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In lugnet.announce.moc, Cynthia Bradham wrote:
> This is my second MOC, a castle I built for BrickFest 2004.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=111199
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> It was inspired by the amazing work of Johannes Koehler, which can be seen
> particularly in the trees and building details (i.e. the balcony). Inspiration
> also came from Brendan Powell Smith, and the chairs are a modification of one of
> his designs. I am in awe of both of these incredible creators.
A simply beautiful model, and one that really has to be seen in person to fully
appreciate. I'm glad to see these pics because I was doing 'administrative
duties' - running like a chicken without a head - during BrickFest.
The front section was shown at the August NCLUG meeting, where there was a LOT
of admiration for the windows!
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> I wanted to build something around the original tower with the stained glass
> windows and hand panels, and the rest of the 'castle' arose from there. In the
> tower, I particularly wanted to incorporate the symbols of a double spiral,
> trees in different seasons, and hands, because these are bizarrely significant
> to me. I am pretty happy with how it all came out, although I know it could be
> better. But I am pleased with the windows :)
I dunno about better :-) - this looks great!
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> I learned several things. 1. What looks like a lot of foliage in a zip lock does
> not turn out to be much on a baseplate. 2. One cannot have enough 1x2 bricks. 3.
> 640 x 480 pixels is optimal, and zipping the images is faster than uploading
> them one by one. 4. Brickshelf numbers 10 between 1 and 2, as opposed to after
> 09.
Your pix were a bit big the first time you uploaded :-), but I got a good look
at some detailing....wowzers!
> Thanks to Geoff Gray, who took the professional-looking photos. I took the
> amateur ones, except for the first pic, which I grabbed from someone's (can't
> remember) Brickfest pics, and another that Eric Sophie took.
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> Thanks for looking, and PLMKWYT.
This looks really great! I'm just wondering what you'll be doing
next.....considering you built your first MOC this past year, then this
award-winning castle....any clues?
I'm going to have to take another look at your pics to pick up a pointer or two!
That Joe Meno Guy
NCLUG, um, Administrator? Yeah, that looks right :-)
> Cyndi
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| (...) I agree with Joe, it's depressing how much good stuff I missed, or only got to glance at... these pics fill in a lot of the details I didn't get to see at the time. I love stained glass, especially when used in non liturgical contexts... (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Yeah, you were busy! (...) Thanks Joe, you are sweet. And supportive, which I really appreciate! (...) This was a major Brickshelf learning experience, and as usual, I learn the hard way, manually uploading each image only to find they're all (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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