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Just a couple of small MOCs that are castle-themed: (URL) is an alternate model from 4727 Aragog in the Dark Forest. I was inspired by a model on the back of the box that used a spider web on a hinge to make a door. (3 pics of model at bottom of (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wool Shop
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(...) before and after shots of the sheep shearing. Bruce (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Wool Shop
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Hi, I have just posted my wool shop moc to Brickshelf. The CCC got me to dust off my bricks and start building :) The shop features a barn for the sheep with a small living area for the workers in the loft. The shop is guarded by two loyal soldiers. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle) !
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| | Hay Cart Instructions
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Hi Everyone, I posted photo instructions of my Hay Cart moc that I made for my "City Gate". (URL) I know the photos are a bit fuzzy and I may fix it in the future. Let me know what you think of the cart. Thanks, Ben E. (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Raising a model?
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I store my 2x4 bricks by making them into like-colored 4x4 stacks and then throwing all of these together into a bucket, so it is very fast for me to just take these 4x4 stacks as support columns. I also sometimes make stacks of rectangular BURPs as (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Colossal Castle Contest
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(...) I am, and I'm ready! This is also on the Contest page, but I thought I would post it here for comments. A band of cutthroats attacks our swordsman Hero... (URL) downed one opponent, he stares another straight in the eye for a split second (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New C-C Article: Ovoid Shields and Stickers
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(...) I have 20 of the rather generic Fright Knights horse bardings that need a template. Please postpone your retirement for one more project! Great job on the oval shields. I knew that stocking in some of the Amerindian shields for cheap would pay (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) All right, Anthony!! That is spectacular. I do hereby name you Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Outfitters (a new faction, of course). Your responsibilities include but are not limited to doing this fantastic work to outfit our armies with all (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New C-C Article: Ovoid Shields and Stickers
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(...) What a wonderful job! Well done! And thanks for providing us with this great gaming aide. -- Don (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, I've finished my third sticker article. 22 different ovoid shield designs. I think it's time for me to retire from the sticker design business. You can find the article (URL) HERE>. --Anthony (URL) The Kingdom of Ikros> (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Clear Horses? Clear Minifigs?
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(...) Read the rest of the 5 month old thread. The parts are explained here: (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I heard somewhere that those pieces were stuff that Lego rejected and did not make it to final production. Basically "prototype" pieces and parts. In other words VERY VERY VERY RARE. (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Kevin, Everything about it screams "clone". See you, Joshua (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2004 Castle Products
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(...) Contraction is also when two words are combined with an apostrophe. For example: don't, can't, won't, and shouldn't Those sound like appropriate words. (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2004 Castle Products
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(...) LOL! I havn't laughed so hard in a long time. How True! On so many levels! -gyug Lugnet Member #9 (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2004 Castle Products
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(...) and when I hear 'farm or fiefdom' I think <swoon>'Oooooh'</swoon> James (who would like to read too much into that comment) Stacey (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wizards Tower, talking about height and weight problems!
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(...) Pawel, Thanks for the comments! When I built the tower, I left the entire back side open. So, each room has a big hole in the back you can see into / get your hand & arm into. Yeah, some of the floors are deep enough you are in literaly up to (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wizards Tower, talking about height and weight problems!
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Dave, That's an incredible model! I looked back at its evolution and am very impressed with how fast you got it done. Can your camera take bigger pictures? I would like to see a few larger shots of the model to really do it justice. How accessible (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wizards Tower, talking about height and weight problems!
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(...) Josh -- Good grief! Put the thing on a scale? *laugh* I think it's well over 100 lbs, but I am not sure. When it comes down to the design as a whole, it just kind of dropped out of my head. I am pretty lucky a lot of the exterior detail has (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Holy Cow! Now that is huge and black! Words fail me...did you have this all planned out or did it just grow into the immenseness that it is? Oh, how about an interior? Man, that is a lot of black...have you weighed it? Josh (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Wizards Tower, talking about height and weight problems!
