The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

[Dr. Brick]

I made a vig based on a fragment from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.

Here's Fragment:

“Then the police arrived. I like the police. They have uniforms and numbers and you know what they are meant to be doing. There was a policewoman and a policeman. The policewoman had a little hole in her tights on her left ankle and a red scratch in the middle of the hole. The policeman had a big orange leaf stuck to the bottom of his shoe which was poking out from one side.

The policewoman put her arms round Mrs Shears and led her back towards the house.

I lifted my head off the grass.

The policeman squatted down beside me and said, ‘Would you like to tell me what’s going on here, young man?’

I sat up and said, ’The dog is dead.’”

Here's the vig:

Brickshelf Folder

Feel free to comment!

Dr. Brick

[ExoBuilder]

That's so....Sad

[Asuka]

An interesting scenery.... but where´s the leaf? And although I haven´t read the book, shouldn´t there a garden fork laying around somewhere...?

[Athos]

As a vignette its pretty goof, but I'm afraid I'm lost.

Also, where is the police woman? And the leaf?

Steve

[Dr. Brick]

Ah yes, the leaf. Forgot about that... I will add it!

There isn't any policewomen because, well, there's no space for here. let's just say she's gone to help Mrs Shears.

I didn't really know what peace I should use as a garden fork. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dr. Brick

[Asuka]

I didn't really know what peace I should use as a garden fork. Any suggestions?

A good question.... perhaps some robot claws from the ExoForce line, some teeth or even Viking horns could do the job...

Or simply some 1x2 plates....

[Oswald the Rabbit]

My question is why does the boy look so happy for his dead dog.

[Athos]

I didn't really know what peace I should use as a garden fork. Any suggestions?

Duplo Pitchfork?

Regular Pitchfork?

Scala Pitchfork?

Steve

[Dr. Brick]

Duplo Pitchfork?

Regular Pitchfork?

Scala Pitchfork?

Steve

I don't have any of those pieces, and I've never worked with bricklink. I would like to some day.

Dr. Brick

[Clonecommando007]

Oh gosh you're makin me cry. This is an amazing vignette and you really manage to convey emotions through this.

[Dr. Brick]

Ok so it's been a long time, but I've finally had time to adjust the vig. (due to exams and stuf this was delayed...)

Let's go straight to the pics:

First adjustment: Christopher's face

As Oswald the Rabbit remarked Christopher was to happy. Now he also looks a bit more kid like.

The: The garden fork

After considering all the suggestions I went for a normal screwdriver and stabbed it in the dog.

And last but not least: The leaf

I don't have an orange leaf, yellow was the best I could do.

Overall view:

Feel free to comment!

Dr. Brick

Edited June 18, 2008 by Dr. Brick

[Athos]

Much better. Though I still don't know what's supposed to be going on. Perhaps you could summarize the story for us.

Its very hard to make a vignette of a not well known story, because you don't have much room to explain it. And if its not well know, people aren't very interested.

Steve

[Ralph_S]

Much better. Though I still don't know what's supposed to be going on. Perhaps you could summarize the story for us.

Its very hard to make a vignette of a not well known story, because you don't have much room to explain it. And if its not well know, people aren't very interested.

Steve

I have read the book and I think it is actually fairly well-known. It has certainly won a lot of literary prizes.

It's written from the perspective of an autistic boy who finds his neighbour's dog dead. Since he is supected of having killed it he decides to clear his name -a quest not helped by his handicap. It's a very clever and touching book. The vignette is a pretty good rendition of a crucial scene -certainly the improved version.

Cheers,

Ralph

[Doctor Sinister]

I have read the book and I think it is actually fairly well-known. It has certainly won a lot of literary prizes.

It's written from the perspective of an autistic boy who finds his neighbour's dog dead. Since he is supected of having killed it he decides to clear his name -a quest not helped by his handicap. It's a very clever and touching book. The vignette is a pretty good rendition of a crucial scene -certainly the improved version.

Cheers,

Ralph

Yeah, I read this book a couple of years ago, it's quite sad in places, very well written though.

Dr. S.