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Re: Gamble your money away at Rigel 7
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Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:56:34 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
> That's a beautiful thing, Adrian.
Thanks, and we've got a lot of comments to go through here...
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> Exterior:
> Very attractive overall design with the three connected cylinders, and the
> Tycho-style windows-on-curved-walls once again looks great. Nice use of those
> 1x1 trans-red domed cylinder thingies around the launch pad. I'd never seen a
> dome created from slopes like the one under the Rigel 7 sign -- it works quite
> nicely.
I think it's because it takes a fair number of slopes in different sizes, and a
good handful of corner slopes, and I think lots of people would rather just do
it in plates. I'm not even sure why I chose to use slopes instead. I figured
it'd just look keen that way :)
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> The invisible water is a cool effect, especially with the guy doing the
> backstroke mid-pool. The structure of the inviso-dome is neato, and I like how
> the doorway from the main structure out to the pool area conforms to the shape
> of the side of the invisible dome.
Of course! Otherwise the air would leak out around the edges.
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> First Floor:
> Frankenstein at the mic in the comedy club totally cracked me up. I tell ya,
> that guy gets no respect. (Maybe if he clones himself he'll fare better.) The
> spiral staircases throughout are really nice. Have you used those before? I'm
> surprised no one else commented on those. I never thought I'd see spiral
> staircases in .space, I must say.
I've not used a spiral staircase before. You're right that it doesn't seem like
something you'd find in a space creation, but .space is all about expanding
one's horizons, right?
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> The casino area is great. It's very nice how the row of slots conforms to the
> curve of the wall. Nice design on the craps tables.
Thanks.
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> Second Floor:
> Very nice fountain. It took me a moment to figure out what everybody was doing
> in this photo:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tremor/Ground/rigel7/dscn0680.jpg
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> And then I realized they were ordering off the menus. Very cool. Nice bar -- I
> gues Stormtroopers can drink through their helmets. That's handy.
Well sure, if Dark Helmet can do it in Spaceballs, why not?
> The billiard tables are quite nice, though I might have used something longer
> for the cues. Maybe space cue sticks only need to need to be half-length due to
> some futuristic technological breakthrough, but what I might have tried to do is
> to have the minifig holding two lightsaber blades with the their hand covering
> the gap between them. Or maybe have have the fig stand sideways (as one would
> in billiards) with their head turned to one side, with one lightsaber piece in
> each hand, as if it were one long cue.
I hadn't really considered that these were too short, but I think two light
saber blades back to back would've been far too long. I guess we can just play
along and say that in the strangely compressed world of Lego, that's exactly how
long a pool cue should be.
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> Is that a coin-op dancing machine at the top of this photo?
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tremor/Ground/rigel7/dscn0687.jpg
It is indeed a Dance Dance Revolution machine :)
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> Third Floor:
> I like the idea of a space coat check. Nice sofas. It's funny how minifigs
> can't bend their knees. Well, maybe it's not so funny if you're a minifig.
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> Conclusion:
> Superb job overall. Uping the ante for all other Moon Basers builders out
> there. Congrats on winning the Brickfest contest!
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> -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
Many thanks indeed. You've shown again and again that it's the little details
in a creation that really add to the whole look, so I strived to put in as many
great little details as I could.
When's the Reverend going to base a bible story in a Moonbase Module? Now that
would be unique!
Adrian
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http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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