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(...) Very Cool Lynyrd, well done, now do the dog too! Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(URL) Guitar is a MOC, but the Dog is not> DUH -Lord Lenyusama (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: More Wedding Madness
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Hey Anthony, Way to go with the swans! I was hoping you would show us a picture of them all "dressed up." They look great! The cake topper is good as well. The bride and groom are excellent but the red part of th heart could stand a bit of refining, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Well, the wedding is getting even closer now. First off, I'd like to share the finished product of the swans: (URL) Post Mod Gallery (URL) HERE> My mother put in the greenery and ribbon, and while doing so she decided that the girl swan is the one (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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Hey Anthony, Great Swans! They should be a great addition to your wedding. I also was in my dark age during my wedding. My wife had no idea that she was marrying a future lego maniac, but she is also one now too. :) I think the swans should be (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's great! It looks wonderful having two of them. Brilliant idea! --Bill. (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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Is it any wonder where we got the shape for the modern valentine heart? (URL) I created an identical Swan using all the left over white bricks I had. It wasn't a pretty build, let me tell you. The second swan (left) is nearly all 1xXs, and most of (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! It also helps that I don't own that many white plates or slopes :) (...) I think the greenery will have to be silk. I'm afraid that all, and I do mean all, of my green is tied up at the moment in my village. (URL) a good idea (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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Very nice. While I personally would have used plates/slopes in such an endeavor, I will say that using strictly bricks still looks VERY nice, I certainly can't fault the final product. I was in my Dark Ages during my wedding, and it was an EXTREMELY (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Lar! Most of the doubters are on Christina's side of the family, or aren't coming (or both). Pity, though. My parents were converts to the whole LEGO idea when I built the black dragon, but then again my parents have always been pretty (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) As you should be, it will look GREAT as a centerpiece! And it should spark lots of discussion among the guests and help build acceptance of you among the doubters (every family has some) (...) Hey, I like it a lot. I agree with your choice to (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | A Wedding Sculpture
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Here's a MOC I made to attend the reception at my wedding at the end of the month. Christina and I are both rather pleased with it. Inspiration came from Mookie, who was telling me about a swan sculpture she was building that she found online. That (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: MINIFIG Large Scale Figures!! All 4 of em'
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Crossposted to lugnet.build.sculpture. --Bill. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Thanks for the comments! I seriously considered building the star. I would have "cheated" a little, and basically made it a big square, with seven pointed triangles coming off the sides (2 on each side, but only one big one on the front). (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Actually... it's 11 points.... back image: (URL) image: (URL) Lyttle (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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The Statue of Liberty's pedastal was built in the middle of 11-pointed star-shaped Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island. My ASCII art of the fort's shape: / \ / \ / _ / / / \ / / \ / / \ / \ / / That's definitely not to scale, but it shows how to make an (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Hi Dave, that would be a challenge! But actually I think it's a 10-pointed star. Daan <SNIP> (...) brass to (...) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ((URL) 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Whoops...looks like it's nine-pointed. This makes it even harder, I'd imagine. not that seven-pointed is a walk in the park --Dave (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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(...) Awesome...looks really great. Makes me wonder now if anyone's got the brass to attempt the 7-pointed star dais the pedestal sits on. Eeep! Pucture here: (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Finding Nemo
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(...) very cool. If you get into an extreme pinch, you can make a passable orange 1x1 plate by taking a 1x1 plate with clip-lite and very carefully cutting off the clip with an xacto knife. orange 1x1's with clip-lite were in fair abundance thanks (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Finding Nemo
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(...) Hi, He's great! Your decision to build his face "studs forward" was an excellent idea. On the dorsal fin - try just a vertical line of 2x1 bricks until you get close to the top. Nature does have some straight lines after all. Mark (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Bryan, I've admired your Nemo the couple times he's popped up on Brickshelf. Very nice. My kids would love to build him. Any chance of instructions? :) Corey www.brickitgood.com (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Finding Nemo
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Hi all, Here's something I built for a local event at a school with an undersea theme (click on picture for gallery): (URL) It's gotta be the most difficult thing I've EVER tried to build. I'm normally a castle builder (rectangular stuff), so (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Hi Mark, I'm 'collecting' tan also for catle structures. I think it's an adequate choice for the red-sand like bricks they used in many (European?) castles anyway. About my Seven Wonders Project: I tend to go for Artemis or the Mausoleum. For both I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Thanks Daan. With the color change of grey (and the fact that white fades quickly - my Union Station is already showing aging, although I think it improves the look), I think tan will probably take a higher place in my color choices for town (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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Hello Mark Chan, I like your model a lot! Given the restrictions you yourself already mentioned, it's an eyecatching pedestrial. I might borrow some of your solutions in my 'seven wonders' project! I finished my pyramid and will start on one of the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | MOC: Statue of Liberty Pedestal for set 3450
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I always wanted a Pedestal for the excellent 3450 Statue of Liberty model, and with the help of many BrickLink sellers, I was finally able to finish a version I had been planning for a while: (URL) were no CAD or other computer models used in the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Building project (but NOT LEGO!)
