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| As hinted at earlier, we are going to have a Draft! Okay, so what IS a Draft? It is an event where everyone brings one copy of the same (unopened) set. We open the sets, sort the pieces into piles and take turns Drafting the piles of pieces. The (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Scriptorium
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| Hey Bruce, nice job, reminds me of "Name of the Rose" without the poison ink. Great subject matter, great execution, great details...especially the pen/ink wells and recesses book-cases. I can almost hear the chanting in the background. -Keith (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: Scriptorium
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| (...) Neat! I had an urge to build something like this after reading (URL) The Book on the Bookshelf>, but never actually did it. You should do a couple of shelves with books chained to them. Working in a library myself, I can sympathize with the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Scriptorium
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| Hi all, I've made a little scene out of a medieval monastery, the scriptorium: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle) !!
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) Hi Stefan, Thanks. I used two 4x10 trans-yellow plates instead of the grey plates. Erik / brickerik (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| Really cool window!!! How did you get it to be transluecent on the back but still hold together? -Stefan- (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Only Two Weeks Left to Pre-Register for NWBrickCon™ 2004!
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| Don't miss out on your opportunity to save money and get exclusive goodies! If you register (and pay) by October 1st, you will get the entire Attendees Packet, including Name Badge. Plus there are items we are putting in the packets that only (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
| | | | | NWBrickCon™ has Updated its Website!
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| I am pleased to announce that we have updated our website to simplify its navigation and have added several features: • Who's Coming? Click on the link and you will know! • What's Happening? Click on the calendar and ceck it out day by day! • Can (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| Dang! You beat me - I'm working on a similar kind of window... (...) I'm using transclear 1x1 and 1x2 for the glasses, with studs out to make them look like crown glass, and I use two plates stacked on each other to improve the overall stability of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) Thanks :) Hum, I'm sure there is still a lot of building techniques. I made a presentation at BricMania about one, ToPLeSs, and I have to finish the traduction in english to post it. (...) That was an idea from Didier. It was just a fake. But (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) Thanks :) Well, it depends maybe of our vision of what is SNIR. The 1x1 parts are not adjacent but in diagonal. And the alignment of the turned parts creates an offset. So we obtain a lign of studs, not in the standard way but in diagonal. (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) I beleive the phase comes about because they started off not in a a row (well not in a standard row anyway), the second image shows them placed on a diagonal grid of SIR (Studs In a Row). However I would say that they have ended up in a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) Hi Holger. Thanks for showing interest on JoTaALM. In a first attempt, the idea was to make an hoax just for fun, as the one I made when I was studying chemistry at university (not LEGO related). Of course volume I doesn't exist. I can't tell (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) Hello, great work! Sometimes I think everything is build in all kind of building techniques. But you show us that there are even more great ways to combine LEGO bricks. I love that kind of window, there is a good chance to find it in a new (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| (...) Hey Mike, I believe it is Studs Not In Row. Cool window, but it doesn't look like it is very sturdy. Chris Perron (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Questions about BrickQuest
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| (...) There's been thought, but nothing conclusive... thus far my goal has been a game that can be taught and enjoyed easily at a gaming con like GenCon or Origins, and if I were to differentiate weapons, there would have to be a lot more work in (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| (...) Well, to be picky, it's not *exactly* the same thickness. A tile is 0.4 "stud-widths" thick, but the distance between 2 such windows is about 0.414 (square-root of 2 minus 1) stud-widths. Over a larger area you would start to notice the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote: Dear Erik, this is really very well and clever done! What a cool idea to combine SNIR and SNOT to a link between space (crowd shouting "SPAAACE!!!! from the background!) and castle (mumble of "Castle - (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
| | | | | Questions about BrickQuest
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| I've read through the BrickQuest rules. I find the game intriguing and possibly very fun - currently I'm thinking on building a 'capture the flag' type arena for two teams playing against eachother (while finding secret rooms, treasure, etc) (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| Hey Erik, Great design idea! I actually saw this on Brickshelf and started to post an announcement over on Classic-Castle.com before I noticed you'd announced it here. If you'd like to check out the discussion on Classic-Castle, my post is here: (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: A window using SNOT and SNIR techniques
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| Very cool window! But how are the studs not in a row? The SNOT I see, but not the SNIR. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Snippage (...) Very cool hack. I know what SNOT is but SNIR? Hmmmm. Studs Not Infra Red? Studs Not Inside Routers? Studs Not Immobilized Readily? ....... Mike (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | NWBrickCon™ 2004 Speed and Master Build Contests
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| The ISD Speed Build has been done. And Done. And DONE! We in the Great NorthWest are going to present a new challenge. An open competition speed build - each contestant alone. No teamwork, no committee, no sharing of the glory - or the prizes! Here (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle) !!
