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Mark P wrote: > But the one in the Macy*s Thanksgiving day parade was made up with fake > oversized Lego parts. Here is one of the few pictures I could find of it: > (URL) are some more: (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Yup, it was a Rose Parade float. And they only allow organic material to be used on the flots. So no bricks there :( (URL) the one in the Macy*s Thanksgiving day parade was made up with fake oversized Lego parts. Here is one of the few (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) with plant fibers (flower petals, leaves, beans, roots, whatever has the right color and texture) as the outside surface and is almost certainly glued. Pasadena, CA (home of the Rose Bowl(tm)) is not THAT far from Carlsbad, CA. Would be (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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I got this from someone posting at the forums of a game site. (Thanks Darth Mawl) That must have taken FOREVER to build. Probably glued, too. (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) ...and that's why I probably wont show this to my SO :) /Tobbe (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) That's funny. @8^) I'd love to see your take on a cat sculpture. Do you have the willpower to keep from turning it into a mecha cat? @8^D (...) Thanks. I took a set of photos with a plain white background first, but it didn't capture the white (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Took you some time to finish then? :) (...) <<snip>> (...) LOL! (...) Bummer, the video cam should always be keept ready for launch :) (...) I don't think he would approach another obecjt with such care. Reminds me of our cat that was (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Those are dark gray antennae. It would have been more accurate to use white antennae, but I don't have any, and the only person on Bricklink who has them is in the UK, so I knew they wouldn't get here in time. I'm pretty happy with how the (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) SNIP (...) Very accurate & simply done-captures the look successfully. Are those clear antennae for whiskers, and if so, what set(s) are they from? Jeff (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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Very nice! The way the ears are done is really neat! Now Cindy is all over me saying "You gotta make me! one now!" So I can take it to work too! As she cheers in the stands behind! Nice pictures too. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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Will Chapman wrote: > Does anyone know the color distribution in the (4) prepackaged mosaic sets? > #K34434 - Tiger see: (URL) J. Spencer Rezkalla (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Looks great--you really caught the essence of the real cat (as seen in the comparison shot) in the pose that you chose to model. Derek (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) I'm planning on getting one of each just to do that very thing and will share the results when it happens. Will probably be 2-4 weeks though so if anyone beats me to it or has them handy then speak up! John #388 (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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Does anyone know the color distribution in the (4) prepackaged mosaic sets? I'm getting antsy to build my custom mosaic, and since they do not appear to be offering custom kits, I thought I'd try to see if the prepackaged sets would suffice. I tried (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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After building a sculpture of a minifig ((URL) wanted to make more. However, since it could take a while to get enough bricks together, I decided to see what a smaller scale would look like. So I designed an LDraw version: (URL) I'll be able to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Yeah, the exaggerated size of the head compared to the body and the little pink cat smile provide the charicature elements, I suppose. (...) LEGO Ringo is a lot better about holding still for photos, it's true. @8^) Our secret for (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) She was very surprised and liked it very much. @8^) It's now residing in her office cubicle. (...) Well, the real cat *was* that size at some point a few years ago, so it could have been a perfect 1:1 model, except he grew up. (...) I didn't (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Thanks! It helps to have an extremely cute cat as your model. @8^) (...) You mean, like, if I ever finish illustrating the Bible? Heh, heh, heh... (...) It was really weird for me to think about how to model a large three-dimensional object. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) I think it's a darn pretty nifty likeness. Just enough caricature to make it interesting. But I want to know, how did you get RealRingo(tm) to pose alongside LegoRingo(tm)?? We can never photograph our cats, they won't hold still long enough. (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) What a great idea! What did she think of it? <<snip URL's>> (...) I was blown away *before* I saw the real thing, but it's even more amazing when you see how close it is to the original (however not in 1:1 scale :-) ). Also, what did the cat (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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