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After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of my
huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I have
posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet found
the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
progress so far.
Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
using the following temporary URL:
http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
Thanks and good night!
Dan
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 01:15:11 GMT, "Daniel Siskind" <blackened@visi.com> wrote:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
> progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
>
> Dan
Simply incredible! On par with Ed Boxer's famous castle. You HAVE to see this!
Rob
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Rob Farver - mailto:rfarver@rcn.com
http://www.farver.com/lego/
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rfarver
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<breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out>
Wow, wow, wow.
My word, Dan, that is FABULOUS. Truly amazing. I don't think anyone will fail
to be moved by the picture of the 6075/375 YC shrinking next to your amazing
castle.
<bowing down> "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!" <gets up>
Oh man, words fail me. Seriously. This is really great. Wow.
Now my only peeve... not from you, from myself, yah?
I see the title "Blood Stone Castle"... something sounds familiar... <zot>
<fog clears>...
http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html
Jerk, jerk, jerk! (again, that's me not you!) I saw your castle a looong time
ago, and I guess on some subconscious level, when I was deciding a name for my
inn, um, well... Geez, that's annoying. I knew I was gonna go for blood--
something, but to scrape out the "stone" exactly like yours... man, that's
weird.
Maybe I'll change the inn's name... but at least there's still two small
distinctions: a. you have a space in between the words, I don't and b. your's
is an amazing castle, mine a measly inn.
Well anyway.... as I was saying, your castle is too good for words. Really,
great job!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of • my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed.
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
You want to look at the kits page too even if you're not in the buying mood,
Dan has some amazing castle specific work on display there (albeit in a smaller
scale) as well.
++Lar
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In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of
> my huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I
> have posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet
> found the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look
> at the progress so far.
That is stunning, Dan. You are a master at your craft, and there's not much
more to say.
Except maybe "Wow".
Wow.
:)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
I'm getting paid for this --> alladvantage.com
Sign up via me, the reference $$ go to fund Lugnet.
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In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of • my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I • have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet • found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
> progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
>
> Dan
This is great! I really like all your stuff a lot. In fact your Inn inspired
me to do my Inn. You definitely have a rare talent with the Brick.
I love your Kits too and it will be interesting to see how many you are able to
sell.
Just Awsome!
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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Truly amazing!
You are of a rare breed my friend.
Care to tell me how many pieces you used? <giggling>
Again excellent, excellent, excellent work!
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~milovan/index.htm
In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of • my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I • have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet • found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
> progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
>
> Dan
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Daniel Siskind wrote:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
> progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
>
> Dan
WOW! That thing is huge! Where did you get so many red bricks?
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Amazing! Those who know me know that I prefer space and technic creations, but
that is fantastic! Congratulations! You have created a fine monument.
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> <breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out>
>
> Wow, wow, wow.
>
> My word, Dan, that is FABULOUS. Truly amazing. I don't think anyone will fail
> to be moved by the picture of the 6075/375 YC shrinking next to your amazing
> castle.
>
> <bowing down> "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!" <gets up>
>
> Oh man, words fail me. Seriously. This is really great. Wow.
>
> Now my only peeve... not from you, from myself, yah?
>
> I see the title "Blood Stone Castle"... something sounds familiar... <zot>
> <fog clears>...
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html
>
> Jerk, jerk, jerk! (again, that's me not you!) I saw your castle a looong time
> ago, and I guess on some subconscious level, when I was deciding a name for my
> inn, um, well... Geez, that's annoying. I knew I was gonna go for blood--
> something, but to scrape out the "stone" exactly like yours... man, that's
> weird.
> Maybe I'll change the inn's name... but at least there's still two small
> distinctions: a. you have a space in between the words, I don't and b. your's
> is an amazing castle, mine a measly inn.
>
> Well anyway.... as I was saying, your castle is too good for words. Really,
> great job!
>
> -Shiri
Thanks for the kind words!
I've always thought of excuses of why my castle models were made from red bricks
and I cam up with the Blood Stone "chronicles" years ago to help explain this
(the next installment on the site will go into it the why's). However, if you
were the first to use the name I will gladly find some variation as to
distingish between our models. We may have thought of the idea independently,
but it seems you were first to use it publicly. How about "Gore Stone Castle"
ha! I guess I'll think of something...
Dan
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In lugnet.castle, Mladen Pejic writes:
> Truly amazing!
>
> You are of a rare breed my friend.
>
> Care to tell me how many pieces you used? <giggling>
>
> Again excellent, excellent, excellent work!
>
> Mladen Pejic, over and out!
> http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~milovan/index.htm
Take 25 years of birthdays and Christmas', add a dozen 1200 piece bucks, two
dozen more 800 piece buckets, 3 halloween buckets, plus enough service packs
from S@H equivelent to the cost of a new car and you will get an idea of the
over number of piece. My guess? More than 100,000 and less than a million!
Sorry if that's vague, but I really don't know other than "lots and lots." The
castle you see is actually only a part of a whole fortress/city, but I'm going
to need a larger house first before I can have it all set up at once!
Dan
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Daniel Siskind wrote:
> I've always thought of excuses of why my castle models were made from red bricks
> and I cam up with the Blood Stone "chronicles" years ago to help explain this
> (the next installment on the site will go into it the why's). However, if you
> were the first to use the name I will gladly find some variation as to
> distingish between our models. We may have thought of the idea independently,
> but it seems you were first to use it publicly. How about "Gore Stone Castle"
> ha! I guess I'll think of something...
Sanguine castle? (not the cheerful, optimistic definition, but the blood-
thirsty one, based on the medieval four humors).
Crimson keep?
Chris
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In lugnet.castle, Jonathan Wilson writes:
(snip)
>
> WOW! That thing is huge! Where did you get so many red bricks?