| | | | | Re: Dude, Where's My Pic?
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| Thanks for the information, Kevin. It's a relief to know that Jon's pictures haven't been lost. Probably not a surprise that that's one of my favorite folders. Bruce (20 years ago, 11-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dude, Where's My Pic?
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| (...) Sometimes we have to disable access to files that are deep linked excessively. In this case someone using the Korean mega-portal daum.net was inlining all of the images in that folder in a forum post. Messages on that forum appear to get (...) (20 years ago, 11-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dude, Where's My Pic?
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| (...) When you click through to the JPGs you get "access denied" page not "page not found" so hopefully it's just a permissions thing. ROSCO (20 years ago, 11-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dude, Where's My Pic?
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| (...) That's actually a good sign I think, because when I saw it, every image in his folder was broken. Perhaps that means it is being mended. JOHN (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dude, Where's My Pic?
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| Very odd. All the other folders in his gallery seem fine: (URL) But all of the pics in the LotR are broken images. Bruce (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) ?!?! Oh my.. this is really not good!! Someone should email kevin about it. -Lenny (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Dude, Where's My Pic?
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| Jon Furman: What has happened to your Brickshelf folder? (URL) ???...???> (20 years ago, 10-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | NWBrickCon™ 2004 Animation Film Festival
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| This year, there will once again be a NWBrickCon™ animation competition hosted by Seth Rotkin at (URL). The interest level, both in the animation community and the general LEGO® community, is higher than ever before. LEGO® animatiors have been asked (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle) !!
| | | | | Re: Witch's Abode
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| (...) I'm not familar with the discworld series, but I may have to pick up one to check it out. (...) The asymmetrical roof (if you are refering to the (URL) back roof>) is both to add interest to the roof, but also to allow the building to swing (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Witch's Abode
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| (...) Issac, thanks for your comments. The interior was tricky, with my limited selection of purple bricks. You may have noticed the large amount of 1x1s in the walls. In the (URL) last picture> Here's the story, I was playing around the with (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: KKII vs. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
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| (...) I'm not sure that 'Visionaries' could be described as a wholly original and groundbreaking creation either though... Jason R (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Witch's Abode
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| (...) That's great, I can just see Nanny Ogg and her evil cat Greebo lounging inside, broomstick shoved over the fireplace... I particularly like the asymmetrical roof slope, lends a nice crooked air to the building. And although purple is not (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Witch's Abode
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| Hi Jason, This looks great. I saw it on brickshelf this morning before I read this post, and was thinking to myself what a cute little house. Both the stoneworks and the color purple suit the theme of a witch well, and the interior settings (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Witch's Abode
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| If the town witch lived in town, and not in some hovel outside of town in the haunted forest, what would her house look like? It might look like this: (2 URLs) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.clb, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: KKII vs. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
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| (...) I used to watch the show and had a few of the toys, so back when the first image of the new Knight's Kingdom minifig sets came out ((URL) the big one that that showed them all>), the first thought that popped into my head was that they looked (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: KKII vs. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
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| (...) There has been some very recent discussion of the fact that Brickshelf will no longer host composite (i.e. partially non-LEGO) "title" images unless they are entered into the Avatar category (which doesn't show up in the recent additions (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: KKII vs. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
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| (...) They do look alike, but I don't see any way to explain the resemblance elseway than coincidence. I mean, wolf, lion, eagle, bear, these are all "proud" animals that are often used as symbols for human qualities, much like in these 2 cases. I'd (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.castle)
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