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Re: Puerto Bonita
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 1 Jun 2001 22:56:18 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
I'll add my voice to say: wonderful, wonderful stuff. So many charming
details... and your characters are great, I don't think I saw one
out-of-the-box person, and all going about their business in their own way.
Elena is my favorite - the ruffled skirt, the white gloves... ah. How did
you make her scarf? I'd like to see some "portraits" of the citizens.
Cheers, Heather
--
Heather Patey
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
LUGNET Member #490
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| (...) Wow, thanks for the compliment! The scarf came about as kind of an accident. I was looking for a way to make some "respectable" ladies for the town (lego seems to think one wench, who I happen to adore in all of her disrepute, is enough woman (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Hi all, This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except Frank Filz (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.pirates) !!
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