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(...) Thank you very much. I have no idea where the idea for it came from: it just came. "If you start to build it, the idea will come." to modify a quote from Field of Dreams. (...) That can easily be arranged. :) Pictures of the crew were coming (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello People. I am making a small Hogwarts "Mini-Castle" that is already built I just need some more peices and stuff. I need A Hagrid Peice, a Professor Quirrel Peice, Wands (of the harry potter kind) I need Keys and some owls. I may also require (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Jay, you'll get better response in .market.buy-sell-trade. It's against the TOS to post auction/sale/want posts in the themed groups. -Chris (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Greetings to one and all. Well, the first "true" section of my story is up. It can be viewed at: (URL) enjoy and LMKWYT. And there is a closeup of the nav section. :) Pictures of the other parts of the Airship, as well as the crew and captains, will (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Umm, as far as I know, no relation. The idea was first thought up by Nathan and Pawel on the last night of Brickfest 2001, then later (that same night) developed further by those two, Chris, and me. Craig used his awesome artistic talents to (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Wow, I must admit, not being a great follower of LEGO tales, that yours has attracted my interest, and not just because the Kingdom of Ikros is linked from the AFOLA webpage, either. The writing is excellent, but your illos are superb, as you hinted (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey howdy all. The Exiled Bricktanesians have landed on the Isle of Mist. To get the lowdown, dish, inside scoop, or whatever, go to: (URL) is my first attempt at any sort of real story at all, so bear with. Pictures will be coming as soon as my (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Under Places, ive built Glen Daerndd, although walmart messed up my pictures, so more will be coming there. also Adurjia, land of the nomads, has little bit up. (URL) importantly: News! The story begins to unfold. ive chosen to reveal my story by (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce) !
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as always, i find your stories to have a real ingenuity to them. I was a big fan of your original Bricktannia town, and it was your site that inspired me to do my caerany story in news format. i can't wait to see the creations! peace -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Everyone, I have uploaded photos from our meeting on Saturday, Nov 3rd. Main Directory: (URL) of note: (URL) undergoes the "draft" started by the Edmonton folks. (URL) Mecha by Todd Kubo (URL) scale Skull Mountain and Galleons by Todd Kubo, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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To start with, I want to thank everyone who replied to my post. I'm extremely happy that you all enjoyed my chapter and pictures as much as you have. (...) Some secrets? Okie doki Ive uploaded some pictures to share some secrets. For reference I use (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general) !
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Anthony, Just wanted to thank you for posting this. Very informative. :-) -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Sava" <savatheaggie@yahoo.com> To: <lugnet.castle@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.general@lugnet.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hey Anthony, great tutorial! It was fun to read how other people go about editing their pictures. If you don't mind, I'd like to share with you a few techniques I've learned that might make your editing procedure a little more efficient. <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Anthony, I'm curious...U said u deleted the background pixe by pixel because the magic wand tool is unreliable.. Do you know about the polygonal lasso tool? It's very effective for making selective edge deletion. The tool, which looks like a lasso (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Site Update
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I've finally got round to putting some photos of my latest MOC up on my site - a church. Please have a look and LMKWYT. James www.minifig.co.uk "time for bed" said Zebedee (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hi folks ! I'm a big castle fan, but i have a problem. I am building a great army, but i wonder, i have about 8 different armies, maybe more. There's royal knights, forest men, fright nights, those Majisto guys, the classic guys in about 10 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice design. I like the blue stripes going around it. The buttresses going into the roof are great. I like the use of trans-red rounds in the window crosses. -Jason (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, if you want to skim through what other people think about this matter, go can look at this post and its subsequent replies: (URL) that doesn't answer your question, you can search the .castle newsgroups for the information you need. HTH, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) James, Very nice church, what a good way to use up that white. George (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) And of course, the answer in the end is "whatever you like". :) thanks, James (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very nice, and for those of you who have played Warcraft II ... does the first picture remind you of the human fortress? I could not find a link of a fortress online, so if anyone can snap it, I would appreciate it - for comparison sake :) I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Regarding the new church, A beautiful little model indeed ! (Well, perhaps not so little, but it has a quaintness to it -a simplicity, perhaps, that visually reduces its apparent size to a friendly managable level.) I had thought of using the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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The Isle of Albion = The Isle of Mist? I'll attempt to reiterate a past post: Is anyone aware that “The Isle of Mist” is almost EXACTLY the same as “The Isle of Albion.” Is this Castle World creation meant to mirror this Warhammer ® game, or did the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Mist have played Warhammer recently, and I didn't hear the word mentioned *at all* the entire Brickfest weekend, which was when the Isle of Mist was first conceived. (...) So do dozens of other stories/games/etc. One that pops into my mind (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for the clarification. And I understand your point. That ‘many of the concepts are universal.’ And a few similarities are understandable. But all the similarities… Too much for coincidence? It’s just that I know one of the writers at Games (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Historically, medieval European armies were usually made up of numerous factions. Who allied with whom depended on the circumstances. It was also common for factions to change sides in the middle of battle. My Crusader [Lion] men are one (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jeff - everything you said is dead on (since we *WERE* at your house at the time). Let me just add a thing or two: Nathan and I got lost on our way back from Arlington and took that time to talk about Castle World. We both agreed that in (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snip> (...) Exactly - I remember that's also exactly how you portrayed it to Chris, me, Jeff and Tim (he just happened to be there). (...) yes, I'll remind you - it *didn't* come up that night. It came up between you and Craig a short while (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Very nice! A good way to use up those blue 2 by 2 by 2 pointed parts, I really like the curved white parts on the roof. I need to build a church like this, my current mini chapel in my present castle in a rather pathetic affair, truth be told. You (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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It's really entirely up to you. It isn't really clear form eth legpo sets themselves just who is friends with who. One set from the early nineties has the Black Falcons besieging the Dragon Knights on a kind of wall with a gateway. Another set from (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A little off topic, I won't even comment on the models (which I like :) ) I just wanted to say I love the layout of your site! The only thing I hate about sites like yours are that they prove someone can make a simple site look nice, and I (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thank you all, and I do honestly believe it t’was a chance occurrence now. I wasn’t tryin’ to ‘over analyses’ anything, it’s just that the uncanny connection and conception of each threw me. I guess if you’ve read the stories in question you’d see (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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| | THE POSTING BLUES
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after the long discussion we all just had about posting or highlighting.. id just like to add my two cents. i really like feedback for my work.. now i know i don't do as much by way of cpu effects, and my building isn't as grandiose as is usual.. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snipped> Leonard --- This is going to be rather long winded -- think of it as a shotgun reply to most of what you've been saying and of your work so far. I like your site; I believe I've said it before - a few months back when you began (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Jason. It was the arch pieces that kinda led how the design went. I think they were from a paradisia set. I wanted to use trans 1x1 plates but didnt have anywhere near enough :) "Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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You can expect a blue building, a yellow building and a couple of red buildings before I get through my brick backlog ;) "George Haberberger" <George.Haberberger@...xerox.com> wrote in message news:GMDwD7.I06@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Thanks Pawel Are blue slopes rare at the moment then?? the ones used on the church are certainly all old (and a few are a bit stained - doesn't matter so much for a roof tho does it) Yes exept where I've stated all the MOC's on the site are still (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I'd built a few smaller ones myself and they hadn't worked and ended up getting recycled. It was something I'd meant to do since I first saw the stained glass piece. It took a few photos to get the lighting inside acceptable. It produced some really (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I know how you feel. it is kinda disapointing to post something and have only 1 or 2 responces. Here is some feedback about your creation. I like Castle Pahl, It is a cool small fortress. I absoultly love the Kyamitsu complex. I like the forest (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thats what I got for buying lots of chrome castle sets loads of blue spires. It wasnt originally intended to have them but they looked kinda good on it and stopped them filling up a drawer. I may make some modification to the back, build the 4x1 bar (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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thats the benefit of working in a web design studio :) It took my friend about 10 minutes in Macromedia Fireworks to come up with the concept. thanks James (...) hate (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) *SNIP* (...) I'd like to add something as well. I know I said back in june (when I went on my unfortunate and childish rant and alienated half of lugnet) that I woudln't get involved in stuff like this, but things haven't improved. People just (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Guys and Girls! I need Harry Potter Owls, Grey, Black, White, Beige, and Light Grey. I need them for the little owlery I made. It's quite cute. I need Trade because well, to be honest I have no money. So if you wanna trade then email me at (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Anthony I would like to chime in and de-lurk for a minute to support your statement about the whole IOM thing. I've actually stopped coming to LUGNET over the last several weeks because I'm so tired of wading through all the IOM postings. None of my (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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N.B. I have set the follow-ups to castle, not org.cw. This is because the content has impact on the structure and direction of the castle group as a whole, not just those who do (or don't) like CW. (...) Apathy? Perhaps in part. .Castle (and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm ... let me see this again: One CAN view the main group (.castle) without it's subgroups (castle organizations, .castle.ninja) with that link: (URL) on the other hand, to read ALL subgroups, one needs to go here: (URL) I correct? -- Pawel (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm ... let me see this again: One CAN view the main group (.castle) without it's subgroups (castle organizations, .castle.ninja) with that link: (URL) on the other hand, to read ALL subgroups, one needs to go here: (URL) I correct? -- Pawel (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My apologies, yes. You are correct. I looked at the link without clicking it. It's useful the difference that a * makes. As long as people post to the correct group, this solves half the problem discussed. Now to find some way of boosting (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gal darnnit! Post in Buy,Sell, Trade, not here. (URL) is for castle discussion only, not requests for trade. GRRR, -Jason PS Once the owlery is done, and pictures taken please post here, we would love to see it. (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That does work- but it's a lot more complicated than clicking the Castle link from the Lugnet home page. You can also fine-tune what you will see on the news root page, using the skip-filter settings. This is more complicated too, but only (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not really, it's just one extra click. Scroll to the bottom of the page and follow the "View plain (without subgroups)" link under Reading Options. (...) Yup. That's how I avoid getting baffled by Italian. :) If you don't want to see IoM (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow. Todd rocks! It's easy to take this forum for granted, but the whole interface is very well thought out. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I totally agree. One of the hallmarks of a good interface is that it's easy to take for granted. :) James (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not using bookmarks/favorites. I do most of my Lugnet reading using bookmarks-- for one thing, that's the easiest way to get quick access to groups that aren't on the front page of Lugnet, and secondly I can customize the view (e.g. 50 in (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Guys.. After much deliberation, Camera troubles, and html sorrow, I present to you... Chronicles of Velaria: The New Era Chapter One: On the Silent Dawn of Lore... (URL) (good or bad) is welcomed and hoped for! Catch you cats later- -Jay (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think it was worth all the trouble, it looks great. I really like that gate background! /Elin (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This is getting ridiculous! Geocities has become a joke - this is the third time in almost as many tries where I have tried a access a page and gotten the same lame disclaimer about the allocated data transfer. Any suggestions on where one can (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) NOOO!!! More! Ya left me hangin! This is revenge for my story, isn't it? Where's he goin? Where do the demons come from? ACK! Great story Jason, I hope you come out with a second chapter soon! As for problems with geocities, I've seemed to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) GREAT story Jay! Like the Aggie said, you left us hanging!! MORE MORE!!!! I'm looking forward to seeing where all this leads. (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Fear not, Anthony and Matt! Chapter Two looms in the shadows, and shall rear it's ugly head quite soon.. Wow! What with the way the goups been looking recently i didn't think anyone would reply! Thanx for the compliments guys, I appreciate it truly. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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At Pawel's urging, here are some snapshots of the latest castle I'm working on. this one is a fiary tale castle I'm building as a doll house for my daughter (fits both minfig and scala).... (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) bricks must be astonishing. How can you find the time to build such wonderful models, AND maintain a Brickbay/GOB store at the same time?! :) Please be sure to show us the finished product (with lotsa pics of course!). -Bryan P.S. Thanks to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Don't forget I volunteer 1 night a week building for the GMLTC too! I have a LOT of complete MOC's I built there I just haven't taken pictures of yet. My source of gray bricks in nearly exhaustless as the careful observer may have noticed I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thats looking fantastic. I love the way youv'e used fencing to top off the roof over the gate house what pieces are the white spires made from?? I cant quite place them James www.minifig.co.uk "Daniel Siskind" <blackened@visi.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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They are made up of white lances, 1x1 round bricks, 1x1 cones and this weird technic gear that recently came as part of an antenna in the big Arctic base and also in the less recent Technic "Spy Runner" car (I have no idea what the part is called). (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Of course if one is a member of Lugnet, and can live with the limitations of FTX, you need not spend any additional money (of course you should drag out your checkbook or Paypal every once in a while and show your appreciation - I really need (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Built my first Guarded Inn
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Hey all, I succumbed and ordered this gem along with some Belville accessory packs and now I understand fully what all the fuss was about. What an apex of set design, function, and just plain coolness! One of the few civilian Castle sets, The GI is (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Join us, you KNOW you want to! Succumb to the Castle side! (it's hard to be dark with all the gray people tend to use :^) The Guarded Inn is fabulous! Mike (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah - the Harry Potter sets contain a lot of lego "noise" as far as I see it, but we won't turn this into a "current state of most lego models vent" :) So to follow up, what would be the next best set for lego to release, that you *think* (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) -Shiri (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This castle is magnificient! Your daughter must really love it. For her to see the daily progress is probably just as much a treat as getting to play with a more finished structure. I am fascinated that it can fit both minifig scale and scala (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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hey guys! I've moved the content of my pre-emptive webpage onto my brickshelf account: (URL) celebrate the ability to now post my story worry free, I have uploaded the newest Chapter of my story a little early. Chapter 2: A letter to the Queen of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Good to see more of the story. It moves quite quickly and occassionally it takes a sec to work out that characters know each other. Otherwise, I liked seeing the custom torsos (and skirts) and the spell effects, feel free to give more (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I only get to work on it 1 or 2 days per month, so she's pretty much used to playing with it as is, with the random suprise arrival of a new tower