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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):
It’s gotta be the most difficult thing I’ve EVER tried to build. I’m normally a
castle builder (rectangular stuff), so building something with curves was a huge
learning experience. Another limiting factor is the fact that I didn’t have any
orange 1x1 and 1x3 plates (which are hard to come by, or don’t exist)!
I’m quite happy with the face itself - I think it captures Nemo’s playful look.
I used a plush Nemo toy as reference, but got carried away with the head part
and now it’s too long (especially the forehead). I’m going to re-do the
body/forehead in the future once I can bear to look at orange bricks again.
Any comments are welcome! One particular area of feedback I’m looking for is
suggestions as to what piece(s) I should use for the black outline at the front
of Nemo’s dorsal fin. The black slope brick 75 2x1x3 that is currently there
looks way too dominant...
Thanks,
Bryan
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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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