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Re: The Pumpkin Patch
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Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:52:49 GMT
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Very nice pumpkin patch. Have you tried putting the patch on a brown or
tan base? The contrast might help show off the vines better. It's hard to
judge from the photos how well they stand out in person against the green,
so maybe it's not an issue.
If you want some pumpkins of different sizes, take a look at the pumpkin
I used by the front door of my Halloween Haunted House.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/brian_h_nielsen/Halloween/Hw2.htm
The 2 orange pieces are from the Mos Espa Podrace set (7171). They're
held together by a technic half-pin and topped with a black round 1x1 plate.
Brian H. Nielsen
In lugnet.announce.moc, Greg Perry writes:
> Even though summertime weather lingers here in the Eastern U.S., my thoughts
> have turned to autumn and my favorite holiday of the year – Halloween!
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> As part of the display that I’m hoping to have ready for the holiday, I
> wanted to build a pumpkin patch. I had previously purchased some Lego Pen
> beads from Tom Stangl that were medium-orange in color and have a spider-web
> design on one side. I had already used some of these as decorative
> elements on the Pumpkin Coach of my Ghostline Express train. I figured they
> could also be used to create a patch.
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> But then a couple of weeks ago Mark Papenfuss posted about a pile of beads
> he had been able to secure which included ones in the regular orange color
> with no design on them. Mark has posted a couple of times recently about
> these beads including links to some pictures that show how the model
> builders in LLC used them at Halloween last year throughout Mini-Land and
> the park. So I nabbed a sack of these “pumpkins” too.
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> I’ve put together my first little pumpkin patch and the pictures are now
> available on BrickShelf for anyone who is interested:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25295
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> As you can see I ended up using beads in both shades of orange. I’m really
> happy with the way this little MOC turned out. I’ll have it on display
> during the next two weekends while RichLUG has its display at the 25th
> Annual RF&P Model Railroad show at the Science Museum of Virginia here in
> Richmond.
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> Also, I just want to rave (once again) about how much I love the new
> mini-fig pumpkin-heads from the Harry Potter and Monster Studios sets. It’s
> got to be my favorite element from the last year or so.
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> Hope you enjoy the pictures!
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> Greg
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> P.S. To those who might be interested in their own pumpkin creations,
> BrickLink now has a separate category in the catalog for Pen Beads. Thanks
> to Tom and Mark for making them available in their shops.
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| (...) I had not considered baseplates of another color - that's a great idea. I think I have enough brown plates to cover a good-sized area. I'll put a layer of them down first on the green baseplate and then the pumpkin plants on top of the brown (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| Even though summertime weather lingers here in the Eastern U.S., my thoughts have turned to autumn and my favorite holiday of the year – Halloween! As part of the display that I’m hoping to have ready for the holiday, I wanted to build a pumpkin (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.town) !!
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