Red has always been the most common basic color, so that's why I always built my
castles with red ones. I'm actually going to start working on my next one soon,
and it will be gray to keep the purists happy.
Dan
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> Take 25 years of birthdays and Christmas', add a dozen 1200 piece bucks, two
> dozen more 800 piece buckets, 3 halloween buckets, plus enough service packs
> from S@H equivelent to the cost of a new car and you will get an idea of the
> over number of piece. My guess? More than 100,000 and less than a million!
> Sorry if that's vague, but I really don't know other than "lots and lots." The
> castle you see is actually only a part of a whole fortress/city, but I'm going
> to need a larger house first before I can have it all set up at once!
>
> Dan
May I suggest displaying the model and charge a fee for admission?
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
>
> Red has always been the most common basic color, so that's why I always built • my
> castles with red ones. I'm actually going to start working on my next one • soon,
> and it will be gray to keep the purists happy.
>
> Dan
You could claim it was some Red Granite or some other stone that is mined
locally and unique to the area.
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In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> "Blood Stone Castle"
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
How long is the line to enter in?
Wow.
And half-timbered too!
It's so much eye candy tonight that it makes me able to wish again that I could
be minifig-size. Anybody else wishing for that?
May your kin never tire of your Lego.
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In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details
> of my huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed.
[snip]
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
OhmiGAWD. Awesome. Like, totally awesome.
> Thanks and good night!
No, thank YOU, Dan! I've been looking forward to seeing your castle for some
months now.
[Stumbles away into the shadows, repeating "my collection is too small, my
collection is too small...]
--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
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In lugnet.castle, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> Daniel Siskind wrote:
>
> > I've always thought of excuses of why my castle models were made from
> > red bricks and I cam up with the Blood Stone "chronicles" years ago to
> > help explain this (the next installment on the site will go into it the
> > why's). However, if you were the first to use the name I will gladly
> > find some variation as to distingish between our models. We may have
> > thought of the idea independently, but it seems you were first to use it
> > publicly. How about "Gore Stone Castle" ha! I guess I'll think of
> > something...
>
> Sanguine castle? (not the cheerful, optimistic definition, but the blood-
> thirsty one, based on the medieval four humors).
> Crimson keep?
Yes, yes, and the throne room shot can carry the caption, "In the court of the
Crimson Keep!"
(Somebody out there will get this one -- FUT lugnet.off-topic.pun)
--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
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In lugnet.castle, Kela Akira Kitkowski writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> >
> > Red has always been the most common basic color, so that's why I always built • my
> > castles with red ones. I'm actually going to start working on my next one • soon,
> > and it will be gray to keep the purists happy.
> >
> > Dan
>
> You could claim it was some Red Granite or some other stone that is mined
> locally and unique to the area.
Actually the stone was salvaged from the lost city of Nazarine, stained
eternally from river of blood left that washed over it after the butchery of its
citizenry at the hands of the Northmen... doh! I'm giving the story away!
Dan
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Daniel Siskind wrote:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
> progress so far.
I failed to say in my earlier response how awesome this is (hit SEND accidentally
first; how I miss nn). And I didn't quite get the sense of scale until I went back
and looked at it more closely... Incredible! Kind of puts my work in progress to
shame... :)
Chris
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13th Century Schitzoid man!
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jonathan Wilson writes:
>
> (snip)
> >
> > WOW! That thing is huge! Where did you get so many red bricks?
>
> Red has always been the most common basic color, so that's why I always built my
> castles with red ones. I'm actually going to start working on my next one soon,
> and it will be gray to keep the purists happy.
>
> Dan
"purists"!? there are purists in .castle!? ;-)
THE original, most "purist" castle is bright yellow! red, being, as you
said, the most common lego color for bulk and diversity makes it the ideally
pure building color. the elaborate architectural details that you've
accomplished sooooo beautifully through the color choice are dynamicly
complimented by it! this same structure just would'nt look right in grey,
imho. (a b&w pic may prove this)
there NEEDED to exist a red castle. bloodstone is as pure as it gets!
thank you, dan, for creating and sharing this marvelous creation! i've
truly enjoyed following the progress, and am always looking forward to
what's next. (furniture, you say!? so, a mini-fig popuace, then?) bloodstone
is among the greatest lego castles i've seen. (in my top 5, honestly!)
these new pics amaze, delight, and inspire. (i'm beginnig my biggest castle
creation yet, also using red, but halved with black.)
later ~ craig~
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craig hamilton wrote:
> "purists"!? there are purists in .castle!? ;-)
Speaking of purism, I have another question along those
lines (and one that you can probably answer better than
anyone else, Craig).
So how much of a faux pas is it to modify plates, etc. for
your structures? I can see it for minifig character development,
but there are some parts that I "need" and can modify pretty
easily.
For example, to create the stopping mechanism for the
gearbox in my gate, I wanted to plug a 1x2 plate with the
horizontal side rod (#30236) into a 1x2 hinge base (#3937).
Unfortunately, the hinge base has a little nub that interferes
with the the middle of the side rod, so I'd like to carve that
out (actually, I think I'd take the middle of the rod out of #30236
instead).
The obvious disadvantage is that this is a one-of-a-kind, so
only I can build it. On the other hand, it's cool. :)
Comments?
Chris
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First things first, words cannot describe the
supercalafragalespiexpialadocious quality of this amazing LEGO castle. This
is what LEGO should be all about, letting people create large models by making
cheap bulk orders available.
