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Re: Santa Claus Bust
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Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:21:11 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jason Spears wrote:
   Here is my first foray into sculpture. He’s not master builder quality or anything, but I’m pleased with it and he will definitely join the holiday decorations around the house for the rest of the season.



http://mocpages.com/moc.php/6498 or http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=107980

Comments, critiques, etc welcome. (I know there are things I can improve on.)

Very creative and original! I like the way you’ve added a lot of your own personal touch instead of modeling a generic Santa. It’s very cute, and cute is hard to pull off in LEGO. Great job!

As another perspective, I made a Santa bust last year: http://bill.wards.net/blosxom/lego/models/sculpture/holidays/christmas-2003.html

Just out of curiosity, how did you build it? Personally, I usually start with the face. But this time, I did the hat first, starting as a cone and then having it fold over to a cone. I had meant to make a full body model but got stuck after finishing the head, and just stopped there.

--Bill.



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(...) Thanks! (...) I actually started with the shoulders. I knew I wanted somewhat rounded shoulders and the beard full and curved out. I laid down some 2x4s to judge the width of the shoulders, I kept moving them out until it felt right. I built (...) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)

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Here is my first foray into sculpture. He's not master builder quality or anything, but I'm pleased with it and he will definitely join the holiday decorations around the house for the rest of the season. (2 URLs) or (URL) Comments, critiques, etc (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !! 

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