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Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at
The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff soon
to help complete the display.
Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to go
back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at night.
Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
able to add more sections in the future. Many of us plan on making this
display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
TCS.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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Great stuff! I love it!
I really like Chris' castle, and the modular wall-system looks fabulous!
Hopefully I'll manage to wiggle through my loads of homework and get to the
TCS next weekend. If I can, I'll try and take some pics.
-Shiri
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
>
> At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff
> soon to help complete the display.
Who made the white castle?
> Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
Thanks for posting them! I like the "Trojan Bunny"! :)
> Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> able to add more sections in the future.
They look great, but... I think they are too big, when compared to the
minifigs. :)
Jeff
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
> >
> > At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> > Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff
> > soon to help complete the display.
>
> Who made the white castle?
That would be Chris Phillips' "University".
>
> > Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
> >
> > http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
>
> Thanks for posting them! I like the "Trojan Bunny"! :)
That is Chris' also we all loved it.
>
> > Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> > with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> > able to add more sections in the future.
>
> They look great, but... I think they are too big, when compared to the
> minifigs. :)
Did you see that attacking hoard!!! This wall was built for defense brother!
:-). Seriously I personally like the scale of the wall a lot. It allows for a
strong defense as well as allowing for enough room for troops to move around
and position themselves on the wall. Maybe this is a little too big compaired
to walls of the time but hey maybe some villages/castles would have faired
better if they had built their walls to our standards. :-).
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
>
> The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at
> The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
>
> At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff soon
> to help complete the display.
>
> Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
> outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to go
> back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
> until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at night.
>
> Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
I think those are very good pictures = )
> http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
>
> Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> able to add more sections in the future.
I really like the modular wall...vey formidable and reminiscient of The
Castle Aberwyvern in Stewart McCauley's illustrated book Castle...
Many of us plan on making this
> display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
> TCS.
Very Cool! An ongoing/developing medieval Castle/town.
If your effort doesn't insipre more interest (and sales) ...I don't know
what will...
The strength of your design to me is the integration of "traditioal" bricks
vs. BURPS and prefab parts...Very inspirational and architectually
interesting...
I like the color integration...the blue villa compliments the layout, as
does the blue line at the top of the wall...The scale of the INN and Stable
is magnified by the other dwellings/structures...
Your placement of the more humble dwellings around the layout is realistic,
adding to the medieval flavor. I think your display would benefit from the
addition of more minifigures, but I assume this is in the works.(not a
criticism, just a comment = )
I think many customers may be dismayed to find out the Lego boxed sets are
no where near the quality of your display...of course, this may lead to
larger sales in parts packs...
I now wish I had many more roof pieces and tan bricks than I do now (as well
as the room to display my creations)
Is there going to be a "created by NELUG" banner?
(all of you deserve the credit for your creative endeavor)
>
>
I eagerly look forward to new developments...
(are you still going to have "the Bulls" lay seige to the town?)
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
> >
> > The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at
> > The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
> >
> > At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> > Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff soon
> > to help complete the display.
> >
> > Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
> > outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to go
> > back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
> > until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at night.
> >
> > Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
>
> I think those are very good pictures = )
>
> > http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
> >
> > Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> > with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> > able to add more sections in the future.
>
> I really like the modular wall...vey formidable and reminiscient of The
> Castle Aberwyvern in Stewart McCauley's illustrated book Castle...
>
> Many of us plan on making this
> > display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
> > TCS.
>
> Very Cool! An ongoing/developing medieval Castle/town.
> If your effort doesn't insipre more interest (and sales) ...I don't know
> what will...
>
> The strength of your design to me is the integration of "traditioal" bricks
> vs. BURPS and prefab parts...Very inspirational and architectually
> interesting...
>
> I like the color integration...the blue villa compliments the layout, as
> does the blue line at the top of the wall...The scale of the INN and Stable
> is magnified by the other dwellings/structures...
>
> Your placement of the more humble dwellings around the layout is realistic,
> adding to the medieval flavor. I think your display would benefit from the
> addition of more minifigures, but I assume this is in the works.(not a
> criticism, just a comment = )
>
> I think many customers may be dismayed to find out the Lego boxed sets are
> no where near the quality of your display...of course, this may lead to
> larger sales in parts packs...
>
> I now wish I had many more roof pieces and tan bricks than I do now (as well
> as the room to display my creations)
>
> Is there going to be a "created by NELUG" banner?
> (all of you deserve the credit for your creative endeavor)
> >
> >
> I eagerly look forward to new developments...
> (are you still going to have "the Bulls" lay seige to the town?)
I am sorry the attacking army pic didn't load in my webtv properly the first
time....I just caught that on my second viewing = )
> > Eric Kingsley
> >
> > The New England LEGO Users Group
> > http://www.nelug.org/
> >
> > View My Creations at:
> > http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes:
> I think many customers may be dismayed to find out the Lego boxed sets are
> no where near the quality of your display...of course, this may lead to
> larger sales in parts packs...
Or more business for the Guild of Bricksmiths.
