Napoleon53 Posted April 28, 2012 Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) I'm posting this in Sci-Fi because it's based on Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel Great War: American Front ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_War_%28Harry_Turtledove%29 ), and it's branded as sci-fi and sold in the sci-fi section of the bookstore. If the mods feel otherwise, please move it. As (Jake) lowered the field glasses from his eyes, Captain Jeb Stuart III asked him, "See anything interesting over there in Yankeeland?" "No, sir," Featherston answered. His glance slipped to one of the three-inch howitzers sitting in an earthen pit not far away. "Time may come when, if we do see anything interesting, we'll blow it to hell and gone." He paused to shift the chaw of tobacco in his cheek and spit a stream of brown juice onto the red dirt. "I'd like that." "So would I, Sergeant (Featherston); so would I," Captain Stuart said. -excerpt from Harry Turtledove's novel Great War: American Front My MOC interpretation of one of the first scenes of Harry Turtledove's great novel The Great War: American Front. Confederate-in-a-butternut-uniform Jake Featherston, with field glasses, peers across the Potomac into the United States while conversing with his superior, Captain Jeb Stuart III, who the book described as having a Louis-Napoleon mustache and beard, as they both await WWI to start. I tried to match the book as best I could, while also taking creative liberties. The wall in front of the river is supposed to look like Confederate engineers constructed it as part of the border defenses. It's safe to assume there are rooms and/or trenches directly under where the characters are standing. The book also described mortars nearby and Jake patting one of them. I think I matched it fairly well. :D Here's the whole set on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55680977@N04/sets/72157629556686480/with/6976325570/ C&C welcome. Edited April 28, 2012 by Napoleon53 Quote
Laura Beinbrech Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 Nice to see someone doing some Timeline 191 MOCs around here, Napo! Believe it or not, but the New-Confederacy in my own Sci-Fi setting (the one that all my MOCs thus far belong to) is heavily based on Harry Turtledove's TL-191 books, with plenty of shout-outs to the same (i.e. I originally had envisioned the flag being the colors-reversed battle flag used in the Second Great War books)... Definitely want to see more. Also, good job on finding an alternative use for that single-piece palm tree trunk. Quote
Napoleon53 Posted April 29, 2012 Author Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Nice to see someone doing some Timeline 191 MOCs around here, Napo! Believe it or not, but the New-Confederacy in my own Sci-Fi setting (the one that all my MOCs thus far belong to) is heavily based on Harry Turtledove's TL-191 books, with plenty of shout-outs to the same (i.e. I originally had envisioned the flag being the colors-reversed battle flag used in the Second Great War books)... Definitely want to see more. Also, good job on finding an alternative use for that single-piece palm tree trunk. Thanks, HT! I know, it'd be awesome if some other folks did some. Although, it might be neat to say I'm the only person to immortalize T-191 in LEGO form. I wanna keep experimenting with the palm trunk; re-using hated pieces for the win. Edited April 29, 2012 by Napoleon53 Quote
Si-MOCs Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 Neat. I have never read any Turtledove, though I had a bunch of his books, and I almost got to meet him at a con once (by the time I realize he was there, it was too late).... so I can't comment on the authenticity or accuracy for this build... but I can comment on the build... Not much to add. It's fairly clean and well built moc. The cannon is nice - as is the palm tree usage Only suggestion I could make is maybe add some rippled water, or change the tan to add in a bit more texture... but that's really nit picking... the focus of the moc is the two guys - not the base. Quote
Napoleon53 Posted April 29, 2012 Author Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Neat. I have never read any Turtledove, though I had a bunch of his books, and I almost got to meet him at a con once (by the time I realize he was there, it was too late).... so I can't comment on the authenticity or accuracy for this build... but I can comment on the build... Not much to add. It's fairly clean and well built moc. The cannon is nice - as is the palm tree usage Only suggestion I could make is maybe add some rippled water, or change the tan to add in a bit more texture... but that's really nit picking... the focus of the moc is the two guys - not the base. Thanks! I have 20+ books, and am in the process of reading them all. I'd kill (not really ) to meet him. To spend two minutes with the practical father of a sci-fi genre... I also posted this on BrickForge.com, so I think every person so far likes the palm tree; for something I slapped on at the last minute before photographing it, it's been fairly popular. I originally did make rippling water, but it came out more as a roaring ocean. Definitely not what I wanted for the Potomac, haha. As for the accuracy of the two guys: Jake had oily hair, and all Confederate troops in Turtledove's series wear "butternut," the Confederate's word for khaki. The scowling PoP Dastan head kind of matches a "tobacco-spitting" face. Lol. Cap'n Jeb's uniform isn't described, but I'm assuming the Confederate officer corps kept their gray uniforms, though made them more utilitarian in design, and used "Smokey the Bear hats" like most everyone else. He's described as having reddish-brown hair and the classic French-style mustache and chinbeard, for which I used that Hogwarts professor what's-his-name head. Thanks again! Edited April 29, 2012 by Napoleon53 Quote
CaptainBermuda Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 ha, I love the guys hair. It's perfect Quote
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