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Re: The Brick Testament: The Full Extent of The Law
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:50:19 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
> In lugnet.build.ancient, Tobbe Arnesson wrote:
> > What not to eat
> > :4 I thought camels had two humps?
>
> Some have one, others have two. My LEGO camels have one, because two would be
> very hard to fit on there and keep it in scale with minifigs.
Dunno if this is the case in English, but in Swedish we have two different words
for Camel and that one humped one. "Kamel" and "Dromedar".
Oh, and here's a hint:
http://peeron.com/inv/parts/553?year=2003&color=Tan
> > :9 I can hear the White Stripes music :)
>
> Scene from their new video: Fell in Love with a Fish.
:)
> > 7:26 What is that vase?
>
> The bottom is an upside-down trans-blue 1x1 round plate, and on top of it is
> um... I don't know the name of this piece. It's the same thing Adrian Drake
> used in trans red to surround the landing pad of his Rigel 7 casino:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tremor/Ground/rigel7/dscn0664.jpg
Ah - 'Electric Light & Sound Colored Globe': http://peeron.com/inv/parts/4773
> > Lv 19:27 Love the background! And it has never been so obvious that the minifigs
> > don't have ears!
>
> Not unless they're Yoda, Jar-Jar, or Dobby.
Do they count?
> > Like the hair trimmer too, it works better here than as a
> > locust.
>
> It's a Locust(TM) brand Trim-O-Matic(R).
With the extra feature of being a lethal weapon in case you get attacked while
getting a mullet.
Almost as feature rich as that gun in Beverly Hills Cop III.
> > :27-2 I like the razor! Don't want to get cut on it though .) How did you do the
> > mirror image?
>
> The "mirror" is just a standard window, I just set up a mirror-image minifig on
> the other side to create the illusion. If you look closely, you can see that
> the "razor" is actually not a perfect mirror-image. This is because I wanted
> the squared-off edge to be the more prominent one on both sides of the mirror.
> Looks more like a razor that way.
Impressive!
> It was a day or so after I photographed this that I realized that I had a
> decently relecting actual LEGO mirror in my collection. Whoops. I like my
> solution better, though.
I have one too, and it's basically an aluminium foile so your solutions is
superior.
> > :28-2 Love that chair! How did you do that one?
>
> Well, you can see the hinge that's facing out. There's two of those, and in
> between them is two 1 x 2 x 2 panels:
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> http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4864
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> And it's propped up on something or other to give it a little height off the
> floor.
Ah, thanks!
> > Looks like the barber shop
> > doubles as a tattoo parlor .)
>
> This is uncommon in Sweden? @8^)
I still have to find one. Imagine, get a haircut *and* a new paintjob at the
same time :)
One of Rayhawks images would make a nice tattoo BTW.
> > Lending money
> >
> > Ex 22:24 Yeah, right! I like the desk and computer. The vault is so-so since
> > it's not very realistic but at the same time a neat touch. Love the floor!
> > Perhaps a minifig lever/antenna stick would have worked as monitor cable?
>
> It's all wireless at banks these days. They can afford it with the interest
> rates that the gentiles have to pay.
Wireless power, awesome!
> > :1-2 Yikes!
>
> He got Bobbitted!
Never caught the name when it was in the papers.
> > How did you get the trees to look like the stand next to the farm?
>
> The one on the right *is* standing next to the farm, and the one to the left of
> that is a larger granulated tree resting on its side.
Darn granulated trees :P
> That's such a bizarre law. But from what I understand, it is the sole basis for
> orthodox Jews not eating meat and dairy products together. I don't get it.
> (Anybody following up on this, please FUT: off-topic.debate, I guess.)
See, that I did not know.
> > The trolley works and must have been a pain to find a good version of.
>
> I thought you meant trolley as in "an above ground light rail transportation
> system". Then I realized you meant the baby carriage. @8^) It's kind of on
> the large size, but I'm glad it comes across.
Uhm. Yeah :)
> > :8 I suppose the girls head-plate is stuck in the invisible corner?
>
> Of course! I would never use sticky gum to cheat. Right?
Right..
> > :35, 27 That's a scene that makes me feel a little ill, honestly.
>
> Then I have accomplished what I set out for with that illustration. Somehow
> just reading that passage in the Bible doesn't have quite the same effect as
> seeing it boldly illustrated.
That's because we censour our full color imagination a little :P
> > :45 Yahweh is hillarious in this shot! Love the excess helmet ribs.
>
> He doesn't look like he's "taking delight" here so much as he is just "taking
> care of business". Then again, I can't really show my LEGO Yahweh smiling, what
> with the beard and all...
It's very Pulp Fiction never the less and that's almost always good in my book.
> > :20 I had no idea the flames connected like that! That's amazingly cool! Imagine
> > how useful that can be with wizards and in SW-scenes! (perhaps it's known
> > already and I've been living under a rock lately, which is not far from the
> > truth when it comes to castle and SW)
>
> I couldn't believe it either when I figured this out! Are Tobbe and I just
> slow-learners? Was this common knowledge? This would have been so useful to
> know when I was illustrating The Wilderness, and Yahweh was shooting fire and
> everyone and his brother. Almost makes me want to go back and reillustrate, but
> I must... trudge... forward...
That particular frame poped into my head when I saw that :)
I think the designer at TLC is laughing his head of at this.
> > I hope this was not the end your modern day settings!
>
> It may be, at least for a long time now. I don't know what else in the Bible
> would be fit to set in modern day times until I eventually illustrate the
> Revelation of John. But I think I'm going to hold off for a while on that. I
> remember that there's the occasional line from Kings (or maybe it's Chronicles)
> that such-and-such is still the case *to this very day*. So there may be a
> modern-times panel here or there in stories to come, but this is likley to be
> the last for a while.
*sigh* It will be cool to see how your improvement in technique will look like
in 'the past', so to speak. It's just not as educating as modern day stuff - for
me who's building a mental building technique database :)
Also the laws of old make great contrast in a modern day society.
> > Keep the good work coming, I see you've gathered some momentum now!
>
> I'm happy that putting out the book hasn't slowed down progress on the website
> too much, but I may take a little break now to turn my attention to some other
> projects I've been neglecting. But I promise it won't be too long before I
> start the next section of illustrated Bible stories. There's still so many
> great sstories to come...
Oh, I held another ULV-competition last Saturday, it was a blast. Write-up and
photos are comming. 16 vehicles and 15 people in 45 square meters - yikes!
--
Best regards,
/Tobbe
<http://www.lotek.nu>
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