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Re: Mail truck, Skystreak, and my 2002 bot odyssey
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:28:42 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Gil Shaw writes:
> Interesting stuff John....some good designs with a sense of practicality.
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> Mail Truck:
> I dig space MOC that have a real life purpose. The stout shape of this one
> goes well with it's present day counterpart.
With my utilitarian MOCs, I wanted to represent a future version of a
well-known vehicle today. The mail truck was fun to do.
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> Skystreak:
> This is definately on the right track. I can always tell one of your ships
> by the cockpit area...always trying something new and interesting...I like
> it! Since you asked for any constructive criticism, I might offer a couple
> for this one. The colour scheme of white and dkgrey is a good one, but it
> might come across better if the colours are grouped. I've been trying this
> myself lately, taking the lessons from colourbuilders here. It seems that if
> a section or a continuous line is all the same colour, the second tone looks
> that much more dramatic and cleaner. It also seems that any engreeblement
> often looks best when it matches the colour below...looks like the same
> surface, but with texture.
Thanks for the critisisms! I think they shall be very usefull. My next
model will be using this idea a lot.
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> Again, these are improvements I'm trying to incorporate into my models as well.
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> Bot Odyssey:
> Ahh, the Plano road kit. Really gotta get myself one of these. A fun story
> using some familiar rouges...good stuff!
'Familiar rouges'- gotta thank the jambalya box for them! The story was
really fun to make, I really should write some more Lego stories.
-JHK
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| Interesting stuff John....some good designs with a sense of practicality. Mail Truck: I dig space MOC that have a real life purpose. The stout shape of this one goes well with it's present day counterpart. Skystreak: This is definately on the right (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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