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Re: Dagada Lautem Houses, 2nd Draft
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.arch
Date: 
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 04:12:18 GMT
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Cool!  You've got the basic feel of the huts down.

Now, it would be cool if you made a proper village and populated them with
islanders!  :)

-JHK

In lugnet.announce, Dean R. Hennen writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> A very long time before I became a member of LUGNET, I built these Dagada
> Lautem houses. I got most of the idea first from a computer game, then from
> an Indonesian-style architecture book. One of the pictures in that folder is
> a shot from the book.
> 
> Here's the link: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=39049
> 
> The Dagada Lautem tribe, on the island of Timor, construct these type of
> houses. Some of these houses now have masonry plinths, featuring some of the
> Portugese influence that came in the 17th century. I think the ladders are
> not only to let the people get to the top of the platform, but can be pulled
> up in case of a flood or some ground-level problem such as a hungry carnivore.
> 
> FINALLY! A place for the Islanders to live in.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> PS: I have put this previously, but alas from the followup error I had, I
> have to do it again.
> 
> LMKWYT
> 
> Cheers (*clink*)
> 
> Dean



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  Re: Dagada Lautem Houses, 2nd Draft
 
(...) I was going to populate the huts, but I couldn't do it for 3 reasons. 1. I have only one pirate kit---Eldorado Fortress. 2. I have no islander figs. 3. The people who live there have dark skin, not yellow. Thanks. Cheers (*clink*) Dean (23 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.arch)

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Hi all, A very long time before I became a member of LUGNET, I built these Dagada Lautem houses. I got most of the idea first from a computer game, then from an Indonesian-style architecture book. One of the pictures in that folder is a shot from (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.arch)

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