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Re: Snapshot
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 27 Dec 2002 03:31:02 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John P. Henderson writes:
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> Normally I would not say the red canopy looks that great with brown.
> However, there are three things to consider about this model that could make
> trans-red acceptable: 1) It is presented as an "organic" craft, and strange
> color combinations occur all the time in nature (look at flowering plants in
> a rain forest for example). 2) It is presented as alien, so even stranger
> color combinations might be reasonable. 3.) It is presented as alien, a
> point so profound, it deserves to be pointed out again. :)
I like you reasoning! ;-)
Alien MOCs are cool.
> > Who knows what the barrels are for... intakes? Outakes? Exhaust? Cooling
> > towers? I just thought it looked organic- and cool!(Ah, the old Space
> > maxim- who cares what it is, it just looks cool)
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> Well, again, they're alien. The barrels could be for anything that might be
> considered alien. ;)
More excellent reasoning... (dang, it seems like anything will work for
alien craft!)
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> > > Oh! And I can't leave without saying out good those guardrails look on the
> > > sides!
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> It reminds me of Eastwood rallying the guys on Heartbreak Ridge with the
> confident "Recon!" ...Hmmm... I wonder where I got the idea for the Gunny
> Skighway character in Starship... heheheh...
I don't get the reference... don't watch many movies. :-/
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> Anyway, I wanted to add one more comment about the MOC. What I found
> striking was the use of green slopes. You mixed them in between the brown
> very nicely without overdoing it. ...And of course I am jealous because I
> don't even own a single green slope myself... ;o
Hey, thanks! I like green, but I never had any until I got an order from
Bricklink for one of my failed projects. And I've always had the idea for a
brown and green ship... so I put those parts to use.
Go get some of Bricklink and dabble with them! Green is a cool, albiet rare
color.
-JHK
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