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(...) Yeah, it's kind of a tease that the king calls for people to be executed right in front of him, and then the story just ends abrubtly. (...) Ah, the clarity of parables. (...) I've seen people use that defense in court before. It usually (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hey Brendan, Great work as always. I especially like the wall behind the throne and the way you used stickshift bases on the throne. The way you are doing kneeling now is a lot better than the previous way of turning legs backwards, too. What in the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Great job as usual Brendan, even if it was lacking some of the violence and sexual content that I demand as a viewer. The walls in LK 9:13 and many other scenes were brilliant, as were the inverted basketball nets, and the bandana/epaulette headgear (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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The Brick Testament has been updated today with one new illustrated story from the Gospels, the Parable of the Harsh Master: (URL) is the first of a few of Jesus's parables and other bits I plan on adding to the New Testament side of The Brick (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient) !!
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(...) Ditto what Kevin said. I look at my ships from five years ago, compared with FdG (see the left side bar in .build.military), and then Takao ((URL) and there's a definite progression, aside from size of course. It's a simple process of (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(URL) Hi all, just in time for the anual 1000steine.de-meeting after X-Mas ((URL)) I finished my minifig-scale model of Venice in Italy. The whole scenery is 4.5 x 7 baseplates (32x32 studs) large and includes some well known historic sights of the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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(...) There's one I'm still looking for, that someone posted on .space a while ago. It's the coolest thing I've seen. (...) Depends on the builder :P For me, that's true. I have a hard time building small, which is why I build both big and small, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) As others have said, Welcome! Lots of great ideas in this thread, as a 'old-timer' I thought I could toss out a couple more. Don't feel you need to build HUGE things. Yes, some of us love to build massive things like 8-wide trains and 4+ foot (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Welcome aboard, Dave! I don't have much to add to the wisdom already dispensed on this thread, but here are a few other suggestions to help you in your building (some of these may be repeats). 1. Start with a cool first name. (You seem already (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Many great suggestions by others..... I do a lot of mutations. Start out with something, get and an idea on how to change it, change it. Try something else throw it out, try again. Don't expect that it will come out just the way you want the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Basically just throwing in a 'right on' to all that's been said. Only thing to add is that you've already taken the most important step, and that is joining this community. I lurked for over a year before starting to build. Then, I tried to (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Experiment. Build. It sounds simple, and that's all the really is to it. What I find helps me is I keep a project list of some projects I'd like to work on. Some of them have came to be, others have just sat around in pieces. For example, I (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) How? Start building. You'll get better. That's not a flippant answer, it's the truth. Do as many of the following things as you can: - Build stuff "in the style of" official sets, perhaps working from their instructions to learn various idioms (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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Dave Lander wrote in message ... (...) money (...) Lego. (...) for (...) My own first answer is: just keep practicing :-) For your amusement, take a look at the pics of my first two towns several years ago, which show some progression, compared with (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Ya know, I've been into Lego for a while myself. I haven't had the time or money I'd have liked to have for it over the last few years, but I do still love Lego. I've been coming to this site for a while now, and I just have one question for (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Chris, The pink and blue birds are in this Belville set: (URL) keep meaning to order that set. It's got a lot of great elements. Bruce (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) 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: (URL) :9 I can hear the White Stripes music :) (...) :) (...) Do they count? (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Oh man ---- This batch has to be the funniest yet. I'm still pissing my pants... Best one: when the parents teach the Law to their kids! Reverend, great work! Keep em coming :) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Awesome stuff Brendan. I'm almost sad to see The Law end - by far the most fun I've had reading your stuff yet. I'm guessing all the modern faculties are part of that... Anyways: What Not To Eat - Love the two horns together on animals - that (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) The two-humped camel was found mostly in Iran and beyond which is why Greeks called it Bactrian. The one-humped camel was domesticated, separately, in the Arabian desert and had a much more widespread territory. Ancient artwork outside Persian (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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