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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKpHLr.87G@lugnet.com>) wrote
at 03:56:15
> > 10 Armada Flagships
> > 6 Red Beard Runners
> > 3 Imperial Flagships
> > 2 Black Seas Barracudas (BSB)
> > 1 Skull's Eye Schooner (SES)
> > 1 Renegade Runner
> >
> > And some *pretty impressive* coastal batteries :-)
> >
> > Also, more rowing boats than you can shake a thingy at.
> > --
>
> Yes, I have to put the coastal town back together. You have me all hollow in
> big ships!
But you probably have me hollow in funds as a result! :-) Arr. Where's
me marauding cap? Pieces of eight!
--
Tony Priestman
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Man you guys have some hardware.
My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
And you could most certainly shake a thingy at my fleet of row boats.
Pictures gentlemen - more pictures! My imagination is getting its neurons
in a twist over the sorts of port scenes one could create with two or three
1st raters.
Lord help you all if I can get some (small) parts of your fleets under my
guns ;-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKpHLr.87G@lugnet.com>) wrote
> at 03:56:15
>
> > > 10 Armada Flagships
> > > 6 Red Beard Runners
> > > 3 Imperial Flagships
> > > 2 Black Seas Barracudas (BSB)
> > > 1 Skull's Eye Schooner (SES)
> > > 1 Renegade Runner
> > >
> > > And some *pretty impressive* coastal batteries :-)
> > >
> > > Also, more rowing boats than you can shake a thingy at.
> > > --
> >
> > Yes, I have to put the coastal town back together. You have me all hollow • in
> > big ships!
>
> But you probably have me hollow in funds as a result! :-) Arr. Where's
> me marauding cap? Pieces of eight!
> --
> Tony Priestman
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Man you guys have some hardware.
>
> My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
> centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
> chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as
miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
yours.
>
> And you could most certainly shake a thingy at my fleet of row boats.
>
> Pictures gentlemen - more pictures! My imagination is getting its neurons
> in a twist over the sorts of port scenes one could create with two or three
> 1st raters.
My mother-in-law is getting a digital camera. Perhaps I can borrow it in
return for fixing her computer.
> Lord help you all if I can get some (small) parts of your fleets under my
> guns ;-)
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
> PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
Arrrr, you be not wantin' to be squarin' off wif me massed fleet. Port Block
be doomed and me men'll have thar way wif the horses (Arrrr, they be a confused
lot).
Cap'n Redbeard
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Man you guys have some hardware.
> >
> > My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
> > centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
> > chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
>
> Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as
> miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> yours.
Well, "using" is a relative term... So far I've just been "accumulating"
(hoarding?)...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> yours.
I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
> Arrrr, you be not wantin' to be squarin' off wif me massed fleet. Port
Block
No doubts there.
> be doomed and me men'll have thar way wif the horses (Arrrr, they be a • confused
> lot).
Port Block is full of men and horses. No women. Nothing at all confusing
about the men and horses getting along well together <nudge nudge ;-) ;-)
say no more!>
Richard
Still baldly going...
Visit Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
>
> > Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> > should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> > miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> > yours.
>
> I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
> travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
> got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some
people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson
Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems
to be associated with science-fiction conventions.
> Port Block is full of men and horses. No women. Nothing at all confusing
> about the men and horses getting along well together <nudge nudge ;-) ;-)
> say no more!>
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Visit Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
> PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
nervous. ;-)
Bruce
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On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
20:15:29
>
>
> No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> nervous. ;-)
Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
Or sheep.
--
Tony Priestman
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Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
>
> Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
>
> Or sheep.
Sheep? That would be a joke about New Zealanders, no?
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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Tony Priestman wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 20:15:29
> > No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> > nervous. ;-)
>
> Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
>
> Or sheep.
> --
> Tony Priestman
Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000?
SteveC
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Steve Campbell wrote:
> Tony Priestman wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> > 20:15:29
> > > No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> > > nervous. ;-)
> >
> > Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
> >
> > Or sheep.
