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(...) Looks great. The snow covering everything gives it a very chilly feel. The outpost itself looks imposing enough to withstand most any assult, barring seige equipment. The stream flowing below is a nice touch. I'm not too sure about the roof on (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Nifty. It has a very blocky look, like it could withstand determined assault with savvy defenders manning the slits and walltops. Photographing it with a wintry background is quite effective as well. Thanks for sharing! (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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The King told them they would have their share of fortune, women and adventure... But they got the bitter cold of the northern border. And the occasional raid from troops of the Northern Kingdom: (URL) first castle creation since I was a kid. (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And dark grey...it is now only in my memories... (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I wonder if it would be harder to get a ladder up to a wavy wall, though. (...) In fact, it doesn't. That principle only holds true if the oblique angle tends to deflect shot into open air. If it deflects shot into a pocket point of the (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Defending. The point of projecting towers is so the defenders can sweep the fronts of the walls with projectile fire. With a wavy front, an attacker standing between two of the waves would be hard(er) to hit, because the wall itself would be (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The question is: What do you want? A castle for your son to play with? Well, don't bother. For a kid, it is a very nice building. If you want to build a more real looking castle, the only way is to look for some pictures or drawings of real (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for the feedback. Military problems in defending or attacking? (...) I agree about the slopes at the bottom... but I didn't want a moat. I'll have to play with them more to see what I can come up with. Do you think both towers are too (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) military problems with a wall built that way) but it looks strong and imposing. I don't like the slopes at the bottom, though; I think it would be better to have the walls go right down into a wet moat. And the towers don't live up to their (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm not normally a castle person, but my son asked me to build a castle. So I thought I'd start with the outer walls (not sure what they are properly called). I seemed to have a large number of part #2345s on hand in dark grey (ok... old dark grey) (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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well I think the pictures says it all: (URL) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.color, FTX) !
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(...) Unfortunately, it's not a real LEGO minifig helmet, although I wish it was. The only other piece, besides the helmet, that is not made by LEGO is the flanged mace that someone konks someone else on the head with. (During the part when a guy (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The battle droid legs holding up the railing are a great idea. Now I have something to do with the umpteen legs I have laying around. Marc Nelson Jr. (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If I know the TLC, they'll want to re-use the newly made HP parts in as many other themed sets as possible. With the new "Candy" Knights coming out, and a possible second line of those on the horizon, we may yet see Sand Green Skeletons! That (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Maybe it's no bad idea to link... (URL) (after moderation) Daan (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Kevin, Your keep looks great. The snot technique used with the lattice windows creates a nice effect. I too am looking forward to more photos. The massing and roof of your Norman Keep are also good. Ben E. (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello happy builders, today I've posted digicam pics of my cathedral before demolition. Since September 2002 this MOC rested on my shelves, because I was so fond of it. Now I use the bricks for new mocs and thought it good to make enough remembrance (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Check the preview of this latest MOC from our (URL) homepage.> Enthused by the response on the (URL) Theed Palace Hallway>, I've built a bigger piece of the palace. Here's a list of what's new from the chamber. While the hallway was built on a 32x32 (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Looks great! I'm looking forward to the rest of the pictures! James (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) maybe. :-) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hiya all.... As promised.... as I am back in Australia now and reunited with my lego, I have been happily building and have just finished a nice Norman Tower Castle. I have only done a couple quick pics to show for the moment. I will take some more (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.castle) !
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Hoping SOMEONE here can help me- in the now-infamous Monty Python Holy Grail done in minifigs, one of the figures is wearing a black helmet with a flip-up visor, unlike ANY i have ever seen... does this visor exist? and if so, in what sets? it SEEMS (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello, We are being given the opportunity to let Jake (and Richard) know which parts we'd like to see in bulk. (URL) I wanted to take a moment and raise the awareness of the color Dark Tan: I think, dark tan is the color of the ramps in this set: (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Stitch: was Re: That wascally wabbit!
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(...) Cool! The brown one's head looks like Stitch from the Disney movie "Lilo & Stitch" So I think I'll make it right now! (in MLCad as I don't have all the pieces in blue: (URL) Thanks for the excellent inspiration!! Jeff (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hi all, Quick little MOC: (URL) A couple more pics, including an exploded view to see construction: (URL) I wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm going with castles and trains, because I could imagine bunnies hopping through the hillsides of either (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Here's a CCC compliant corner toward that I recently put together. (URL) deep links for those who can't wait. (URL) and let me know what you think. (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes. The week and weekend before a (URL) are always busy. My wife hates those weeks. (...) Thanks. There is something about the (URL) 3rd "other" building>, in person it has the cutest feel to it. Between the size and color scheme. (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Man, that is a busy weekend! I think my favorites are the four "other" buildings :) I really like how the first two have interesting shapes to them. I think all the color schemes are very nice. The last two are just plain great simple little (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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As I alluded to in other posts, I had a busy weekend. Built 6 new buildings. A Windmill (2 URLs) A unfurnished building with seperate upstairs apartment (2 URLs) And four other buildings, each with their own unique details (5 URLs) Enjoy, comment, (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !
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MichLUG has been invited to display at the Motor City Comic Con for a third time now. We will have a Moonbase layout with 10 regular sized modules and 4 super sized modules. Along with a monorail, many lading pads and ships galore there will be 75 (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks James. I am probably going to give the "one building over another" a try again, once I get some more parts in. (I build 6 more buildings this weekend and I am seriously running low on certain parts)(1). I've done ½ stud inset on town (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Tight. One thing I can say with confidence here: tudor buildindgs will never go out of style. Now your nice model just makes me wonder if I can find those same windows/lattices for a reasonable price. Last ones I saw were for 2 bucks each on (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(2 URLs) The Ogre has returned...> PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" (21 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks Jason! Yeah, I do seem to be stuck on white lattice panes and 5 wide windows. I at least tried something different on the carpenter ( (URL) ) a while back ;) James (21 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Jason, The boarding house is really cool. It was a great idea to build one building over another and it turned out well. I like how some of the windows are set in half a stud. I really like the odd shape of the building as well. It gives (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hi Bruce, This a cool house! You did a great job on your exterior texture. The interior is fabulous. The rafters are a great touch and all the other little details are really cool. The only change I might make that hasn't been mentioned here (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Tim, that larger item is his army. It looks bad when your troops are supposed to look the same but a percentage of them are stuck with different-looking equipment. Imagine a formation of 50 Marines with 5 of them wearing the new pixelated (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I agree on the overhang. I'll have to do that differently in future buildings. (...) Unfortunately no. Job/family/etc. conspire to prevent me from attending fests. I'm usually doing good if I can attend a weekend LUG meeting. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. (...) It's mainly a screw-up. I originally built this fairly quickly because I had to get it mailed to Lenny for Brickfest PDX, and when I was building it I couldn't find my 1x6x2 arches. I had to go with the 1x6x1 arch, and if you put (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Interesting that you mention the Weasley's home. Personally I had pictured theirs as more ramshackle and precarious looking. Now I want to work on more houses with "add-ons". Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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