or finished section. She's really kicking my butt to finish the main keep and Sleeping Beauty's (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think it is better this way. Each new section can be appreciated in its own right. Also better for a child to not get everything immediately. (...) I don't know the age of your daughter ... perhaps as she gets older she will want to redesign (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Indeed. That's amazing. No, let me try that again. THAT'S AMAZING. Cinderella's castle holds a special place in my heart since it was the model builders building a big one (and letting me and hordes of others help) at Disney Village Orlando (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yep, Cinderalla's castle (or is it sleeping beauty? I've heard different versions) was greatly influenced by Neuschwanstein. Walt Disney apparently spent some time there and was inspired. Many parts of the interior were never furnished, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Beautiful! I really love the way it looks quite fairy tale like, but also very medieval. If it fits both minifigs AND scala, you really have quite a diverse project there. I like the cross shaped arrow slits too! Are those rubber bands you have (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Agree entirely! Grey wall pieces, greay corner wall pieces, a tudor wall piece, those nice black roof slopes. And of course the return of the mighty superduperbad Black Falcons as well, who have probably always been my favourite faction. The (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Crusaders! Right? No Black Falcons... -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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::sigh:: My apologies. I didn't understand the context of the comment, even though I read Pawel's response last night. I'll be quiet now, at least for a while. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you build it, they will convert! Mark - a dorment Castle Fan - de Kock (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love it Dan.... the castle would prob look just as GREAT in white too....!!! Ya just need to get some xmas lights and place them through the castle.. I'm sure it would look GREAT with the llights out... Kev... : ) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, actually the rubber bands hold the 45 degree angle sides of the walls in place while I am building. They are locked in place at the tops and bottoms, but four of the seven octagonal towers don't yet have the tops on them. Someday I'll (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Dan, Wow, what an enchanting castle! One question, do you make the towers with hinge bricks to get the octagonal shape? George (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) We have a ton of Brio trains, and 2+ years ago we decided that a table was needed. We looked at a number of options- the Brio table, the Thomas one, and an off-brand one built locally. All of them were way overpriced, and none had really good (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Tony Hafner writes: ..snip.. (...) I had mine in front of my couches until the castle got so tall you could no longer see the TV! Dan (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There are no hinges involved at all. The diagonal sections are locked in by studs at the base and top only. You can try using hinge bricks, but they seem to produce crummy geomtry. Dan (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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You castle people might not know me very well, I've mostly done space stuff, and havn't posted much at that, but I'm very much into Castle, but my lack of good camera is restricting me from posting much. Anyway... So many airships! All these designs (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) David, Yes. I know how you feel 95% of the time ... lack of camera and being in college. The trend has been going towards airships, and I blame Final Fantasy for that :) Welcome to dot-castle - I hope to see your crew and their mode of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Heh- a large part of the reason that I made an airship instead of a sailing ship was that I don't have any sails. Actually that's not quite true- I do have a "ripped" pirate sail from one set, but it wasn't really appropriate). I had (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Tony Hafner writes: <snip> (...) Here's a question for the Lego purists out there: Would mending the sail be pure? What if it was sewn with Lego string? Could make for a very striking look... -- Thomas Main thomasmain@hotmail.com (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Everyone has their own limits for what they feel is pure. And most of us don't try to shove our personal definitions down others' throats. That said... I wouldn't mend a Lego sail that way. I'd have to poke holes in the sail to do that, and (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Here is a brief news article about the latest happening at the Bricktanesian camp: After making landfall, preperations began for a housing structure, and as of right now, the last major pieces are being set in place. It is an all stone structure, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope - it wouldn't be pure, but if it turns out well, who cares? If it has a lego drawing on it (i.e. wolfpack), even better :) A ship like this: (URL) although not pure, still rocks :) -- Pawel (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Interesting... How structurally sound is that technique? It seems like if you pressed your finger halfway up those sections, they would buckle. Are they braced somehow? Eric (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello everyone, I've started out on writing some rules for a naval combat game set in a castle style era. I had about four pages but was a nimrod and forgot to save and then the program crashed and I lost all my work. :( Anyways I suppose I should (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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This is probably a stupid question, but when did cannons come into use? Would a ship in the 'castle' era have cannons? (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The commonly accepted date for the European adoption of cannon is 1327, when one appears (IIRC) on the Bayeux Tapestry as sort of a modified ballista (it's firing a giant arrowhead). But that's an indication that, by then, cannon had diffused (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Correction--oops. Bayeux Tapestry is the depiction of the Battle of Hastings. I'm thinking of another tapestry, but the date is right (1324, 1326, and 1327 are the ones given). I hate making misteaks like that. best LFB (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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