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(...) I am using a book by Peter Clayton and Martin Price titled "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" for some of my source data. There is an artist's rendition of the statue on page 65 of the book. I imposed a LEGO brick-shaped grid over the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Wow. Thanks for showing us. I like the massive, bricky columns. Shows that squares are the way to go! I went looking for details on Pheidias (lost) statue. Could you tell a little bit about how you designed yours? -Erik (23 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) I was about to say the same. Is that done to scale measurements? As it didn't seem all that big when I was there last year. Lovely model though. Now you just have to do the rest of the site... Jason Railton (23 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) In 2001 I was at Olympia, in the workshop, and on (what was left of) Zeus's Temple. If you'd like some pictures I could send them to you. In the meantime, very nice model, but the columns are all upright. :) Brian (23 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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I have built a minifig scale model of the Temple of Zeus, the building housing the Statue of Zeus by Pheidias. The statue itself is considered one of the seven Wonders of the ancient world, built in the fifth century BC. Although it was the building (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.build.ancient) !!
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