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Hey all, I've started to create a peasant population with all these spare Qui-Gong, Anakin, Jar-Jar, and Majisto torso's. The only problem is, other than the pitchfork, which is harder to find than hen's teeth (I only have one), I'm stuck as to what (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I guess my first suggestion would be nothing :-). Thats what most of mine carry and they look fine. Another suggestion is the basket thing that hangs on their back. I have a few of these in brown and they look good on peasants. (...) Well (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) on (...) Use (...) Or, for a nicer looking walking stick: If you have any spears or oars with the tips broken off, they're perfect for walking sticks. Heck, cut a few off yourself! I know I have way more oars than I'll ever need. But that's (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) -They could be pushing carts or wheelbarrows full of hay or wood or something. If they are near a forest, they could have hatchets for cutting down trees. You could have 2 or them working together carrying a log. They could be carrying grey (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, it depends on what they're doing. If they're just out for a stroll they probably won't carry anything. If they're on their way to market they might have one of those basket backpacks (available recently/currently in 6097 among others). A (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have used the Star Wars solid lightsaber piece as a walking stick see picture here (URL). I have some guys holding hatchets, women with brooms. The hammer is a good idea too. Ben Gatrelle (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) To some degree, I agree with Eric who said they won't carry a thing. However, I think that a bit of accesories provides a lot of variety and is definitely cool. The peasant "bucket" is a great fit, as well as pitchforks <sigh>. I think that (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David Simmons wrote in message ... (...) I am actually struggling with this now. "Just what elements DOES a legoman carry?" Well, I've narrowed down the options to the following: 1.) A backpacker - using a brown Imperial (pirates) back-pack. Maybe (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree to all the above. (...) You mean the pitchforks? (or is there a rake I'm oblivious of?) (...) Hm. I had a thought that some peasants might be leading a horse, not riding but leading one. Not that I know how that'd work... I saw we need (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I made a couple of pack horses using the Adventurer backpacks. Put the solid backs (1x2 brick & plate) into the horse's back, and then hang a backpack off of each side. I have a tiny caravan consisting of a goldsmith and his guards that uses (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, judging from what's in the toy stores, I would suspect a farm theme would be marketable. I think it's Ertl which has a wonderfull looking series of HO scale farm playsets. Being HO scale, suggests that there is a sufficient market of (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Only gripe I've got with a bow and arrow is that there's always an arrow nocked and drawn. Peasants may have known how to use a bow and arrow, but they generally didn't wander through town with an arrow ready to let fly. :) I'd like to see (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, they're easier to make than a crossbow, certainly - and cheaper. Crossbows are probably easier to hit things with, but they're big and heavy and not something you'd want to carry around all day. (...) True. On the other hand, I regard (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The Mega Bloks Viking armor has a little ring which acts as a sheath. (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That is something I mentioned probably 2 years ago in a very long rant about some things that LEGO could do to make things a little more realistic... I believe I was looking at a playmobil catalog just before posting that message.. I'm sure a (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) yeah, you should only modify lego by "accident" you can use it if it was broken by accident. :) josh (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I use the same technique. Also, there is an old Fabuland "Saddlebags" piece that came with a motorcycle (I think?) that works great for this (funny, saddlebags work for making saddlebags? Who would've thought!). If you've never seen this (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, I believe the accuracy of longbows is much greater than that of crossbows. Crossbows are kind of crude and brute force - no finesse. However, because they have much more force (the bolts are heavy), they are used to penetrate armour. (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm just wondering why a villager would carry around a crossbow? First, they're way out their price range, and second, they're too complicated. A bow is pretty easy to make, and is free. Crossbows were pretty much used in the military. Jeff is (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Whoops, i mean Chris is right , a longbow has much greater accuracy than a crossbow. (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Haha, one of my "Armies" that my friends and I use for our castle wargames is a peasant rebellion sort of deal. Mainly pirate bodies, but starting to use the Qui-Gon/Jar-Jar bodies among some other peasant attire. We have a whole regiment (bout 10 (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Welcome, join the crowd and the fun! Most of my peasants are armed in a disturbing manner, they have LightSabers! :^) Well about half of them do :^) Rest assured that the "Hand of God" will safely disarm before they do any harm.... Mike ("Hand (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, here's an idea: use the capes of Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan (Maybe even a Darth) as bundles of cloth. I've used these, either crumpled a bit or just precariously placed on the hands of peasants. Maybe these could be used on a clothesline, as (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Most of my peasants carry around goblets, because supposedly the government over them has been taxing them so hard they all became drunkards to ease the pain. So i've built a few bars and a few dilapidated shacks, too. No pics yet, sorry. I would (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, you see, I wanted to build this trap for my little brother using a stake filled pit. I wanted to test it first, but of course I didn't want to get hurt myself, so I dropped a large rock into it, and darn it, I broke about 20 spears... (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL... yeah, I just wanted to, um, umm, ummm... cut some... cardboard... for this art project I'm working on... yeah... and my x-acto knife *accidently* scraped the mike off the Jet head that just happened to be around... ooops ;-) (Actually, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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