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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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(...) ~Evan Butzlaff (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) The links are corrected now for the thumbnails! BK> (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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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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