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Very interesting, thanks Mr. LFB. But I have another question for you, when did guns and gunpowder come into use? (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I just stumbled upon a really cool resource on early, early cannon and firearms: (URL) It has a picture of said cannon, though in a manuscript rather than on a tapestry. And I apologise for being a CAD by replying to my own post not ONCE but (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It depends. By whom, and for what purpose? LFB (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Surely you would need some ships to be able to go on crusades, rather than for defence or pleasure cruises! Martin (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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That's plenty of information, thanks for your help! (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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that looks pretty cool I've got some material at home and some t-shirt transfers ready to make some castle related sails may have to get onto it Steve Jackson (of Gurps fame) put some stuff on his site about making new sails for ships (URL) Stacey (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Is there a common name for baseplate in 6091/6098 King Leo's Castle? Does it appear in any other sets, whether identically or in different colours? Kerry -- ===...=== Kerry Raymond kerry@dstc.edu.au Proud to be LUGNET Member 599 (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, I think there is one in 5986 Amazon Ancient Ruins (also green), and another in 4990 Rock Raiders HQ (light and dark grey). I guess according to Shiri's Acronym FAQ it's a SPUD. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) colours? (...) You are correct about 5986. It's the same shape, decorated differently. Here's a pic: (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) And then there are Greek fire projectors which appear much earlier than cannon and may be among things classical which were largely "lost" during the so-called Dark Ages. One or two of them suddenly appearing from the mysterious East could (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Adam, I've been intersted in late medieval warfare for a while, and hope I can give you some useful guidelines. (...) If I recall correctly, cannons in Europe first came into play in the 14th century. I read that the first use of "guns" against (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, Hmm, seems like several of us are on a spree of building medieval warships. I recently (finally) got brown boat hull pieces, and want to make a medieval warship, you know the kind with a crenelated tower at the front and back. Can anyone (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here is a web page with some historical points. They are from a slide show at a University, so, no pics. But, I figured the information should at least be useful to you. (2 URLs) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have a fleet! (URL) personally don't like the 'flying' ships myself. It just seems a little out of place for me when I think castle and chivalry... BK> (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This actually was developed during the Dark Ages by the Byzantines (Romans to themselves, Greeks to everyone else) and being perhaps the most closely and successfully guarded military secret of all time, was lost with the fall of the Byzantine (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ohhhhhh, and I was going to leap all over that one, too! (...) Do you barbeque misteaks? Perhaps it is a Humpty-Dumpty portmanteau of mesquite smoked steaks? Please cite all references and use only original sources. :-) Bruce (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're looking at building a cog, developed on the Hansard coast in the 13th-14th centuries, or a nef, which wasn't a double-ended ship and had a modern rudder. Other purely European ships had some provision for oars. It's worth noting that (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | New Castle Visor? (Heads Up Castle-Heads!)
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To Whom It May Concern: I have placed three images of what appears to be a new castle visor on the following webpage: (URL) images are from the AMAZINGLY good Monty Python and the Holy Grail / Camelot mini-movie on Lego's website. As others before (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I just assumed that they custom made that piece for this specific skit - ala custom making the shields and cutting off the wings from the Batlords' helmets. The mace used in drumming would also be a custom piece. I would be overjoyed if they (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(URL) O.K. WoW… I Love stuff like this!!! Thanks Mr. Marchetti for the sneak-peek. But is it a possibility that this element has been solely created for this movie? (((lets hope not))) And regards to the helmet itself… it appears as though the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Who knows? That's why I am <outrageous french accent> taunting them a second time!</outrageous french accent> But check this out: (URL) if the visor was custom for the mini-movie, why not make it and the helmet look more like the helmet in the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Python movie on the Lego website, I rushed right over to try and watch it, but alas could not because of browser problems or something. Now that I see the picture, the "new" visor looks absolutely awesome. I agree that the helmet under there (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Is there a proper name for this "teutonic" style great helm?? Keeping this relevant to lugnet.lego: once Space/Town/Model Team are taken care of in the Legends line... My 10375 (2002 mix) Castle architecture is unchanged (unless it's (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: baseplate in 6091/6098 King Leo's Castle
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(...) Well, I won't dispute it's a SPUD, but I was more thinking if it had an amusing name, along the lines of: CRAPP: Crummy Ramp and Pit Plate - the baseplate with a ramp and pit. I tend to think of it as the Valley Baseplate, but it's not a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Castle Visor? (Heads Up Castle-Heads!)
