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(...) How about this? (2 URLs) Brickshelf folder for more images as they are taken, posted and moderated.> It is now in progress. Now I have to think about its frame. I will post again when it is finished. Fellow Torontonians: With a transit strike (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: italian villa with aquarium pool
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(...) thank you for the compliment! (...) this floor was a result of norbert telling me i shouldn't keep the studded tan floor originally in place. i played with a variety of possibilities and i'm very pleased with the result but only wish i had (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Alpha
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It's always hard doing both big and small stuff. I think you did it well. Good job. Mark (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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These things are kind of goofy looking at the offset, but I really like the feel. In a similar way I didn't like the way of the ED-209 at first, these got a very viceral feel for me. They look like something straight out of a comic book or video (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Since, oddly enough, that was exactly the effect I was aiming at ("colourful and slightly cartoony" would be another :) ), I thank you very much. Oh, and Deborah? Thanks for the commission! Norbert Black (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: italian villa with aquarium pool
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Another masterpeice, as to be expected! Details I like from a first glance: The (URL) floor>, simple but effective. The (URL) pantile roof> I think this works well, possibly a bit overscale but the 'Lego eye' assimilates it OK. BTW have you seen (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Alpha
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(...) Hey David, thanks for your comments. Yes there are scout walkers outside the SW universe alltough I like those too. Your second to praise the yellow. I'm thinking about getting rid of all my LEGO in fancy red, blue and so on to speciallize on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: RTS LEGITOR a single-turret seagoing monitor (Passaic Class)
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(...) I am surprised no one has asked about the hull, or the small greenish thing near the stern. kurt (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Iron Clads
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(...) Actually some wood was used: " The ship would be 172 feet long with a 41 foot 6 inch beam. Two 11 inch guns would be housed in a revolving turret. The ship would have a flat deck with only 18 inches of free board and a draft of 10 feet 6 (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.western, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Paladin MkII
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Hey, please don't blame me for the mass posting! I had problems getting my pics off the camera. No I managed this. And I want to share them. As this is the redesign of an earlier mecha I named it Paladin MkII. After I had posted Paladin I looked at (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Creating custom fabric elements for Lego minifigures
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Hi Tim (...) You're welcome. (...) Oooo - that would work, wouldn't it... Especially if you used sheer material. Hmmmm. This makes me think thoughts of building a coach to go with my Edwardian-era London and Southwestern Railway station, Stevermer (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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another hillside moc in the italian countryside, this villa represents building through the ages. the varied roof lines *might* bring to mind various outbuildings that were brought together under one roof, so to speak. this roof design was inspired (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Riverdance Vignette
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(...) I too enjoyed the creation. The parts are this: (URL) that helps. Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Riverdance Vignette
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So simple, yet so funny! And well built, too! ;-) I'm still laughing... A question: Where did those torsos come from? Spotlighted. :-D -- Nathan Wells (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Riverdance Vignette
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Holy crap. That cracked me up. :) And thank you for sparing us a LEGO Michael Flatley. -Brendan (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Alpha
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Hey Marco, Very nice! I love how you used the 1x2 plate with rods (Classic Space guns to me!) to add detail to the knee joints. Just as impressive is that you managed to make a scout walker that doesn't look like a SW Scout Walker. Well done, and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Here's a bit of 'armless fun. (URL) Enjoy and PLMKWYT Peace and step dancing, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.loc.ca.sk.sas, lugnet.fun, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Judge Deborah
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(...) I say this because its the same reason I attempted a more artistic direction with lego rather than another medium. The shapes, textures, and colors invoke immediate feelings in an observer. So this can be used as a spring board to communicate (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Creating custom fabric elements for Lego minifigures
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Thanks, just what i was looking for for my train curtains! Tim (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | Re: Grand National
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(...) Thanks for the comments, and blog entry. I've used the click hinges before in a show jumping scene, in fact you might recognise the runners and riders :-) The grey horse is on clear 1x1 rounds. (URL) Mark ps I want to do more vignettes just (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Grand National
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(...) Welcome to the funhouse! Cute vignette. (URL) Blogged!> I particularly like the use of click hinges to angle the horse. That's always a problem--I'm currently working on a medieval battle, and the horses just seem so static that they don't (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Grand National
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I've only just discovered Vignettes, and this is a first and very simple effort. Tomorrow is the Grand National in the UK, this is a very famous horse race that features big fences, below is a small vignette to represent it. (URL) Brickshelf folder (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Alpha
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(...) Hey Nathan, I'm glad you like it. I had the idea of a mass produced bot. And as the parts used for Alpha are not rare ones it could even be "mass produced" with LEGO. It came up in yellow as some yellow bricks were laying around. I think I get (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Very Nice, I particularly the scale and that it's in yellow (a colour I don't use much). It has a a feel of mass production and quazi effiency which is great! Thanks and God Bless, Nathan (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Alpha
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(...) Hello Keith, thank you for your comments. I didn't realise the feet looked like clown shoes unless you mentioned it. But they really do! I think it should be possible to built some feet which fit the overall design better. I'll try and post if (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, version 2.
