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(...) Thanks, BDN. I've long been a fan of your vignettes. I know I've commented before on a few of them, but I was just looking through your Brickshelf folder and really enjoyed the heck out of a few I had missed: (URL) Flesh Peddler> (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hi, Bruce! (...) Gosh, and I felt crappy about there being a three month gap between this update and the last for The Brick Testament. Sometimes you just need to lock yourself in a room full of LEGOs and a camera for a couple of weeks and not come (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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I really like those yield signs! A very nice touch... God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Your site is really getting amazing! I remember back when it started, but I have to say I am struck at how much content you've made and how good you are getting at the more subtle humor aspects of it! wow. hilarious, and the Lego illustrations are (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Brendan, you've outdid yourself yet again ...and they call themselves christians lol -HRH (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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I think that the first guy looks awesome! I love his gun and his head. The second one is perfect except for the chest , you should make it smaller. Overall, 10 out of 10. (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) SNIP Great installment, Rev! I like the interjected humor, such as in "On Faith". Pearls before swine... :) "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Brendan, Dang you! Every time you post a new installment it makes me feel horrid over my own long-neglected projects. On Peace - Great implementation of the Lowell Sphere! On Family - How did you get Jesus' arms out like that? Did you cheat with (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Excellent, Bram. This is cool, not only for the obvious reasons, (functional steering, hot colour scheme, awesome shape, etc.) but also for being a fine example of the value of trying different scales. This also rewards closer scrutiny; the slight (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(URL) The Teachings of Jesus> section of (URL) The Brick Testament website> has now come to completion with the addition of nine new illustrated teachings: (2 URLs) Peace> (2 URLs) Family> (2 URLs) Faith> (2 URLs) Prayer> (2 URLs) Hypocrisy> (2 (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: first multi-colored sculpture - rhapsody in blue
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(...) And I have to say thank you for adding these. The stories being told on the moonbase are a lot of the fun. I liked the space men chasing the zombies up the tower. Other fantastic stories on the moonbase were the spaceman (URL) to smell the (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I built it in five sections, each a little under 2 feet tall. These were merged together the first morning to form the full tower. Unfortunately since I hadn't done tile layers it couldn't come apart afterwards. So it had to come home in many (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I will confess that the interior is empty. The technological breakthrough was the ability to produce the color voxel representation of the multi-colored object. To transform objects into voxels I had been rendering slices through them. (page 7 (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Northwest Artifact wins Best of Show at NWBrickCon 2006
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(...) Thanks! The 'pins' (axle-2) are used only to 'glue' the front face 'sheet' to the wing base 'sheet'. There is enough tension/compression that it is extremely unlikely to come apart without intent. The axles (captured 3-1/2 w/stud) on the (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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Hi Fellows, My latest castle MOC is online : (URL) are welcome. Regards, Denix (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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(...) I immediately built it when I saw it the first time (Which I never do by the way), and I use a more common brick for the three-way connection, but thanks for the thought. (...) Thanks, the site is clear in its explanation! Thanks as well to (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) WOW! It deserved the win! I thought you were being sarcastic about the plywood and staples until I looked through your Brickshelf folder - neat idea! I'm afraid I'm a little slow today, though...does it pin the wing assembly to the body (...) (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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I don't think its boring at all. For me, a non-spacer, it was the coolest part of the moonbase. Very impressive! Josh (18 years ago, 13-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Is there anybody in America due to visit LEGOLAND California soon. I’m replicating and building for my pleasure the Bust Sculptures of famous people that can be seen at the LEGOLAND parks. I usually take close-up detailed digital pictures of these (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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It may (...) David, you continue to astound me. Absolutely awesome. To think it is boring is completely absurd--might actually be your best yet in my opinion. And I really can see how it is a breakthrough of sorts. What a memorial it would make with (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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I think this was a great build. I like the green. but the legs could have been custom made. You should have made one using only your own ideas. Overall , 8 out of 10. (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Northwest Artifact wins Best of Show at NWBrickCon 2006
