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The Lincoln Memorial

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To begin, I incorporate Lego into my education whenever I can. The assignment was to research an important (American) National Monument. We had to write a paper about it and give a presentation in class. I (obviously) choose the Lincoln Memorial and built this model as my visual aid. Even though the build wasn't originally for MOCpages, I thought I'd take some artistic photos and try out a black background. Sorry for the poor quality of some of the pictures, it was a first. Thanks for viewing!

About this creation

The memorial was built in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.

I played with a lot of bizarre techniques and ratios in an attempt to get the statue right, and I'm reasonably pleased with how it turned out. And of course the build is a prime example of my favorite building styles: "studless" and "snotting" (studs not on top).

For the purpose of easily being able to display the Lincoln Statue, I made it removable from the base. This enabled me to walk around with it during my presentation. Here you can see the inset. The original sculpture was carved from 175tons of white Georgia marble, so carrying this was a good work out...

The statue (Lincoln's face is slightly too stoic here).

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Lee Muzzy

January 1, 2013

awesome!! really like how clean it is

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DeTomaso Pantera

January 5, 2012

This is really good! The one thing that bothers me is that sitting leg technique it looks crude every time i see it. I might have to try my hand at a nicer way to do it. This MOC is still worth 5 lego heads though i hope you got a good mark!

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Ian Spacek

January 5, 2012

Quoting Heath 'kik36' Flor Excellent job! One of my favorite memorials. Glad you didn't pick something too easy, like the Washington monument. ;) LMAO

Thanks Heath! Although to pull off the proper vertical angles of the Washington monument might be tricky. Max Piontner--another builder and friend of mine here on the pages--is in my class, and he actually did the Washington monument but hasn't posted it yet. Thanks for commenting! I was hoping to reach "50 likes".

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Heath 'kik36' Flor

January 4, 2012

Excellent job! One of my favorite memorials. Glad you didn't pick something too easy, like the Washington monument. ;) LMAO

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Larry Pan

December 22, 2011

Wow!!! I don't know why i didn't notice this before!!! The SNOTwork is great, and love the monochrome-yness. The only part that annoys me is the headlight brick that is facing outwards, but aside from that its amazing!!! I also made a moc for a school project, could you check it out if you have the time? Thanks!

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Seth :D

December 7, 2011

Great Memorial!

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Samuel Hepple

December 2, 2011

nice very cool and accurate

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Justin M

December 1, 2011

This is so AWESOME I just had to comment on it again;D Great job!!!

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Ian Spacek

December 1, 2011

Quoting Ben King Ignore my last comment. Due to the lack of entries the deadline for The Great Hobbit Contest has been extended. To what date I'm not sure yet.

Okay, thanks for the heads up. I'll try to get an entry in, but I can't promise. Thanks for rating!

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Ben King

November 28, 2011

Ignore my last comment. Due to the lack of entries the deadline for The Great Hobbit Contest has been extended. To what date I'm not sure yet.

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LukeClarenceVan The Revanchist

November 28, 2011

Nice, I especially like the depression where the statue sits, great work! I love when LEGO and school are compatible, I actually just finished a LEGOmation for class last week! Hopefully you will have more chances to build for school, and I'm sure your class will be impressed! (Or steal your lunch money...)

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Calvin Russ

November 25, 2011

Wow! great build

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Ben King

November 21, 2011

Wow, 40 likes! Great work, Ian. Don't forget that if you are making an entry for The Great Hobbit contest it ends in 9 days! Don't worry if you don't think you'll have time because I'm going to end up extending the deadline because we don't have very many entries.

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Ian Spacek

November 20, 2011

Quoting Caleb S. Um, why are the legs crooked?

Because on the actual statue one of Abe's legs (the right leg) is extended forward and slightly to the side. With limited time and pieces I did the best I could to replicate it. Thanks for the comment.

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The Timinater !

November 20, 2011

very cool!

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Paul Vermeesch

November 19, 2011

Well done! A fantastic representation of ol' Abe, and your technique is exquisite!

Caleb S.

November 18, 2011

Um, why are the legs crooked?

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Christopher Baldacci

November 18, 2011

Awesome job! I got the Iwo Jima Monument for my memorial. Any hope I had of a LEGO visual aid went out the door. I experimented with miniland WWII marines but no dice. :D Hope you did well on your presentation. Great work!

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Ben King

November 18, 2011

Very nice Ian, your use of smooth tiles looks very nice!

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The Fisherman

November 18, 2011

Very recognizable. Gets an A from me.

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Master Shifu Leo J

November 18, 2011

I'm betting on an A+ for your presentation! Very nice!

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Outer Rim Emperor

November 18, 2011

Fantastic design, simple, but you've captured it. Great job!

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Senator. Chincilla .

November 18, 2011

Nice! You better have gotten an A.

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Matthew Murphy

November 18, 2011

I like that It can come off the main stand! savvy?

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Pedro Resendes

November 18, 2011

Very well designed Ian, great work!

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RC 1710 "Deff"

November 18, 2011

Awesoem build job! Nice details. I like the way to make the leg position. Great job.

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Mark Murphy

November 18, 2011

This is very good and accurate! Great job.

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Ian Spacek

November 18, 2011

Quoting Soap . That's one heck of A MOC! How come you haven't been active lately, Ian? :]

One word: Homework...

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Michael Kringe

November 18, 2011

Very nice statue, Ian! I like the stone chair!

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Paul Romano

November 18, 2011

An excellent piece of work! I hope you got an "A+" on the presentation: this surely deserves it!

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Max Pointner

November 18, 2011

Great work Ian! This was incorporated into your presentation nicely.

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El Barto !

November 18, 2011

Nicely done, Chief!

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Armon Russ

November 18, 2011

This is excellent! You really captured the texture in the chair! Great job!

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Riccardo Zangelmi

November 18, 2011

Really a good work, Ian, I like the idea of all the flat surfaces, and all at the same color. Bravo! Is all ok with me, Ian? Because after my answer ( No problem) for the Moc Athalon, You no longer have commented, my creations. I still hope you can join my team, but it is fair that you share with whoever you want.

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Soap .

November 18, 2011

That's one heck of A MOC! How come you haven't been active lately, Ian? :]

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Dave Russ

November 17, 2011

Dude ur an artist! XD

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Reynolds Brickfreak

November 17, 2011

Nice! I love the chair!

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Chris Stone

November 17, 2011

Excellent! I give you an A+! LOL! Great job on this! I'm really liking how Mr. Lincoln is removable. To be as famous as it is I don't know why there aren't more MOCs for the Lincoln Memorial.

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Legofreak2444 ~

November 17, 2011

Very nice! What grade did you get?

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Ru Corder

November 17, 2011

Photos looks great! As does the build.

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Yapdap .

November 17, 2011

Sweet! I did something in LEGO for science recently. I posted it.

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Nathan Oh

November 17, 2011

No Way!!! I was going to do this as well for my presentation, I just didn't have time to finish though... Anyway, great build, I love the fact that the statue can come out.