larry marak Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 On my webtv. browser (Internet explorer 1.6 equivalent) I see a lot of empty grey boxes around here, so I hope I am posting an introduction according to the protocol of this board. My name is Larry Marak, I hail from Burbank California in the U.S.A. and have only been into bricks for 8 months. My wife became an enthusiastic legoist some time ago and one of my duties as her spouse was to help her sort, organize and hunt for pieces from PAB's near our home (4). I am particularly drawn to Mecha's (Exoforce needs a lot of work in my opinion) and the use of bricks to make mosaics (national flags, and eventually ancient mosaic replicas) and sculptures of starships and fortresses. I'm 56 years old, married 30 years, and my other interests are history, wargaming, and world travel. Quote
xwingyoda Posted September 10, 2006 Posted September 10, 2006 Welcome aboard Larry !! We don't have protocols here so no worries at all ;-) Do you have a Brickshelf gallery where you posted your MOCs and especially your mosaic works by any chance ? I would love to see your ancient mosaics 8- Quote
larry marak Posted September 10, 2006 Author Posted September 10, 2006 Welcome aboard Larry !!We don't have protocols here so no worries at all ;-) Are you copying the Ancient Greek mosaics of Herculanum and things like that by any chance ? I just got my first digital camera, and I don't have a computer per se, just an 8 year old webbrowser, so I can't post any graphics anywhere yet. Starting with the simpler national flags I'm tenuously trying to effectively model Hellenistic mosaics. Of course the Cave Canem plaque from Pompeii is my first effort. Currently I have sculptures of a 1950's era Rockwell Flying Wing Bomber (my dad lifted me up on his shoulders to see one when I was six) and a segment of the Battlestar Galactica (1985) showing a laser turret barbette done mainly in clone brick elements. I'm off to Iceland in 2 days and so will see some Europe exclusive Lego sets for the first time then. My wife and I were very impressed by the pseudo Egyptian mosaic panels in the Adventurer's club attraction at Legoland California. We've explored a number of shaft graves in the Valley of the Kings and the style is replicated rather nicely, sans the skateboards, videocam, and walkman's added for the kids sake. Quote
KimT Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Welcome fellow AFOL. Enjoy and Prosper! KimT Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted September 11, 2006 Governor Posted September 11, 2006 Greetings Mister Marak! Quote
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