms of building techniques and in terms of realism. It's not exactly minifig scale, though, is it? Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | It's winter. The deer are starving.
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Hello! While I was at it... (URL) me, I'm a link!>> Bye Jojo (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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Sometime back I bagan an online study with fellow Mecha Builder (URL) MC7>. MC7 has been working on Ball Jointed frame tech. His debut of this technology was the creation of the (URL) Tetsumaki>. (URL) The frame he developed made use of the hand (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Mediterranean Windmill
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This is a windmill based on one I photographed in Fuerteventura¹. I made it a while ago and tried to photograph it then, but these pictures are a bit better. (URL) Windmill>> Click the image for the Brickshelf folder. It took me a while to come up (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Guan Hei Fat Choi
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(...) Thanks William, "I say, I say, Thank you son" <--(Must be said with heavy Foghorn Leghorn accent.) I have been thinking about that, particularly after seeing "Toshiya's" great work at brickshelf (URL) been recently inspired by the new designer (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Cornered roofs
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(...) '+lugnet/building -mecha' summary option would be nice. I'll add that to my wish list under a '+recent -bionicle' browse option on brickshelf. Anyway, I'll try to take some pictures. But, the general idea is to have the top half of your roof (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: Shogun, BAM (Big *** Mech)
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(...) I think you should lay off the anime for a while ;-) Too much Rouruni Kenshin ain't good for health! Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Paladin
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(...) I saw something similar a few month ago, somewhere in the NET. Remembered it while building Paladin and thought it could fit. Seems I was right. (...) Thanks for the reply (URL) Marco> (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Paladin
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(...) Well, I agree. We don't play! We build and then spend days on posing our creations for the best pictures. BTW, how do you shout your fantastic pictures? Mine don't come out that good... (...) I allready started with the refinement, but have to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shogun, BAM (Big *** Mech)
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(...) Cool! I expect you to top the benchmark. C'mon, you can do it! I'll even help however I can. Let's make whoop-@$$ mechs! (...) I dig it, I do. I share that. Shogun does seem to have some conflict within. The soul doesn't seem, complete. It (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Smack my MOC! - Fly Mech
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(snippage) Eric, What a great MOC and a great departure from the Sophie-Bot (please don't take offense at that comment--Bot is nice, but sometimes its great to take a turn down a different road now and then). I, for one, would love to see how those (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shogun, BAM (Big *** Mech)
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(...) here we go (URL) CSF LINK>. You are right Kyle, it was Ley's. It's been bugging me and I hate to not correctly remember where I liberate stuff from. (I kind of feel like a fool, it was easy enough to find...) Also borrowed is the arm tech from (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shogun, BAM (Big *** Mech)
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(...) Yeah, I recognized that. I'm pretty sure it was Ley Ward's idea, which makes it kind of ironic that it got used as a massive rifle magazine. (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Cloud City Shuttle
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Affordable public air transportation at its finest in the Coruscant skies, even droids can use without any repercussions. Designed using the Twin-Pod Cloud car from Cloud City as inspiration making use of the (URL) windscreens> from the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Smack my MOC! - Fly Mech
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(...) snip Marie needs her ride... Dave K (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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