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Subject: 
A Castle with a difference
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lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle
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lugnet.build, lugnet.castle
Date: 
Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:26:17 GMT
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http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=legomaat

This time not a LEGO-designed castle but a castle as real as possible. Take the
grand tour and tell me what you think of it.

Maybe a nice idea for LEGO next year?



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  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
(...) Ooooooo, aaahhhhh! Did you find yourself constantly tweaking it to get just the right effect or did you attack the mottling with a random approach? Very nice effect either way, especially for the relatively small scale (compared to stuff at (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
(...) Now that is a REAL castle - not one of these wimpy Lego ones with paper thin walls! I like it, and have bookmarked it. (...) I think that set would be somewhat expensive. :-) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
(...) In my opinion (1), its not entirely "eye-friendly" (2), but the work itself is amazing and the initial design is very nice. Its a great show piece. GREAT JOB!!! qualfications: (1) my stuff isn't that good so my opinion shouldn't hold carry a (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, FTX)
  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
(...) I think picture 18.jpg is the most telling because it shows the complexity of the wall construction. You have accomplished what was only a pipedream on my part. Thanks for showing it. My only quibble is that the extreme compression of the .jpg (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
(...) I had a chance to see this castle at LEGOWORLD 2003, and get to know the builder, Leo and his lovely wife very graciously shared a cabin with us at Lemenkulen (probably mangled that spelling but oh well). IT ROCKS! The pictures are amazing but (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
I saw this at Legoworld and you know what I said... (...) I said WOW! This is amazing. nik <(^_^)> (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
  Re: A Castle with a difference
 
(...) Leo, How wonderful that you've used the Sidney Toy book to add realism... that's an incredibly detailed book! I have it, and took it with me on a business trip; while my coworkers were reading romance, I read this. They wondered how I could (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)

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