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(...) Wow, Brendan, great job on scriptures! I have to say I feel a special connection to this project because my great uncle was the Lord’s Fisher of men. In fact, my grandfather’s brothers, Andrew & Peter, may be the faces that many of you (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) I always do. Thanks. I remember listening to a sermon by my minister once about the "harder than a rich man ....eye of needle" passage. Well he was a pretty smart dude, and always went to Greek translation and explained that --the eye of a (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated with nine new illustrated stories from the Gospels. This kicks off a revamp of the New Testament side of the site, with some stories being redone and several new stories added. "The Gospels" (...) (19 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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Hey Brendan, Nice installment, but I have to admit there's not a lot of new ground here for me to comment on. Peaceful, unsuspecting people - Probably my favorite thing in this story is the use of focused and unfocused areas of the photos in 7, 27, (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(URL) The Brick Testament> website is pleased to announce the completion of its illustration of the Book of Judges. The five new stories added today now make (URL) Judges> the section of the site with the most illustrated stories, 39 of them in all, (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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Very nice, Lenny. I agree with others that the tree and the fresco statues are the highlights, but these are overall just very good scenes. I like how you've outfitted Buddha with the cloaks and red rubber bands. Looking forward to more in this (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Tim and Felix, Can you please move such non-Lego discussions out of the .build group? Thanks, Clark (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think that a lot of the old testament is probably collected from the notes of the rabbis of various tribes. And those people probably acted like a combination spiritual guide/general scribe of their tribes. So what we see is a combination of (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Outstanding, as usual. I like the philistine minifigs. It seems like every time you do a new story I think you'll be out of ways to portray different cultures. But you always do it great. Anyway, I was reading through some of the other (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) The style of this piece is intantly reconisable, From the fantastic fresco work above the temple (love the half turned torso's) to the Columed walkway to the main temple. But by far and away my favorite detail is the scales of justice. I can (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Lenny, These are awesome! My favorite details are the tree in the Buddha scene (how sturdy is that, btw?) and the statues etc above the stairs in the Greek temple. I'm looking forward to seeing the further installments in this series. Bruce (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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This project is a great idea! I hope your display is a big success! -Erik Still looking at that tree in there... (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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The Death of Socrates (URL) Buddha's First Sermon (URL) These are for a project that me and a few friends are building. It is called "History of Humanity" and each scene is an important event from history. We'll try to cover everything major event (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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Hey, Bruce. (...) Thanks. (...) Well, one theory of the origins of the (URL) Peoples> (of which the Philistines were a part) is that they came from the Greek Islands. (...) Delicately put. Thanks. (...) I didn't really see an opportunity to show (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Brendan, Great job as usual. Prostitute - Great face choice for the prostitute; that over-done eye shadow is perfectly slutty. The blue/white aesthetic you use for the Philistine town is very remniscent of (URL) Deborah Higdon's microscale (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hi, Scott. (...) Thanks! (...) a long time to set up. And they are generally very fragile, so just as I get everything into place, my wrist bumps into something and lots of stuff collapses, and I start over. My previous big collapse-in-motion scene (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Brendan, beautifully done as usual, but I have one question about your methodology. How do you photograph your action shots, like the one found here: (URL) you use blocks behind the falling balcony pieces to hold them in place while you photograph (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Hi, Steve. I was only able to locate one instance of my use of the word "murder" in the recently added stories (though if I missed something, feel free to correct me). At Judges 14:9, I have: "The spirit of Yahweh then seized Samson, and he (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) I've enjoyed your work for quite a while now. I must say, however, I am not real fond of your copious use of the word "murder" in recent chapters. The term isn't used in the original texts (of any translation I know of). Replacing the original (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with three new stories from the biblical book of (URL) Judges>, chronicling the later years of Israel's eleventh and most famous judge, Samson: (2 URLs) and the Prostitute> (2 URLs) and (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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