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| OK! I finished the second batch and even fit in tweaking some series one faces. I now have a whopping 51 unique faces (12 are alternate faces, so 39 unique figs). You guys raise some excellent points. First, the technical stuff about decal paper at (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| Hello Bianca Thanks for your very interesting followup post. When I get a bit more time, I'd like to comment on some of the aesthetic issues you raise, since I've had to deal with similar ones in my own customization work. However, for lack of time, (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| Hi there, I've been pondering the aesthetic issue. Last night I made a pyramid of Lego heads, illustrating the schema in Scott McCloud's book, Understanding Comics. (See below) McCloud's schema for comic characters identifies three artistic poles (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| Hey Norbert, First, let me say, I'm a big fan of your minifigs. They are awesome. I don't have the patience for painting (those who can, do, those who can't, just gawk in amazement at those who can do. Who Do. Er... ), so, wow. Do you have a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| H'lo again, Bianca (...) *blush* Thanks - that's kind of you to mention. (...) Ah, but if there had been computer graphics programs easily available back in the 1970s when I started fooling around with a paintbrush, who _know_ what I might have got (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) Cool! Someone else who knows McCloud (and Aragones!). D'you know, I've owned that book for years, and never made the connection to it being useful in thinking about Lego? Silly me... Anyway, well done, Erik. This is a usefully (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| Hi folks Please excuse me following up on myself here, but... (...) And it's just now been posted to Lugnet. :) (...) The first two team's worth of my Original Six project are now online on Brickshelf (thanks to a long-suffering and helpful (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| "Norbert Black" <norbert_howard_blac...tmail.com> wrote in message news:ICL8MK.IID@lugnet.com... (...) paint. (...) ParLUGment... hi (...) Hey, they came out great, as usual. The logos are amazing. You must either wear coke-bottle eye glasses, or (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| Hi Bianca Thanks for your reply. (...) Yep. :) Without my glasses, I'm "legally blind" (which condition, apparently, is set at the Can't Tell That's An 'E' At The Top Of The Eyechart level). In fact, I do most of my detail work at a range of about 8 (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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