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Re: My modular castle creations
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Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:20:47 GMT
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Beautiful! I have also been thinking along similar lines recently, and you
have captured much of what was on my mind. The monochromality of your stuff
doesn't bother me so much, castle tended to be all the same colour.
I would however, suggest you might want to see if you can put doors in say
the corner towers and gatehouse which can be accessed from the battlements.
The certainly is space for this. I would personally also raise the
battlements by a brick or two, but I realise there are parts restrictions.
I think it is important for us castleheads to distiguish between what is an
awesome modular set for us, and what is the kind of modular set that lego
would consider producing for mass sale. Also, your sets seem to be pretty
much a return to the modular system of the mid 80s, but I think that for
Lego to really do a modular castle theme again, they would want to do
something new with the idea, rather than just go back to building sets the
way they did 20-15 years ago.
One thing that more recent sets have going for them is more playable
accesories, and this could be incorporated into a modular castle theme
without compromising historical realism. I think today's kids expect more
workable playable parts than kids did back in the golden age of lego castle.
But playability doesn't have to "juniorise" a modular castle set like this.
I'm thinking of stuff like working locking beams on gates (like was used in
the Fort Legorado), perhaps a sally port somewhere in a tower or wall,
ladders or staircases linking all floors to each other, machicolations which
you can actually drop small bricks through, etc.
Another thing which could be explored is the kind of varied minifigs and
smaller sets which woudn't necesarrily have to be part of a modular wall.
How about a peasant's hovel (built much like Hagrid's hut), complete with a
few farm animnals in a small fenced enclosre and a plough. That could be a
kinda cool 35 buck set. How about a big medieval warship, the size of a
medium sized pirate theme ship? Lego never really put out an even remotely
realistically scaled cog with fighting platorms. If you want to add more
colours to the theme without sacrifising realism, you could use lots of the
brown timber walls parts for buildings, a siege tower, and maybe even hoardings.
Just some ideas. Please don't feel I am criticising your stuff, I think it
really rocks. I just think that one needs to be more ambitious then simply a
return to the old Black Falcon and Crusader type sets.
cheers
Magnus
PS: I'd be interested to see you try your hand at a small church.
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| (...) This was definately a parts restrictions issue. These sets are really only something that I would buy if Lego produced them. They aren't really something I would build on my own. I myself would have had taller towers and bigger battlements (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| This is an Idea I’m certain we’ve all thought of, but I figured that I would try to put my ideas into words and pictures. It’s a Castle theme that I’ve developed in my spare time. (URL) main purpose of these designs was to try to put together a (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle) !!
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