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Re: Pics from the weekend!
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:21:21 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Chris Phillips writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > Well now the ideas seem to be flowing... :-)
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> What great pictures! When I saw these, I was inspired to do a little building
> myself.
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> I didn't have enough grey to do anything big, so I started working in white
> brick. Before I knew it, I had an Ivory Tower (two of them, actually) which
> made me wonder if there is room in this medieval town for a school/university
> building? Or maybe it's just an inventor's workshop... So I built one. The
> building is about 24 studs square, and should be plenty strong even without a
> baseplate. It is two stories high, (grande six-brick ceiling heights) with a
> pair of Ivory Towers at the rear corners of the building. The towers and
> lower rear roof deck detach to expose the inside of the building for play -- a
> ground floor classroom, and a (planned) library on the second floor. There is
> a rooftop astronomical observatory (well, a telescope, anyway) where the deep
> thinkers in the town can watch the stars and ponder the greatness of the
> universe. Too bad they weren't using that telescope to scan the surrounding
> hills for approaching armies!
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> Speaking of approaching armies, I was also inspired to build an accessory that
> no attacking army should lay siege without. I don't want to spoil the visual
> impact of it, but let's just say that it is not "a large, wooden badger."
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> My building almost seems perhaps a bit too fancy for a truly medieval town,
> but maybe minifigs are more enlightened than your typical human middle-ager,
> and education is a priority in their town. (Sorry, no pictures yet -- I
> foolishly lent my digital camera to my brother for a couple of weeks.)
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> It sounds like there will be plenty of stuff for the TCS window display, so I
> completely understand if there isn't room for my stuff. (Especially since I
> missed all of the planning meetings so far!) I still had a blast and, as
> usual, learned a lot building it. I love how easily one can reproduce fine
> architectural details using common LEGO bricks.
Chris,
This sounds great. I don't think we will have any problem fitting your
creation into the setup. Dave Eaton and I have created a lot of just Filler
type buildings and those will be the first to go. The goal is to get as many
people participating as possible.
I don't think anyone has followed up on the Dragon's Lair idea yet. I have a
lot of BURP's but I need to use those to create facades for the Glass Cubes we
will be useing in the display to give it hieght.
Anyway can't wait to see your stuff.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| (...) building (...) Oops! I realized last night that the reason my ceilings seem so high is that the rooms are a full seven bricks high, not six! I'm just curious what the "standard" height of a minifig-scale building is supposed to be. I had (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) What great pictures! When I saw these, I was inspired to do a little building myself. I didn't have enough grey to do anything big, so I started working in white brick. Before I knew it, I had an Ivory Tower (two of them, actually) which made (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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