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You two guys are too much, super job. I will need some of these units. (...) ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! Cutting Lego! Modifyng what few muskets that are left out there! The handgunners look great and I will need some pikemen units for my troops. (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Look just beyond the handgunners in the photo and you'll note my own Pikemen have beat you to the punch (preparing for a Lowlands vs, France Days of Knights battle). :-) (...) I thought about doing it in black, but I have lots more brown ones (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Absolutely! It adds much more colour to the medieval battlefield... and a misfiring gun is so much more entertaining than a misfiring bow! (URL) (...) These look great! I think the next time my medieval brikwars army has an outing, they'll (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Actually, the monofilament whip was a HUGE letdown for me - in fact, given that everyone else I knew had already seen the movie and told me not to see it because it was crap, I went in with very low expectations for the movie as whole, and on (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) "I'll torture you so slowly you'll think it's a career." Man, if they'd ditched Bruce and Andie for a pair of well-cast comedy actors, they would have had a kick-arse movie going there. At least they had the good sense to put Richard E. Grant (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Normally I just post this kind of stuff to C-C, but since the last picture has some cross-over to pirates, I thought I would post it here, too. These are three different versions of medieval handgunners I have made. There is a tendancy to think of (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) What The Other Bruce said, and I believe the weapons should be crossed behind the shield, not in front of it. -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hey, It looks great. I especially like the new banners you've made for "projects" and "news". A couple of suggestions: 1. The first two items in the sidebar--the "castle" banner and the shield--are sort of wasted space. These basically just (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hi all, As you might already seen, me and Ben been changing the sidebar of .Castle this past weekend and we really wanted to know what you all think. If you have any comments, suggestions etc. about what we can add/change please let us know (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I never knew it had a one-piece roof... Ugh! Saskia (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) Back in the early '80s I actually wrote Douglas Adams a letter talking about how much I liked the books (I think just two were out then) he had written. He wrote back, telling me he was working on getting a movie of HHGTTG made and that there (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Denix, That's terrific! Darn, now I'm never going to get any work done today... Looks like I dropped a few ranks in the list too. :) Great work, -Mike (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) The gaps are just a tiny bit wider than the thickness of a tile, as mentioned in (URL) Manfred's post> nearly a month ago. The 1x1 tiles are laid out in pretty much the same pattern as Manfred's headlight brick idea, or my 3-stud 1x1 brick or (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) FTX messed up the URL: (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In looking at the "Parable of the harsh master" that BPS just posted I saw this pic (URL) wondering if that is of any use. As in I wonder if tiles will fit between those diagonally turned 1x1s and be held tightly enough to work out... the gaps (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) seemed? I had a blast! That was the first time that the .Space Paparazzi got to visit another place, and it was a LOT of fun...except for the various things that weren't to keen on getting pix taken. Musta been the nuclear flash:) Anyhoo, I (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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(...) the 'natural LEGO enhacement' I was impressed by the disclaimer "not to take anything away from whoever built that Orthanc". This isn't just a hobby, but an unspoken competition to build the biggest Orthanc or suffer the public humiliation of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) This looks like a candidate: (URL) Maggie C. (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(URL) I picked this up in a grab bag at the LEGO store in Orlando. Peeron doesn't have this piece listed. The number on the part is 45405. -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Dear Lords, Today is a great day ! The level 2 of the Deep is now open to you. A new big adventure ! With the level 2 come a lot of new things : - 2 new monsters, the "barbarian" and the "evil paladin", - 2 new potions, "invulnerability" and (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle)
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Ken C. has built my Tower Gatehouse with real bricks! He followed the instructions very well. I think it looks great. You can all see pictures here: (URL) Ben E. (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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Hello James, it's a very nice concept, fun to watch, and I presume, even more fun to build. And as far as I know, highly original as well! Good job, very inspiring. I'm looking forward to see your other 'letters'! Thanks and happy building, Daan (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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The fourth installment of the alphabet project is here. It is a dueling ring where knights can compete. It can stand alone, or be hooked into a castle wall. Here is the folder: (URL) The crowd is assembling: (URL) Getting refreshments: (URL) Here (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) I'm right there with you, man. I felt the same way about Hudson Hawk. It's so incredibly hokey it's good. Allister (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I read a script once of a proposed movie based upon Isaac Asimov's short stories that never got to filming. The explanation was that Asimov's stories are very adult, concerning deeper issues and themes than most Hollywood sci-fi. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sure, why not. I think I know who to ask for ACES! But where did he palm that 5th one from, that's s what I want to know... This series of pics is hilarious, very well done. Kinda reminded me of the "dogs playing poker" paintings we all have (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) My friend has it in DVD and I'll probably be seeing it very soon. I'm reading the books right now and I'm afraid of what the movie will be like. Considering the actors that are in it, I'm pretty sure it will be horribly bad. (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) We don't get a lot of that around here, Just Johnny. (I'll be seeing Henry Rollins Spoken Word here in Seattle next week. :D ) (...) Udo Kier (URL) is your friend. :) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) If they bugger this up, someone will have to die. (...) Too bad, I could see it being really cool. Hopefully it'll get moving again. What I want to see is a film version of Cherryh's Cyteen, or maybe Tripoint. 40K In Gehenna would be cool, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not true. Choose not to, most of the time, perhaps, but "can't"??? I don't THINK so! Ask Shaun Sullivan about use of his German rail mounted BFG in a Brickwars scenario... Or ask me, I played with some of the BLOC at Adrian Drake's house and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Easy there, Admiral! Just making a jest at the expense of Canoe. (...) I'll buy that--it's not as if there'd been a whole lot of mainstream film exposure to cyberwear by the time that JM was released. (...) Fair enough. I also like the actor (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, what about you? I'm not trying to say it's a great movie that was just misunderstood by the general public. It's a hokey corny movie that was misunderstood. I don't think the average moviegoer knew what 75% of the stuff in the movie was (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Rubin wrote: snip (...) Apropos of much of this thread, I'm just glad when a movie resembles the book it was based on at all. John LeCarré once said: "Watching your novel being made into a movie is like watching your oxen (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Snip (...) Hey //ark, Me? Serious? Yes and no... The fantasy element is very real, but by that I mean that if you can imagine it and build it then it becomes real. There is a vast stock of inspiration out there in books and movies for Castle (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) No, man, by all means! I always get a kick out of those who have fun with their MOCs outside their theme (and outside LEGO bricks as well). Joe Meno comes to mind when he was over here for the Houston SciBrick event. He seemed to have a good (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Did anyone ever see the British TV serial version? I thought it was "charming" is the only word I can think of. It did seem to me to catch the essence of books, even if it ended oddly. I particularly liked the way it switched between the story (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, the old "didn't get" it trump card. What about those of us who did get it (and paid to see it in the theater!) but still didn't like it? 8^) It was cool to see Henry Rollins as a streetdoc, though. And the monofilament whip was nifty... (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Boy my reading comprehension skills are fantastic! I'll just chalk this one up to having started spring break last night and something to do with the Law Review Right on. I hope that the Hitchhiker's Guide movie is better than the BBC series. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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"Daniel Rubin" <hppyweasel@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Hu4229.D1A@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) stick (...) saw the (...) he (...) yup, apart from thats Red Dwarf, not Hitch Hikers Guide Red Dwarf starts filming down under in May (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) with the original cast from the TV show. Too bad Rimmer's like 45 now. I saw the guy who played Lister hosting some robot battle show a few years ago, and he still looks pretty young, so there is hope. -Dan Rubin (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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