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Re: The Cathedral Project
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Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:13:03 GMT
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Thanks, Alan.
Actually, what got me hooked was reading "Pillars of
the Earth" by Ken Follett. It's set in 12th century
England, and is a must for any Castle-head who wants
to be accurate. Unbelievable. The basis of the book
is a group of people who all devote their lives to
building a cathedral in their town, and the
difficulties around doing that. It got me thinking
about the similarities between the Norman-era style of
design and building out of LEGO. This is before
flying butresses and all that frilly stuff, and they
hadn't discovered pointed arches yet. Perfect for my
medium. It has become a bit of an obsession.
Last night I set out the baseplates to start the
actual build, and saw how large this thing is going to
be (3.5 x 2 green plates, or 112 x 64).
Hopefully I will have it done by the next meeting. I
will post pictures of my progress as I make some...
;)
Laura
--- Alan Carmack <amenpage@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I tell you what, Laura, I was very impressed with
> the Cathedral. Fantastic
> job! Better than I could imagine myself doing. The
> photo of the interior is
> my favorite and that photo itself is impressive and
> sort of imposing in the
> way it makes the model look like the real thing.
> What made you interested in
> doing a Cathedral?
>
> If you haven't seen it, there is a photo of a LEGO
> St Basil's Cathedral
> (exterior only) which I took last summer in Moscow
> on my lugnet page, or
> maybe on my personal site. Here is the URL:
> http://www.lugnet.com/~947/Home/
> with a clickable link to another photo of the same.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alan Carmack
> Austin, Texas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laura Hayden" <laurahc69@yahoo.com>
> To: <lugnet.org.us.texlug@lugnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:09 AM
> Subject: The Cathedral Project
>
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have finally finished the design for my • cathedral,
> > and here is the fruit of my labors this weekend
> > figuring out PovRay and L3P. I will be getting • more
> > ray-traced images up, but wanted to send out the • link
> > for my BrickShelf gallery before I forgot.
> >
> >
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8565
> >
> > This is so exciting! Please only positive • feedback
> > for right now. I am not ready for constructive
> > criticism yet. This is my first big MOC • project...
> >
> > Laura
> >
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