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My bad, forgot to post folder link: should be moderated soon... (URL) -mark (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, version 2.
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I don't have time to type that many, so here yah go. (URL) It's been a little over a year since I posted my first Enterprise, and it had been sitting on my shelf, gathering dust, missing small parts (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.military, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Art Museum of LEGO Vignette
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(...) Wow that Peter Pan one is great! jt (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Alpha
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(...) Great design Marco, great economic use of parts. I'd like to see it in context with some troop running around. Then again, that pretty much applies to any good mecha/bot I see. The only thing I don't like are the feet...it looks like the bot (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Alpha
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Inspired by the last postings of (URL) Reid> and (URL) Christopher Snead> I desided to try a small bot. (URL) Alpha> As I didn't want to build micro scale Alpha is a small bot for infantry support. And they will need every support they can get in a (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | The two Drakes
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Here are the two Drakes... (2 URLs) Drake MkI> A medium mecha designed to escort heavy ones. (2 URLs) Drake MkII> A medium assault mecha. And (URL) this> is the link to the hole gallery (after moderation). Hope you enjoy it (URL) Marco> (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Judge Deborah
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(...) Oh, wow, I was just thinking it was because we missed our yearly BricksWest/Brickfest West Coast meet up. But hey, Russia, that's an even better excuse. (...) While that's an interesting tidbit, is that really all you have to tell us about (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Judge Deborah
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Hi, Felix. (...) That's really nice to hear, thanks. It's great to hear that sort of thing from anyone, but it's extra special to hear that from someone whose MOCs really stand out from the crowd for their originality and artistry. So first let me (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Macaroni Brick Patterns
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Yes, very similar. Now that you mention them, I think I saw these when you posted them back in February and thought they were neat. But I can't say I had them in mind when I was fiddling around with the macaroni bricks, at least not on a conscious (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | The Art Museum of LEGO Vignette
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Hey all, I've found a Japanese-language website, (URL) The Art Museum of LEGO Vignette> that documents vignettes built by Japanese AFOLs. (Mods, this should probably be added under (URL) the sidebar links>.) The vignette fad on Classic-Castle was (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: New Galactic Inquisition Mech.
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(...) Thanks! I have some more pics of the skeleton on my HD, I could upload if you want em. I think you might be better off buying Brian's instructions, though. After all, this was my first attempt, and I figured out most stuff as I went along. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: New Galactic Inquisition Mech.
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(...) Thanks for all your comments. It's funny you mention wood and gears for the inside, when I started making this, I was considering also making a wood and iron mech. A sort of steam powered ancient robot, full of chains and stuff (if you've ever (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: New Galactic Inquisition Mech.
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(...) Thanks for your comments. I think the belt buckle is probably disturbing because it's a minifig, and so it's weird that it'd be the same exact size as the pilot. Thanks on the rear vents too, most people miss those. I contend that the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: WR02-ZRX1 Skin Build
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(...) Pretty good looking. The proportions are the best of all three Bots you did on MC7/ZRX1-frame. It's not as thin as Geofrebot and not as massive as Ryetsumaki. Don't get me wrong all three are really well done. And they have your spirit. When (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: a rocking chair
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(...) Very nice. How about doing the lattice one in white? Frank (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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