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First I must apologize for the dark pictures. It's late at night while I write this, and I don't have a good lighting set up at the moment. Anyway, after being inspired by (URL) THIS POST>, I decided to do a study for an article about foliage for (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Jojo, I really like the harnesses on first and the yolks on the second. using the string like that really works well and makes a nice change to the usual lego hitchings. Good job - thanks (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: an e-mail I received...from Fred Carangue III
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(...) Thank you Ben for posting and a double thank you to Todd for making it so I can post again. Newsreader posts is my next objective. Anyways... I've added a few more folders of castle and misc village buildings to my website, (URL) . Direct (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It has already been added to the City page at Classic-Castle.com (URL) love to see more! -Lenny (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Jojo, I saw these carts the other day. They look great! I wish I had two brown ladders (and a pitchfork or two) to make the second cart. Ben (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) James, do please post all the links to these files. There's no point in anyone else reinventing the wheel, right? All of this stuff has been on my "to do" list along with some Paradisa tile elements, but if you've already done it -- pass it (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Green Wizard
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(...) Hi Felix! I really love your work. Your castles and scenarios are so simplistic yet they really hit the mark. I enjoyed every minute. My favorite was the city hall. Plus, I like how your story tells more than just the story... :-) -Shiri (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Nope, not me sorry, I live i the UK not Canada :) Like I said I have brought a set off him and they are well done but I dont know him and have no vested interest here, if you think they are a ripoff dont buy them, if you think they are cool (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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hmmm... if there is not a great profit - let him sell these stickers! :) the "real" collectors are warned if someone will sell a 375 on ebay with new-looking stickers anyway ! But my opinion is: don't fake it - restore it. Does anyone have a good (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jep ! that's the bad thing about it. And in a few years the "non- collecting-just-have...ay"-Seller do not know the fake himself :) (...) why should you bye more of them? your collection of the old knights seemed to be very complete... ;) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Andy, Very cool! I see what you mean about the dark grey. Maybe if the whole thing was bigger and you could use more of it to give parts of the dragon's body a 3-dimensional texture. I also agree with Anne that it would look great on a shield! (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That Black Falcon's Fortress is gigantic. Great Stuff. Other sets like King's Castle or Battering Ram could be done as well. It will look good as a part of a classic castle city. Ben (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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I have 2 sets of the 6074 The Black Falcon Fortress. I built one as per the instructions and then built the other set according to CCS. I took pix of both versions and posted them on Brickshelf. Here is the link. (URL) this is just one way it could (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! ....just two carts. This (URL) me, I'm a link!>> is the cart of a tinkerer. This (URL) me, I'm a link, too!>> is the hay wagon that already carried the harvested grain to the mill. That's been a 19th-century-gallery, therefore a more "modern" (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Death Canoe: a new MOC
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(...) I don't know. Those guys look a little mean if you ask me. ;) -Hendo (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hello! (...) There have been at least three different sticker sheets produced. In the pictures shown from left=old to right=new. The old ones were most likely exclusive to the original 375 edition whilst the second and third one might be used on (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Eric. -Andy Lynch (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks, I had considered making it a shield, but the original idea was to try to make this the floor of a throne room. I didn't think that I could make it recognizable smaller, so I did this size first. -Andy Lynch (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Introducing Classic-Castle.com
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(...) Mmmm, MOCs and stories... my need for self-expression is but a waiting time-bomb. One day... One day... -Hendo (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Very cool. More than cool. Terrific! Are you, in fact, the eBay seller -- or perhaps a close contact of the seller? I ask for two reasons: 1) You obviously put at least some work into creating those vector-based stickers sheets in (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: White Lion Castle - first pictures of the hole castle !
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(...) But will the Falcons seek alliance with the other factions, or will they act unilaterally? (Ich habe dein post auf 1000steine gelesen and ich koennte nicht einen WITZ zu machen widerstehen.) Stephen (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't think so Jojo! The falcons only have one type of siege weapon. The king's knights should have no problem running down and destroying a catapult or two. :) BTW - Kai your castle looks great. It should withstand a falcon attack, when (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) After that battle the keep will be called "White Falcon Castle" of course. Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) I'm not sure about that. In fact I highly doubt that. I rather think that people who want to sell a 375/6075 but don't have enough original stickers buy these copies and fake the minifigs for the purpose of being able to sell a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Waiting for Bricks! Man, do I understand that story! :) I see that the Black Falcons are already checking out the walls. It will be an interesting battle. Your historical details are really good, are you patterning this on a real castle? Stephen (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I think he is selling a value-added product that is worth the price he is charging. He is also offering something that TLC hasn't produced for twenty years and it sounds like he reverse-designed the patterns rather than merely copied (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(URL) right or wrong, I got a set of his stickers and they are very well done. A lot better than the ones that come off a inkjet nomatter what the dpi (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) see the guy making back his costs in materials or something, but I bet at approx. $10 a sheet he's doing more than that. I'd feel differently if he were selling his own designs. If these are TLC's stickers he's knocked off -- that's pretty (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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good stuff. eric (...) ... (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: White Lion Castle - first pictures of the hole castle !
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Hello! (...) [LEGOSet 1917] (...) Yes, I've moved it to the Black Knights section. Preliminary I referred to the "king" in its name. The King has always been on the Crusaders' side (although never an official king apperaed in any set) and not on the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Kai, Nice job restoring this classic LEGO set. Have you seen the reproduction stickers sold on eBay? I don't know the guy, but from the pictures and descriptions, it seems these might be worth a try: (URL) Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ho, Jojo! ;) (...) you're wellcome ;) btw. on your page www.rittersets.de: As you know, I took your set-list as referenz for my crusader-collection except of (for?) the one catapult with no crusader-shield which you thought could be a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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Thnx, awaiting some gray bricks to finish the towers, gatehouse and walls! thereafter some enviroment had to be done: moat, trees etc. And of course a siege-scene with the falcon's ;) Kai (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | New Pictures of my 375 Castle !
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Hi, some new pictures of the "yellow castle" - some knights are still missing but... (URL) only a small picture-update ! (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Jojo, English cottages had heavy hewn timber frames. The spaces between timber posts and beams were filled with wattle (woven twigs) and daub (mud plaster). And the roof was thatch. The French had closely spaced timber posts. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hello! (URL) Hm... The house on the left with the brown roof looks... odd. However, the other two houses look far less odd :-) I too like the structure with the statue-coloured 1x1 roundbricks in the fillings... infills... fills... Darn, how's the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Lenny, Nice. I like the use of sand green cylinders to give some texture on the right hand one, and the different shape of the left hand one is nice, too. Bruce (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) 1. Front of the wall is exactly like the back.. the only different is where the battlements are. 2. The wall is hollow - no one sees the inside, no need to waste brick in there. 3. I use wall pieces, but like Troy said, feel free to use (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(URL) Feeling sick? the Cure is LEGO!! -Lenny (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: RedWine Tavern
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(...) thanks.... I like the trees too, but you need lot of leaves to build something good.... I "borrow" the idea from Brickshelf (like most of the other ideas). Take a look at.... (URL) you know about... (URL) has great great tree scenes in his (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle)
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