> > --
> > Tony Priestman
>
> Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000?
And if you're feeling *dangerous*, you can always wait for the 2000 polar bears
and dinosaurs...
Arrrr, that be makin' REAL men of ye!
LFB
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> Steve Campbell wrote:
>
> > Tony Priestman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> > > 20:15:29
> > > > No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> > > > nervous. ;-)
> > >
> > > Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
> > >
> > > Or sheep.
> > > --
> > > Tony Priestman
> >
> > Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000?
>
> And if you're feeling *dangerous*, you can always wait for the 2000 polar bears
> and dinosaurs...
For any New-Zealand or Scotland-based Pirates, I have made a LEGO sheep out of
commonly available parts...
J
--
sakura@mediaone.net is Jeff Johnston http://www.io.com/~jeffj
LEGO Want List: http://www.io.com/~jeffj/LEGO/wantlist.txt
LEGO Trade List: http://www.io.com/~jeffj/LEGO/tradelist.txt
LEGO Geek Code: SP+ CA +++ (375/6075) PI +++ #++ S--/++ LS++ Hal M+ A++ YB73m
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Jeff Johnston wrote
> For any New-Zealand or Scotland-based Pirates, I have made a LEGO sheep out • of
> commonly available parts...
Gadzooks! No! Please! What next? A Lego packet of three? A Lego tube
of -
This has gone far enough!
And out of commonly available parts no less. There was a time when decorum
was maintained. Some things were regulated by good manners or at least kept
(mainly) indoors. These young people, making Lego sheep out of commonly
available parts. And for Pirates!
Terrifying. ;-)
(Please excuse all the exclamation marks. I'm not very good at moral
outrage. I'm a bit out of practice. I don't think I've actually been
morally outraged since about 1975. Apart from my reaction to last weekend's
appalling Australian republic referendum. And don't get me started on
that.)
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> >
> > > Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> > > should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> > > miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> > > yours.
> >
> > I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
> > travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
> > got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
>
> I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some
> people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson
> Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems
> to be associated with science-fiction conventions.
If anyone's near NJ, I'd give it a go.
LFB.
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > > Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> > >
> > > > Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> > > > should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> > > > miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> > > > yours.
> > >
> > > I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
> > > travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
> > > got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
> >
> > I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some
> > people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson
> > Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems
> > to be associated with science-fiction conventions.
>
> If anyone's near NJ, I'd give it a go.
>
> LFB.
Let's see where we all are. Maybe we could find a centrally located
hotel where we could convene and Pirate our Arrrrses off. (Sadly I'm
limiting this to the continental US of A. A central location that
included our Aussie mates would be in the Pacific somewhere.(1) That
would take a lot more planning and a LOT more Spouse Butter.)(2)
I'm in Newport News, VA (lower right corner)
SteveC
(1) NOT that meeting in Hawaii would be impossible. But if I go to
Hawaii I'm not planning to lock myself in a conference room for days at
a time with a bunch of people like, uh, myself...
(2) Spouse Butter is a Registered Trademark of Spouse Butter Substances, Inc.
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Man you guys have some hardware.
> >
> > My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
> > centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
> > chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
>
> Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as
> miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> yours.
Nor does mine--for some reason, I can't build an attractive sailing ship. I always
end up having to stuff a funnel on it somewhere.
> > And you could most certainly shake a thingy at my fleet of row boats.
Mine too. And your thingy would most likely sink them.
> >
> > Pictures gentlemen - more pictures! My imagination is getting its neurons
> > in a twist over the sorts of port scenes one could create with two or three
> > 1st raters.
>
> My mother-in-law is getting a digital camera. Perhaps I can borrow it in
> return for fixing her computer.
I'm going to try to hijack my mother's thousand-dollar sony digital camera for a
month between Thanksgiving and New Years'--in the hopes that it'll be a mighty
spate o' building for yours truly. I can dream! I also dream of getting my own
"cheapie," maybe under $200 with insanely low resolution (352x284 or somesuch).
