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In lugnet.castle, Jeremiah VanderMark writes: snip (...) Cool website! Here's what I got when I put my full name in: According to the Red Book of Westmarch, In Middle-earth, I was a "Ring-wearing Spawn of Ungoliant" And this is my Hobbit lad name: (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jeremiah, I can only echo the other comments, you've made an exquisite cottage, packed full of everything an adventuring min could need, in a small place. It's just about perfect. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope, though that's kinda strange and cool. The name came from a 'Hobbit name generator' found here: (URL) It's just my Hobbit name :) -jeremiah- (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) SNIP (...) This is such a great cottage! I've always liked smaller buildings with lots of detail & character, & this is an excellent one! The archways as stairs is totally unique & it's the first time I've seen the arch piece used that (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! I try to be as organic as possible, shapewise. I'm always impressed at just how curvy square blocks can be :) -jeremiah- (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree completely - I think I may have dreamed about being in it last night :) -jeremiah- (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can't really take credit for the stair overhang, since it was in the picture I based the cottage on. The hinge thing was mine though - a bit of inspiration can really give a model a defining feature. (...) I hadn't even noticed that :) Nope, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, thanks! Wow, such praise. I agree about small buildings being a challenge - I've repeatedly attempted large castles and such, but I keep losing interest halfway through the giant grey walls :) The advantage of building small is that I can (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow, thanks! While i certainly wouldn't turn it down, I doubt Lego would go for it - I forgot to mention that I butchered one of their precious parts. The big tan window frame was originally part (URL), but I had to cut off the litle flanges (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! Yeah, the whole "rounding the brick" thing is pretty interesting. I think it adds a bit of... well, not realism, per se, but it definitely adds something to the regular square buildings. I try to build roofs without slopes so I can get (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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