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(...) I'd say that definition is a bit 'narrow'. As far as we learn from *our* history books, 'Vikings' are the name given to almost all inhabitants in Norway, Denmark and Sweden (and later Iceland and Greenland), maybe excluding the northernmost (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Are you using the term Viking here where you should prehaps be using the term Norsemen ? I always thought that 'Viking' was a term for the Warriors. Various online encyclopaedias seem to agree with this.. (URL) for example. quote : The name Viking (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) While this IS the popular thought on Vikings, its not the historical correct one. The Vikings was first of all explorers, conquerors, farmers and merchants - exploring Russia, Iceland, Greenland, North America, and conquering England, Ireland (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's OK as I stole ... errr ... borrowed heavily from someone else in the first place (but can't for the life of me remember who) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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I have a close up of one of Williams stalls on my 'shelf account (URL) I can steal .. err I mean take inspiration from them they are pretty neat More fest photos here (URL) James Stacey ------ www.minifig.co.uk Lugnet Member #925 I'm a citizen of (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) William, This is nice, I highly approve of castles with ports. I didn't see any close ups of the stalls at the market, are there any? Thanks, George (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Its Market Day at the Castle. B/Shelf: (URL) Pages: (URL) pictures were taken by James Stacey, after I had set up a small display of just my collection of various of my modular castle/town sections ((URL) and before we ripped it to pieces to add his (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think that's basicly what's happened. Most of the forum "noise" is over there. If you ask my opinion, the KK2 debate is a bit over-done there. Too many people take exception to the criticisms of the negative product concerns from the first (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Jon, that means a lot to me coming from you as it was my minifigs jelousy of your minifigs houses that pursuaded me to build a lot of the stuff I have in the first place :) Thanks (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Jason. The houses I've been boilding for a long time ever since first stealing .. err I mean being inspired by Jon Furmans creations. So each one tends to be a variation (and hopefully an improvement) of the last, then stick them nice and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Jojo. Assuming I guess correclty what you mean by "enhanced set style", thats what I was after. I want it to have similar selective compression to a LEGO set. So even though its larger than a official set, the official sets wont look out of (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Matt you make some good points. I was a bit concerned about the front of the new building but when I added detailing to the windows it appeared to be overly heavy. I think maybe just adding detail to one or two of the windows may help lift it (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey all, Anyone know who "marakoeschtra" is? They built this great (URL) town>. (2 URLs) Bruce (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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(...) James, As always, incredible work. I think if I were a minifig, this is where I would live. In fact my minifigs are jealous of your minifigs! Keep up the awesome work, I love seeing your stuff. I can't wait to see interiors as well. Jon (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Something very similar (in the sence that it's also a game and a guy named Gary Thomas took the effort of building a LEGO version) is called "Cathedral". Brickshelf galery: (URL) original Lugnet post: (URL) in turn inspired Jason Spears to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Luis, That's a great scene. Carcassonne is great, my eight year old got it for Christmas. It's a German designed tile laying game with a lot of depth, me and my daughters (eight and three) can play a good competitive game without me (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi It's nice to have your opinion! i also like a lot of your work! Now i'm curious about Carcassonne :D. i'll make some searches on internet. Torre de Belem it's not finished yet, you can see the latest pics (URL) and (URL) the latest one was (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What else can I say, other than excellent? How about good form and composition? There's such a nice assortnemt of forms and structures, and that definitely catches my eye. The building style in particular (tudor) is pretty much timeless, and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looking great James. The project is definitely coming along. I like the houses out by the docks. They are all (URL) clustered together>, but still have individual identities. Well done, thanks for sharing. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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I've got a déjà-vu. Hello James! That's a great castle and a very nice scenery. It's what I would call sort of "enhanced set style", and I really like that kind of stuff. Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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