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(...) The ark! Wow, great ark! Cool ark! Wow. Etc. Where did you get those flying creatures? Some castle set I assume. (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) A couple of bugs... On (URL) image doesn't work. Also the "Next" button at the top of (URL) to the same page; the one at the bottom of the page is fine. --Bill. (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Wow ... some great stuff here. I particularly love the cloud (and lightning) and the golden calf. The maxifig hands for ears was a brilliant stroke. And the tablets too. Great stuff. Only thing is, and I've noticed this before, is that's a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Rev. Smith, First things first: errors, in the Golden Calf story you misspelled Yahweh or Moses saying "Intetntions." Also the last picture or 2nd to last doesn't come up. the story Yahweh relents comes up as a broken link. Wow! this stuff is going (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Thanks so much for posting about this and for translating the section that mentions The Brick Testament. -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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A small update: Today, there is an article in the Danish newspaper 'Berlingske Tidende' about the 'Danish version' of the Brick Testament (in Danish only): (URL) Brick Testament is also mentioned. The article is about the 11 year old boy Glenn (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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(...) Hi Erik, Thanks for your comments When I designed the stairs, I had a few problems since I really needed that the slops on the side will flow with it. The main idea was to try making it as accurate as I could to the originals, though those (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks. @8^) (...) What did you have in mind for the carousing to "go further"? (...) Yeah, to get a good cloud shape I needed a way to get studs facing all four directions, so the rows of interconnected headlight pieces was my best solution. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) We're all hoping Brickshelf will soon be back to full health. (...) Thanks, I was pleased with how those look. (...) Suspending the God cloud was tricky. I wanted to use as little image manipulation as possible, so generally if there's a part (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hey Yaron, thanks, this is the first Ancient Americas MOC I recall in awhile. Somehow studs look good on Mayan pyramids, maybe because I'm prepared to see them somewhat "greebly". The few smooth slopes you use make a nice counterpoint. The greenery (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.cad)
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Golden Calf highlights: I really like how the calf changes from the first to the second picture as Aaron wasn't finished carving it yet. Nice detail. The design of the calf itself is good. As with your previous cows, the SNOT work lets you use those (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hey Brendan, I've only had a chance to go through the first story, The Ten Commandments. Pages are loading almost unbearably slowly, so it took a while. I really like the mountains in the distance in that first picture. I might copy that design when (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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The Exodus saga comes to an exciting conclusion with the latest update to The Brick Testament featuring six all-new illustrated stories. See them here: (URL) Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient) !
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Hi everybody, Just wanted to interest you all, with the MOC I constructed (well not built due to lack of parts). I was always impressed by the astonishing piramids of the Mayas and wanted to built those for ages. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks, John. (...) @8^) As you might guess, that one was pretty brutal in the sheer number of manhours it took to construct. (...) Of course I don't mind. That's very flattering. You can make a royalty check out to the following address... (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Great work as always! I especially loved the plague of darkness. That one was a classic! And I am using the image of the Hebrews calling to Yahweh for help (when they see the chariots coming) as my desktop wallpaper (hope you don't mind, but I love (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Thanks. Your detailed comments are always appreciated, Bruce. (...) According to Numbers 37:14, when the Israelites defeated the Sith-ites, God demanded that they massacre all of them, man, woman, and child, leaving only two left -- a master (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Well that's certainly ONE view of what he's doing, yes. Please forgive me for snickering out loud when I read the above paragraph, though. Ronald, you may want to check your assumptions a lot more carefully before you proclaim that you're sure (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Rev. Brendan, Wow, I am so impressed. I have been collecting Lego for some time now and have worried that I have been to materialistic in my collecting. I have so often thought and prayed to find some way to honor and give glory to God with this. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Brendan, Great work as always. Some comments: Egyptians Plundered: Hey, the Egyptians gave them their lightsabers! That'll come in handy when the Israelites want to fight off the Amelikites or the Cannanites or the Sith-ites. Egyptians Drowned: I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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