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(...) I've gotta agree with Pawel here, I think it was a custom visor. I can't see Lego going back to the old style space helmet. Jeff (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I would lay very strong odds on it being a one-off custom that Lego didn't even do. This post: (URL) some info on how the movie happened, and there's a strong implication that the figs existed independant of LEGO before the movie. James (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think what they are talking about is this: (URL) but as we see here, this visor is just a regular lego visor. Maybe when lego decided to make the short film, they went the extra step. Maybe. -- Pawel (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | MOC Teaser.... yes, Anthony is building a real MOC!
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The world as we know it just got a little smaller. The vast spaces between us have shrunken. Eight adventurers seek the unknown, and will find more than they bargained for. (URL) fear what you cannot see, and still you do not fear that which you (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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It's certainly very well made if its not Lego Could it be a prototype for a never released set ?? the batlord helmets (sans wings) looked well done too, OK they could have been sprayed, but didn't look it It's odd if the visor was scratch built as (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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My bit of idle speculation would be that this helm was done for a follow-on series to last year's Knight's Kingdom series, which was then subsequently scratched once the Harry Potter's license was inked. Hopefully it will show up in the near future. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: medieval warships
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LFB, thanks once again! Man, this guy really knows "everything" :) Magnus (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Here is an interesting point. It appears that the helmet has the 3 holes for the plumes like the modren visor. yet there are no plumes in it[1]. Why take the time to make a custom piece, just for a lego movie, and add features that you are not going (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I thought the exact same thing. Plus, one has to consider that this is VERY unlike the DIY sculpey helmets we have seen from others -- this thing has to snap onto an existing helmet form and stay in place using two teeny protrusions to do the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Is it some kind of portal? /Elin (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not quite. He can't answer the one burning question in everyone's mind: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" ;D Jeff (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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A wood chuck could chuck two to eleven pounds of wood, if a woodchuck could chuck its own weight. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Richard Thomas, a wildlife expert from New York, estimated that a woodchuck moves about 700 pounds of dirt (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have seen similar helms from around the 12 century (Robert Bruce has one on in Braveheart when he jousts with Wallace), but those don't open up. I think they are just called "Great Helms", because of their size and great weight (which I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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But.... A woodchuck doesn't have opposable thumbs, so it can't chuck anything. Also, the bulkiness of wood, given that it doesn't come in small pieces like dirt, could prevent it being actively chucked. Rolled maybe, presuming woodchucks have the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Aren't medieval warships great :) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 "John Grubber" <jgrubber2000@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:GMwD2F.IEJ@lugnet.com... (...) Also, (...) dirt, (...) woodchucks (...) could (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: MOC Teaser.... yes, Anthony is building a real MOC!
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(...) In the top it looks like the black dragon is there --Only time will tell-- --Kevin W. § (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Castle Visor? NOPE, it's a custom!!!
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Guys....girls....let's not get too excited here! : \ IMHO, it's a custom helmet utilizing a Classic Space helmet as part of it....which is the give-away it's a custom. Logically thinking Lego would never re-issue the Classic Space helmet because it (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | 2nd Year Knight Kingdom series!
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~2nd Year Knight Kingdom series! (...) Oh, you mean the extension that involves King Leo’s son returning from the Crusades. Or at least that’s what I've read from the Futura’s story outline. I'm bettin’ that Leo’s heir could be a Crusader Prince... (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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You know there is no doubt in my mind that this IS a NEW helmet line, now whether or not it will be in some recent release, well who knows? I’m sure though, it too well done professionally to be a modification helmet. Also did you notice that the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Doomsday is here, or: I ran out of silver swords
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I never ever believed the day would come when I would be missing silver swords! But here it is, now. Here's how: I am, slowly but surely, starting to organize my collection in its new-old home. (You have to eralize that my collection must've grew by (...) (23 years ago, 17-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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it seems this is just one faction.. are your other armies this strong? (nice pictures by the way.. really clean and clear!) -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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after writing my "posting blues", i left immeadiately for my wedding (10 nov 2001), and then for my honeymoon and was away from my cpu for more than a week. i just wanted to say thank you to everyone who did reply to my post and said nice things: (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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black bricks are so cool, but when looking at them, they easily become confusing. i like the concept behind the structure, although it is difficult to discern. btw, i eagerly await the new chapter!! -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | -Teaser- Chronicles of Ikros -Teaser-
