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Re: Mark's Lego Creations Update! 1/3/01
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Sat, 6 Jan 2001 18:11:00 GMT
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in article G6qrJw.FM7@lugnet.com, Paul Baulch wrote:
> If you don't mind my saying so (in good humour, of course), "whoopee doo!"
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> I don't know about other people, but when I go to look at a space MOC, the
> last thing I want to see is something that looks boring - I want to be wowed
> by something far out and amazing-looking, as well as the cool techy detail
> bits.
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> But of course that's merely what I want - I'm sure there are technogeeks who
> adore functionality and couldn't care less about form. Sorry to them if I
> want a freighter to be more than a gray box with a window at the front,
> nozzle on the back and doors on the sides[1]. I firmly believe that we
> modelers can and should always aim for both pleasing function _and_ form.
I think my freighter wasn't very popular because I was trying to emulate Bob
Hayes' bricks-as-curves style that he used on a couple of his large
freighters. I think it would have made more sense and worked better if my
model had been larger.
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> [1] That is not my interpretation of Mark's freighter, which was far more
> interesting, having a great interior and his usual excellent detailing (as
> has been said elsewhere).
Thanks Paul. :^)
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) If you don't mind my saying so (in good humour, of course), "whoopee doo!" I don't know about other people, but when I go to look at a space MOC, the last thing I want to see is something that looks boring - (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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