I can imagine quite a few people would shell out for a few $30-$50 peasant
houses and wall sectons/towers. Of course the gatehouse could go for more,
starting at around $100.
The Guild should make flyers to post near the window display. The Blacksmith
Shop would make a great demonstration piece... though you might need Lego
Direct to meet the demand a real store could generate.
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Jason Catena writes:
> The Guild should make flyers to post near the window display.
Mayhaps the Guild of Bricksmiths should investigate creating their own display
using models they are actually selling.
To my knowledge, none of the models in the display are in their catalogue, nor
were any of the modellers asked to participate in the Guild.
And, for that matter, none of the Guild's wares are for sale at the store
hosting the display- and money spent on the Guild's sets would basically be
money generated by the display *not* going into the pocket of TCS- and since
the display is designed to drum up business for TCS, it would be a bit
counterproductive to advertise competitors' products.
eric
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Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements
about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!! also the little
house that sits directly in front of it??? who's is that.. and where are
the pictures!
Looks great though!!! I wish we could get a group set up around the
Milwaukee local area for doing these kinds of things :(
Thanks for the pics!!! I really like how you guys are setting up the
layout!
Tamy
Eric Kingsley wrote:
>
> Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
>
> The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at
> The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
>
> At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff soon
> to help complete the display.
>
> Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
> outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to go
> back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
> until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at night.
>
> Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
>
> Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> able to add more sections in the future. Many of us plan on making this
> display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
> TCS.
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
--
Keep on Bricken'
-Tamy
http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Tamyra Teed writes:
> Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements
> about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!!
That's Chris Phillips' Castle. He actually did announce it a while ago:
http://www.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=121
> also the little
> house that sits directly in front of it??? who's is that.. and where are
> the pictures!
It's Eric's IIRC:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/castle/obuild2/
> Thanks for the pics!!! I really like how you guys are setting up the
> layout!
Isn't it great?!
(<sigh>... wish I could join)
OK, 'nuff bickering :-)
-Shiri
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Shiri Dori wrote:
>
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements
> > about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!!
>
> That's Chris Phillips' Castle. He actually did announce it a while ago:
> http://www.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=121
nonono.. not that one.. the smaller one... the all white one (well it's
got a little grey)...Possibly a blue door?? I saw the one above when he
announced it..
> > also the little
> > house that sits directly in front of it??? who's is that.. and where are
> > the pictures!
>
> It's Eric's IIRC:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/castle/obuild2/
Cool thanks Shiri! I missed that one being announced :(
> > Thanks for the pics!!! I really like how you guys are setting up the
> > layout!
>
> Isn't it great?!
> (<sigh>... wish I could join)
> OK, 'nuff bickering :-)
>
> -Shiri
--
Keep on Bricken'
-Tamy
http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!
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In lugnet.castle, Tamyra Teed writes:
> Shiri Dori wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > > Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements
> > > about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!!
> >
> > That's Chris Phillips' Castle. He actually did announce it a while ago:
> > http://www.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=121
>
> nonono.. not that one.. the smaller one... the all white one (well it's
> got a little grey)...Possibly a blue door?? I saw the one above when he
> announced it..
That's the one I was asking about as well. It looks like it uses those odd
inverse slope pieces from Vader's TIE and the Sith Infiltrator for Turrets...
Jeff
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > Shiri Dori wrote:
> > >
> > > In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > > > Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements
> > > > about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!!
> > >
> > > That's Chris Phillips' Castle. He actually did announce it a while ago:
> > > http://www.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=121
> >
> > nonono.. not that one.. the smaller one... the all white one (well it's
> > got a little grey)...Possibly a blue door?? I saw the one above when he
> > announced it..
>
> That's the one I was asking about as well. It looks like it uses those odd
> inverse slope pieces from Vader's TIE and the Sith Infiltrator for Turrets...
That is Chris Phillips' University. He also did the larger Keep, the Windmill,
and the Trojan Bunny. I will be trying to get more pictures of everything when
I can get down to TCS again.
And BTW those are the odd inverse slope pieces from Vader's TIE used for
Turrets.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > Shiri Dori wrote:
> > >
> > > In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > > > Ok, who did the white castle? I don't remember seeing any annoucements
> > > > about that or any other pictures :( MORE PICTURES!!!!
> > >
> > > That's Chris Phillips' Castle. He actually did announce it a while ago:
> > > http://www.lugnet.com/org/us/nelug/?n=121
> >
> > nonono.. not that one.. the smaller one... the all white one (well it's
> > got a little grey)...Possibly a blue door?? I saw the one above when he
> > announced it..
>
> That's the one I was asking about as well. It looks like it uses those odd
> inverse slope pieces from Vader's TIE and the Sith Infiltrator for Turrets...
>
> Jeff
Thanks! I had been trying to remember what set I got those "turret" pieces
from. I knew they were from a Star Wars set, and I only had two of these
pieces, which helped narrow it down a bit. I must've gotten them out of Sith
Infiltrator, since I still don't have TIE Fighter / Y-Wing.