> > Lord help you all if I can get some (small) parts of your fleets under my
> > guns ;-)
>
> Arrrr, you be not wantin' to be squarin' off wif me massed fleet. Port Block
> be doomed and me men'll have thar way wif the horses (Arrrr, they be a confused
> lot).
_The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle the
horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the long
carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate wench.
LFB.
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> _The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle the
> horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the • long
> carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
>
> I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate wench.
>
> LFB.
Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in
close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated
pyrate).
Cap'n Redbeard
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> > _The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle the
> > horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the • long
> > carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
> >
> > I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate wench.
> >
> > LFB.
>
> Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in
> close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated
> pyrate).
Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are old
bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term used
to refer to the long-range chasers as well.
LFB
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> >
> > > _The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle • the
> > > horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the • long
> > > carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
> > >
> > > I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate • wench.
> > >
> > > LFB.
> >
> > Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in
> > close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated
> > pyrate).
>
> Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are • old
> bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term • used
> to refer to the long-range chasers as well.
>
> LFB
Long cannons were simply refered to as long cannons, or long (shot weight).
E.G. Long 18s, long 12s, long 9s. Long versions of a shot size were
considerably heavier than than non-long version, so often they were reserved as
bow-chasers or stern-chasers.
I'm not sure if Culverin somehow indicated construction method, or if the term
was attached to an older style (bronze with external ribbing?).
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are • old
> > bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term • used
> > to refer to the long-range chasers as well.
> >
> > LFB
>
> Long cannons were simply refered to as long cannons, or long (shot weight).
> E.G. Long 18s, long 12s, long 9s. Long versions of a shot size were
> considerably heavier than than non-long version, so often they were reserved as
> bow-chasers or stern-chasers.
>
> I'm not sure if Culverin somehow indicated construction method, or if the term
> was attached to an older style (bronze with external ribbing?).
It was an older style, originally, but I think the term enjoyed something of a new
genesis in the 19th century--but in what context, I'm unsure.
As for my fleet, well, I have a few things up, now that my old B&W scanner is
working again:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/indomitable.html (HMS Indomitable, the
battlecruiser.)
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/steamer.jpg (The steamer I mentioned before.)
Better detail pictures of everything forthcoming, now that I have a decent camera
*and* a scanner...arrrrrr.
LFB.
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Mr L F Braun wrote
> As for my fleet, well, I have a few things up, now that my old B&W scanner • is
> working again:
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/indomitable.html (HMS Indomitable, the
> battlecruiser.)
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/steamer.jpg (The steamer I mentioned
before.)
I like it! I like it fine!
HMS Indomitable is the finest example of the art that I think I have seen.
If anything, I think its enhanced by the B&W. Not only does it reduce the
pic to very realistic colours, but it also gives it that WW2 reconnaissance
shot feel.
And the Torpedo boat looks cool too - can we see some more :-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
Visit Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> If anything, I think its enhanced by the B&W. Not only does it reduce the
> pic to very realistic colours, but it also gives it that WW2 reconnaissance
> shot feel.
Thanks for the kind words--and for mentioning the B&W as a positive.
I'd wondered about that possibility (which has the added benefit of
offsetting the odd colour scheme of those early ships) of "aging"
the photo--if possible I'll try to "sepia-tone" the next batch to
make it more of a WWI feel than a WWII, since the pattern-ship is
the actual HMS Indomitable of 1909, *very* loosely translated from
its 1921 appearance.
> And the Torpedo boat looks cool too - can we see some more :-)
I have to get some more film (from the "bad camera," of course)
developed, but once that's done, there should be plenty. It's
three rolls, so there should be a few useable pieces there. The
better colonial cruiser, a few more sailing ships, and a later
(c.1930s) cruiser will also be on those. Hopefully by the weekend
they'll be up.
best,
LFB
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Hey all,
I've updated the site a bit--added more ships of various sorts, and
fixed bad attributions. I've got some good ones of the destroyers
coming on Sunday!
best
LFB.
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