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Re: Where's Damraska? (was: Minifig Suns?)
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:14:26 GMT
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 0:21:22 -0600, Damraska wrote
(in message <G169oF.D8y@lugnet.com>):
> Thanks for the votes of confidence.
>
> First off, I am me. I just want to make sure everyone is clear on that.
> (To my knowledge, I am the only extant Damraska.)
>
> I am slowly but surely working on Minifig Suns II. The bad news is I lost
> many of the original ldraw files and ray traces from Minifig Suns when my
> old laptop was destroyed. This was an unanticipated setback (I thought I
> had backed them up to another machine) and has seriously slowed my progress.
> I just don't have a lot of free time. The good news is that I have finished
> ldrawing all the lost models, upgraded the rest of the old models to use
> correct parts available in new ldraw releases (like the X-wing and Aurora),
> and added about a dozen new items to the inventory (including some things
> that make my old models look tame). I have written copy for the history and
> intelligence reports as well, though I know most people just want to see the
> pretty pictures. Also, I have a good digital camera now so I can juxtapose
> photos of the actual models against the ray traces. Unfortunately, I still
> have to ray trace many, many models, which is very time consuming, and I
> need to render a few more items from scratch.
>
> I really do plan on making this happen and I'm going as fast as I can. I
> know I said that in March, but I'm (slowly) plugging away. I had actually
> planned on bringing some of my new models to the last BAYLUG meeting and
> 'releasing' them through that medium, but the scheduling didn't work out.
> (I'm going to try again for the next meeting. I'd really like to band with
> some other space builders in the area and create a detailed 'Space'
> universe.)
>
> -Doug/Damraska (It just depends on the mood.)
>
> Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message
> news:39C655D2.9D9E9D19@io.com...
> > Elliot Hyde wrote:
> > > What happened to that LEGO space site called "Minifig Suns"? Is
> > > it coming back? When? It had great MOCs.
> >
> > Yah, I liked it a lot. "damraska" (1) had some great ideas; in fact I
> > pretty much took a whole evening to build his X-Wing fighter with landing
> > gear and tri-split intakes and such, it was so cool. He also had an
> > impressive series of spaceships based upon the Space:1999 Eagle
> > configuration. Plus, I remember a mecha called "rabbit" or something like
> > that, that looked good.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - jsproat
> >
> > 1. There's a "Damraska" on LUGNET going by the (presumably real-life :-)
> > name of Doug Dropeskey, is this the same person?
>
> Actually, my real life name is Damraska. 'Doug Dropeskey' just appears on
> my credit cards, driver's liscense, and silly stuff like that. If my
> parents had just waited long enough to ask me, this wouldn't be an issue.
>
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
> > Is it still illegal if I copy just the FBI warning?
>
>
Doug (if that's your *real* name. <g> ),
Great to hear from you again. I guess good things come to those who wait. I
can really sympathize with you about time demands. Ugh. Nice to hear that
Minifig Suns will ride again. Can't Wait!
Ben
--
Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
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