But the other thing on my mind is that I believe that anyone with that same
number of bricks available to them would be able to make the same kind of
amazing construction. Building huge LEGO buildings when you have huge amounts
of bricks is not very hard, as long as you have a general idea of where things
will go is pretty much all that matters! That's how i work anyways, i have a
fairly small collection in comparision so i don't have all that much to work
with. The last castle i built i did not have a blueprint in mind, just a
vague picture that the dining hall would be here, and the blacksmith and
kitchen would be on either side. But the whole thing got kind of messy and
the simitry that i wanted didn't come out because I was scrapeing for plates
to make ceilings at the end. But if i had a huge amount of bricks i believe
that it would have turned out a lot better. I guess the point that I'm trying
to make is that if we all had large collections there would be a lot more pics
of those huge castles being posted on the internet. A lot of you have said
that Daniel has talent at building LEGO castles, and he obviously does. But i
think that it's not so much as having talent, just having the proper tools. A
wierd analogy could be that most of us LEGO people are like carpenters with
only a hand saw, and a screwdriver, while these other people have all
eletrical tools so they can make all sorts of stuff. They do have talent but
the rest of us would have the same "talent" given the proper tools. If any of
you have heard of the Beach Boys song, "Wouldn't it be nice," well that song
seems to fit this as wouldn't it be nice if we all had huge collections!
This whole opinion was not meant to trash Daniel's accomplishment in any way
if any of you took it that way. Let me know if my 16-year-old opinion is
totally wacked out or maybe has some merit!
Happy Building!!!!!!!!!
Ryan Cassell
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In lugnet.castle, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> craig hamilton wrote:
>
> > "purists"!? there are purists in .castle!? ;-)
>
> Speaking of purism, I have another question along those
> lines (and one that you can probably answer better than
> anyone else, Craig).
>
> So how much of a faux pas is it to modify plates, etc. for
> your structures? I can see it for minifig character development,
> but there are some parts that I "need" and can modify pretty
> easily.
>
> For example, to create the stopping mechanism for the
> gearbox in my gate, I wanted to plug a 1x2 plate with the
> horizontal side rod (#30236) into a 1x2 hinge base (#3937).
> Unfortunately, the hinge base has a little nub that interferes
> with the the middle of the side rod, so I'd like to carve that
> out (actually, I think I'd take the middle of the rod out of #30236
> instead).
>
> The obvious disadvantage is that this is a one-of-a-kind, so
> only I can build it. On the other hand, it's cool. :)
>
> Comments?
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply.
well this throws the "have you ever warped or broken parts" thread into a
new light of consideration!
~ doing it on purpose! if it's a good idea, such as yours and you can
spare the piece, why not!? i'm looking at these pieces now, and will go for
it myself! you are not alone! why is it a disadvantage if you are? i have
lots of 'figs that no-one else has, and i wouldn't want it any other way!
_all_ great lego creations are "one-of-a-kind & only i can build it" anyway!
it's a bit better, if you choose to modyfy, to use a worn or dinged piece,
giving it a "second life" as something unique and useful.
bear in mind that a 1x1 plate with top clip on a 1x2 tile w/ single
centerd top stud would achieve the same type of base holder in a purist
mode. what you describe will work with just a small modification that
shouldn't impair the element's original function.
there. i've made one.
this new element has a cleaner look than the purist solution, though the
fit is a bit looser than i'd've thought. the side rod slides back and forth
a bit too freely. removing the side rod and pressing the grips of the hinge
holder together a bit solves this easily enough. nonetheless, this make for
a cool custom element, which i can see many uses for!
purism is a limitation imposed by one's own unigue outlook.
experimentation is limitless, however.
later ~ craigo,
purveyor of the purism of modification, dubbed "craigoism" by jeremy sproat.
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craig hamilton wrote:
> I well this throws the "have you ever warped or broken parts" thread into a
> new light of consideration!
Oooh, I must have missed that one... But I've got a doozy involving 24
gray castle walls if the thread resurfaces. :)
> bear in mind that a 1x1 plate with top clip on a 1x2 tile w/ single
> centerd top stud would achieve the same type of base holder in a purist
Ick. :) Then you're suddenly at brick height with a slightly lesser range
of motion...
> there. i've made one.
:)
> this new element has a cleaner look than the purist solution, though the
> fit is a bit looser than i'd've thought. the side rod slides back and forth
> a bit too freely. removing the side rod and pressing the grips of the hinge
> holder together a bit solves this easily enough. nonetheless, this make for
> a cool custom element, which i can see many uses for!
Cool! I just went ahead and made one too after reading about your
experience. I can see what you mean about it having the potential to
slide, so I cut a notch in the side rod that was only as wide as the center
num in the hinge base. That anchors it in the center. All in all, I'm quite
pleased with it!
> purveyor of the purism of modification, dubbed "craigoism" by jeremy sproat.
The purism of modifcation? My brain hurts... :)
Chris
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In lugnet.castle, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> craig hamilton wrote:
>
> > I well this throws the "have you ever warped or broken parts" thread into a
> > new light of consideration!
>
> Oooh, I must have missed that one... But I've got a doozy involving 24
> gray castle walls if the thread resurfaces. :)
>
>
it's only a few hours old in .build!
> > bear in mind that a 1x1 plate with top clip on a 1x2 tile w/ single
> > centerd top stud would achieve the same type of base holder in a purist
>
> Ick. :) Then you're suddenly at brick height with a slightly lesser range
> of motion...
>
>
> > there. i've made one.
>
> :)
>
> > this new element has a cleaner look than the purist solution, though the
> > fit is a bit looser than i'd've thought. the side rod slides back and forth
> > a bit too freely. removing the side rod and pressing the grips of the hinge
> > holder together a bit solves this easily enough. nonetheless, this make for
> > a cool custom element, which i can see many uses for!
