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(...) I think the Quirrel head looks best, but black hair seems a bit too "Snidely Whiplash" evil. Dark-red looks a lot more sinister, and the body might look better in dark-red as well. (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Just adding my $.02. I have a personal preference for Satan #8, mostly because he looks a lot like me. Don't get me wrong, the one you picked works, but I like #8 better :). This is starting to get really creepy. First the guy in The Law (the main (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Do you have pictures? this sounds like an interesting technique, and I'd like to know how it looks. I couldn't find any on what i expect if your Brickshelf account: (URL) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) I'm happy with the choice of Satan, altho I prefer a larger, more beastial depiction. Perhaps I can suggest using different versions of Satan to depict the different ways that Satan acts. My reading of the Bible has suggested that perhaps (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Excellent again. I love the fact that I'm never quite sure what to think of this, but the modelling is always brilliant. I love the attention to detail, and I'm always trying to pick out the right expression for my minifigs. (...) I must admit the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: (snip) Wow. thanks for all that background! I'm not sure I agree with your final choices (in either case, but especially with Jesus... there is something strangely compelling about casting someone (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Please do. (...) Thanks for saying so, Terry. (...) No matter what sort of visage I chose for Satan in The Brick Testament, I knew that it would not please everybody. Choosing a Satan was a lot trickier than choosing, say, Jesus or God, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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(...) Not too long after putting the new material online, I got an e-mail from somebody asking "why does Satan always eneter from the rear?" I don't know if I have the qualifications to answer a theological question like that. (...) Thanks, Dave. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. (...) He is sort of blocky, isn't he? I may have to figure out a redesign for the wolf. (...) I'm not sure I can do any better on the duck. @8^) (...) Thanks. One of the reasons I had originally skipped over the Satan Tempts (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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If I may... As most people, I love your creations. Although I've said in the past I don't read your website because I don't like any religion, I have recently taken a great pleasure in keeping up to date with all your updates. I enjoy your creations (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: (snip) (...) it were. Oh, the inhumanity. Anyway, nice work Brendan...big fan for years, own the book, blabbity blah. --Dave (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Great stuff as always, Brendan. (...) I like the wolf. For some reason that design looks more blocky when the wolf is standing, but in this reposed position the blockyness is minimized. The duck is cute but a little too rectangular. Nice Satan (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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The Brick Testament has been updated today with a new illustrated story from the Gospels: Satan Tempts Jesus. (URL) for the "hell" of it, I also decided to add a couple of Satan appearances to the Last Supper story. The two new panels are these: (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient) !
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Cool, a nice little Friday present. Unpopular banquet: I wish some of these had the background in sharper focus--it's pretty much impossible to see construction details on the settings. Of course, this may be your intent depending on how much detail (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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OK, this is it for today, I promise. One last extra story: Jesus and The Law. (URL) Smith (20 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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I've just added a third new story from the Gospels to today's update: Jesus and the Rich. (see links from previous post) Enjoy, -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (20 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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The Brick Testament has been updated today with two new illustrated stories from the Gospels: the Parable of the Unpopular Banquet, and the Use of Parables Explained. (URL) Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (20 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient) !!
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. This was one of those situations where I felt I just barely had enough of the right pieces to make the scene work -- to give the illusion of a vineyard. I only have one brown baseplate, and just enough brown plates to make it (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Was there a giant rock in Life of Brian? I remember the stoning scene, but don't recall a giant rock. Or did you just mean that it was similar in that there was a stoning scene at all? (...) Certainly, -Brendan (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Thanks. (...) I wonder how many people there are for whom that has come to be the case. Or, as I continue on, how many people will eventually be in the same boat. (...) Hey, that's not entirely true. I think I've cast Timmy in some (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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