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Hey
A while back I put up some pictures of the city-castle Strombrachter ... here is
the follow up to it (more of a story I suppose):
Here it is:
http://members.xoom.com/verneer/invasion.html
Some background can be found here:
http://members.xoom.com/verneer
Let me know what you think (flames, suggestions, words of encouragament). This
is the second page in a series of six about the Kingdom of Bruce. I plan to use
the remainder of my school break to finish up the 3rd chapter.
Also - please help me with the layout - does it take too long to load? Should I
break it up?
Thanks for looking!
-- pn
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I'm just getting into this, it looks really neat! (a lot like something I
want to do in the future)
Format-wise, maybe the text should be beside the picture instead of
underneath. I can't read it and look at the picture at the same time, which
is a bit annoying.
BTW, that should be "heir", not "hair". :)
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Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message
news:FnErKC.77A@lugnet.com...
> Hey
>
> A while back I put up some pictures of the city-castle Strombrachter ... • here is
> the follow up to it (more of a story I suppose):
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer/invasion.html
>
> Some background can be found here:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer
>
> Let me know what you think (flames, suggestions, words of encouragament). • This
> is the second page in a series of six about the Kingdom of Bruce. I plan • to use
> the remainder of my school break to finish up the 3rd chapter.
>
> Also - please help me with the layout - does it take too long to load? • Should I
> break it up?
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> -- pn
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My previous note about the text and picture arrangement only applies to the
big pictures (i.e. the first one) ... the rest is quite easy to read.
Again, very neat!
--
Paul Davidson
Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message
news:FnErKC.77A@lugnet.com...
> Hey
>
> A while back I put up some pictures of the city-castle Strombrachter ... • here is
> the follow up to it (more of a story I suppose):
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer/invasion.html
>
> Some background can be found here:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer
>
> Let me know what you think (flames, suggestions, words of encouragament). • This
> is the second page in a series of six about the Kingdom of Bruce. I plan • to use
> the remainder of my school break to finish up the 3rd chapter.
>
> Also - please help me with the layout - does it take too long to load? • Should I
> break it up?
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> -- pn
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> Hey
>
> A while back I put up some pictures of the city-castle Strombrachter ... here is
> the follow up to it (more of a story I suppose):
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer/invasion.html
>
> Some background can be found here:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer
>
> Let me know what you think (flames, suggestions, words of encouragament). This
> is the second page in a series of six about the Kingdom of Bruce. I plan to use
> the remainder of my school break to finish up the 3rd chapter.
>
> Also - please help me with the layout - does it take too long to load? Should I
> break it up?
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> -- pn
pawel ~
~! what great characters! i love the elementals! your scenes are
wonderfully put together and the tree in the forest of illusions is
amazing!! (what is it made of that looks like brown steep slopes, btw?)
it took a while to load, but the trip to your neck of the woods is
definitely worth it!
later ~ craig~
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> ~! what great characters! i love the elementals! your scenes are
> wonderfully put together and the tree in the forest of illusions is
> amazing!! (what is it made of that looks like brown steep slopes, btw?)
> later ~ craig~
Thanks!
Well ... I'll have to be honest - that's just a piece of the wooden furniture
(if we are both referring to the same pieces). Sorry - that WOULD be cool to
build though (although a bit useless in that setting, but cool non-the less).
-- pn
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > ~! what great characters! i love the elementals! your scenes are
> > wonderfully put together and the tree in the forest of illusions is
> > amazing!! (what is it made of that looks like brown steep slopes, btw?)
> > later ~ craig~
>
> Thanks!
>
> Well ... I'll have to be honest - that's just a piece of the wooden furniture
> (if we are both referring to the same pieces). Sorry - that WOULD be cool to
> build though (although a bit useless in that setting, but cool non-the less).
>
> -- pn
~ah! i was looking at the second pic of the tree, and the angle was
throwing me off...
there _are_ four steep (3 high) brown slopes (what i thought those were)
in the #7144 ~slave1 set, and i want some for tree building along these
lines! ~big enough to have a good sized wizard holow inside...
looking at it all again, this really is fantastic stuff, and your
storylines are great! in that spine-tingling cliffhanger picture, the
background really works well.
later ~ craig~
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In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
<much snippage>
> there _are_ four steep (3 high) brown slopes (what i thought those were)
> in the #7144 ~slave1 set,
Actually, there aren't. The "4" brown slopes in 7144 are in fact two pieces...
it's the same piece that they use as the rear landing gear on the x-wing, in
brown.