>
> Cool! I just went ahead and made one too after reading about your
> experience. I can see what you mean about it having the potential to
> slide, so I cut a notch in the side rod that was only as wide as the center
> num in the hinge base. That anchors it in the center. All in all, I'm quite
> pleased with it!
gah! now i have to do another one! that would work even better! the pieces
fit together quite nicely, anyway if not for that center nub. accomodating
it is better than removing it. the side bar plate isn't too wildly modified
and doesnt prevent original use, and greatly expands what it can now do. i
like this better than modifying the hinge base, and is much sturdier. the
modified hinge base still works fine with the original hinge top, btw,
this new piece combination, though it requires modifying said 1x2 plate w/
side rod, is very cool. it can be attatched many different ways and has a
nice 90 degree range of movement. i can see lots of uses for it, especially
in smaller constructions and details.
later ~ craig~
> > purveyor of the purism of modification, dubbed "craigoism" by jeremy sproat.
>
> The purism of modifcation? My brain hurts... :)
>
> Chris
hey, you asked. i've set forth a lot of my self-imposed restrictions
(purism) of modifying. if it uses a fairly common piece, and is a logical
extention of existing modularity, it is good. the less done to achieve the
desired element, the better, and not loosing original functon is ideal. of
course, i've had pieces go far beyond loosing original function to the point
of nonexisence! but the specialty brown accessory pieces that are on the
brickenstein monster and hunchbrick 'figs (on my transy-lego-vania pages):
http://community-1.webtv.net/craigo-lego/craigolegoindex
... are of more use to me than yet another un-used adventurer backpack
lying about. and like an indian on a buffalo, i didn't waste a bit, using it
all to create four new elements. (brown animal skin cape, hunchback element,
and pair of wrist cuffs)
in any case, (and imho), a good modification looks, "feels", and works as
if it were a manufactured piece.
later ~ craig~
> --
> Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply.
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In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of
> my huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I
> have posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet
> found the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look
> at the progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
>
> Dan
I've been quiet these past few weeks (Gall durn busy work! We lost an
employee!) but I just have to say I am thouroughly impressed. This is truly a
masterful work. I can't begin to guess how many dragon master sets you have to
be able to do all those arches and all those banners! So will we ever get any
detailed pictures of the interior? (the towers, shops, etc?)
And on that note as an aside-- Has anyone ever done an interior with secret
passages? I've always kind of envisioned a really cool castle with secret
corridors inbetween rooms, secret revolving doors, etc... Maybe someday I'll
try and build one...
Anyway, congrats on finishing Bloodstone! It is sure to become one of my
constant inspirations!
DaveE
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
>
> Actually the stone was salvaged from the lost city of Nazarine, stained
> eternally from river of blood left that washed over it after the butchery of • its
> citizenry at the hands of the Northmen... doh! I'm giving the story away!
>
> Dan
Hey...waitaminute!! That sounds awfully familar...
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes: • (snip)
>
> I've been quiet these past few weeks (Gall durn busy work! We lost an
> employee!) but I just have to say I am thouroughly impressed. This is truly a
> masterful work. I can't begin to guess how many dragon master sets you have to
> be able to do all those arches and all those banners! So will we ever get any
> detailed pictures of the interior? (the towers, shops, etc?)
I loaded up on Dragon Masters sets about 4-5 years ago when my favorite toy
store closed up shop and sort of ended up with 2 or 3 of each major set and
dozens of the smaller ones. My core of my castle army has about 5-600
Dragonmasters of the 1000 or so minifigs! By the way, I just recently bought 10
Fire Breathing Fortresses from DYA in France and even with shipping they were
quite resonable, being roughly the original retail price (search shopping or
buy-sell-trade for a linke to them).
Of course the interior details will come later, but first I need to go through
all the pictures already posted and make captions. I was in a bit of a hurry to
get them up so they would be ready when I announce my Blacksmith Shop kit
yesterday. Hopefully I'll have some time for that this weekend. The big
problem with huge models like this is it takes forever to make noticeable
progress. It took me several weeks to get all of the crenellations done and an
entire day just to put in all the black hoardings between the merlons!
> And on that note as an aside-- Has anyone ever done an interior with secret
> passages? I've always kind of envisioned a really cool castle with secret
> corridors inbetween rooms, secret revolving doors, etc... Maybe someday I'll
> try and build one...
I would love to see a big castle with secret passageways, maybe even something
scary like Count Dracula's fortress or Frankenstein's castle!
> Anyway, congrats on finishing Bloodstone! It is sure to become one of my
> constant inspirations!
>
> DaveE
Thanks!
Dan
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Just a couple of thoughts.
In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> <breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out>
>
> Wow, wow, wow.
Let me add a little. WOW! WOW! WOW!
> I see the title "Blood Stone Castle"... something sounds familiar... <zot>
> <fog clears>...
> http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html
>
> Jerk, jerk, jerk! (again, that's me not you!) I saw your castle a looong time
> ago, and I guess on some subconscious level, when I was deciding a name for my
> inn, um, well... Geez, that's annoying. I knew I was gonna go for blood--
> something, but to scrape out the "stone" exactly like yours... man, that's
> weird.
> Maybe I'll change the inn's name... but at least there's still two small
> distinctions: a. you have a space in between the words, I don't and b. your's
> is an amazing castle, mine a measly inn.
It seems to me that just about everybody has a castle named after a rock.
Mine for instance is called Black Roch Keep. Too bad most of us don't have
the pieces to make castle the size of Bloodstone. Mine is on <cough> one of
the 48x48 baseplates. By the way, I thought your inn was pretty good.
Rob
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Oops, typo, that should be Black Rock Keep.
Rob
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> And on that note as an aside-- Has anyone ever done an interior with secret
> passages? I've always kind of envisioned a really cool castle with secret
> corridors inbetween rooms, secret revolving doors, etc... Maybe someday I'll
> try and build one...
