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In lugnet.castle, Mike Timm writes:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:48:30 GMT, "Mike Rayhawk"
> <rayhawk@artcenter.edu> wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.castle, Zack Stackhouse writes:
> > > Any suggestions? Anybody know of any GOOD movies that represent
> > > fuedal japan well?
> >
> > I haven't seen it yet myself, but from what I hear Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is
> > far and away the best movie for medieval Japanese battles.
>
> "Ran" *IS* fabulous but its late medieval if medieval at all, primary
> weapons in it are bows, swords and MUSKET'S. Fabulous scene of the
> various sides going back and forth with the advantage swinging one way
> or another....
>
> My view is muskets don't belong in castle :^) but other's views may
> differ , and rightly so as they are not me!
Muskets, from the European standpoint, exit the Castle line, though I do
make "hand gonnes" with a "bathroom plunger" and 1x1 round, appropriate to
the 1400s. But from the Japanese standpoint, the late 1500s and 1600s are
still considered (late) medieval. Dump the firearms if you wanna mix the
Japanese stuff with Euro-Castles, but keep 'em if you wanna mix them with
Pirates.
Bruce
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:27:43 GMT, "Bruce Schlickbernd"
<corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Mike Timm writes:
> > My view is muskets don't belong in castle :^) but other's views may
> > differ , and rightly so as they are not me!
>
> Muskets, from the European standpoint, exit the Castle line, though I do
> make "hand gonnes" with a "bathroom plunger" and 1x1 round, appropriate to
> the 1400s. But from the Japanese standpoint, the late 1500s and 1600s are
> still considered (late) medieval. Dump the firearms if you wanna mix the
> Japanese stuff with Euro-Castles, but keep 'em if you wanna mix them with
> Pirates.
>
> Bruce
That's just what I do, any of the gunpowder devices get removed and
then they fir in pretty good with the rest of the Castle stuff I have.
It just means that the Ninja based minifigs get more spears as they
lose that number of firearms, the halberds don't fit well with the
Ninja line to me, european Castle I love them for.
Mike
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All other themes are just spare parts for Castle!
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