:/
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
> <much snippage>
> > there _are_ four steep (3 high) brown slopes (what i thought those were)
> > in the #7144 ~slave1 set,
>
> Actually, there aren't. The "4" brown slopes in 7144 are in fact two pieces...
> it's the same piece that they use as the rear landing gear on the x-wing, in
> brown.
>
> :/
>
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
~ugh! i saw this last night upon closer inspection of the set. juniorized
roofs! ~ what a dissapointment, but i suppose they give the slave1 model the
structure it needs.
there appear to be a pair of steep brown slopes in #6091 ~ king leo's
crib, in the catapault tower, though...
later ~ craig~
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In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
>
> there appear to be a pair of steep brown slopes in #6091 ~ king leo's
> crib, in the catapault tower, though...
Yup, there are. 2 of 'em.
Jeff
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
> >
> > there appear to be a pair of steep brown slopes in #6091 ~ king leo's
> > crib, in the catapault tower, though...
>
> Yup, there are. 2 of 'em.
>
> Jeff
Hmm... considering all the great parts in 6091, I wonder how long it'll be
'till it starts getting parted out? Its got that brown falcon, the black maiden
hat (with maiden!), female knight, green jewel, brown 2x2x3 slopes, 2x2x3 blue
corner slopes and tops, the rare-ish brown moustached knight, some tan bricks,
(including some inverse tan slopes as I recall)... not to mention just general
pieces, the baseplate, and the new castle tower parts (although 6026 has one,
and makes them thereby pretty easy to get)... Could be quite worth it!
DaveE
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
> > >
> > > there appear to be a pair of steep brown slopes in #6091 ~ king leo's
> > > crib, in the catapault tower, though...
> >
> > Yup, there are. 2 of 'em.
> >
> > Jeff
>
> Hmm... considering all the great parts in 6091, I wonder how long it'll be
> 'till it starts getting parted out? Its got that brown falcon, the black
> maiden hat (with maiden!), female knight, green jewel, brown 2x2x3 slopes,
> 2x2x3 blue corner slopes and tops, the rare-ish brown moustached knight, some
> tan bricks, (including some inverse tan slopes as I recall)... not to mention
> just general pieces, the baseplate, and the new castle tower parts (although
> 6026 has one, and makes them thereby pretty easy to get)... Could be quite
> worth it!
>
> DaveE
I call dibs on the crossbows, bird, straight wall pieces, and the gem!! ;)
Jeff
P.S. Anyone notice that the only way to get surplus RK II shields is in 6095?
Heck, 6091 only comes with *one*!!! That is one of my few gripes with the part
selection.
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> P.S. Anyone notice that the only way to get surplus RK II shields is in 6095?
> Heck, 6091 only comes with *one*!!! That is one of my few gripes with the part
> selection.
Well, the archer comes with one, and if you use him per se, you will have one
extra shield for every archer that you purchase.
On a side note: I could not be more pleased with the weapons and minifigures in
these new sets (the king's torso and legs are just ASKING to be a generic
minifigure). 6026 has everything that I could ask for (along with the defense
archer).
-- pn
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > P.S. Anyone notice that the only way to get surplus RK II shields is in
> > 6095? Heck, 6091 only comes with *one*!!! That is one of my few gripes
> > with the part selection.
>
> Well, the archer comes with one, and if you use him per se, you will have one
> extra shield for every archer that you purchase.
I plan on buying a *lot* of 4811, and none will be kept complete.
Unfortunately, the only hand-held weapons it comes with are crossbows, and
crossbow wielding 'figs look much better with a shield, IMO. Luckily, I have a
lot of extra bows and quivers (so I can make some of them archers)!
Jeff
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > > P.S. Anyone notice that the only way to get surplus RK II shields is in
> > > 6095? Heck, 6091 only comes with *one*!!! That is one of my few gripes
> > > with the part selection.
> >
> > Well, the archer comes with one, and if you use him per se, you will have one
> > extra shield for every archer that you purchase.
>
> I plan on buying a *lot* of 4811, and none will be kept complete.
> Unfortunately, the only hand-held weapons it comes with are crossbows, and
> crossbow wielding 'figs look much better with a shield, IMO. Luckily, I have • a
> lot of extra bows and quivers (so I can make some of them archers)!
>
> Jeff
I wonder How Lego Direct is going to effect all these auctions? since we will
most likely be able to buy anything in bulk.....Hmmm Looks like the price of
the pieces are going to go down. No more $1 each for the 1x1 gray tiles
Doyle
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Doyle (<FnJL02.ALv@lugnet.com>) wrote at 07:04:50
>
> I wonder How Lego Direct is going to effect all these auctions? since we will
> most likely be able to buy anything in bulk.....
