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Re: The Burning Bush (and more)
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:37:49 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> Continuing great work.
Thanks. @8^)
> My comments:
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> God Takes Note - I particularly like the part where God is writing a note. :)
> I also really like the tile floor in your throne room.
The Pharaoh's throne room had a black tile floor back in Joseph's
generation. My original idea was to only introduce some subtle changes to
the throne room for the Exodus stories, but then when I went to move the
throne room to make these subtle changes, I accidentally dropped the whole
thing on the floor, effectively destroying it. Oh well. This way I got to
make something new and hopefully more interesting.
> Burning Bush - I just noticed that you're using two capes to make a cloak.
> That's a nice idea.
Yeah, one cape just didn't seem like enough for someone as important as
Moses. @8^)
> The burning bush itself is stunning. The orange and
> green work really well together. Too much talking in this story, but there
> you are constrained by the text, which is just a long conversation without
> much action.
It is an extended dialogue, true, and not all that exciting when rendered in
LEGO. But I like that Moses spends a long time talking to an angry,
malevolent bush out in the desert.
> That said, though, you kind of rip the guts out of the text
> (IMO) by not having verse 14, where God says his name. At least IMO that is
> God's crucial line of dialogue.
Really? I guess I never understood why people make a big deal out of that
verse. God uses a peculiar phrase to refer to himself, which is variously
translated as something like "I am who is", which is then never used again,
and everyone goes back to calling God "Yahweh" or "God" or some other
honorific title. I know people like to attach significant meaning to that
"name" for God, but it's so ambiguous that there's nothing in particular to
support any such suggestion of its meaning. Anyhow, it's a strange passage,
but not strange enough to be of interest to me.
> The staff/snake bit and the white hand work
> very well. I especially laughed at the white hand (which doesn't look like
> it's fully attached, for some reason).
Yeah, I had the hand stick out more than usual, just to make it more
prominent, and perhaps a little more sickly looking.
> Moses and Aaron - Seems like a very uncomfortable kiss.
@8^) Yes, the two-bearded kiss was difficult to capture.
> First Meeting - I really like your idea for the throne, using two minifig
> chairs and adding armrests. I'll have to borrow that idea. Maybe for King
> Theoden's throne. In the outside scene, are those Bionicle parts I see?
> Very nice. I've seen Brad Hamilton use very different pieces in his Town
> creations, but I've never seen Bionicle used this well in an ancient setting
> before.
I'm not sure if those are also Bionicle pieces, but I got those two pieces
as the feet of the Pit Droid technic set. Pretty menacing looking feet. @8^)
> Second Meeting - In the second meeting one of my favorite little details is
> the cat - sitting on Pharoah's lap, then stalking the snake, etc. Very
> cat-like. I really like your magicians and wise men. Apparently one of
> them has died since Joseph was around (which makes these guys really old,
> since this is supposed to be several generations). I generally don't like
> that dinosaur head piece, but here it is pretty funny in Moses' staff/snake.
It was right after I finished work on that story that I saw the new LEGO
catalog featuring the new giant snake in the big new Harry Potter set. Not
sure if I should have waited. It's a cool new giant snake, but maybe even
too big for Aaron's hungry staff/snake.
Thanks for the comments!
-Rev. Smith
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| Hey Brendan, Continuing great work. My comments: God Takes Note - I particularly like the part where God is writing a note. :) I also really like the tile floor in your throne room. Burning Bush - I just noticed that you're using two capes to make a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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