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(...) Thanks Brian! (...) Yeah, I was debating that with myself before taking the pics. I had a solution to add some mass to it, but in the end I just scrapped it. Sometimes I'm just more concerned with clean design. But good point nonetheless. (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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It's good to see you doing more bipeds. Great guns (and that isn't just an expression). The hip joints are neat. The neck seems like a weak point that my eyes are drawn to, like it needs an armored collar, considering the rest of the body looks so (...) (19 years ago, 24-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey Felix, Thanks for sharing this. Good to hear you're enjoying your new MOC direction.. From a selfish point of view I hope this doesn't take you away from aquazone : ) And on a completely irrelevant note: I can't believe I missed getting to meet (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I would, but it's on the wrong end of the country... Heck, I wasn't even able to make it to the PDX event! (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I had the same question...he may be flamboyantly gay, but really, some pants? Very clever stuff!! Cyndi (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) monsieur françois is very particular about his wardrobe - things must match. i had two choices, yellow or purple. thought purple was too over the top, just a bit too much, so yellow it was. forgot completely what that would also represent! -§ (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) the meeting's been and gone but our lug isn't well known for posting any meeting details on lugnet! only a few members created one and most of them don't post to lugnet or brickshelf. (...) thanks. he resembles in no way whatsoever the guy (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Nathan. This was a fun set of vigs to build. Sports have a natural action that is nice to capture in vignettes, so I plan on doing some other sports as well. Bruce (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, The ribon was actually my first idea after I made the pole vault, and led to expanding to the whole set of ten. It maybe doesn't come across in that pic, but I like how they're bursting off of the 8x8 platform out at you (more (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hey Chris, All three of your recent vigs are awesome. I'll reply here because this one is my favorite. The way you've broken up the action over three levels is great (though I wonder about the logic of putting the "danger airlock" button in a (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hey, One more thing. Why isn't the hairdresser wearing any pants? :P Bruce (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hi Deborah, (...) Any further information on this? I don't see anything either on lugnet.org.ca.parlugment or parlugment.org. Is this upcoming? (...) Great vig! I like the hairdresser especially for some reason. (...) Outside the box is quite (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Been there, done that, had that happen ! Too Funny :) Ray (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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i'm not known in my lug for dealing well with small-scale projects. i like to build big, so when our may meeting's challenge was to come up with a vig, i balked, i hemmed, i hawed, i gave in. it's not a theme that most afols may be familiar with - (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks for the kind words, Cyndi. Emerge has actually had a very good response- I think its just that Brickfest, Brickshelf, and our other forms of sharing having a different center of attention. There have been a few occasions where people (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Hehe, rich! This is a favorite. It's so simple yet so powerful. You get the story is a second. Sad, but funny. I like it a lot. Terry (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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I spent some time over the weekend working up some new (URL) vignettes>, mainly working on my theme of a "Bricktionary" of one-word-themed entries. I thought I had a pretty good go with (URL) Asphyxiate>, but someone pointed out that the minifig (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Felix Greco wrote: SNIP (...) Felix, Thank you so much for sharing that background to that MOC. During the frantic pace of an event such as BrickFest, I find that often I just never have the chance to make the comments to (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Speaking of Vote Counting... Mosaic/Scultpure needs a coordinator for this year's BrickFest. Several people were ALMOST tricked into (...ahem, convinced to help the community out by) doing it but each had some lame excuse like going to Russia, (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Indeed you were! :-) (...) Yeah, the feet are too wide and a pointy toe works better for wheels. Maybe I should just use bigger wheel next time? :-) (...) Thanks Kyle! (...) Great! I'm glad it inspired you to build! That's what I always aim (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I saw the thumbnail on Brickshelf before I saw your post here, and I immediately thought two things: 1. It was yours, without a doubt. 2. The short, thick chest section and big shoulder blocks--looks like a Front Mission Wanzer. I was right on (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Heh, thanks Eric! :-) Yah, I dig that kneeling pic too. It's the recruitment poster for the "Military" in my universe: THE MILITARY WANTS YOU! Thanks again for the reply, and for plugging my LMHoF thing. Haha, some of the models on that are (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Cyndi, I remember having the same feeling--and as the one who counted the votes, I can tell you exactly what happened; Felix had too many creations in the sculpture room! He had a number of different pieces garner votes (I voted for (URL) this (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) -snip- Oh snappage. k, wow. The pics are on par as ussual; great job, so nice to see. Um wow, I like the chest style. Um wow, check the clean look. Um wow, look at the way you make hands. Um wow, check all the things you can attach. Um wow, I (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Felix, I have always thought that this sculpture really captures a very significant personal experience in a very simple, clear and visually pleasing way, and I have also always thought that it was under-appreciated, and that it should have won (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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I noticed a very nice John Deere combine under the "tubtatoo" Brickshelf directory a few years back. There seems to be more and more postings, but no contact. The recent LAF Wessex is great. (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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Here's another Bricktionary entry I completed today: "Asphyxiate". It's a vignette in three stories... (URL) ((URL) Clicky> to go to the Brickshelf Folder) It starts out with a Janitor maybe a bit too excited about finding a discarded candy bar, and (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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I'm working on more of my "one word" vignettes for my Bricktionary. I got a couple of them done so far today - the first one is "Clandestine" (URL) (Clicky to go to the brickshelf folder) Thank goodness for the Harry Potter sets and their little (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Build your own...> AC (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) :^P I've been building quite steadily for the past couple months on that same mecha. I've been working and reworking everything. I'll post some updates again soon. Most of it has just been structural stuff, but I want everything on this one to (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Dave! I like those three words; they describe what I was aiming for perfectly. The wheels do indeed awkward. I guess I should have "experimented" with them a bit more. Thanks again Mr. Johann! (URL) Mladen Pejic> (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Haha! Thanks Geordan! I'm glad you like the mecha. I was initially thinking about doing it "removable armour"-style, with the skeleton underneath, like you did with the (URL) Visage II>, but that proved too difficult. I agree with your comment (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Mladen! Great to see a new mecha from you. Clunky, chunky, and clean are the first three words that pop into my head to describe this one. I love the angles on it. The wheels....not so much, but that's really my only problem with it. It just looks (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Dude I was just running around your site searching for more Mladen and here we go! This is awesome. I really like the clean elegance of the shapes you've used. The wheel idea is cool, but I don't know if their integrated into the feet as well as (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(URL) Click on Image I finally completed this mecha. Phew. Anyways, this is my third posable bipedal mecha. It uses many of the techniques I developed over the years. Inspiration for it came mostly from VOTOMS (note the wheels in the heel area) and (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(URL) Though the hit counter at Brickshelf might not show it, this creation has been the subject of a lot of attention. This attention has come not only from folks in the AFOL community, but other artists have commented on it as well. I’m often not (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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"Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:IGt2wt.wzI@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) LEGO (...) flimsy, (...) sturdier if (...) dream. (...) (URL) (...) up. (...) Playing around with this, I came up with these two fences. (URL) red (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I used the grill for the overpass on my station - not a fence, but looks quite good. (URL) And it would be very easy to smash through from the inside, but that may not be what you want. ROSCO (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Is this the piece you're referring to: (URL) call it a "train signal mast", it's more than 8 studs long, and yes, you'll have a hard time getting a large quantity of those! -Bryan (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ah yes, the one piece that always comes up in the "wouldn't it be great if LEGO made this piece?" discussions. :) Yes, this fence is actually pretty flimsy, with those fence pieces held by only one stud. It would be so much sturdier if there (...) (19 years ago, 20-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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