The only one I can recall is Matthew Verdier's cool tower, named Wizard
Mathias' Tower.
See here:
http://www.geocities.com/~mjvlego/
Click on models, then under Castle choose Wizard Mathias' Tower.
I saw this during my first lego-web days, when I was just discovering there
were other people out there (about two years ago). It was engraved quite
deeply in my memory and is one of my favorite castle MOCs - err, OPOCs (Other
People's Own Creations :-).
Anyway, it has a secret door... I won't spoil the surprise, you'll see it
there!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Rob Drechsel writes:
> > Wow, wow, wow.
>
> Let me add a little. WOW! WOW! WOW!
I concour, your excellency.
> > I see the title "Blood Stone Castle"... something sounds familiar... <zot>
> > <fog clears>...
> > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html • <snip>
> > Maybe I'll change the inn's name... but at least there's still two small
> > distinctions: a. you have a space in between the words, I don't and b. your's
> > is an amazing castle, mine a measly inn.
>
> It seems to me that just about everybody has a castle named after a rock.
> Mine for instance is called Black Roch Keep.
Well... rocks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me ;-)
Rocks/stones/boulders are often part of the setting/terrian around the
building, or alternatively the building is *made* of stone... it's just the
connotation, I guess. Also, we want the buildings to be solid as a rock... ;-)
> Too bad most of us don't have
> the pieces to make castle the size of Bloodstone. Mine is on <cough> one of
> the 48x48 baseplates.
If it's any consalation, my "castle" is on a 48x32 BP and I can't complete it
for lack of pieces.
> By the way, I thought your inn was pretty good.
Thanks! It's just that near such an amazing thing like the Blood Stone Castle,
it shrivels away and transforms to a meek little mouse. :-)
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Rob Drechsel writes:
>
> > Too bad most of us don't have
> > the pieces to make castle the size of Bloodstone. Mine is on <cough> one of
> > the 48x48 baseplates.
>
> If it's any consalation, my "castle" is on a 48x32 BP and I can't complete it
> for lack of pieces.
>
> > By the way, I thought your inn was pretty good.
>
> Thanks! It's just that near such an amazing thing like the Blood Stone Castle,
> it shrivels away and transforms to a meek little mouse. :-)
>
> -Shiri
That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean,
it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of those "OPOC's"
are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening.
But, the more I think about it, isn't that exactly why we're all so hooked: the
fact that the acquisition of "more" is so goal oriented; and that building the
biggest and best MOC yet is an ever moving target. In the future they'll be
making an ABS patch (like those nicotene patches) for those of us who file
bankruptcy because we couldn't get enough.
"I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
Bill
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In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
> That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean,
> it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of
> those "OPOC's"
> are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening.
Aw yeah, I know.
(BTW, I see you've been reading my posts carefully... should I update the
acronym list? ;-) (j/k)
> But, the more I think about it, isn't that exactly why we're all so hooked:
> the
> fact that the acquisition of "more" is so goal oriented; and that building the
> biggest and best MOC yet is an ever moving target.
Yeah. And, sometimes I try to not think of being "biggest and best" but drop
the biggest and try to do as much as possible within the limits I have.
(Like Helfire for example. Maybe Mike Ulring or Dan can build such a town in
minifig scale, actually probably Dave, Eric K or Pawel for example might be
able to do that too, but I can't. And I won't, not for a while. So I try and
make the most of what I CAN do, and it still turns out somewhat nice.)
> In the future they'll be
> making an ABS patch (like those nicotene patches) for those of us who file
> bankruptcy because we couldn't get enough.
ROFL!
-Shiri
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Daniel Siskind wrote in message ...
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details • of my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I • have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet • found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at • the
> progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
Simply extraordinary! Incredible...
I am actually working on a large castle myself, but now, I just get
depressed looking at it after seeing yours <G>.
Also, I *LOVE* that kilts theme you have going. You are truly a ELF
(Entrepreneurial Lego Fan) :-)
Cordially,
DBR
--
"To infinity and beyond!"
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > <fog clears>...
> > > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html
> <snip>
> Thanks! It's just that near such an amazing thing like the Blood Stone Castle,
> it shrivels away and transforms to a meek little mouse. :-)
You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an
Imperial Star Destroyer, it is.
Now some word-book-fun. Some neighbors moved away last week and left behind a
heap of books in the junkroom. A curious mixture: History of the Jewish People,
Works of Josephus, New English Bible, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,
Italian Folktales, Castles and Keeps of Scotland...
Of course I have them on MY book heap now. So, cracking open Castles. Facing a
color litho of Castle Stirling, the title page reads "Being a description of
sundry fortresses, towers, peels, and other houses of strength built by the
princes and barons of old time in the highlands, islands, inlands, and borders
of the ancient and godfearing kingdom of Scotland." By Frank Roy Fraprie.
Author of "Among Bavarian Inns." Illustrated. Boston, L.C. Page & Company.
MDCCCCVII.
Apparently, Queensborough Public Library got rid of it, Queens College got it,
threw it out about 1976, and one day my neighbors got it (or never returned
it?) In 2000, it lay in a junkroom. It is safe with me for the forseeable
future. (as if anybody knew anything about the future!)
So, wonderful names of Scottish castles, illustrated: Stirling. Glamis.
Tantallon. Dumbarton. Craignethan (Tillietudlem). Bothwell. Rothesay. Kilchurn.
Gylen. Aros. Dunstaffnage. Inverlocky. Invergarry. Kirkwall. Notland. The Broch
of Mousa. Cawdor. Spynie Palace. Fyvie. Dunnottar. Crathes. Edzell. Doune.
