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| Well, just for look see. Thought i'd post a link to a sculpture I completed not too long ago. Japanese Kohaku Koi with the Sandan pattern (URL) is roughly 3 1/2 ft in length. It has probably the right body mass size for a real koi of mature age, of (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !
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| I got to see this in person at NWBC 2003. It rocked my pants then, and it rocks my pants now. The use of dirty clear and trans-orange parts for scales is too cool. I always look at sculptures like this with a certain awe, hopefully soon I'll have (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| (...) Todd Nice Job! It looks really great. I like the luminacity the clear bricks give it. It almost looks wet! You might think about giving it a name! I'm gonng suggest you name it "Mack"! Then you can tell people that they are looking at the real (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| Totally cool! The 1x1 rounds work beautifully as scales. The pectoral fins are great too! Any future plans to do the sides as well? I'd love to see some close-ups of the tail too. Dave "Todd Kubo" <tsunamikubo@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| That is a very handsome sculpture, Todd. Ingenious, good proportions and very well executed. It looks beatifull, it must be even better in rael life I suppose. If I'm not mistaken, the Koi is a symbol for health and long life, therefore I believe (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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