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(...) Bam! You hit exactly what I'm going for. I've always been a big fan of modern art. But art too often expresses the negative side of the artist's personality (which I have done; (URL) Insomnia>, (URL) Check Yourself>). But art can also expose (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Florist shop (part two) final stage "The Forest Florist"
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Great work. I love the look of the building and the use of the pre-printed brick walls. Great creativity with all the different types of flowers. I look forward to your next MOC. Jason (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(URL) Hello, all. It's been about three years since I last posted here. That's about the time I started making this cabin. However, I have since moved a couple times and changed careers so was never able to finish it. I always thought the log (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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(...) Soren's work is so far out of my league. As a newbie, it blows my mind. I remember just staring ( wink, wink) at his skank bot. It was so life-like. Now he has another realistic model. I love the thumb tack pictures, it makes them look like (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Jas, Well, it looks like the time off has not hindered your creativity. Gerraint is great! You really need to change his oil more though, he just looks mad! :) I love the face expression ... The eyes with the squared jaw gives him a really (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Silver Squidy, Medieval Bot, and new Mr.Ham
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(...) Lenny, You are a creative genius. Your mind works in so many different ways, I am amazed. Everyone of your bots are completely different from any other. That kind of creativity is, is, is ... AWESOME. Then we have your joints!!!!! Do you just (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Kyle, This is a great Mech! I really like the compactness of it. It just has a look of sturdiness and that translates to power. Good job. I really liked the rounded missile bins. I think that is quite inovative to use half a cylinder. It may (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Florist shop (part two) final stage "The Forest Florist"
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"Melody Brown" <legomel@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:ICAJop.1KJ5@lugnet.com... (...) Superb as always, Mel. There's an amazing amount of shape and texture to the building exterior, and I didn't realise just how many different varieties of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: MOC: Florist shop (part two) final stage "The Forest Florist"
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I love it! Those clickit flowers are great. Makes for a nice variety of flowers in the shop. I never thought of making a florist shop. This is my favorite image: (URL) Steve (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) snip Wow! You've got some great surface textures there, with the variety of parts you used. Great color scheme, too, I like the use of the black for the feet. Very solid and imposing--looks big too. (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Silver Squidy, Medieval Bot, and new Mr.Ham
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(...) Medieval Bot looks like its thinking, "Where's the ball field? I want to play ball!" Either that or, "Chop heads, chop heads..." I love the Silver Squidy. Looks sort of like a fat Cylon. -Jeff (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Florist shop (part two) final stage "The Forest Florist"
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H'ello! That's colourful and beautiful. Very lively, too. And I bet there can't be found a single blossom on BrickLink right now :-) (Doesn't matter, people may go to your shop and get their flowers there.) Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Microfig Eiffel Tower
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(...) Magnifique! Adieu Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Soren's School Girl Mech
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(...) OOH YEAH! I had a lot of fun learning from Soren's Skank bot when I reverse engineered it, but this one looks like something I might want to keep around to creep my mom out some more! You've captured the look perfectly, as always. It really (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(URL) I'm posting this for Soren. Enjoy! -Lenny (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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(...) Dear Mel, thanks for sharing these very cool previews. I loved to surf through this colorful gallery. This is simply the best shop I have ever visited! Leg Godt! Ben (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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Hello all, Its been quite a while since I've posted here and its been ages since I built anything. Its good to see some of the new builds out there, some truly awsome work! The latest project from D-Bloc, which is nearly completed, is "Gerraint". It (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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(...) After a night of pondering, I have found more parts that create movement. I have also thought (any suggestions) that we should have a separate speed and strength number. Some parts are faster than their weight or visa versa. Here is the new (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC:Bad Influence
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-snip- And I will dub this new style: El Greco. huh? That name is taken, well floob! Lix0r, I love this new stuff and the way you keep thinking of new and creative ways to do it! This entire series is walking the line between toy and art - which is (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Silver Squidy, Medieval Bot, and new Mr.Ham
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Behold teh p0wer of teh BOOM SMACKY! (URL) Medieval Bot ====== (URL) Mr.Ham ===== (URL) Silver Squidy ===== -Lenny (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Very cool creation. Who doesn't have lots of extra tools and gadets in their collection? This is a great way to display those extras in a cool looking, old style, hardware store. I have fond memories of real hardware stores like this when I (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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I'm working on a new model, and it's gonna be huge. I recently purchased the Lego Sopwith Camel set, and I was really impressed. So I decided to build a Spitfire about that size. Perhaps even a little bigger. I have a 1:32 plastic model kit I am (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: MOC: Florist shop (part one)
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(...) Here are the sets inventoried on Peeron with that part: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Very nice. Love the use of color. I'd like to note the excellent use of printed parts. The stone walls and wood floor tiles are used very effectively, nice job! ~Kevoh (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Those would be from the new (now old) World City sets. They come as bars of gold. Nice job BTW Mel, I love the way the colourful inside contrasts with the outside walls. It reminds me of the 3739. And I dread to think this is noly part one! (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Quarterback Passing Efficiency?? -- Hear me out!!
