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Re: The Eastern Invasion begins...
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.build
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Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:52:23 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Kung-Khoon Quah writes:
> ... tonite at midnite. You won't be disappointed !!
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> The Eastern Invasion begins from the Land of the Rising Sun.
> The Year is 1600...The Keicho Era...
> The Place is Kyushu, Japan...
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> The Setting...Fuedal Japan
> It is a legendary time ...Samurai warriors and Ninja assassins of
> rival warlords (daimyos) are vying for control of this Island nation.
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> Kumamoto Castle has just been completed...The Lord of Kumamoto mobilizes
> his soldiers in anticipation of the coming battle...He carefully tours
> his new fortress surveying it's defenses and inspiring his soldiers with
> ancestral stories of honor and glory...
> The Sekigahara War was fought between the opposing forces of east and
> west Japan and Kumamoto castle stands in a key area.
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> This will be a 3 part post.
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> The first wave which starts Sunday Apr 16 will feature the exterior
> pics of Kumamoto Castle MOC & include the following features:
> - historically accurate (as I can) of the double donjon castle
> called Kumamoto which is a 5 tier donjon connected and
> integrated to a 3 tier donjon
> - many Japanese fortification features from stone-throwing windows,
> barred/marksmen windows, observation areas, etc.
> - large and imposing. It is 96 studs x 54 studs (30 inches x 17 inches)
> and stands 18.5 inches tall and weighs about 21 pounds.
> - building sets include the better part of five 6093 (FNFs), two
> 6089 (Stone Tower Bridges), three 3053 (Emperor Strongholds), eight
> 6033 (Ninja Treasure Transports), black and white bricks from two blue
> tubs, 4 large green baseplate, 1 large gray baseplate, two red roof
> bricks from dacta 9265, two service packs black roof bricks 5216,
> and more black bricks from an ebay auction.
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> The second wave which starts next Sunday (April 23) will be the
> interior shots of Kumamoto Castle MOC which includes:
> - fully removable tiers and modular roof sections to show all
> aspects of the interior.
> - interior walkway access to all fortification elements
> - details of the overlapping roof/gable designs
> - details of the access between the different castle tiers
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> The third and last wave which ends the following Sunday (Apr 30)
> will be the webpage which I am working on which will spotlight
> the various elements and details on how I put them together to
> form the castle fortifications. It will not be a brick by brick
> instruction but will be detailed photos/discussion of elements that
> make up a Japanese Castle - this is in hopes that others would
> enjoy building their own Japanese castle and give some ideas in
> that direction.
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> This is a collaborative effort between KK Quah and John Kanehl to
> demonstrate the Building and story telling possibilities of the
> Lego Ninja theme ...
> John will be following up mid-week with his designs.
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> For those who have not seen my initial castle the link is:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=191
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> Note: Kumamoto castle MOC is about 3 times the base area and
> 4 times the volume of the initial version.
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> It was a pleasure building it.
> KK
~ yumm! i feel like the waiter just read me a list of great dishes at my
favourite restaurant! now, i'm looking forward to being served! i've enjoyed
what i've seen so far, kung khoon!
later ~ craig~
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