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Re: The Brick Testament: Joshua and the Israelites Massacre Twenty-Nine Kingdoms
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Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:31:55 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
> In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
> > Another great job.
> > 10:31 - I love the use of minifig legs as crennelations. The wall is
> > interesting, too, with those cutout shapes.
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> Thanks. I had to look up what "crenellations" are. Apparently they're "any of
> the embrasures alternating with merlons". I'm afraid that if I look up
> embrasures or merlons, they'll be defined by even more words I've never heard
> of. @8^)
You know, now that you say that I think I've been using the word incorrectly.
The top of a castle wall with that classic shape of alternating high and low
parts is a battlement or crenelation. The high parts are called merlons and the
low parts are called crenels.
My attempt at ASCII art:
[]_[]_[]_[]_[]
[ ]
[ + + ]
[ /^\ ]
[ ! ! ]
Kevin Blocksidge is about halfway through a LEGO illustrated glossary of castle
terms on classic-castle.com:
http://www.classic-castle.com/howto/articles/lexiconAB.html
http://www.classic-castle.com/howto/articles/lexiconCG.html
> I never thought of that torso as representing breasts, but now that you point it
> out... hmmm. I guess I just thought it was a baggy shirt. But now I either
> have to change that photo or defend the idea that Eglonians had manboobs. I
> choose the latter.
Isn't that the Padme torso? I always assumed it was trying to make some curves
to her shape. Of course, I'm not sure how closely Natalie Portman's body
matches with guys with manboobs. :P
> Anyhow, thanks, I'm glad
> I finally fingured out a way to use that style of lower body and still be able
> to show people running. Though now, it's either they stand still or run. I
> still don't have a good walking pose for that style of legs.
Ooh, you could also stick a leg out front for goose-stepping Nazis.
> but I have taken a
> few shots over the past few months, so I've put them on Brickshelf here:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102419 (post-mod)
Thanks for this. I really appreciate seeing the details.
> Here's a focussed close-up shot of the micro-scale version of Hazor
Cool. What is that thing in the middle? Is that some sort of Belville
birdcage?
> Here is the other micro-scale city from the latest stories, Debir:
This one looks better than Hazor when in focus (though the soft focus makes
Hazor look fine as well). Ah!!! There's a giant rat attacking the city! Nice
use of random elements to come up with an interesting skyline (helmet, bellville
bottle, etc).
> And here's the mini-scale city of Ai from a previous story:
This is the best of these in focus and stands up to close scrutiny. I like the
minifig hair as a domed building, especially. What's the odd round rust-orange
piece in the middle?
> I took some other shots of the "walls come tumbling down" set from the Masscre
> of Jericho story:
Cool. How fragile was that setup? It looks as if several of the leaning
elements would fall over easily if you bumped the table during photography.
Bruce
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