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Thomas of Tortuga

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  1. Thomas of Tortuga
    Yes, I agree with this. Also, if necessary, you can put a BURP or a piece of wall behind a minifigure, then focus the camera, and remove the wall before you actually take the picture. That's worked for me sometimes
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    Dude, that's an awesome sigfig. The torso is ridiculously perfect for that character. Really nice job.
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    Thanks! Thank you! is that my nickname, now, ToT? It took a while, especially when the water started draining all over the counter, but I'm glad it paid off Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! I also like how well that part turned out
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    Okay... Stupid Thomas opened a file in Extended, but didn't import the file to extended. Problem solved. Thanks!
  5. Thomas of Tortuga
    Very nice work on those barrels! I really like the shaping on the alcoves, and the floor is quite well-textured.
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    Greetings! I opened up LDD recently after a while of not using it, and I'm not sure if this is because of an update or not, but here goes.When I select a brick from the palette in Extended Mode, a window pops up and you choose between the colors that piece has been produced in, no others. Then, when I go to select multiple bricks to repaint, I can't do it. Clicking on the paint tool removes the selection. The only way the paint tool is currently working for me is to click on each piece manually and recolor it, again only in a color that's been produced. As a majority IRL moccer who mostly uses LDD for the infinite color/piece feature, I'd really love some help here, and I didn't see anybody who'd had the same problem. Thanks!
  7. Thomas of Tortuga
    Laketown is decent, but I probably would get the first one before this edition. Smaug's set is way too expensive for my tastes, and Smaug is too unique to use in moccing. Witch king set is just... no. Not paying 15 bucks for three figs and a bit of bricks. Bot5A is a maybe for me. It's not the best build, obviously, but it has some good parts, and the best figs of the series. Dain's helmet is great, and it's a good way for me to get a great eagle without a ton of useless black slopes.
  8. Thomas of Tortuga
    The color scheme for this is absolutely perfect. I can't really praise this more than it already has, but I'm already thinking about a build inspired by this baby. Oh, and +1 for however many credits you want
  9. Thomas of Tortuga
    Very nice work. The cart design looks really good, and while it's a small detail, the harnesses for the horses look great. +1 on all credits.
  10. Thomas of Tortuga
    In the interest of improving, I'm going to give this a hefty critique. The water looks extremely good, as does the shaping of the waterfall. The colors of the waterfall are off in a few pics, but you might not be able to help that Portions of the rocks look really good, but there are some changes I would make. First off, unless you're showing wet rock, it's generally a bad idea to use bley and grey mixed so close together, because it's easy to get too messy. Because of dirt and such, this rule is generally void for the ground color, and you can sometimes pull off mixing old and new grey/bley, but in real life it's usually just one type of rock in a given location. Also, olive green. I can see where you were coming from by using so much, and it's definitely a good color, but there's so much here it's overpowering. Like dark orange, olive green is terrific as an accent, but because it's so bold, it doesn't turn out well when you add too much to a landscape. I would use sand green, if you have enough, or regular green, and then mix somewhere around 1/3 olive green into that. Hope this helps, or at least gives you some ideas!
  11. Thomas of Tortuga
    Wait- is "we" referring to your work conference?
  12. Thomas of Tortuga
    Definitely a nice build here. Photography is very well done.
  13. Thomas of Tortuga
    Very nice work with the roof rakes. Also, the use of the brown claw pieces as architectural details is great. The spacing of the columns is also solid here.
  14. Thomas of Tortuga
    Thanks! Thank you! Yup! I'm glad you liked the photos Thank you! It's from a old 4 Juniors set I got when I was five. (most of the time, I'd rather have the multicolored parrots, but still... ) Thank you! I'm thrilled you like it so much!
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    Thank you! The water took a whole lot of work to keep it working Thanks! It's actually (relatively) easy to redraw minifig faces in GIMP, and it's really useful if you do a lot of storytelling. Thank you! Thank you! Video quality is kinda crummy (probly too much light), but at least it works Thanks! Thank you! I never realized before how leaky Lego bricks are... Thanks!
  16. Thomas of Tortuga
    At a gold mine in Gorr, peril strikes! A lesser Guylinea dragon is attacking this gold mine. Luckily, another famous dragon-slayer is there to save the day. (Because the pictures with my sigifg in them turned out terrible ) Well... to sorta save the day. I tried to make this a (fairly) realistic gold mine. From the mine-shafts further up the mountain, workers shovel the loose rock and ore into this chute. It slides into a barrel waiting below. The barrel is on a swivel, and pours the mixture into the spring below. The fast-moving water washes away the dirt and rocks, but the gold stays in the streambed. Workers strain out the filtered gold using a greased sheepskin. Yay history! (Yeah, I could have posed the miner better, but this was basically a last-second addition when I couldn't find a gold pan ) This waterwheel powers a set of bellows in the base of the tower, making the forge hot enough to purify the gold. Finally, the gold is shipped out to the major cities of Kaliphlin. The cave, with a stream flowing out of it. My apologies for the lack of water pieces inside, as well as for the un-pressed-down gaps in the rocks. The landscaping. Why is there a random wall of bricks there? Oooohhh yeeahhh. , baby(If you know how to embed videos here, kindly enlighten me ) UoP Credits: +1 Tree technique +1 Studs up rocks and cliffs +1 Manufacturing +1 Flowing Water Thanks for viewing!
  17. Thomas of Tortuga
    Yeah, that water really is gorgeous.
  18. Thomas of Tortuga
    This looks really good. I especially like the unusual colors and the different signs for each building.
  19. Thomas of Tortuga
    The slope on the path looks really good, as does the rockwork. Also, the "not a gateway, sorta LOTR" section is a really nice touch
  20. Thomas of Tortuga
    I hate to make you use 10,000 sigfigs... but if you still have the parts, I'd like to be included.
  21. Thomas of Tortuga
    I'm not saying your idea is bad, if enough people are interested it could be successful. However, I think there's already groups like this on Flickr and MOCpages. Also, if you do start this, I don't see you getting a specific forum for a long time.
  22. Thomas of Tortuga
    Those Venus-fly traps look really nice here, as do the lime palm leaves. They really set this off from the usual Nocty color scheme.
  23. Thomas of Tortuga
    Very lovely dunes. Those tan slopes look gorgeous here.
  24. Thomas of Tortuga
    That's awesome. So kooky, but awesome. What really makes it for me is that, without the eyes, this could be absolutely anything. There's just that touch of randomness
  25. Thomas of Tortuga
    Sorry, I totally missed that post. I wasn't sure if there was some seniority requirement for the frontpage, like there is for the Kaliphlin lion tags. Anyways, I just PMed you a pic.
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