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(...) -snip actual MOCBoxes- (...) Nice idea, great execution. (The pirate one is obviously the best, but that might just be my bias showing ;-).) Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing - The MOCBox
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(...) \ Superb (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Inspired by the feedback to my recent (URL) MOC. I played around with the large trans-clear panel piece and came up with a simple idea for a container which I call the MOCBox. My first build was in response to (URL) Joe Meno's comment> about a Sea (...) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Izzo's Drakkhen scenes
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(...) -snipped all the images- (...) Izzo is one of the premier Japanese builders. He posts on one of the Japanese sites though he does speak some English with the help of a friend. I'm sure he's tickled pink to have his newest work showcased on (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Every one of those is fabulous! My favorite is the (URL) yellow 2-headed dragon>. The segmentation and the 1X1 tiles are great. David (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:> One of these days I'll have to try that. I'm just afraid that I'll ruin a (...) It works well and scraping off the lightning bolts makes good practice. My first "real" (as opposed to computer (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Wow, those are great scenes. I like the dragon designs themselves. Some great spines and sinister poses. The dragon vs mecha fight is fun, too. Jim (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hey all, He's only posted on Lugnet once as far as I can tell, so I'm going to go ahead and post this for him. In case you haven't seen, Izzo has been posting an amazing series of dragon scenes he calls the (URL) Drakkhen>: (10 URLs) He said these (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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(...) One of these days I'll have to try that. I'm just afraid that I'll ruin a head. Maybe I should start practicing with my hoarde of Harry Potters. (...) They're quite effective, though I suppose clear pics would ruin the illusion. (...) It was (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. I kind of like that you've come up with your own alternate titles for each of these stories. :) (...) That's good to hear. I think he's got a lot more character. The old face was pretty bland. (...) To get the super-bright light (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Ross. (...) Oops! I appreciate the correction. -Brendan (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Brendan, More great stuff. (URL) by the light> - Well, I've said before that I'm not a huge fleshy fan and that I miss the old bald paul, but the new paul design is growing on me. I like the "pursuit" pic, some good movement in that one, but I (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Greetings all, I just finished rebuilding one of my oldest mecha. My Marauder AKA Zentraedi Officers Battle pod aka Glaug. The new design is more accurate than the previous attempt. The feet are a bit smaller, the hips are built better, upper leg is (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: I shall call him... Mini Me
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(...) Oh that little engine on the flatcar is just so cute! Small question tho, did you consider putting any 1x6 lt. grey plates on the drive wheels of the mini-model to better match the large engine's rods? Or did it seem they would be too big in (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Brendan, I always enjoy reading your updates. Or looking at the pictures anyway ;) Noticed a typo in Acts 15:6 - tesing -> testing. Regards ROSCO (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with seven newly illustrated stories from the book of the (URL) of the Apostles>: (2 URLs) Blinds Saul> (2 URLs) Holy Prison Break> (2 URLs) Assassinated> (2 URLs) of Jesus> (2 URLs) Gets (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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(2 URLs) Post Mod Gallery> Here is a mini version of my #805 I built this afternoon. I've been wanting to build a mini-scale train to ride on a small flatbed car for a long time now, but I never really got the gumption to try to build a MOC of my (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(2 URLs) I got a request for building instructions for my (URL) Roman race track> yesterday. Even though my wife wanted me to do the dishes first, I can now present a PDF file with the (URL) instructions> for all the elements of the model. Play (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Incidentally, I noticed that the windscreen shown in Peeron's (URL) 4939 inventory> is not exactly the same as the (URL) window>, which has 1 x 1 connectors in its front corners instead of 1 x 3 connectors. Peeron says the windscreen number is (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.inv, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! I'm glad you liked them and that they gave you some ideas. Spinning the helicopter rotor on a headlight brick was a stretch, but it works! Jim (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) I spotted these in Brickshelf and was impressed with both of the models - the snowplow is nice for its little details and functions. The helicopter is a pleasant surprise - I looked atthe set and builtthe main model and then went to another (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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Jon Rasmussen, who has been in PNLTC and its offspring clubs for about 10 years now and who is a very active builder in Wild West, among other themes, is still a lurker here on Lugnet. So I'm posting this stuff for him. :) Jon will be hosting the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Thanks! Yeah, I like to do alternate models out of "philosophical solidarity" with all the kids (like me, more or less) without the resources to build big collections. Anyway, I'm glad that the LDraw files are appreciated. Eventually I intend (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: 4939 Alternate Models: Snow Plow and Helicopter
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(...) Jim, These are great. I'm always happy to see folks post single-set alternate models and the fact that you posted the MPD file makes it even better, allowing others to recreate it. Thanks and Regards, Paul (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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To liven up your moc! (URL) AC (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Light Freighter Annie Azure
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Annie Azure was the first of a class of vintage light-freighters. These commonly-seen ships have brought necessities to far-flung colonies for decades. The ships' importance in bringing much-needed medical supplies to the remote, plague-stricken (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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Here are some little models I made from the "(URL) Cars>" set: a snow plow and a lil' helicopter. The snow plow should be a familiar sight to anyone from wintry climes. The shape of the main plow isn't really right for a highway plow, but it does (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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| | BrickFest '07 Creative Badge Contest
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(URL) BrickFest '07 Special Event ===...=== Creative Badge Contest Hi All, Yes, like every year before, we are having a creative badge decoration contest. It's all in good fun and the prize is nothing to speak of, BUT it is a blast to have a bunch (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.people, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bram, An excellent example of the technique and software. As Ley said catching it at a diagonal is a brilliant way to break up any potential blockiness and show off the software. I'm not going to ask where you got the 3d model from... Tim (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Excellent. Amazing. (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) It looks a bit like a wheel of gouda - the strings would be the wires of a cheese slicer. Hmmm... is the perfection of the wheel of cheese about to be cut analagous to the perfection of a piece of music about to be played by a rockabilly band? (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Hi Richie, It's meant to be a guitar but an electric banjo fits the mood. I did choose that colour for a reason but I've forgotten why now. Might have seen a guitar in that colour in a band shot or something. Thanks for sharing your comments. (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Spotlighted! Not sure about the orange 2x2 round for the banjo (is it a banjo?)... I can't help but think that tan or brown (or even a grey) would work better. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) If you run it in verbose mode (command line option -v), it should give you some feedback along the way (like the final size in studs) that might point out what's going wrong. You can scale your models using the -f, -u, or -s command line (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) This is stunning, Bram. I especially like that you put the main axis on a diagonal to the brick. This shows off both your design and the power of your software well. I am most impressed with the navigation on your site too. Peace and poses, (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I tried converting my Solidworks files to .STL and using them directly with lsculpt, but it didn't like them and only rendered an empty .ldr containing only the three comment lines like this: 0 FILE pulserifle23.ldr 0 Author: brep2ldr 0 I (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Mecha Schleim
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(...) Hi Erik, Very interesting. I really like the use of it on the space seat. Another related joint in mecha (which I did not invent) is to take one eye spanner (6246D), two signal paddles (3900) and binoculars (30162) and you get a fairly strong (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi everyone, Remember, two years ago, (URL) I presented with my SNIR window> an unusual use of the 4006 minifig spanner [LDrawPart 4006:0] I started this Saturday to study this part, and I came to these different ways of use : (URL) the now known (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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You (URL) know> what I'm talking about. (URL) (When moderated) Enjoy! "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Cool application! LSculpt should work directly with STL files too. --Bram (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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