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Through the gates of a Samurai clan, a small contingent of Ninjas prepare for a journey to the West. (2 URLs) AC (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Trick or Treat
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(...) Agreed - the fire hydrant is great! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (17 years ago, 1-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | LSculpt update - Mac version available!
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Jim Devona has kindly compiled LSculpt for Macintosh. It's a universal build, so it should work on Intel and PPC computers. I've also added a little more text to the HELP file and fixed a couple bugs. LSculpt is available at (URL) Here are a couple (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: The most famous German sofa.
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Hello! (...) Thanks. I guess, unless you are fluent in German you wouldn’t take much pleasure in Loriot’s show. The humour comes from communication and miscommunication mainly. ( (URL) ) The sofa is rather three-sided.:-) There's some SNOT and (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The most famous German sofa.
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(...) Good rendition. I'm not familiar with the show (don't get much German comedy in Aus... unless you count Inspector Rex) but I am familiar with Lego :) Is it two sided or does its facade hide all sort of secrets (very fitting for a TV show)? Tim (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | The most famous German sofa.
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Hello! It's the sofa the best German comedian Loriot and his no less best assistant Evelyn Hamann sat on when presenting their TV sketches in the 1970s. ( (URL) ) (URL) me, I'm a link!>> The reason I built this is a sad one. Evelyn Hamann died the (...) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Re: Trick or Treat
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(...) Fun vool MOC here! The kid dressed as a fire hydrant is a great touch! :wink: lol I wish candy bars like the one that kid's getting were that big when I was a trick-or-treater :-O (URL) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) P.P.S BTW were you aware that I do actually run a game of Battletech with these once a year at a convention called Marcon held in Columbus, OH ? (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Thanks, E I've been trying to improve the flow and color schemes of my designs as of late. As well as, try new methods of construction within the range of what I am comfortable with doing. (I just don't have the time or patience to do what you (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Thanks, Marco Glad you like them. As far as that pistol is concerned, the design was a total accident. I originally was going to have all three toes be 1 stud wide like the toes on the side of the feet, but ran into posability problems. I had (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Thanks Fradel In reference to the Taunt, can you post a pic of what piece you're referring to? As far as the inspiration for the design of the Ichneumen, Cicada Killer, and the Fidget 2, I used the Chameleon. It's an old design as far as the (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Nice work as usual, Brendan. I don't know how you made the torso of Jesus, but I think I would have preferred a Futuron torso ((URL) It might not be as accurate, but the Space Logo could have been a nice little joke - da Vinci himself is rumored to (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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Hello Jon, very well done. What I like on those three is the playability (like always). The modular Weapons on the Watcher are really nice. But my absolute favourite is the gun on the upper/right arm: (URL) Keep building and posting (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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One of my favorite traditions is to wake up on Sunday, have my coffee and look at cool MOCs. Thank you, it has been a while since I have done that. Great work on all three mechs! Eric (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Hi, Bruce! (...) Thanks! (...) OK! I just replaced the previous version of The Last Supper with the new version on the (URL) Brick Testament desktop wallpapers page>. Enjoy! (...) Yeah, I started to worry after the 3rd update with no response from (...) (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Trick or Treat
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(...) Original or not, this made me smile. Well done. Peace and treats, Professor Whateverly (URL) (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Trick or Treat
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Not a terribly original idea, but I needed some Halloween decor for my living room. (URL) Happy Halloween! -Elroy (17 years ago, 28-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Hey Brendan, Awesome recreation! I love the angled walls and the brick-built landscape. Also a great job on selecting torsos, heads etc to match the painting. You really should make a desktop wallpaper of this. BTW, I know that I've let a whole (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) NIce job on the omnimech refit. I dig the weapons modularity and the pose in pic Watcher-1. The Taunt remindes me of that Inner Shere battlesuit from the TV show. I'm not sold on the canopy, have you tried something like the RGS canopy? The (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | 3 New Mecha
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Hello all, Been very productive in the last few weeks. I have 2 that are redsigns of old mechs (circa 1999), and 1 completely new one. here is the redesign of the watcher (URL) are its modular weapons (URL) here is the redesign of the taunt (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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(...) True, but it's considered bad form to go and edit your own entries. :) But Larry Pieniazek contacted me by e-mail about taking proper steps to license the image in such a way that it can go on Wikipedia in good standing. -Brendan (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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(...) Thanks, Scott. (...) Even in my earlier two versions of The Last Supper, I had noticed those four tall, dark rectangles along the side walls in Da Vinci's original and sought to create something like them even though I wasn't sure what they (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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(...) Dude, nice beard. We may have to start calling you Rabbi BPS instead.... :-)} JOHN (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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(...) Well, in the case of the Wikipedia- you can edit it. (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Beautiful as alway Brendan, but how did you acomplish the wall designs, they look really interesting. Scott (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci Style
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Here's my new take on The Last Supper, this time attempting to stay as faithful as possible to (URL) Leonardo Da Vinci's original>: (URL) Hundreds of years of deterioration and poorly executed "restorations" have left it uncertain exactly how the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Re: New Mecha
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(...) Thanks, Marco It's very poseable. The only structural flaw I have found is in the armor baffles around the knee. -Jon (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | LEGO Robotics Competition XI
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:: Competition XI Press Release - For Immediate Release! The School of Technology at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and the Evansville Chapter 73 of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers announce the student Lego robotics competition XI (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-07, to lugnet.loc.us.in.eva, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | Re: Bridgelayer
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Thanks everyone for your compliments. Marc, I'm not really tech savvy enough to take a video and put it online, but thanks for the idea. Magnus (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Bridgelayer
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(...) Magnus, This is great, it's nice to see a support vehicle created. Thanks, George (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Bridgelayer
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Very nicely done! The proof is in the pudding and in this case seeing the vehicle drive across its own bridge is that proof. Nice combination of function and form. Steve (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Eternity Puzzle
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Hi all, When I was showing my interlocking puzzles during the 75th anniversary of LEGO, one of the employees asked me if I'd already heard of the (recently launched) Eternity II Puzzle: the first one who manages to solve it, wins $2million. He (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Brickshelf find
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Hi folks, I found this on (URL). Seems to me quite nice. (URL) What do you think about it? Use the up-button also, there is more to see. Cheers (URL) Marco> (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: New Mecha
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Hello Jon, looks amazing. Seems to be quite poseable and playable. Good work Marco (17 years ago, 22-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Scaling up Sculpture
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(...) Exactly. 2x6 and 2x8 bricks become very important. Not to mention 1xn, n>=6. (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Scaling up Sculpture
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(...) Does this mean that if there is a 1x1 brick you would need to make it 3x3x3? A 2x4 brick would be 6x12? I have often wondered about this as I have heard that Lego builders do this. So if you have a 1x2 half overhanging without support on the (...) (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | peeron inventory correction
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Oct 21 692-1: Road Repair Crew yellow 3003px3 Brick 2x2 with White Lego Logo Closed-O with Black Outline Pattern should be yellow 3003px4 Brick 2 x 2 with White Lego Logo Open-O with Black Outline Pattern (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Scaling up Sculpture
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(...) I was hoping to smooth out some of that blockiness. It'll still look like it's made from Lego pieces, I'm sure. I guess I'll just have to build it and see. Thanks for the info. (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Scaling up Sculpture
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(...) The folks at Legoland usually just scale models exactly. So each brick becomes 3 bricks high, each plate becomes 1 brick high, and each stud becomes a 3x3 square of studs. The end result will be just as blocky as the original, so it will be (...) (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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