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Hi, I've been building a lot of ancient theme stuff in micro-fig scale. I'm planning on bringing some to Brickfest. Micro-fig scale is fun because you get something built quickly. I am currently working at scaling up one micro MOC. The finished (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Pyramids!
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Hello fellow Lego builders, I've finished my latest MOC: The Egyptian Pyramid. Credit goes to TecWolf (see: (URL) tried to add some personal flavor. It's the first of a new project: The Seven World Wonders. Some pics: (URL) all the pics here: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.ancient) !
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| | Troy movie articles, programs, and other links
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Eric Shanower notes Troy appearances in current magazines: (URL) art is featured in the BBC-2 TV program "Horizon: The Truth of Troy", supposed to air in the US sometime soon. His website has some really good links, so check them out. (Buy his first (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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(...) Well, Brad Pitt was so dedicated to his role as Achilles that he even went and tore his left achilles tendon! But seriously, I expect it to rank right up there with Gladiator. Fun popcorn movie, overhyped, probably get some Oscars...but still (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Mycenae
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This is a group of Mycenaean buildings such as might appear in Agamemnon's citadel. The battlement was actually intended for Troy (and adapted from CCC). All prototypes for further refinement. The buildings would all be flat on top. The battlements (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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Hi there, Do tell more about what city you worked on! I just constructed 3 small Mycenaean houses based on Peter Connolly's illustration of Agamemnon's citadel in _The Greek World of Odysseus_. I had not realized how rich this book was, having read (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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Well, I do not know much about the movie, heard about it first here. Yes, thousands of remakes, on big screen and little stupid box. Scrounging up somewhat authentic minifigs will be kind of hard, the closest I can think of are the knights with the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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About Troy... I'm not sure about the movie -- I hope it doesn't suck -- but I have been following the comic _Age of Bronze_ for some years and prefer that for references for MOCs. Eric Shanower uses every real detail he can get, while trying to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | The new movie "TROY" and MOCs
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Just wondering if any of you guys would be up to making some dioramas of figs, as well as buildings and best of all.... BATTLE SCENES from the movie? I have my Greeks, but they're not all ready nor fully equipped and I've just added the Phagians (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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"Don Cox" <the1hugh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HwMsqz.9t2@lugnet.com... (...) many (...) actions. I (...) ship to (...) (URL) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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(...) All well done. I know a guy who did the exact set of rules that you are looking for that were specifically medieval. They were for resin ships and metal minatures, but they should work for Lego (and I'll warn you that low Viking ships facing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | The Vikings meet Medieval Cogs
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Sometime back I did 3 Viking Longboats: (URL) wanted to do some Castle, shore raiding and I have seen "The Vikings" many times and thought it would make a great BrikWars game. Recently I was watching the film again and thought about doing naval (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Pigs fly, demoniacs are cured, and Jesus puts in one final appearance
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(...) Too bad, I was imagining you ducking flying pigs and taking photos. --In a little aside, I used to play roller hockey before I got old and wimpy. One time I was taking pictures and trying to get some action shots, so I asked a friend to come (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Pigs fly, demoniacs are cured, and Jesus puts in one final appearance
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(...) That's the same torso as Simon Peter in The Final Appearance -- my custom hairy chest torso. (...) 'shoppery. @8^) (...) That would be handy. (...) Yep. This is one of the rare times where I had the foresight to order a bunch of pigs on (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Pigs fly, demoniacs are cured, and Jesus puts in one final appearance
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: Gerasene Demoniac: I like the effect in the first shot of the disciples at different heights to show them coming out of the water. Hagrid makes a good demoniac. What's the demoniac's torso, BTW? (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Pigs fly, demoniacs are cured, and Jesus puts in one final appearance
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with three new illustrated stories from (URL) Gospels>: (URL) The Gerasene Demoniac (URL) The Gadarene Demoniacs (URL) The Final Appearance These three stories are likely to be the last ones I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Re: About a gate and a cross... oh and some new pictures of a temple
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(...) Simple asnwer... I don't like colour to much :) In grey the structure and lines of the building stand out better, so I kept it that way. With colours it very easy the look gets to "buzy". But I know, the buildings originaly would have been (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: About a gate and a cross... oh and some new pictures of a temple
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(...) I like the flat tiles on the roof, the coffered ceiling, and the trophies (shields?) around the inside. Also the use of corrugated bricks as columns. I haven't been able to think any Lego piece to represent fluted drums like that. My only (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: Satan Tempts Jesus
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(...) Hey, To me this shot just had a very "Dawn of the Dead" feeling (at least the original, I didn't see the recent remake). I imagine all the minifigs heading over to the local Jerusalem shopping mall to hide from the zombies. Bruce (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: Jesus and His Family / The Flesh and Blood of Jesus
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. (...) Yeah, I've seen others use the lattice fences quite nicely as shutters, and it's even easier when you're only ever going to show one side of a building -- the other side can look sloppy if no one sees it. (...) I have (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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