Huntingtower, or Ruthven Castle. Elcho. St Andrews. Newark. Campbell. Niddrie.
Linlithgow. Edinburgh. Holyrood Palace. Craigmillar. Dunbar. Dirleton.
Cessford. Smailholm. Hermitage. Neidpath. Caerlaverock. Threave.
Some 13th century castles: Duffus. Bocharm. Lochindorb. Strathbolgie.
Inverurie. Urquhart. Kildrummie. Kincardine. Brechin. Redcastle, Forfar,
Leuchars, Craill, Douglas, Turnberry, Linlithgow, Yester, Roxburgh, Jedburgh,
Lamberton, Morton, Dalswinton, Lochmaben, Congleton. "as well as many others.
The majority of these have disappeared."
A "peel" is a kind of solitary tower.
This book looks to be chock full of good stuff.
The names just go on and on.
So, take a Scotch name like Craigmillar. What is it? A Crag is a rugged rock or
cliff. Suitable for a castle. I guess it means the mill on the rock, or a rock
that ground up yer enemies like meal. Meal by the way is Dutch from malen,
meaning to grind, and is the root of the word Maelstrom, for a dangerous
swirling stream. (Stromberg anyone?)
(note: meals and mealtime are unrelated to grinding, those come from Old
English mael, meaning appointed hour or time to eat. A coincidence that it is
now spelled meal and means food.)
Caerlaverock. Some castle on a rock? Nay, I think not. I tried breaking it down
several ways, and discovered that a laverok is a lark in middle english,
chiefly Scotch. But possibly, lavoir, Middle French for wash cistern, rooted in
Latin lavare. I don't think Celtic carrus (wheeled vehicle) is relevant. Of
course an ock is a tough, hard, durable tree. I suppose a lark could be a bird
named in association with a castle that was tough like a tree that got washed
everyday. Or the castle could be named for the bird that washes oaks. Such a
pretty name. I could be full of lark kaka by now.
Get a Webster's, gentle reader, and feed your word hoard.
Caerblodrok?
Bloodstein?
Stearblood?
Rokkeblode?
Just different ways to mean blood-stone. Whatever that might be!
-Another Errick
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > > <fog clears>...
> > > > http://www.geocities.com/shiri_lego/inn.html
> > <snip>
> > Thanks! It's just that near such an amazing thing like the Blood Stone
> > Castle,
> > it shrivels away and transforms to a meek little mouse. :-)
>
> You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an
> Imperial Star Destroyer, it is.
Well, that's very comforting. :-)
<snip>
> Castles and Keeps of Scotland...
Sounds like a great book for inspiration!
<snip>
> "...and other houses of strength built by the
> princes and barons of old time in the highlands, islands, inlands, and borders
> of the ancient and godfearing kingdom of Scotland."
That's a great description. Can I coax you to scan some of these? Will bribery
do the trick? :-)
> So, wonderful names of Scottish castles, illustrated: [..]
> Dumbarton.
Such a dumb town! ;-)
> Craignethan
I have to suggest that this is named after an ancestor of our Craig... :-)
> This book looks to be chock full of good stuff.
Definitely!
<snip>
> Meal by the way is Dutch from malen,
> meaning to grind, and is the root of the word Maelstrom, for a dangerous
> swirling stream. (Stromberg anyone?)
Well, Pawel has Strombachter. Maybe it's indirect but that might be the root
of the name.
Thanks for the great language enlightment! It's very interesting, forgive me
from sniping all over the place... I'll take notes of the other bloodstone
names.
-Shiri
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> writes:
> Castles and Keeps of Scotland...
Barnes and Noble had this a couple years back, and may still do. My copy
says "1993 Barnes and Noble Books".
I was hoping for more detailed pictures and plans, but there is certainly
a lot of historical stuff in it.
--
Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.
Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/
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In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Rob Drechsel writes:
> >
> > > Too bad most of us don't have
> > > the pieces to make castle the size of Bloodstone. Mine is on <cough> one of
> > > the 48x48 baseplates.
> >
> > If it's any consalation, my "castle" is on a 48x32 BP and I can't complete it
> > for lack of pieces.
> >
> > > By the way, I thought your inn was pretty good.
> >
> > Thanks! It's just that near such an amazing thing like the Blood Stone • Castle,
> > it shrivels away and transforms to a meek little mouse. :-)
> >
> > -Shiri
>
> That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean,
> it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of those • "OPOC's"
> are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening.
>
> But, the more I think about it, isn't that exactly why we're all so hooked: • the
> fact that the acquisition of "more" is so goal oriented; and that building the
> biggest and best MOC yet is an ever moving target. In the future they'll be
> making an ABS patch (like those nicotene patches) for those of us who file
> bankruptcy because we couldn't get enough.
>
> "I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
> Bill
Actually, I think building on such a large scale is actually less satisfying
than smaller scale projects. Huge works such as my castle take years to build
and progress can be annoyingly slow. For example, it can be exciting to come
up with cool innovations like half-stepping out the turrets on my watch towers,
but then having to repeat the process identically five more times really sucks.
Also, each one of the merlons on my castle uses more than 50 pieces and I had
to repeat the design over 100 times around the tops of the walls and towers.
Talk about tedious!
The most satisfying castle project I built was a simple tower keep that
measured only 32x24 studs. I'm keeping this in mind when I build the keep for
my Black Falcolns, which will site on top four standard green baseplates -
fully 1/5 the size of the big red beast.
Dan
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> Actually, I think building on such a large scale is actually less satisfying
> than smaller scale projects. [...]
