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Now that is a cool tower. I would love to see the rest of the fortress. Turning the grey disk pieces upside down for the roof was excellent! Good job. Josh (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: AWESOME 5' fantasy castle on Brickshelf
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(...) Well there's someone with that username on Bricklink, (URL) you could try contacting them there. With a username like that it's highly likely they're the same person :) ROSCO (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I haven't seen anyone claim this incredible structure in the Castle newsgroup yet, so I thought I'd share the link to the folder for whoever it is that built it. (URL) 5' tall castle> This is one of the tallest and best built castles I've ever seen. (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Fade to gray: Requiem for the old gray
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(...) Indeed. They're unmistakably saying, "Look how sad and ugly old grey looks, and none of the pieces match anyway because they yellow with time." --SteveR (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC:Sword Tower
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Interesting concept. The tower it's self looks nice and I like the part used for the roof. (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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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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| | Re: Fade to gray: Requiem for the old gray
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(...) And dark grey...it is now only in my memories... (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Castle wall idea - using 3 x 3 x 6 Corners
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle wall idea - using 3 x 3 x 6 Corners
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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle wall idea - using 3 x 3 x 6 Corners
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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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) (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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well I think the pictures says it all: (URL) (20 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 (...) (20 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. (20 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 (...) (20 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 (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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