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All, This is not LEGO related, exactly, but being a recent project using a construction toy, I thought some here might be interested in reading about it: (URL) have directed follow-ups to .off-topic.fun cheers, eric harshbarger (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Seattle Public Library MOC
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Hello All, After much fanfare and a weeks long events of the grand opening of the new Seattle Central Library a few members of SEALUG showed off some stuff at a LEGO display on Sat. 29th for Kids & Family day. With over 10,000 people attending, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | RE: Giant LEGO Mosaic In Owen Sound, Ontario
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(...) Bill, sorry about that. Please forgive a silly Mindstorms specialist for not knowing that there was actually a mosaic group. :-) I WILL post pictures once the final mosaic is assembled... Cheers, Ralph (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Ralph Hempel wrote: [...] (...) [...] Great work! I can't wait to see the result! However as the lugnet.build.sculpture curator I am compelled to point out that you probably should have put this into lugnet.build.mosaic (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic In Owen Sound, Ontario
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(...) What great fun we had today! The kids were amazing. They tackled the daunting empty mosaic base-plates with enthusiasm, did an A-one job of staying on task and were a total pleasure to be around. I had a great time showing them a few of my (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build)
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(...) Wow, that would have been *huge*. Perhaps the biggest community-build by AFOLs so far, had it happened? -Tim (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build)
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| | Giant LEGO Mosaic In Owen Sound, Ontario
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I guess it's time to unveil what may be interesting news to the LUGNET community.... Up here in Owen Sound, Ontario, the local hospital approached me to get ideas for a kickoff event for the fundraiser we're having for an MRI machine. Their first (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build)
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| | Accepting sculptures for gallery
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If you visit the sculputure (URL) home page on the Lugnet Web interface> you will see a short list of models in the "Our Gallery" section. As curator of the newsgroup I can modify anything on that part of the screen, and I'm open to suggestions. In (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Allegories of Debris: "Lego Mecca Ka'ba (1/3 scale)" by: Jason Rhoades
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(URL) Lego Mecca Ka'ba>> Jason Rhoades, "Lego Mecca Ka'ba (1/3 scale)" (2003) One million Legos, polished aluminum pipes from Perfect World, 12 neon panels (glass, plexi, wire, transformers), wood, felt, plastic tuna, PeaRoeFoam, cast fiberglass (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | The Last GeeBee Thread, I Swear -- Photos.
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Whew, I can finally update. Long weekend. So I said I would post progress pics and a full description, and here they are: I planned a full build - that is, I would build the entire thing from the ground up. Luckily, a saner part of me left the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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| | Re: The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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Congratulations on the gig, and it's clear from these pictures that it's well deserved. It's very refreshing to see such a well executed 'pure-brick' design. You make us proud to have you in our midst. Keep building! Peace and bricks, Professor (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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| | Re: The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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(...) Very nicely done. The shape is excellent and looks very substantial. Are you going to rebuild the whole thing from scratch at the show? That's a pretty tall order if you are. Or are you just going to partially disassemble this one and rebuild (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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| | Re: The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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(...) Wow, that's a great model. The colors are awesome, and it looks like it pretty much only uses basic bricks. Very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the pictures and commentary. Derek (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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