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Hear ye! Hear ye! Tis a new Teaser for the upcoming new year! Folks, I, along with Pawel Nazarewicz are proud to give you a little taste of what is to come. It really needs no introduction, so here it is: (URL) Chronicles of Ikros are about to get a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: -Teaser- Chronicles of Ikros -Teaser-
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(...) --Kevin W. § (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Cool army, Shiri. I like they way they have a well devised system of uniforms, yet none are out-of-the-box types. The young obi-wan faces in the kettle shaped helmets look especially cool. Do you have an army of baddies to oppose them? (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes: <ka-snip> (...) No lancers? What's a medieval army without a few lancers with pennants! Don't let the swords hold you up. Very nice homogeneous look even though you use a variety of figs. Bruce (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Questions for Wilson Raska
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Ok I have two questions 1. In your first stories Cassandra has red hair but in your IOM stories she has blond hair. Why? 2. When I try to go to your web site it says 'File Not Found ? The URL was not found on this server' It says that on every (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Heh, I was kinda surprised to come to .castle and find a message with my name in the header. :-) (...) Well Kevin, "something" happens in my CW stories that causes her to become a full-fledged paladin; changing her appearance. (...) I apologize for (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Interesting (...) Thanx I was using the address one the IOM page --Kevin W. § (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | The Royal Mill
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Hi, I built a new building on Sunday. I have been wanting to build a mill with a water wheel for a while now, so I did! The images are located here: (URL) are thumbs, click on them to get the bigger pictures. Also, I have a new domain name and site, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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It looks fantastic form the thumbnails but the links to the images appear to be broken. is there a pathing error ?? sort it out! I wanna see -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 "brian kasprzyk" <brian.kasprzyk@westgroup.com> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Sorry!!!! The thumbs are not working because the software I used to build the thumbs didn't map the path correctly. The images are located in a folder called Images, not images and because my hosting site is Unix based, case sensitivity matters. So. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for sharing. Thats gotta be the best moc I've seen for ages. I love the use of baseplates to give the split levels, and the gable next to the wheel is fantastic congrats -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) mechanism there. There is a lot of life in the watermill. One question - did you run out of black corner slope bricks, or does it have a red top for some reason? Good to see more original MOCs :) -- Pawel (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Nice Brian. Very nice. I like your use of the different baseplates. And your different pictures showing the different angles and minifigs working are great. I had made my own water wheel design months ago, and I haven't seen one built like mine yet. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Royal Mill
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(...) Unfortunately I did run out of black corners. It took a lot more than I thought to do that roof. I have the tip top pieces in black, but changed them to red just to be consistent. I need 31 more black ones. There isn't even that many on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Another update; The Royal Mill
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Another way to see all the pics without having to modify the URL is this: (URL) thumbs are still located here: (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) interior is very cool too. And moving parts always add to a creation. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Those look pretty good. I've been working on a water mill myself for a while now. Maybe one day I'll finish it and get pictures up. I'm trying to use a motor so it will turn on its own. It looks like you've used lots of gears to slow it down. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Once again you have proven yourself to be a brilliant builder! It´s a great MOC. You can really see how the minifigs are working :) /Elin (URL) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That was the same problem I was answering with the elaborate gear system I installed. The non-torque motor Lego makes turned my windmill into a mini fan. It really pushed out the air! The torque motor they have (power cable connects on top (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I followed your web address. You have a really nice Tree Temple. You put a lot of detail into it! Great work back to you. BK> (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The micromotors are always like that. Even in a loud room at a train show, standing within 10 feet of an unshielded one of these is really irritating. It's not nearly so bad if it is fully enclosed in a building or on a moving platform so that (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Royal Mill
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(...) When I click on the thumbnails I get a "404 HTML error" message - a classic. But from what I can see, it looks wonderful! It's almost better to see it small - it looks almost real in that view! Lovely job. -Shiri (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The links are corrected now for the thumbnails! BK> (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: MOC Teaser.... yes, Anthony is building a real MOC!
