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Re: The Brick Testament: The Full Extent of The Law
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:21:46 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
> Great work as always. Congratulations on finishing the Law.
Thanks, Bruce.
> What not to eat: A lot of humor though this section made it very fun. This is
> a definite argument for the inclusion of dialog bubbles if you did a book on
> this section.
Yeah, I don't know if a Brick Testament book based on The Law could work at all
without them...
> I like the brown animal (gazelle?) in the first picture--the two
> horn pieces works well.
I was thinking it was a buck deer, but since the antlers don't branch at all, a
gazelle may be a better interpretation. In the background is a llama.
> The rabbit poop is just wrong. :)
If you've ever had a pet rabbit in your house, you can testify to that photo's
accuracy though.
> The furniture is really nice in that picture.
Thanks.
> I'm not a huge fan of the fish.
I was going to use the standard one-piece LEGO fishes, but they just all look so
similar it didn't seem appropriate, and they are all striking that bizarre
twisted pose. Maybe someone else could have come up with a better solution than
my oversized macro-fishes, but it was the best idea I came up with.
> On the flying things, I guess it's also unclean to eat baby dragons?
Don't you recognize a pale green hoopoe when you see one? @8^)
> How did you attach the bat upside down?
I basically jammed the pink bird's tail up its butt.
> Also, I'd never seen the brown bird. Do
> you know what that's from?
Peeron says it's from 6098 King Leo's Castle. When I did "The People Demand
Meat" story for The Wilderness, I had wanted to use all brown birds to represent
quails, but then I noticed that they sell for about $4 each on Bricklink. @8^/
> The tortois is great; I'd never seen the pirate
> headscarf in that color before. I'm not a fan of the lizard, though, it's too
> much like a green turd.
I agree about the lizard. Any better ideas for it?
> Nice continuity from the plagues to have the gun as a
> locust.
Mmmm... edible revolvers... <<crunch!>>
> Fashion: Hey, he's cutting hair with a locust!
I always cut my hair with locusts. I guess that's why I look like this. @8^/
> The modification of the hair
> piece looks much better on this one - did you sand that?
Nope. Just good luck in carving, I suppose.
> In the shaving scene,
> is that an actual reflection, or did you have to cut and paste in photoshop?
As I mentioned in my response to Tobbe, it's just a regular window with the same
minifig on both sides, imitating a mirror effect.
> Nice coffin. Ouch! on the far right guy in the coffin scene.
I can't believe he showed up to a funeral in his tighty whiteys. Isn't there
some law against *that*?
> Perfect choice of figure for the tatoo artist.
He fits the stereotype, to be sure.
> Lending: I like the use of the bank windows and the safe pieces. Simple but
> effective laptop. The implication of racism is a nice commentary.
Hope that photo doesn't further inflame relations between the Jews and the
Indians.
> Genital Injury: Tobbe is right. Yikes! Lorena Bobbit in ABS form. I'm a bit
> surprised you didn't have her carrying a yellow minifig arm away.
With the exception of removed-foreskins, I haven't actually shown any LEGO
minifig genitalia so far in The Brick Testament. It hasn't really been a strict
policy for me, but I haven't found it necessary so far to convey what I've been
trying to illustrate. The woman running away may or may not have the amputated
penis in her hand, but it's left up to the viewer to wonder.
> Misc.: I like the microfig barn/silo. Simple but very effective. I do agree
> with Tobbe on the focus on the farmer, though. I've always loved that donkey
> design. When I get around to doing some of the more rural Shire scenes I'm
> definitely going to steal some of your animals to dot the countryside.
I've certainly borrowed from others (ie. your pipe!), so feel free. @8^)
> In the kitchen scene, I've never seen a minifig spoon. Do you know where that's from?
Not offhand. Maybe Scala. I think I got it on Bricklink...
> How to keep the law: I like the nursery/preschool room. My mom used to teach
> at a preschool and this room looks very authentic to me. What are those printed
> tiles on the floor? Some DUPLO pieces?
Duplo put out a mosaic set that's pretty cool, but with such bright colors and
relatively large tiles (4 x 4), it's been hard to find an appropriate place to
use them. I forget which exact set I bought, but here's a similar one from way
back in 1986:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1000
> In the next scene, that glass topped
> table is outstanding. One question, though--how many times did that fall over
> in the course of photography?
I took a few photos, and then tried some more with a glass on the table, and
that kept knocking the table over. I eventually got the shot with the glass,
but ended up liking an earlier shot better.
> In the next scene, the use of the white minifig
> head for the baby's body works better than your normal 1x1 round. It looks like
> he's wrapped in a blanket.
I agree. Maybe I'll use that method for newborns from now on -- until their old
enough to sprout little arms and feet.
> I like the mannequin in the window. In the last
> scene of this chapter, how did you stick the tiles to the heads? At least on
> the far right girl I suspect you cheated and used putty.
OK, yeah, I cheated with the girl, but the others are legit. I used a "minifig
neck bracket with back stud":
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=554
The hole in the bracket goes on the minifig's head stud, and the bracket stud
faces forward to attch the Law tile.
> Why to keep the law: Very effective bacon and eggs. On the various
> skin-diseased figs, did you actually paint the figs, or was this all done in
> photoshop? Either way it looks great.
It's all post-production Photoshop work. As always, I only resort to this sort
of thing when I feel it's absolutely necessary, but I just coudn;t find any
standard LEGO minifigs that were gross enough, though the Bib Fortuna, Troll
head, and Frankenstein head, were a good starting point.
> In 28:26 I like the werewolf head coming
> from offscreen, also the bird pecking the eye and the other pecking the crotch
> are particularly effective. God sitting back and drinking some coffee after
> he's done is a strong editorial comment.
As I mentioned in response to Tobbe, the text implies that Yahweh is taking
delight throughout the punishment (torture) of the Law-breaker. Having him just
sipping coffee indifferently was perhaps toning that idea down a bit.
> Following your own compass: For some reason I don't like the microfig town in
> this chapter. The illusion doesn't come off as well.
I can accept that criticism. It didn't come out quite as nicely as I thought it
might.
> In the second picture,
> switching to the black book is very effective. I think that book has a picture
> on the front, though. Did you have to photoshop that off?
Yeah, there was a red snake there that would have been confusing to leave on
there, so it was Photoshopped out. @8^/
> I never reallized
> those flames could hook together like that! I'm definitely going to borrow that
> technique.
OK, so did *anybody* know about this? Has the Danish LEGO designer of that
flame piece been looking at people's MOCs for the past ten years and wondering
why nobody has ever utilized this way of connecting flames together?
Surely someone recreating the Emperor shooting blue lighting at Luke must have
stumbled upon this, no?
Thanks for the comments, Bruce!
-Rev. Smith
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| (...) That had to hurt. (...) Yikes. I'll make do with my gray and red birds, though one of these days I'll get that newer Belville set that has lots of food and dish elements (___'s Bazaar, I think), and that has the pastel birds. (...) Do you know (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| Hey Brendan, Great work as always. Congratulations on finishing the Law. What not to eat: A lot of humor though this section made it very fun. This is a definite argument for the inclusion of dialog bubbles if you did a book on this section. I like (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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