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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> Geez ... the humbler has arrived;) Michael Ulring is the master of large
> castles and it looks like he has come to answer the call.
Pawel, I think you overstate things a bit. I am proud of my creation, and
hopefully it turns out as well as it looks in my mind. But there are a bunch
of people in this group who could probably put me to shame if given access to
the quantity of castle-related parts that I have accumulated over the years.
I've paid close attention to all pics that have been posted over the last few
months, including yours, and have taken many notes and ideas from everyone
elses creations. Hopefully none of you mind if I borrow some of the ideas I
like best.
> I guess most of us can see what it takes now (i.e. - stacks and stacks of
> 1x5x7 walls.)
They do help, that is for sure. But I am not sure how I feel about a castle
wall with as many windows as I use wall pieces. wish they would have made one
without the window cutout.
> I wish we could all get together and put some of these mugs side by side ...
> what a picture that would be. Maybe over the summer?
My main motivation to build a module-style castle was mobility. My last castle
was stuck in a basement on half of a ping-pong table, virtually immobile. All
the modules for my new castle will easily fit through a doorway. I agree with
you Pawel, it sure would be great to combine castle layouts/displays as well as
misc. inns, taverns, stables and terrain to build up a vast countryside. If
there is interest, it is possible that I could hose(I'm in Columbus, Ohio) such
an event at my church some weekend this summer, likely in mid-late July.
-Mike
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> My main motivation to build a module-style castle was mobility. My last castle
> was stuck in a basement on half of a ping-pong table, virtually immobile. All
> the modules for my new castle will easily fit through a doorway. I agree with
> you Pawel, it sure would be great to combine castle layouts/displays as well as
> misc. inns, taverns, stables and terrain to build up a vast countryside. If
> there is interest, it is possible that I could hose(I'm in Columbus, Ohio) such
> an event at my church some weekend this summer, likely in mid-late July.
>
> -Mike
I hear you on that. I'm from Tennessee, and would love to get a castleLUG
(joke;) meeting sometime during the summer. Geez - that would rock. I figured
that I would buy big plastic containers and put my creations (the mobile ones -
like the Gryphon's Nest) into a blanket. Minifigures would be in a tub of their
own, and when setting them up, I would use baseplates (with tape on the bottom -
"Pawel's figs" or something like that).
I'm off to GA this weekend (DixieLUG), and that will be a test of moving my
creations by car. But yeah ... let's keep the idea alive (if we plan early
enough, we might be actually able to pull this off).
-- pn
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Michael Ulring wrote in message ...
> They do help, that is for sure. But I am not sure how I feel about a castle
> wall with as many windows as I use wall pieces. wish they would have made • one
> without the window cutout.
Well, if LEGO Direct comes through, we'll be ordering bulk grey bricks... Of
course with something the size of your modules, there is a weight advantage
to the castle wall sections. Of course there are the 1x5x5 wall pieces.
Frank
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 03:11:55 GMT, "Michael Ulring"
<ulringmc@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > Geez ... the humbler has arrived;) Michael Ulring is the master of large
> > castles and it looks like he has come to answer the call.
>
> Pawel, I think you overstate things a bit. I am proud of my creation, and
> hopefully it turns out as well as it looks in my mind. But there are a bunch
> of people in this group who could probably put me to shame if given access to
> the quantity of castle-related parts that I have accumulated over the years.
> I've paid close attention to all pics that have been posted over the last few
> months, including yours, and have taken many notes and ideas from everyone
> elses creations. Hopefully none of you mind if I borrow some of the ideas I
> like best.
I really think Pawel's reaction sums it up, or my version of it is,
WOW.
/gapes/
That's big and what you have completed looks good.
/ungapes/ (finally).
Um, more? we want more, really we do!
>
> > I guess most of us can see what it takes now (i.e. - stacks and stacks of
> > 1x5x7 walls.)
>
> They do help, that is for sure. But I am not sure how I feel about a castle
> wall with as many windows as I use wall pieces. wish they would have made one
> without the window cutout.
>
> > I wish we could all get together and put some of these mugs side by side ...
> > what a picture that would be. Maybe over the summer?
>
> My main motivation to build a module-style castle was mobility. My last castle
> was stuck in a basement on half of a ping-pong table, virtually immobile. All
> the modules for my new castle will easily fit through a doorway. I agree with
> you Pawel, it sure would be great to combine castle layouts/displays as well as
> misc. inns, taverns, stables and terrain to build up a vast countryside. If
> there is interest, it is possible that I could hose(I'm in Columbus, Ohio) such
> an event at my church some weekend this summer, likely in mid-late July.
>
> -Mike
Modularity is good in this case, very good!
Keep it up Mike! (and Pawel and Eric and all the others...)
Mike (no, NOT the one with really neat big castle under construction
:^)
All other themes are just spare parts for Castle!
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Michael Ulring (<FoM67v.5Ly@lugnet.com>) wrote at
03:11:55
> But I am not sure how I feel about a castle
> wall with as many windows as I use wall pieces. wish they would have made one
> without the window cutout.
Hear, hear!
Or at the very least, an insert to block the hole.
--
Tony Priestman
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > My main motivation to build a module-style castle was mobility. My last • castle
> > was stuck in a basement on half of a ping-pong table, virtually immobile. All
> > the modules for my new castle will easily fit through a doorway. I agree with
> > you Pawel, it sure would be great to combine castle layouts/displays as well • as
> > misc. inns, taverns, stables and terrain to build up a vast countryside. If
> > there is interest, it is possible that I could hose(I'm in Columbus, Ohio) • such
> > an event at my church some weekend this summer, likely in mid-late July.
> >
> > -Mike
>
> I hear you on that. I'm from Tennessee, and would love to get a castleLUG
> (joke;) meeting sometime during the summer. Geez - that would rock. I • figured
> that I would buy big plastic containers and put my creations (the mobile • ones -
> like the Gryphon's Nest) into a blanket. Minifigures would be in a tub of • their
> own, and when setting them up, I would use baseplates (with tape on the • bottom -
> "Pawel's figs" or something like that).
>
> I'm off to GA this weekend (DixieLUG), and that will be a test of moving my
> creations by car. But yeah ... let's keep the idea alive (if we plan early
> enough, we might be actually able to pull this off).
>
> -- pn
Let me tell you, make sure your creations *fit* into the plastic containers,
don't put them with one side in the air!
I once took my lego town house (er, mansion) by car. Actually, I asked my mom
to bring the mansion to me by car. Well, she isn't an expert on lego (now
that's the understatement of year :) and she tucked in the house in a box -
only prob, it was too big (built on 4 32x16 baseplates) and she put part of it
sort of in midair. The long and short of it is, it didn't survive much after
that... :-( Especially when we reached my Aunt's house with my amazingly cute
but unimaginabley terrorizing 3 year old cousin (three at the time that is)
and, well, the remains where plundered even more :-)
So be careful with your creations! We don't want anything to happen to them!
-Shiri
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