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(...) From my Dungeons and Dragons expireence and also from my expireence building I can say safely that that is gonna be something that will not be very good:) Slavick M (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Royal Mill
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awesome.. i love seeing the peasants coming to get their bread from the mill.. a little piece of every day medieval life; i wish lego would do something like this. but really.. totally cool! peace -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Another update; The Royal Mill
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(...) Brian, Superb building !! I really like the great use of the baseplates to integrate into your design. BTW, which set did the baseplate come from ? And I also like the roof design. Using the red to highlight the top came out well. Guess that (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Another update; The Royal Mill
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(...) The hunt for baseplates is one of my favorite parts of the hobby. This building/diorama uses several different plates. Here they are: -The squarish hill one comes in these castle sets: 6081 & 6086 -The raised river section is from the pirate (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Imagination Takes Flight - Answering the call to action
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Now here is a thankgiving turkey you wouldn't want to catch. Friends, after much hard work, the red dragon Formeathan has been Ldrawn. Images are here: (URL) entered him into the Ldraw.ord Model of the Month contest as well. Mookie wanted us to have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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(...) you can get a piece count! Come on, tell us how many... -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Anthony, it's still a great model but I am beginning to think it needs more wing feathers, esp. after seeing the CAD versions. The wings look kinda skinny... And you know the cross-posting police are gonna come down on you like a ton of bricks, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Me too. However if you were to build a 4 foot long lego dragon, you'd know too, that the wings being that size are very hard to make look 'full' and still make it so they move and don't destroy themselves when you pose them. I hearby challenge (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How about using a bunch of the triangular plastic wing/sail sheets that have come in several sets, such as 6045, 6088, 6093, 5921, 6495, 6579, etc. 6093 even has feathers printed on it. I know that these aren't "bricks," but they are still (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Royal Mill
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(...) Brian -- That is really cool. Not being much of a "gear head" (IE: not much technic in my collection) I suspect it would have taken me far longer than 4hrs to get the gearing right. ;) I understand some about gear ratios and such from my R/C (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack
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Hey all! I picked up the newly released soundtrack for The Fellowship of the Ring, and I must say, it is *fantastic.* It has a good mix of classical orchestral styled pieces, many of which are rather Wagnerian, and some Celtic pieces. In addition, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack
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South Park killed Enya for me. :) Being old is like being trapped in a dark room with Enya on the radio. It's cheesy and lame, yet earily soothing, all at the same time. "Jeff Stembel" <jeff.stembel@noaa.gov> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Ok - simple question for everyone: What is the best set out right now for castle fans? Bulk ordering excluded ... Now by best set, I have in mind a set that you get the most amount of useful parts for the best price. A ratio :) A while back, I would (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hagrid's Hut at Kmart this weekend at 20% off. I would say for $24, it had a nice variety of pieces. Again, taking cost into factor, it doesn't beat out the MTT. The plates are not very useful and the roof is *rap. The fact that you have to (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the Guarded Inn is probably the best for your buck these days in terms of pieces for new castles. If you consider postage etc, you could get about three of these for the same money you would spend on just one King Leo's Castle. That's 15 grey (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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A few to add: Slave I - TONS of green slopes, brown, etc., and coupled with the Landspeeder (also a good one) for $15, this is a great set. Also, I gotta give a nod to the Young Dinosaur series (7000-7003). These have a good bunch of grey and dk. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ~Evan Butzlaff (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think you've got my two favorites pegged there; my most recent MOC (which admittedly is a boat, not a castle - but it's *for* castle!) would never have happened without many 7184's. For traditional castles Guarded Inn beats other current (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey, everybody. my View on the best set for castle out is the Hogwarts castle, hagrid's hut, and the no, brainer, guarded inn. Here is why: Hogwarts: It is a huge castle, you get great minifigs like Hagrid and Dumbledore, the body armor... Plus all (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I'd add 6094 Guarded Treasury - it has cool window, dungeon door, gray and blue slopes, the lion head sculptures, and a tower piece. Castaway Pirate "Pawel Nazarewicz" <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:GnE9vH.7zy@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, I have been trying to find the correct proportions of the portuguese shield, for use in the PLUG logo, but unsuccessfully so far. So I thought of asking for help in this newsgroup, 'cause I think I remember seing something about shield (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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These are my choices for best castle theme sets out now: (Guarded Inn - does not really count, It would be very hard to out do most LegoLand Castle sets before the 1990's) Best small set: - Knight's catapult 4816 - it has decent peices and two nice (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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This really isn't about legos but if you like Anime you will love this. At toonami.com they actually play the cartoons online. If you check it out click on the show "Record of the Lodoss Wars". I just watched the first episode and it had a GREAT (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Brett! Yeah, Record of Lodoss War is a great series, however the newest season, called "chronicles of the Heroic Knight" is by far the best. I highly reccomend this series to fantasy and castle lovers! It was a big influence on my (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Fellow castle heads, the Chronicles of Ikros have one more chapter under their belt. I hope you enjoy it. The Chronicles of Ikros Chapter 22: An Ancient Society (URL) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle) !
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(...) Hey Anthony, great job on another story. I really liked how you mentioned Volldai in the story. Is this hinting at maybe having your two storylines cross paths somewhere along the way? Very cool idea! Wilson (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) well done, IMHO. By giving us the beginning of the story again, from another perspective, you manage a recap without it looking like a recap. Well told, and well timed, with the story moving farther away from Ikros. thanks, James (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) After I bought the first video and once I got 7106 droid escape. I was inspired to make a parn minifig. I improved him as time went on. I used the C3P0 torso (with d. gray arms), the brown hair, the luke skywalker (snow speeder) head, brown (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Argh! It's down, of course, because of excessive data transfer. I'll check it out later. How long has Geocities been enforcing their data transfer limits on an hourly basis? On a ranting note... They claim that you get 3Gb of transfer per (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ah, got through. Hmm... very interesting turn of events. That explains a few things. I'm curious- how far ahead do you plot? I mean, I can see that you have all the chapters planned out... but how much detail do you already know? As for the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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