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Re: Pokemon Lego sculpture
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:40:14 GMT
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William R. Ward <hermit@bayview.com> wrote in message
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> "Keith Blumenthal" <Keith.Blumenthal@wcom.com> writes:
> > Nice job on those sculptures...especially on Bulbasaur's head and eyes • and
> > also the bulb. Perhaps its body needs to be a bit bigger but I won't
> > quibble. They are better than anything I've tried. How about trying
> > Psyduck next 8).
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> Thanks!
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> The bulb was very tricky - it's 6-lobed (though I had a hard time
> telling from the cartoon whether it's supposed to have 5 or 6 lobes,
> and took the easier choice). It used up almost all the green from 10
> 3033 tubs.
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> I am also uncomfortable about the size of Bulbasaur's body (the part
> below the bulb). I feel the Nintendo folks or whoever designed him
> should have made the body smaller and the bulb larger. But I think
> the Lego model is pretty close. The relative sizes of his body and
> bulb seem to vary a lot on different cartoons, comic books, etc.
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> I've thought about doing Psyduck, but the trouble is, he's neither
> yellow nor orange, but somewhere in between. If I used yellow and
> stood him next to Pikachu that just wouldn't do. And Lego's orange is
> too bright and dark - he'd look sunburnt.
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> What I'll probably do next is Squirtle or Charmander, if I continue
> doing Pokemon models.
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> --Bill.
I'll vote fo a Charmander! (my favorite)
Gary
P.s. I like your bulbasaur a lot!
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| (...) The hard part would be the flame on the tail. I tried doing a candle in Lego as a practice piece, and wasn't too happy with the result. Flames are so dynamic that trying to model them as a static statue is very hard. Also, Lego's color scheme (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Thanks! The bulb was very tricky - it's 6-lobed (though I had a hard time telling from the cartoon whether it's supposed to have 5 or 6 lobes, and took the easier choice). It used up almost all the green from 10 3033 tubs. I am also (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)
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