I wouldn't REALLY know but I tend to agree. My inn is fun and I love it, but
creating Helfire in two hours and having it come out nicely was MUCH more
satisfying. I think my inn could be great when I'm done with it, but meanwhile
it's incomplete and pretty weird looking. (Of coure the ratio between my inn
and microtown are very different than Dan's castle and a small castle... :-)
That's why I'm trying to build my inn in parts. First I completed the first
floor walls, and did not begin the interior until I was completely satisfied
with the walls. Then, I built the 1st floor interior as a switch from wall
designing... for refreshment etc. Now that's done, I like the way it looks and
it *could* stand alone if I wanted it to, so that I don't feel like I have
something unfinished in my hands. I'm on to the 2nd floor now, and it's
unattached to the rest of the inn, so the inn is like a finished product in a
way. I like it and that gives me some excitement, seeing that it came out
nicely.
So my advice to you: when dealing with big structures, build them in parts if
you don't want to be discouraged along the way!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > > In lugnet.castle, Rob Drechsel writes:
> > >
> > > > Too bad most of us don't have
> > > > the pieces to make castle the size of Bloodstone. Mine is on <cough> one • of
> > > > the 48x48 baseplates.
> > >
> > > If it's any consalation, my "castle" is on a 48x32 BP and I can't complete • it
> > > for lack of pieces.
> > >
> > > > By the way, I thought your inn was pretty good.
> > >
> > > Thanks! It's just that near such an amazing thing like the Blood Stone • Castle,
> > > it shrivels away and transforms to a meek little mouse. :-)
> > >
> > > -Shiri
> >
> > That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean,
> > it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of those • "OPOC's"
> > are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening.
> >
> > But, the more I think about it, isn't that exactly why we're all so hooked: • the
> > fact that the acquisition of "more" is so goal oriented; and that building • the
> > biggest and best MOC yet is an ever moving target. In the future they'll be
> > making an ABS patch (like those nicotene patches) for those of us who file
> > bankruptcy because we couldn't get enough.
> >
> > "I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
> > Bill
>
> Actually, I think building on such a large scale is actually less satisfying
> than smaller scale projects. Huge works such as my castle take years to build
> and progress can be annoyingly slow. For example, it can be exciting to come
> up with cool innovations like half-stepping out the turrets on my watch • towers,
> but then having to repeat the process identically five more times really • sucks.
> Also, each one of the merlons on my castle uses more than 50 pieces and I • had
> to repeat the design over 100 times around the tops of the walls and towers.
> Talk about tedious!
>
> The most satisfying castle project I built was a simple tower keep that
> measured only 32x24 studs. I'm keeping this in mind when I build the keep for
> my Black Falcolns, which will site on top four standard green baseplates -
> fully 1/5 the size of the big red beast.
>
> Dan
One nice thing about building on a small project, is that you can do the
interiors without having all of your small pieces disappear. Another is not
having to spend a week or two laying out the foundation so you can move the
model without breaking it.
Rob
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What can I say, Dan rocks.....
In lugnet.build, Daniel Siskind writes:
> After more than two years on the project, all of the architectural details of • my
> huge "Blood Stone Castle" project have been completed. While the interior
> decorators are still hard at work (and will be for several more months), I • have
> posted 40 preliminary pictures in the Gallery on my site. I have not yet • found
> the time to complete the captions, but I invite everyone to have a look at the
> progress so far.
>
> Please note my site is moving (soon to be BRICKMANIA.COM), but please visit
> using the following temporary URL:
>
> http://64.224.224.231/gallery.html
>
> Thanks and good night!
>
> Dan
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In reply to my remark, "In the Court of the Crimson Keep,"
In lugnet.off-topic.pun, Rick Kujawa writes:
> 13th Century Schitzoid man!
Ha! Flushed one out!
It just took me a few days to find your message. My cookies got reset somehow
to the default, so I've missed posts to the off-topic groups.
Somewhere on the Net I read that there is a positive correlation between such
hobbies as Lego, computers, and prog-rock. I'm guilty on all counts --
apparently, so are you.
Did you catch my other prog-rock Lego pun earlier that day?
http://www.lugnet.com/general/?n=17033
--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305
Secretary, Californians for Renewable Energy <http://www.calfree.com>
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
> Caerlaverock. Some castle on a rock? Nay, I think not. I tried breaking it • down
> several ways, and discovered that a laverok is a lark in middle english,
> chiefly Scotch. But possibly, lavoir, Middle French for wash cistern, rooted • in
> Latin lavare. I don't think Celtic carrus (wheeled vehicle) is relevant. Of
> course an ock is a tough, hard, durable tree. I suppose a lark could be a bird
> named in association with a castle that was tough like a tree that got washed
> everyday. Or the castle could be named for the bird that washes oaks. Such a
> pretty name. I could be full of lark kaka by now.
While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock
Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I
don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in Scotland
due to it's unique three sided design.
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Jason Maxwell wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
> > Caerlaverock. Some castle on a rock? Nay, I think not. I tried breaking it • down
> > several ways, and discovered that a laverok is a lark in middle english,
> > chiefly Scotch. But possibly, lavoir, Middle French for wash cistern, rooted • in
> > Latin lavare. I don't think Celtic carrus (wheeled vehicle) is relevant. Of
> > course an ock is a tough, hard, durable tree. I suppose a lark could be a bird
> > named in association with a castle that was tough like a tree that got washed
> > everyday. Or the castle could be named for the bird that washes oaks. Such a
> > pretty name. I could be full of lark kaka by now.
>
> While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock
> Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I
> don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in Scotland
> due to it's unique three sided design.
I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that
beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though.
(In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
J
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> Jason Maxwell wrote:
>
> > While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock
> > Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I
> > don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in Scotland
> > due to it's unique three sided design.
>
> I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that
> beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though.
