|  |  | Re: Ringo the Cat: my first attempt at LEGO 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 (...)   (23 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Ringo the Cat: my first attempt at LEGO 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. (...)   (23 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Ringo the Cat: my first attempt at LEGO 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.    (23 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Ringo the Cat: my first attempt at LEGO 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 (...)   (23 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Ringo the Cat: my first attempt at LEGO sculpture 
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| (...) Brendan, That's really cute! If you ever leave .build.ancient, you have a real future in .build.sculpture. Bruce    (23 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Ringo the Cat: my first attempt at LEGO sculpture 
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| For my girlfriend's birthday I made her a LEGO version of our cat so she could take him to the office while the real cat stays at home: (URL) a couple comparison shots: (URL) me know what you think. -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith    (23 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture)  !! 
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|  |  | Red M&M guy 
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| I think we've all seen this guy before. Red M&M was built from a smaller M&M dispenser we have. Took only about a week to complete. Unsure how many bricks. I hope you enjoy. (URL)   (23 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Super Mario Bros. sculptures 
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| I just worked up a sculpture of the fire flower from Super Mario World. And, seeing as I still haven't taken it apart, I took some photos of the mushroom I made over a year ago, but never photographed. (URL) not used Brickshelf since before the (...)   (23 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Lego Mosaic 3443 - Build Your Own - Gone? 
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| I do not know what LEGO's current plans are for Brick-O-Lizer, but I will see what I can find out. eric harshbarger (...)    (23 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Lego Mosaic 3443 - Build Your Own - Gone? 
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| Crud. I just finished my .NET app that: 1) Converts any size color JPG to the grayscale mosaic palette. 2) Overlays a moveable, sizeable composite frame (1x1,2x2,2x3,etc..) over the image and crop the image to the frame size. 3) Allows you to (...)   (23 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: Lego Mosaic 3443 - Build Your Own - Gone? 
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| (...) Yeah, I just noticed that this week as well. Bad time for that to be my new favorite LEGO hobby. The build-your-own 3443 with the Brickolizer was still available outside the US (I forget which country) so you could still use it to generate (...)   (23 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Lego Mosaic - Build Your Own - Gone? 
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| I can't find the "Build Your Own" Mosaic link on the Lego site. I only see the 4 pre-packaged mosaics. Is it gone? Are they not offering the do-it-yourself service any more? I have a 6 panel Legolas Mosaic, ready to go! ---Will    (23 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| (...) Congrats on the house! I've built a few town things for the BayLTC layout, but I've had trouble getting a sculpture idea to take form. I recently acquired a big tub of used miscellaneous LEGO, mostly basic bricks, and that was what got me (...)   (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| (...) I haven't had builder's block--just havne't had the time to work on my LEGO projects (in escrow on a house, don't move until March 8). But one of the only things NOT packed is my LEGOs :) (...) Yatta! :) (...) Makes sense. I do have one (...)   (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| (...) Thanks!! It's not as poseable as one of your mecha but one could replace the arms with arms in a different pose perhaps? hehe... --Bill.    (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| (...) Thanks! Yes they are pretty ubiquitous in Japanese shops. Some Chinese restaurants have them too. There are actually several kinds; some are for good luck and some are for money; the kanji on the coin the cat is holding and which arm is raised (...)   (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| (...) Thanks. I've been wanting to build a new sculpture for almost a year but have been stuck with "builders block"... finally I got this brainstorm. (...) Sonna koto! The arms come off for transportation. I have had no end of trouble especially (...)   (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| Hi Bill! this is a nice sculpture. I like the wide angle shot. good work! e www.mylegomaster.com    (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| Will, Very nice. Whenever I go to a Japanese import shop I see lots of this little guy in porcelain. That's a very unique idea for a Lego sculpture. Bruce    (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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|  |  | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) 
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| Lucky cat! :) Very, very cool. I haven't thought about doing this as a sculpture, but I'm really impressed. :) I like the raised kanji. Su-goi! I checked out how you did the arms. Very interesting. -Anne (...) -- It might look like I'm doing (...)   (23 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture) 
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