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The good doctor and his humble project. Built for the Class 2 category of the Reasonably Clever Brick Science Contest.  Thanks for looking! obxcrew
"People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?" "Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice."
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Wow thats awesome! Is that a nuclear warhead in the back?
This is wonderful GENIUS! You just had to get those airstrike cordinates wrong didn't you, now were dead and its all your fault! Or did they poison that hotdog......
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Brilliant! The setting certainly lends itself to imagination, what with the nuclear warhead, the mad scientist, and the . . . er . . . man in a Speedo. What's he doing there? ;) Very well done! How do you get such good pictures? I can never get my lighting to work just right.
 "Time to let 'Ol Painless out of the bag!"
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Thanks, guys!
I wanted this to have a silly sort of "stereotypical evil supervillian" feel, so don't take this scene too seriously. The fellow in the odd attire is some sort of indentured servant and henchman. I just thought that the parts combination looked goofy, so I went with it. :)
As for the photography, I use a large piece of glossy paper (very large; my father acquired it for me, as he works at a print shop), and shoot the photos without any lights on and without a flash from the camera, using a tripod for stability. I find that turning on lights makes the photos look rather yellow. I then adjust the exposure of the picture until I achieve the desired brightness. Hope this helps.
obxcrew
"People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?"
"Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice."
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I don't really like it, because it has no plot or story.
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That's fine, but perhaps you're not grasping the satire of the MOC. It depicts a stereotypical evil villian standing with his diabolical bomb that he's planning to unleash terror with, and is a parody of many repetitive mediums.
Further, the Class 2 category has a limit of fifty pieces, including the evil genius as one piece. This limits the level of storytelling that the MOC can convey.
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"People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?"
"Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice."
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obxcrew wrote:That's fine, but perhaps you're not grasping the satire of the MOC. It depicts a stereotypical evil villian standing with his diabolical bomb that he's planning to unleash terror with, and is a parody of many repetitive mediums.
Further, the Class 2 category has a limit of fifty pieces, including the evil genius as one piece. This limits the level of storytelling that the MOC can convey. Yes, but I just don't believe you can understand it all by a picture.
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Gorgeous, obx! I must admit that the henchman intrigues me more than the Dr.! There is something about him/it needing to wear a gas mask, and yet the rest of his/its body being entirely exposed - and scarred as well. Spooky!
The caricatured bomb is quite nice. I've not seen its equal in brick. I hope you'll bring it to BrickFair? it would make a great MOC entry, and I'd love to see it in person.
---Will
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Will wrote:There is something about him/it needing to wear a gas mask, and yet the rest of his/its body being entirely exposed - and scarred as well. I thought they were freckles . . . :) However, Will, I suppose that scars are a bit more frightening then freckles. By the way, obx is that trenchcoat from MMCB?
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Thanks for the kind words, Will! Will wrote:I must admit that the henchman intrigues me more than the Dr.! There is something about him/it needing to wear a gas mask, and yet the rest of his/its body being entirely exposed - and scarred as well. Spooky! Brickfan93 wrote:I thought they were freckles . . . :) Ha, it appears that the dots lend themselves to a multitude of interpretations! A fellow on another forum remarked that, if they were supposed to be nipples, then the henchman appears to be a deformed mutant. But scars work, too. ;) Will wrote:The caricatured bomb is quite nice. I've not seen its equal in brick. I hope you'll bring it to BrickFair? it would make a great MOC entry, and I'd love to see it in person. I'm very sorry, but I've already disassembled it. The bomb was mostly built for the contest, rather than as a lasting piece, and therefore I took it apart after photographing it. It's not really my best work, though, seeing as the mechanics of the thing being able to launch from it's stand are quite dubious. Not to mention that I wanted to take the stickers off as quickly as possible so they can be used again in the future. :D Brickfan93 wrote:By the way, obx is that trenchcoat from MMCB? Indeed. I've amassed a sizeable collection of Mark's products by nickel-and-diming him to death with a slew of orders. ;) obxcrew
"People are dying, Alfred. What would you have me do?" "Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice."
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