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(...) Okay, so maybe, I am a little interested in this project and Sundays are great relaxing days for me. So I wrote a perl script to calculate the ideal speed and strength variable for each mech type: Humanoid, Reverse Knee and Quad. Here are the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Widowmaker Mk. II
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(...) Hah! Hey, I do squared off missile boxes too, ya know. But yeah, when you look at actual military hardware, there aren't any round parts unless there's a specific reason for them to be round, and there's no reason for a missile box to be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Melody Brown wrote: SNIP (...) I don't recall ever seeing so many LEGO flowers and pots in one MOC. Great job, and original, even if the flowers seem to be growing from the stop's floor. What set did those gold tiles (on the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Sweet, three woofs and jumping catfish! I acknowledge your critique about the proportions--the new feet added more visual weight, with really nothing added up top to balance it. But yeah, I'm starting to get into the studless/greebling style. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Microfig Eiffel Tower
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(...) Very well played! Excellent use of those flex-rods! Nelson (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the feedback, Marco, especially about the photography, which is always the hardest part for me. For Christmas, my brother got me a lamp with an Eiko Photoflood 250 watt bulb. Despite my poor understanding of camera settings and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I went back and realized there were a lot of additional details I missed the first time: Street signs, beer bottles, the two figures playing a video game...nice. Calum (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Quarterback Passing Efficiency?? -- Hear me out!!
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(...) Okay, I am back with more information. Speed and Strength ===...=== IMO these two are really inverses of each other. A speedy mech is not strong becuase it lacks the ability to carry enough armor. Now on the other hand a strong mech, because (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Quarterback Passing Efficiency?? -- Hear me out!!
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(...) So I am back with more information. As I have started to think this through I have determined, IMO, that what we are trying to do is score our Mech/Mecha against the figurative "Perfect" Mech in the areas of Articulation, Speed and Strength (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I have some webspace that we can develop and test the initial software on. I can't really imagine the initial server load would be too heavy. Adding it to the LMHof is a great idea. (...) Great point and noted. I have started to develop a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Microfig Eiffel Tower
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Hello! That's big. Great! Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) Spencer- That's one of the best Eiffel Towers I've seeen -- in any scale! I would love to see a picture in higher resolution. (I left the rain/hail/bad weather of California for the bright sunny 31 degree skies of New England last week where (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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hmm, with all the heavy snow outside, I guess boredom has me posting mocs of stuff I've done over the past year. Here's another one: a microfig version of the Eiffel Tower that I built to match the scale of my other microfig skyscrapers... (2 URLs) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | MOC:Bad Influence
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(URL) An Angel and Devil, smiling with glee and there in the middle is me. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Stormwalker MkII
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(...) Well that's exactly what I think of it. I'm so glad about the progress I made driven by the replies to the original post. Thanks again for your statement on the feet. I gave a big step forward. (...) I've read a lot about that but couldn't (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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