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Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:49:49 GMT
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Hey Brendan,
Great work as always. Some thoughts on the building:
Slavery -- That trailer is perfect. Was the trailer-park guy on the Jerry
Sringer show in one of your other offerings? I really like the camera angle on
the floor-scrubbing picture. Why is there a coffin in the bedroom? Nice floor
there, btw. I'm not sure if I like the wall in Ex 21:21. It's interesting, but
doesn't seem quite right.
Children Stoning -- I like the idea of the hair on the rebellious son, but in
the execution it looks too rough. Perhaps you should smooth that down with a
fine-grained sandpaper (or a dremel tool if you have one)? I have the same view
on God's hairpiece, BTW. Perfect face and torso choices on the kid. Is that a
Nintendo he's holding?
Marrying Your Sis-in-Law -- Hey, that pipe looks familiar:
http://www.ozbricks.net/bricktales/lotr/lotrstory/book3/chapter308/lotrstory308-03.html
I was wondering why the one guy was wearing snowshoes up until the last frame.
False Prophets -- I like the camera angle and lighting on the first shot a lot,
also the microfig town in the last photo. I have to add that I found this and
the next couple of segments offensive, but you probably anticipated that.
Stoning Your Family -- I don't like the bookcase in the first two photos. It
looks okay from directly in front, but in the second photo you can see the blue
book peeking through from behind. Very clever newspaper and nice easy chair
design.
Religous Tolerance -- Gruesome. The burning house in frame 3 is very effective.
I like the kitty running away. Jar-Jar in the loot? Hey, where did that tuba
come from? Some Fabuland set? The last picture is effective in its starkness.
Racial Tolerance -- The time change from the first picture to the second is
quite effective.
Hanging -- Ew, gross. The use of focus in the second picture is very nice.
The Occult -- It really looks like that rabbit is coming out of the hat. I liek
the cutting the woman in half, too. Six months ago or so Lego Magazine had some
instructions for a couple of little magic tricks, and I intended to build a
little magic show diorama, but never got around to it. Perhaps this will
inspire me.
I have a general question for you. You reuse a few creations in this series
from earlier segments--I think the sand green house, the front of the church,
and the altar for the wedding appeared before. Do you just keep things together
until you need the pieces, and sometimes they become useful? Or do you plan
ahead and take pictures for future chapters before taking things apart. In my
Tolkien project I have that where, for instance, they come to Edoras (King
Theoden's hall) several times. I had to flip through the book and decide what
pictures I would want for future chapters and take those while I had Edoras
built, even though I didn't build other parts of those future chapters for
several months. Do you do this? Or is it serendipitous that, for instance, you
haven't taken the church apart yet and it's time for another scene involving a
church?
Bruce
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