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| Certainly there are a number of castles in south wales and the borders areas made like raglan, of sandstone. They look odd after hundreds of years of weathering as the bricks themselves have worn down but the mortar hasn't (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I didn't say it wasn't used - it was just more prevalent elsewhere than in Europe. But all well-sited, castle-builders used whatever was handy. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A wine rack I made today
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| (...) Hey that is a REALLY neat idea. Too bad my secret 3CS building is already packed for its trip to Portland or I'd be stealing that idea as we speak. But if I stole it, I'd probably do it differently. Instead of using bricks stud on, I think I'd (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | A wine rack I made today
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| As I continue to plan how I will build my next castle, as my parts are currently used in other things, I began to think of the Castle's Keep. Now, every castle has got to have a place to eat, and of course my next castle being a royal castle, my (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| Oops, looks like the post I didn't think went through, actually went through. Please direct any replies to the (URL) 19222> thread, please! -Mike (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Elf
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| (...) Wow! I love it! Any chance you're going to produce it for sale? I know I'd be interested. (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Embellishing Details...
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| And I quote: "How much detail you want to put in is totally up to you, the Player. However, the fun of an RPG is in the telling of the story; the more detail a Player puts in, the more fun he will get out." Copied from the (URL) Castle Adventure> (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| And I (URL) quote>: How much detail you want to put in is totally up to you, the Player. However, the fun of an RPG is in the telling of the story; the more detail a Player puts in, the more fun he will get out. And boy, have we been having fun! (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
| | | | | the BIG BLUE TROLL
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| I attended my first BrikWars game this past Saturday and had a blast! Thanks to everyone from NELUG who was there for being so patient with me, as I had no idea what I was doing (the last role playing game I played was Star Frontiers, and that was (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Official KK and HP 2004 pictures
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| (...) (URL) Raglan Castle> in Wales is made with red and yellow sandstone. (URL) Castle>, (URL) Craignethan Castle>, and (URL) Duntreath Castle> in Scotland are made with yellow sandstone. (URL) Kenilworth Castle> in England is made of red (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Sandstone was more of a construction material in the Middle East than Europe. However, most weathered stone is a lot "warmer" (yellow, orange, red) than standard issue Old Gray (and New Gray is actually shifted to the cool end of the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Review and pictures from COLTC's GATS show last weekend
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| Hello LUGNET members, Last weekend COLTC put on our largest single display (25'x25') at our local GATS in Columbus Ohio. And it turned out great! We received our first official 1st place win during the GATS in Columbus. Hopefully a start of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle) !
| | | | | Re: Elf
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| (...) Wow, Isaac, that's an awesome helmet! It's very distinctive, but with the top and side holes it also looks like it belongs with TLC helmets. Great job. I understand your motivation for showing it on a plain white minifig but I'd be interested (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Somewhat, I guess. A lot of castles were built with sandstone, and while tan is the closest match, it wasn't introduced until 1997, IIRC, which would put it just a bit too late to be used in any of the European-style Castle sets. Yellow was (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) It looks like you're right. To ride on Buckbeak you'll have to sit on top, like when riding a dragon: (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Hi all, I've posted this up elsewhere on the internet already. But for those who don't roam elsewhere, here's a pic of my newest helmet: (URL) For more pictures of the helm, please visit my website at: (URL) Your comments/suggestions will be very (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Gray is lot more realistic than bright yellow! :-) I wouldn't mind a castle in one of the "sand" colors. Or even a properly done white-washed castle. (...) As we said in the computer gaming industry: MOTS (More Of The Same). I already have the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Which, when you think about it, isn't very realistic. How many European castles are white? How many LEGO castles are? Besides, as long as both greys are still perma-changed, I'm not sure how popular grey castles would be with AFOLs right now. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) And no castle has ever been anything except primarily gray or black since. Besides, I don't like 375 precisely for the reason you mention (yellow). If you like the yellow castle and the Saturday Morning Cartoon approach, be my guest and buy (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) "So in order to ensure that the learning and benefit of LEGO Direct is shared throughout the company, the various parts of this business are being "mainstreamed" into other parts of the company (product development, Brand Retail, and community (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle)
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