Careful. You don't want to start any urban legends.
Brad said LD would start *limited* bulk ordering. That almost certainly
means a specific variety of pieces, probably in specific quantities.
So there is still going to be a need for part auctions.
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Tony Priestman
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In lugnet.castle, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Doyle (<FnJL02.ALv@lugnet.com>) wrote at 07:04:50
>
> >
> > I wonder How Lego Direct is going to effect all these auctions? since we will
> > most likely be able to buy anything in bulk.....
>
> Careful. You don't want to start any urban legends.
>
> Brad said LD would start *limited* bulk ordering. That almost certainly
> means a specific variety of pieces, probably in specific quantities.
>
> So there is still going to be a need for part auctions.
Don't forget the keyword: "Bulk". You probably won't be able to call up Lego
Direct and say, "Help! I need two black 1x2 tiles to finish my model!"
Personally, I think small lots will stay popular, but large ones would have to
be split (unless they're cheaper).
Jeff
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I have good access to the 6091/6098 and have thought about buying several to
part out and auction. However, I have never run a parts auction before. I
would probably use eBay, but wondered if anyone here had suggestions,
especially about how to go about deciding what to put in each lot. Thanks
in advance.
--
Have fun!
John
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Doyle wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > > > P.S. Anyone notice that the only way to get surplus RK II shields is in
> > > > 6095? Heck, 6091 only comes with *one*!!! That is one of my few gripes
> > > > with the part selection.
> > >
> > > Well, the archer comes with one, and if you use him per se, you will have • one
> > > extra shield for every archer that you purchase.
> >
> > I plan on buying a *lot* of 4811, and none will be kept complete.
> > Unfortunately, the only hand-held weapons it comes with are crossbows, and
> > crossbow wielding 'figs look much better with a shield, IMO. Luckily, I • have
> a
> > lot of extra bows and quivers (so I can make some of them archers)!
> >
> > Jeff
>
> I wonder How Lego Direct is going to effect all these auctions? since we • will
> most likely be able to buy anything in bulk.....Hmmm Looks like the price • of
> the pieces are going to go down. No more $1 each for the 1x1 gray tiles
>
> Doyle
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> Hey
>
> A while back I put up some pictures of the city-castle Strombrachter ...
> here is the follow up to it (more of a story I suppose):
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer/invasion.html
>
> Some background can be found here:
>
> http://members.xoom.com/verneer
>
> Let me know what you think (flames, suggestions, words of encouragament).
> This is the second page in a series of six about the Kingdom of Bruce. I
> plan to use the remainder of my school break to finish up the 3rd chapter.
>
> Also - please help me with the layout - does it take too long to load?
> Should I break it up?
>
> Thanks for looking!
Wow! That is an awesome page! I'm hoping to get a digital camera or a nice
scanner simply so that I can do something like it. :)
I don't have any comments about the layout, though I do agree with the
suggestion that you place the text at the side of the images, instead of below
it. Other than that, though, I can't think of anything to change.
I do have a question. Where did you get the head you use for the Verneer and
Anon minifigs? I'm not familiar with it and would like to get some.
Again, great page!!!
Rick Kurtzuba
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> I do have a question. Where did you get the head you use for the Verneer and
> Anon minifigs? I'm not familiar with it and would like to get some.
>
> Again, great page!!!
>
> Rick Kurtzuba
I got mine from the 6115 Shark Scout. They also come in the 2161 Aqua Dozer and
the 2162 Hydro Reef Wrecker. I'm pretty sure ...
Like you said - that is the perfect "boyish" full of energy, ready to kick some
serious butt look. Personally, I strongly believe in the face giving the
character pure personality. Compare:
http://members.xoom.com/verneer/characters.html
... Ian and Verneer - the faces of the two characters say it all. One -
integrity and intensity (Luke's face). The other (almost a sense of a smirk,
no?) - cockyness and almost cynicysm. I just threw this toghether really
quickly, but I think this can develop into a pretty good guide (even for
miself).
-- pn
(who sometimes likes to get away into a world of Medieval Fantasy Legos)
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> Hey
>
> A while back I put up some pictures of the city-castle Strombrachter ... here
> is the follow up to it (more of a story I suppose):
This is *so* cool! I liked the old stuff you posted, and this is even better!
I can't wait to see more!
Jeff
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