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Re: The Brick Testament: Abimelech, King of Israel
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Tue, 10 May 2005 00:23:03 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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How’s this for turn-around? :)
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Crazy. I posted, went out for a quick bite, and come back to comments by both
you and Marc. My thanks to both of you.
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69 Sons: The idol is really well done. I especially like the bug-eye things
with the helmets.
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Not sure if archeological evidence will ever lend any support to this fanciful
imagining of Baal Berith (literally “Lord of the Covenant”), but it was fun to
create. I know I’ve seen someone else use the helmet-covered black minifig
heads as eyes--can’t think who offhand. A quick search for “helmets for eyes”
turned up this creation by Patrick Bunn from September of 2003.
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The floor idea with the turntable halves is also very
nice. In 9:3-4 are those chrome silver coins? If so, where are they from?
Both Peeron and Bricklink list only chrome gold.
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A few times now when the Bible has specified silver coins, I’ve used Photoshop
to play the alchemist, turning gold to silver. I just highlight the gold coins
and then make that area grayscaled.
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Massacre at Shechem: I really like that custom hairpiece. Did you have to
glue it to the head, or did it hold there by friction? (Or is this a
photoshop trick?)
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That’s a standard long black hairpiece that I cut in two. (Incidentally, the
upper section makes for an interesting new LEGO hairdo, and I think I will try
cutting that same long hairpiece in a few other colors as well to get the new
“short middle-parted hairpiece” that results.) Abimelech’s hair stays around
his lower head just with friction. It doesn’t always work perfectly, so I
sometimes had to touch things up in Photoshop to make it look right.
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In 9:22 I really like the Gungun sub pieces as wall
decoration. Cute photoshopped ghost. I’m not sure I like the half-cape
thing Zebul is wearing. Is this just a cape folded over? What are you trying
to represent there?
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Just trying out a new look. In my mind, it was supposed to represent a
toga-like piece of ancient formal wear, signifying his govenorship. I realize
that it doesn’t quite work like a toga, but I think it still looks kind of cool.
And yes, it’s just a folded cape.
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Jack Stone columns as textured floor is nice, btw. In
9:39 I see that Shechem has perfected sliding-door technology. Where are
their patios. :)
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Maybe they were lifted up and then over. :) So, were all fortress doors of
ancient times the raise-and-lower variety, or operating on hinges? Help a
non-castler out.
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The tubing arms aren’t bothering me as much in these
pics--maybe they’re growing on me? I like the picture layout in 9:45
especially.
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I though that shot worked out particularly well. It doesn’t say how Abimelech
breached the city walls--or actually even that he had to. But it does say he
captured the city after fighting for a single day, so I thought ladders would be
more appropiate than raising earthworks, etc.
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The black bodies are once again very effective.
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Glad to hear it. It’s hard to shoot a nearly all-black LEGO scene. The black
is really reflective, for one. I had more charred bodies to show, but if I
pulled back too much to show more bodies, it was less clear what they were.
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Not by a woman: Interesting gate design in 9:51. In both 9:52 and 53 you
effectively show the boulder falling. Nice job.
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Thanks. I just realized you can see the gray spigot piece that’s hooked into
the fence on the roof, keeping the millstone in place in 9:52. For the shot of
Abimelech taking one on the head, it’s the soldier standing behind the millstone
that is keeping it in place.
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Two guys we’ve never heard of: What really makes this story is the “What did
he rescue us from?” “I don’t know!” exchange. I’m not a big fan of the
customized medicine man helm as afro. I remember you used this a long time
ago in the slavery scenes. Harry Potter hair works better as a fro, IMO.
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Yeah, I hadn’t pulled out the customized ‘fro piece in quite a while. What
prompted me to use it is: my girlfriend’s dad is named Jair, so I modelled my
LEGO version of Jair after him, hence the ‘fro for accuracy’s sake. (By the
way, I already portrayed her mom in LEGO back in the story of Jael and the tent
peg.)
-Brendan
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| Hey Brendan, How's this for turn-around? :) 69 Sons: The idol is really well done. I especially like the bug-eye things with the helmets. The floor idea with the turntable halves is also very nice. In 9:3-4 are those chrome silver coins? If so, (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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