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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
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> That thing's huge! See below.
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> The storyline:
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> I love that bridge in frame 57...and those little black-and-silver
> terror troops are great with those Toa masks as shields! Excellent
> idea. I didn't get too far through the story itself--I agree, that
> early chase screams for comic-book-type sound effects, and dialogue
> would just transform it. I caught myself trying to figure out just
> what they *might* be saying.
Glad you liked the elevated set. That was fun to make. And the masks as
shields came about because I love to make something else out of a part that
so many people think is un useless or too specialized.
I also took some pics of the generator/bridge set and the set I used for the
alley behind the bar:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76256
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76257
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76258
> Bardiel itself: Awwww yeah! I hope we'll see plenty of text about
> the ship, its story, etc--that was one of the coolest things about
> it. You've kept the whole "found technology" look about it very,
> very effectively, inside and out. And those open expanses on some
> of the decks are amazing!
Glad you like the way it turned out!
> This, however, is remarkable:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76175
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> I vote this as "most interesting use of a Pirate hull, ever."
> It does make for a very organic-looking drive system--and the
> fiber-optics, do they light to give it the complete funky look?
:-) The drive/core is supposed to look like a huge altar. You can see a
computer terminal down at the bottom so the engineers can talk to the ship.
The boat hull seemed to have a nice shape to it so I just layered everything
on that. The whole drive is actually only attached by 2 studs at the top.
The lower portion slots into place on another boat hull bow. This bow is
upside down and held in place by a few tiles. The fiber optics does spin
and glow. You can actually see it lit up (barely) in one of the pics.
There is a motor mounted inside the pirate hull. An RCX is hidden inside the
top engine. You can access it by a hinge plate on top and theres actually a
tiny door at the rear of the engine so I could plug in an AC adaptor. The
RCX is programmed to start the drive and flicker some lights along the ship
when I turn off the light.
> This:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=76152
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> is a definite contender for the "BURP usage" category.
BURPs are great!!
> Anyways, this is splendid. I can't wait to see more! (And add
> it to the GS, fergoshsakes, grumble grumble.)
Thank you very much! I'll add it soon. I'm gonna try to take "the"
picture of the ship before I take it apart. With good light and stuff.
-Jon
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