I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means
"settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D
> (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
> castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
> Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase copies
of that series... :)
Jeff
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http://64.224.224.231/castle/C38.html
Aaaah! Teletubbies!!!
Just to reiterate what everyone else said (in case you missed it) WOW!!!
Bloodstone Castle is looking tres magnifique!
I particularly like the use of the crowns on the tops of a number of different
columns and parts of the structures. It took me a few pictures to figure out
just what they were.... I finally saw it in the throne room....
The attention to detail is just great! I also really liked your windows and the
different ornamentation you added to them. What a fabulous castle! I love it!
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > Jason Maxwell wrote:
> > I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that
> > beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though.
I was guessing Gaelic too but it appears to be Welsh.
> I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means
> "settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D
Found in at http://www.cs.brown.edu/fun/welsh/LexiconForms.html. It's framed
so you need to run the search yourself but it comes up as "wall;castle;town."
Everyone seems to have the right idea.
> > (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
> > castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
> > Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
>
> The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase • copies
> of that series... :)
>
> Jeff
The Science Fiction Book Club has (had?) a single volume of the Prydain
stories. I think there were five in that volume - is that all of them?
John
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John Radtke wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > > (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
> > > castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
> > > Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
> >
> > The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase • copies
> > of that series... :)
> >
> > Jeff
>
> The Science Fiction Book Club has (had?) a single volume of the Prydain
> stories. I think there were five in that volume - is that all of them?
Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_,
_The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_,
_The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set
in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand is (I think) _Coll and his White
Pig_, but I think there are 2 or 3 others.
J
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> John Radtke wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > > > (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
> > > > castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
> > > > Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
> > >
> > > The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase
> > > copies of that series... :)
> > >
> > > Jeff
> >
> > The Science Fiction Book Club has (had?) a single volume of the Prydain
> > stories. I think there were five in that volume - is that all of them?
>
> Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_,
> _The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_,
> _The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set
> in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand is (I think) _Coll and his White
> Pig_, but I think there are 2 or 3 others.
>
> J
There are at least two more: _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain_, and
the book about Fflewder Fflam. I *still* haven't figured out the name of that
one yet... :\
Jeff
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Jeff Stembel wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > John Radtke wrote:
> >
> > > In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > > > > (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer'
> > > > > castles in them. The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander had several
> > > > > Caers, and C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles had Cair Paravel.)
> > > >
> > > > The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase
> > > > copies of that series... :)
>
> > > The Science Fiction Book Club has (had?) a single volume of the Prydain
> > > stories. I think there were five in that volume - is that all of them?
> >
> > Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_,
> > _The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_,
> > _The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set
> > in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand is (I think) _Coll and his White
> > Pig_, but I think there are 2 or 3 others.
>
> There are at least two more: _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain_, and
> the book about Fflewder Fflam. I *still* haven't figured out the name of that
> one yet... :\
A search on Amazon reveals: The Truthful Harp. Long out of print, unfortunately.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030656354/qid=963488035/sr=1-101/102-4744656-3148118
J
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Hmm, just stumbled into this discussion, I'm wondering if you are aware
of a similar LEGO pure solution? The 2x4 plate with hinge (<part 3315>)
will work with the hinge brick (for a use, look at the draw bridge in
6086), so if you can live with a 2x4 plate instead of a 1x2 plate, and a
slightly larger spacing, no part modification necessary. Note that <part
3639> would also work. Of course what this also means is that a bunch of
parts work together, so to list them all:
Female 1x2 hinge components:
<part 3937> (1x2 tilt hinge brick)
<part 2440> (plow blade/radar antenna)
<part 3597> (2x4 plate w/hinge on top)
<part 3640> (2x4 plate w/vertical hinge at end)
<part 2443> (octagonal window frame)
<part 30200> (cockpit)
Male 1x2 hinge components:
<part 3938> (1x2 tilt hinge plate)
<part 6134> (2x2 tilt hinge plate)
<part 3639> (2x4 plate w/vertical hinge at end)
<part 3315> (2x4 plate w/horizontal hinge at end)
<part 2518b> (6x6 octagonal canopy)
<part 2418a> (6x6 octagonal canopy)
<part 2598> (10x10 octagonal canopy)
It wouldn't surprise me if there aren't a couple more parts.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Frank Filz wrote:
>
> Hmm, just stumbled into this discussion, I'm wondering if you are aware
> of a similar LEGO pure solution? The 2x4 plate with hinge (<part 3315>)
> will work with the hinge brick (for a use, look at the draw bridge in
> 6086), so if you can live with a 2x4 plate instead of a 1x2 plate, and a
> slightly larger spacing, no part modification necessary. Note that <part
> 3639> would also work. Of course what this also means is that a bunch of
> parts work together, so to list them all:
>
> Female 1x2 hinge components:
>
> <part 3937> (1x2 tilt hinge brick)
> <part 2440> (plow blade/radar antenna)
> <part 3597> (2x4 plate w/hinge on top)
> <part 3640> (2x4 plate w/vertical hinge at end)
> <part 2443> (octagonal window frame)
> <part 30200> (cockpit)
>
> Male 1x2 hinge components:
>
> <part 3938> (1x2 tilt hinge plate)
> <part 6134> (2x2 tilt hinge plate)
> <part 3639> (2x4 plate w/vertical hinge at end)
> <part 3315> (2x4 plate w/horizontal hinge at end)
> <part 2518b> (6x6 octagonal canopy)
> <part 2418a> (6x6 octagonal canopy)
> <part 2598> (10x10 octagonal canopy)
>
> It wouldn't surprise me if there aren't a couple more parts.
Yup, forgot about
Male: <part 828> (Tractor Chassis Excavator Arm, Large)
Female: <part 3433> (Tractor Chassis Excavator Bucket, Large)
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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