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(...) Thanks - the price of the white 1x1s really went down with the introduction of the Lego Mosaic. Now we just need bulk plates at S@H and we are set :) -- Pawel (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's actually a good solution, but I don't have enough black slopes to make it work large scale on my castle. I had to settle for using double-slopes: (URL) am pretty sold on modularity for building castles - I think I will put a FAQ about (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Pawel, Wow, great, I love the lighthouse, adding the water was a very nice touch. George (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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WOW! that is truely fantastic Jeff. I love the attention to detail, and the realistic architecture of the hall you _must_ finish it :) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Jeff (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Alllllrighty. Some pictures of the towers and walls up at (URL) Nelson (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Jason! Yeah ... there was just something not right about them. In a weird way, I'm of the belief that every MOC is intended to come out in some way, and it's up to me to realize that potential. That's why projects take so long - there (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah ... I've been thinking about that. I figured that a lighthouse itself probably doesn't need a defense system, but once I start builing the port and foundry around it, that's when some major defense mechanisms will start falling into (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks. I notice that a lot of work can go into the landscape around the MOC, and it sets the tone nicely for the MOC itself. I usually don't have th patience for it though ... Must ... get ... to ... MOC ... instead :) -- Pawel (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I used MLCad's measuring thing: It's 5 feet by 5 feet, aprox. (...) Man, it sounds like that Brickfest was pretty darn cool. I wish I could have made it there! (...) Well, there are actualy only wall-walk doors on the sides facing the walls. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks :) No reason - I didn't really think about it before now. I guess I like stuff by the water because you get a lot of variety that way. Having a stream flow by a MOC can really spice things up, PLUS, you figure that most people in the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Si. (...) Yes, but here is why I resorted to using black: 1) It's available in the 3033 tubs, which makes it available on Brickbay at a descent price. 2) I can order black slopes from S@H. 3) Black arches are a lot more available than white or (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I dunno if it is quite as huge as some of the others castles out there (about 80 by 100 pegs), but I have a pretty big castle that I built over the summer right after Brickfest, and which I intend to improve when I get home over Xmas. I posted a few (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Yup, that's a wee bit big! Man i wish I had piecs to build something that big, I'm still using castle wall pieces for my walls. BTW, I love the main curtain wall, it reminds me a lot of the castle Pawel took to Brickfest this summer. I couldn't (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) For us Americans, thats 31.5"x31.5"; 21.5" high; 55" long with the courtyard. :D (...) LD *NEEDS* to sell 1x3s; I can't build much of anything without them!! Anyway, I too am working on a big castle project: (URL) doubt it'll be done anytime (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love your model Chris! The shelves with the books are nice and the wizards messy workingroom is really lovely. But of course my eyes have been fixed longest time on the tree: that is in fact georgeous! Have you thought about sending a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) using now, instead of the white ones. You are indeed right that the other ones were too bulky. I like the bits of grey around the tower, they add to the worn effect. (...) -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears (URL) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Chris, Yeah, I'd love to have a full street of houses in this scale... I ran a search on Google using their image seach and found some pictures of different medieval towns and I have been referring to them frequently while building. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks KK. :-) Total number of pieces: 203, not including the baseplate. That's just for the front half that you can see. I am currently planning to work on several variations of this design to create a whole street. Building time has been (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Jason, I was particularly pleased with the results I got with those 1x2's with one stud. They gave the upstairs a bit on uniqueness. :-) -Andy Lynch (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I´m working on a big gray castle. It´s 80x80cm and 55cm high. With the courtyard it´s 140cm long. (Sorry no inches) (...) I dream about 1x1 and 1x3 gray bricks at shop at home ;) And slopes, and plates.......Mmmmmm. (...) You will probably see (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello, Just wondering if anyone else has been working on any Major castle projects like myself? I know with LD not giving us the bulk bricks like we want and sometimes cost factor can hinder our progress. Just wondering, haven't really seen much (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) cogs come to invade....!!! Kev..: ) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's a fine looking little lighthouse. I especially like, for some odd reason, the rock base and sea foam details. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've been working on it since last summer. :) (...) Sure, sure! I'm gonna have sorta a "walkthrough" once it's complete. (...) Aye, that is just the outside of the first 3 stories of the Central Citadel. I agree: it is like a botanical garden. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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always, your stuff is so cool.. ive noticed a trend of seaside MOC's.. any reason? i like them anyways, especially how you do the waves and sea foam and stuff.. just the surrounding countryside in general is cool. -lenny (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) While at first I wasn't sure what it is "hmmm ... those are just the sets", once I realized what it is - a medium to place them in, the detail that you put into this started jumping out at me. I look forward to more progress - I see a castle (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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the castle is just way cool.. i can't imagine spending that much time in front of a cpu. some questions: could you get a close up of it so we could see some detail? i can tell you;ve put some in, i can't make it out though. will the citadel be (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Here is my new MOC - a lighthouse that will be connected to the castle town of Blut'Ader. I wanted to create something small that wouldn't steal the thunder away from the city, yet fairly realistic. (URL) also included a little link section for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !!
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it took me a second as to what it was you were showing us, but then i realized.. its the diarama, backround stuff.. right? anyways, i think that is way cool.. i love diarama/backround stuff, especially when they incorporate rivers and especially (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Some teaser pics of what will be coming sometime next year :) Please take a look, and let me know what you think. The URL is: (URL) ! Lex (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Greetings, all. I just thought I would share a rather funny picture of my under-construction Citadel. I was building the "Central Citadel", the tower that would go in the center, and I neglected to measure to see how big it should be. Thus, the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, to be honest, the main reason I haven't is because the contest wants "original works" and not something that exists elsewhere. :/ All of my time right now is going into specific projects (IoM and Davinskeep), and there's no point in (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Geordan. Glad you liked it. A good change of pace from military vehicles and mecha, eh? :-) -Chris (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Magnus. Yeah, I wanted a sturdy, well-built, solid look, but I didn't want to go too far and give it a fortress-y look. (...) Now that I think about it, they do kind of resemble some mideast castles I've seen; must've been my (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Cale. The tree definitely sets it off, I think. (...) Again, thanks. (...) Man's got a point. :-) But they don't know a thing about butlerin'. -Chris (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Great work Chris! I like the way you've made it look very solid and almost castle-like but also clearly from the architecture, this is someone's home as opposed to a military fortess. The crenelations look appropriately "outlandic", as if they were (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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wow! chris that rules! Rare it is for me (a space-mechy-WWII-plane-tank head) to be inspired so by a castle creation, but this is awesome, There is so much detail all over! That tree is too cool, that's probably why I like it so much, sheesh, this (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Hi Mark! (...) Welp, basically any kind of machine would not function inside the Mist. Even simple physics-based machines: gears might pop out of place, big rubber bands could snap, the pressure of steam would not be effective against the pressure (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Yeah guys, why aren't you submitting things? I'm one of the jury members, so you can start sucking up right now..... (just kiddin!!) Anyhow, get to work fellas, I'm looking forward to see what you have up your sleeves! Like René said, get to work (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey, Castleheads! Now, in times where you can siege and maybe win a MISB (!) 6086, where are your armies? I'm wondering why there are no Castle entries for the ISCC ((URL) until now. Are your soldiers sleeping or playing cards all day long? I would (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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