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Castle and other Historical at BrickFest™ PDX 2007 (March 30th-April 1st)
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lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western, lugnet.build.ancient
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:49:06 GMT
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Here we go again in Portland! Just over 2 months till Brickfest PDX 2007!!
Frank Filz, Brendan Mauro, and I are coordinating the Castle display along with
other Historical (Pirate, Adventurers, Wild West, etc.). We’ve got plenty of
room in Convention Center so we’d like to make this display bigger than the one
we had at NWBC. The combined Castle display at NWBC was a huge success using
CCC, Base8, and unique creations. If you’re planning on attending and depending
on the theme please e-mail us, reply here, or join in the discussion over at
Classic-Castle and
let us know if you’re interested or not in participating in a combined display.
Also please let us know what you’re planning on bringing so we can get a general
idea of how much area we’re going to request. Based on the response we’re
getting over at Classic-Castle this is going to be a very large combined
display.
We’d like to plan for a fun time to be had by all so send us your ideas for
events you’d like to see happen. We’ll have Show ‘n Tell, Castle Community
Roundtable, and most likely a Landscaping discussion. Please let us know what
else you’d like to do. If you’d like to do a particular session or contest just
let us know and we’ll help make it happen.
We’ll most likely start a separate email list for planning the actual display so
to keep the final presentation a bigger surprise. We’ve got to keep those
Train guys guessing!
We’ve got plenty of time for planning and building so start brainstorming those
ideas for creating one of the most exciting Castle displays ever!!!
Thomas Rafert, Frank Filz, and Brendan Mauro
BrickFest PDX 2007 Castle and Historical Coordinators
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In the future, two rivaling dojos fight in the shadows. Here is an attack made
by one unto the other:
Mocpages -
Brickshelf
It is my first vignette. Let me know what you think!
Linus
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I'm posting on behalf of Jon Rasmussen, the Other Historical Coordinator
for NWBrickCon 2005, who currently doesn't have access to the Internet[1].
If you'd like to bring a MOC featuring anything from the past that isn't
Castle[2], let us know!
We want your Pirates, ancient Romans and Greeks, Ninjas, Adventurers,
Vikings, and most of all Wild Westerners. If you've got MOCs from eras in
history of which I haven't even thought, we want them.
Just drop me a note (tws <at> morfydd.net) with [Other Historical] in the
subject line saying roughly how much space you'll need and I can relay
that information to Jon. That way, at setup time on October 7th you can
go straight to Jon and he'll have table space ready for you.
Please send your space requirements (especially for large MOCs) by October
1 so we know how many tables to apportion to Other Historical. If you
don't tell us ahead of time, your gladiators might have to end up herding
cows on Jon's Wild West layout.
If you have yet to sign up for NWBrickCon 2005, head on over to
http://www.nwbrickcon.org/
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.nwbrickcon.org
[1] His home computer died and he can't use his work computer while on
strike.
[2] The Castle Coordinator is Thomas Rafert.
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A while back, I happened across some real cheap basketball fig packs. I got to
thinking about the springy legs, and what other possible uses they could have.
Well, that night, I was playing the game Soul Calibur II. For those of you who
have not played it, it is a great fighting game which also features some of the
most... well-programmed gravitational physics, let us call it. Due to this, the
one character that will usually stick out in every mind (ok, every male mind) is
Taki the ninja.
(click images for large pics)
Taki stands tall at 13.5 inches, and has 28 points of articulation (arms, legs,
neck, waist), or 30 if you count... the gravitational physics. She has a red
veil on because this is what she wore in Soul Calibur I (and I didn’t have the
piece in tan ;) ).
For the full gallery, click here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=142436
And if you’re wondering what the reason for the whole basket ball fig story:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/PepaQuin/Taki/taki49.jpg
-Matt
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Submitted for your entertainment, a futuristic city that hasn’t lost touch with
its distant past.
Guest Starring:
- A Starsky & Hutch / Sleeping Beauty’s coffin - styled aircar by Daniel Rubin.
- A snotty cherry blossom tree by (The) Bruce Lowell design studios.
- Quark Hover bikes by erstwhile Coppertone model Nick Kappatos.
Sadly, MOCPages is still down, so I am unable to subject you to questionable
captions. As always your smack, non sequiturs, kudos and crazy rhetoric is
appreciated.
-Keith
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> Anyways, I don't remember where I saw it, but the wheel design was • actually
> inspired by an image showing how the 8x8 radar dishes can be snapped onto • the
> six-spoked motorcycle <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2903 wheels> used • for the
> Tantive IV and RIS. It doesn't quite work with the other similarly sized
> three-spoked <http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=32057c01 • wheel>, but
> as long as you can keep them snugged up to the sides, the result still • looks
> pretty cool.
Very groovy configuration! I'll have to remember that one!
Dave
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I hope I didn’t miss the deadline for the Space Wheels contest (I sent the
e-mail a little over 20 minutes ago).
Anyways, I don’t remember where I saw it, but the wheel design was actually
inspired by an image showing how the 8x8 radar dishes can be snapped onto the
six-spoked motorcycle wheels used for the
Tantive IV and RIS. It doesn’t quite work with the other similarly sized
three-spoked wheel, but
as long as you can keep them snugged up to the sides, the result still looks
pretty cool. I’m planning to display it this weekend with MichLUG at the Novi
Toy & Hobby Expo, along with about nine other Sam-Bot MOCs, a few of which I
have yet to post.
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to leave me some feedback on the
Stronghold, I really apreciate it. Much like Nathan Wells, Lenny, and others, I
think crossover building in .Space and .Castle makes both themes stronger.
Thanks again, and keep the great mocs coming.
-Keith
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Sorry for the late reply.
WOW!
Keith this has to be one of the best diorama’s you’ve ever done. I just love all
of it. As usual, the huge scale of your work is complemented by excellent
attention to the detail. Awesome.
One thing that bothers me though...
Where are the freakin’ concubines?
Dude, have you even seen Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (1985)? The concubines are
supposed to through themselves in front of their lord (to protect him till the
very end) and get shot... Or better yet, commit suicide by sword or knife.
I just can’t believe you missed such a golden opportunity to include something
as macabre as that. Tsk tsk.
Mladen Pejic
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