The funny thing is that this one single piece inspired the entire university
building. I had just seen the pictures of the modular castle wall from one of
the early planning sessions for this display, and was inspired to build
something to go with it. I picked up that piece and thought "rook", so I built
a tower. Before I knew it, I had a school/university building complete with a
library, a classroom, a rooftop astronomical observatory, and a pair of ivory
towers.
From there, I went totally overboard and built the nearby castle. I made the
windmill as a side project, and only brought it to TCS on a whim. (I'm still
trying to get a motor inside that puppy!)
So I guess you could say that single grey inverted slope thingie inspired my
entire castle phase! (Well, actually Dave and Eric's wall and gatehouse were
the inspiration, but that piece was the speck of dust around which the
snowflake of my castle phase crystallized.)
Anyway, I took some pictures the day we put the display up, (before Suzanne's
stuff was in there) which I'll try to post within the next day or two. Sorry
that it's kinda late, but I've had a busy month...
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The keep and wall sections look *fantastic* !!!!! Is there any chance we'll see an
LDraw file of a wall section, so that we can get an idea of the piece count and
design of them? *drool* I love it's scale, and the sparcity of windows is a nice
change from the standard castle walls. I'll definitely be going down soon to check
it out in person. Nice job, guys!
By the way, are there any other pictures of the windmill that you can just see in
the corner of one of the pics? It looks like it might have been one of the last
things added, and I think it might be Dave Eaton's ... it looked nice though, and
I'd love to see more pics of it ...
shaun
Eric Kingsley wrote:
> Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
>
> The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at
> The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
>
> At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff soon
> to help complete the display.
>
> Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
> outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to go
> back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
> until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at night.
>
> Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
>
> Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> able to add more sections in the future. Many of us plan on making this
> display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
> TCS.
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Shaun Sullivan writes:
>
> The keep and wall sections look *fantastic* !!!!! Is there any chance we'll
> see an LDraw file of a wall section, so that we can get an idea of the piece
> count and design of them? *drool* I love it's scale, and the sparcity of
> windows is a nice change from the standard castle walls. I'll definitely be
> going down soon to check it out in person. Nice job, guys!
If I get some time I will try and LDraw a section. It is pretty simple and the
hardest things to get are the 4 inside corner slopes and 8 outside corner
slopes. Actually the outside corners arn't that hard anymore but I think the
X-Wing is still the only set with gray inside corners (2). The rest is
standard slopes 2xX and 1xX gray brick and a few 1x2 technic beams and pins for
connecting sections. So far we have designed 3 sections other than the gate
itself. They are the straight sections (Based on a 16x32 baseplate), a corner
section (Based on a 16x16 baseplate), and a corner section with tower (Based on
a 16x16 baseplate).
Anyway when I get a chance I will try and LDraw them.
By the way I think these would be a formidable obstacle for our medieval
Brikwars game.
> By the way, are there any other pictures of the windmill that you can just see
> in the corner of one of the pics? It looks like it might have been one of the
> last things added, and I think it might be Dave Eaton's ... it looked nice
> though, and I'd love to see more pics of it ...
Actually that is Chris Phillips' windmill. I was actually just kicking myself
for not getting a good picture of it. The next time I get down there I will
try and get a good picture of it.
Eric Kingsley
>
> shaun
>
>
> Eric Kingsley wrote:
>
> > Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
> >
> > The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window • at
> > The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
> >
> > At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> > Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff • soon
> > to help complete the display.
> >
> > Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
> > outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to • go
> > back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
> > until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at • night.
> >
> > Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
> >
> > http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
> >
> > Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> > with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we • are
> > able to add more sections in the future. Many of us plan on making this
> > display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
> > TCS.
> >
> > Eric Kingsley
> >
> > The New England LEGO Users Group
> > http://www.nelug.org/
> >
> > View My Creations at:
> > http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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On Tue, 2 May 2000 21:31:14 GMT, "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org>
wrote:
> Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug
>
> The first set of pictures are up for the NELUG Castle display in the window at
> The Construction Site in Waltham MA http://www.constructiontoys.com/ .
>
> At this stage 3 NELUG members are included. They are Dave Eaton, Chris
> Phillips, and Eric Kingsley. Suzanne Rich is going to be adding her stuff soon
> to help complete the display.
>
> Unfortunately this is an extremely difficult space to photograph and the
> outside pictures have quite a bit of glare off the windows. I am hopeing to go
> back and take some more pictures once Suzanne adds her stuff. I will wait
> until I can go at night because the outside glare should be minimized at night.
>
> Anyway for now here are some pretty good pictures to start off with.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/cswindow2/
>
> Please not the Gate and "Modular" Wall system that Dave Eaton and I came up
> with. I like it a lot and I think it will only get more impressive as we are
> able to add more sections in the future. Many of us plan on making this
> display an ongoing NELUG project even after it is no longer in the window at
> TCS.
>
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
Could you try and get one of that ummm Rabbit? that seems to be
approaching the wall? :^)
The pictures that are up look nice and it does look like a difficult
space to photograph.
Essentially WE WANT MORE PICS!, how does that sound?
Pretty Please?
Mike :^)
All other themes are just spare parts for Castle!
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