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Here are a few pics of my Northwest Artifact (Totem Pole). It is 6 feet tall, has a 7-1/2 foot wingspan and uses about 20,000 bricks and plates. The technology I developed to enable such massive (and thin) wings is called Plywood and Staples. The (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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Impressive! I have never even attempted a sculpture (I feel like an dinosaur on Lugnet now ; ) but this still looks very tricky... I love the sharpness of the line itself, and the figs at the base really make it. Thanks for sharing and God Bless, (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I'd like to point out that the space men climbing up at the bottom were my contribution to David's Sculpture. It was really quite impressive. Well Done. steve (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) David, I want to see pictures of the fig leaf that you built to cover it. ;-) Seriously, how did you transport it? Did you split it into sections or did you move it whole? Also, how thick are the walls? Having never built anything to that (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) If this wasn't Lego it would be boring, but somewhow the knowledge of how it is constructed gives it that something extra . I think if you had worked out some sort of studless super SNOT construction it just wouldn't work. As a matter of (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Hello! That's cool. That looks like a large Schultüte. (What's a Schultüte? Look it up here: (URL) at LEO.org>) And it's another tower that's taller than mine. Sighs. The naked mini... erm... bigfigs = sculptures are great, too. Bye Jojo (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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At (URL) NWBrickCon2006> I showed my first ever multi-colored sculpture. It was a part of the moonbase display. It was an 8 foot tall cone with a bulging red stripe spiraling up the side. But the red stripe is structural. It’s not just tacked on the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I posted a couple of pictures of this over on Eurobricks that show a bit better how the barrel and carriage go together. They are in this thread: (URL) (...) This page: (URL) has a pretty good explanation of the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Sort of. Howitzers were developed to fire at high angles, but were generally transported with the cannon horizontal. Nowadays, the word "howitzer" seems to be used for just about any cannon-like artillery. ROSCO (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) This is the best home-brewed cannon I've seen so far. It's quite perfect and still simple, very much to my taste. I would love you to do a diorama around this. I do have a question however, isn't a howitzer some form of mortar? In the game Age (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, you to! Hello Eric, this is a excellent Mechbay! I "love" the design much! The old classic Space colors that you use for the building a great! And there a lot of Classic-Space Minifigs around the Mecha! I enjoy every picture in your (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Gorgeous.... (Click pic below to see more at Mike's gallery) (URL) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) I'm disappointed by the lack of a zipper and the fact that the back fins aren't all rubbery and floppy. Otherwise, very nice! (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (18 years ago, 10-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi all, My latest sprinkling of MOCs: Concept Car: Pendant off-roader (2 URLs) Flickr> Medical Pod (2 URLs) Flickr> Retro Robot (2 URLs) Flickr> Comments and criticisms welcome, Tim PS. A warning for these and future MOCs: my Flickr gallery contains (...) (18 years ago, 9-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Theed Federation Occupation
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As the Trade Federation forces advanced on the Naboo cities, the Queen remained convinced that peaceful negotiations was possible. When battle droids were dispatched to capture the citizens of Theed, Amidala ordered her people not to resist - for (...) (18 years ago, 9-Oct-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) My agreements. The composition and treatment is well done! The film grain effect looks great too - would be interesting to see some subtle clouds or smoke in the background. Or, the subtle silhouettes of some war machines. But of course, this (...) (18 years ago, 8-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) snippity-do (...) Hmmm, somehow I missed this reply until now, but I have a new sig file now! Wow, my life is now complete! Not to mention the fact that you finally came clean with the truth about who actually builds your mocs. Such good (...) (18 years ago, 7-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Halloween Vig Contest 2 Entry - Trick or treat
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Hello, here is my first entry to the Halloween Contest (as well as my first post here after eight or so years of lurking =P) (URL) (18 years ago, 7-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Re: Thai Temple
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(...) I absolutely love it. My wife and I travel, its our passion, and I would love to be able to do models of great architectural wonders we've visited in our travels. (18 years ago, 6-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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