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For the discussion on raising a model -- you can get a lot of weight on just a few bricks (at least the thing has not fallen off the table yet. Link: (URL) the Color issue (I must get a copy of that O' Fortuna track) I am hoarding all the classic (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Big Ugly Beast or BUB for short
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(...) Hey Dave! Thanks for the comments, glad you like Bub. I'm not currently planning on building the rest of the landscape. It would be trees and hills for miles all around. No, I didn't put in a damsel in distress. You are the second to mention (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | How useful Will this Be????
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(URL) a new starwars set. That thing the Troopes Rideing sooooo cool.The Alien (forgot name) is awsone. plus sand bricks cups galore and the old school Luke And Obiwon. Danny Vendezzz (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Josh! Excellent MOC! I really like to see MOCs where folks have planned out an entire 'scene' not just built a building. The whole construcion looks just really fun to play with. Are you planning on doing the surrounding hillsides or other (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Raising a model?
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(...) Dave, I know what you mean about large constructions with lateral and top weight. Here is the link to my overly large castle (mind you, it's a little too big): (URL) you go up a link, you can see the progress on the building all the way down (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Right, this design is not as strong in the lateral direction as a more dense lattice. For a stronger structure, you can place more layers of 2x4s, ie: put an X and a Y support brace together between every 5 2x2s instead of alternating x 5 y 5 (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Raising a model?
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(...) This was my first attempt and unfortunately, I failed miserably. I found I had too much sag in the Base plate between the 8x8 column and the edges. However, I have used this method in one part of my MOC where the Ground will be raised only (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Not Really About 2004 Castle Products
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(...) Laughs out loud! Where O where did you get the O Fortuna idea from? Anyway, as soon as you have some pics of these sets, I will start to believe in them.... (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Raising a model?
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(...) The GMLTC uses a "grid and tower" system, with towers of 2x2 bricks, and a grid of 2x4 bricks. (URL) Towers, grid, overlay (surface). The green bricks represent the outside wall of the module, the blue 1x4 bricks are what leaves room for the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Interesting. It looks like it would be much more vulnerable to shear than the "GMLTC lattice" (search for that string to find lots of posts about it) though.... (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I've done several different methods; nearly everything I build these days seems to start with some buildup inside or underneath... Methods I've used: 4x4 columns with regular baseplate on top. This works quite well for landscape, although the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) This idea is Brilliant, Looks as though a lot less bricks required. At the moment I have been using 2x4 bricks, keeping them two studs apart and overlapping them(wish I had a pic to make sense). This method still uses a lot, at least I now (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Great MOC Stephen! Checking out the pics, I can see the Duplo base, very simple, and yet looks extremely efficient. Seeing many great MOCs on Brickshelf, you never really see how these models have been raised and always keeps you curious as to (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am trying to Build a Castle which I guess will have a lot of top end weight, the lattice approach seems the most logical at the moment. It looks as though this model will be Quite heavy, might just have to double the Lattice work. (...) Too (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Okay, okay. You have convinced me! :) There should have been a fair maiden. I was thinking the brave/stupid/insane knight was fighting BUB for the sake of the kingdom and honor and glory. Alright, here are two after-the-fact edited storylines. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.castle)
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(...) My 3 arguments why BUB would NOT eat the maiden: a. What's in it for that Brave Knight Guy then? No sane canned person would risk such an ambitious fight for the soul purpose of honour (And any insane one would loose the fight) b. In general, (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Not Really About 2004 Castle Products
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Rocco, I think you need to reread my original post. It was about the Castle line. I used the color issue to point out that rumors of Castle demise were perfectly understandable. Reread, and chill out. It's not your thread, you don't own it, anyone (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Raising a model?
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(...) I once raised up 32x32 baseplates. Underneath I used 4x4 pillars. At the edges, the pillars would wrap over the edge of the baseplate to hold it down. Baseplate is really equal to one plate. Now that every Harry Potter set comes with a thick (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You know those thick plates they use in many of the Harry Potter sets? I usually build several columns of 2x2 bricks, and then put those harry potter plates on top. It's really quick and easy. I think LEGO S@H sells then in a variety of colors (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Not Really About 2004 Castle Products
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snipped the message :) Hey Rocco, Way to go! I agree with you completely! Keep threads seperate, that is the point of having threads. I have been trying to avoid the color threads (that doesn't sound right...oh well) but have been reading the new (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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