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Re: Hannibal crossing Alps on Triceratops?
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:51:43 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
> > Here are some pics of an elephant I made a while back (it was at brickfest). • I'm
> > not totally happy with the size. It seems like it should be bigger, but I'm • not
> > sure how big an elephant actually is.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2657
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> Not too bad, all considered. Creating anything organic with Lego at minifig
> scale is quite a challenge. With an African elephant, the top of the head
> is more in line with the back, the back has something of a hump towards the
> rear, and the belly sags a bit towards the rear. One stud wider, maybe two
> if you want to round the body more. The legs look the proper length.
I made an elephant last year that's a bit closer to Bruce's description.
Whether or not its minifig scale is a matter of opinion, though.
The howdah can hold 5 minifigs.
Pictures are at http://home.earthlink.net/~jherre/lego/ele.html
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| (...) Not too bad, all considered. Creating anything organic with Lego at minifig scale is quite a challenge. With an African elephant, the top of the head is more in line with the back, the back has something of a hump towards the rear, and the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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