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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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