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Re: Nonhuman poll
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Sat, 19 Jan 2002 07:58:39 GMT
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That's a great reply, but you forgot to tell us what you're going to do with
Yoda, Spider Man, the Green Goblin and the Sandmen.....  ;)

Also, I think the Indian heads make the best Elves with the large eyes and
the face paint.  "Wild Elves" from the new 3rd Edition D&D.  The Ninja
figures could be the more civilized breed.  Do you have any Elf pictures up
on your site?

-Aaron

"Anthony Sava" <savatheaggie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Gq4EBw.KA9@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Leonard Hoffman writes:
Ive found Gungan Patrol on sale at walmart, and it has prompted me to • wonder
how can I use these people in my castle world.

My question is, for the various types of non-human (or not normal • minifigs),
how do you incorporate them into your world?  Such figs as the martians,
gungans, chewbaccas, ewoks, gringotts, and any other i can't think of at • the
moment; what do you call them? what role do they play in your society? • etc
etc.

Also, beyond the odd looking figs.. what other non-human groups do you • have
in your world?


thanks for humoring me.
peace
-lenny

Well, as some may already know, I have tried to incorporate all of the non
normal figs that I could into my world.

Chewbacca has become a race of Chewbacca esque creatures called Bouw that • I
mention in my beastiary, but never gave any real air time.  Intellegent, • though
most have a hard time speaking anything but their own language, they make
powerful allies, as they can easily learn other languages.

Ewoks will most likely take the same roll, and in fact I plan to make them • a
close cousin of the Chewbacca figs, with normal sized legs.

Gungans I turned into D'Oks (prounced duh ahk'), low intellegence desert
dwelling reptiles.  They're not good for much, but they are excellent • spies, as
they hate being seen when they don't want to be.

The Martians I incorporated as an ampibian creature named Venorians, as • some
may already know.  Venorians' skin is delicate, so they tend to stay in • the
shade and shadows, though their eyesight is too poor to work well at • night.

All of these creatures are usable as mercenaries or spies, though some are
better than others.

The Gringotts goblins will become my Orcs, as their long necks are too
contridictory to their lego designed short legs, and I will be giving them • long
legs.  Orcs are powerful, war driven creatures, think Klingons.  They • fight for
power, they fight for love, they fight for fun.  Killing any lesser • creature
entertains them, and killing any greater creature brings a tear of joy to • their
eyes.

The Troll from Harry Potter, if I use him, will be just that, a Troll. • Trolls
aren't as dumb in my world as they are in Harry Potter's.  That isn't to • say
their geniuses either.  Trolls are powerful, slow moving creatures, who • like
the company of other evil races, but not particularly the company of their • own
kind.  They feel that they are stronger than any other race, and one of • their
own kind is just competition for their own roll in the group.

The Stingrays from the Aqua team sets, when I can get my hands on some • heads
(of which I have none) I will turn them into goblins, blatently stealing • the
idea from a particular website in Castle World.  My goblins are stealthy,
greedy creatures.  Their favorite activity is stealing or making lesser
creatures miserable.  They themselves are not very strong or powerful like
their Orcish cousins, so fighting isn't number one on their list.

The new stubby legs will be the chassis for my up and coming Dwarven • society.
My dwarves are strong, powerful, proud warriors who are also trapped to • their
lust for personal power and wealth.  While they are above stealing and
murdering to gain power and money, they will do all they can to find other • ways
of obtaining it... quests, marriage, etc.  And that which your children • have is
also yours, so predetermined marriages in wealthy families is not only • common,
but expected.

The ninja fig heads I turned into Elves, as they looked more Elvish than • human
to me.  My elves are isolationists.  They dislike anything non-elf, but • have
respect for those show elf-like traits.  They are a beautiful race, their
bodies are never flawed by genetic defect, blessed with the gift of magic,
which has lead them to their isolationistic, holier than thou view on the
world.

Hagrid may eventually become a Giant race, though I may stick with the • current
design that I blatently stole and modified for one of my chapters.  My • original
thought for giants was using Technic figs, and it still is the best idea • in my
mind, but I have yet been unable in aquiring normal, non 'futuristic' • technic
figs.  Giants (in my world) are typically loners, but occassionally enter • into
other societies to gain food or equipment.

The Bull figs from the Knights Kingdom have become a race of demons, as • their
grey eyes are just too creepy to be normal.  These demons are spawned from • hell
fire, as their eyes are echoes of the fire that spawned them, being the • color
of the ash left over from a blazing fire.

Figs using black or clear heads have become the undead, wraiths, what have • you.
  I find when you lack black or clear heads, 1x1 cylinders work well under
grille helms as a colored head, fire, ice, whathaveyou.

I've yet to find a use for the alien space heads, but they may become • another,
different race of demons if I get my hands on more of them.  These demons • would
be the more magical kind, unlike the others.  These demons would not be • born of
fire, but perhaps made of it, or Ice, or whatever.  Creatures who's life • was
not magic conceived, but magic born.

I really would talk about the prefab creatures, but most of them are on my
website, so I'll just point you there.

How's that for a reply?

--Anthony
http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html



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(...) I couldn't use Yoda, he's much to recognizable, and besides, he's my favorite Star Wars character, I couldn't turn him into a race. Spider man will most likely become totally unusable for me. The green goblin might be good for his head, but (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)

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(...) etc. (...) Well, as some may already know, I have tried to incorporate all of the non normal figs that I could into my world. Chewbacca has become a race of Chewbacca esque creatures called Bouw that I mention in my beastiary, but never gave (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)

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