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Yes, I remember studying Motte and Baileys at school, many, many years ago. It should be an interesting project for you. I will be interested in how you do the circular fortified walls usings brown log pieces. Richard. "James Stacey" (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Does a Motte and Bailey have to be round? It's been a while since I read all those history texts of that era, but I thought such a thing is any wooden fort built on a hill, where the hill is most often man-made from earth moved from the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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After some building and photographing, I'm pleased to announce an update to my site. (URL) More News (story), including two battles! (relatively small) the plot thickens! * News Pictures of Coplton Marketplace with Rikly's Blacksmith shop and the NA (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce)
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(...) They were typically round, but the "keep" on the center of the hill is often square. The perimeter wall is often round. If anybody can prove me wrong, say so! (...) Rob robo2705@hotmail.com (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | NEW PICS... from Andrastavia...!!!!
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Hiya... Just thought I'd share some pics from my new chapter which is comming soon... (URL) ya like it.... the pics are from my teaser poster on brickshelf I posted a few days ago...!!! (URL) ) www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia andrastavia@ozbricks.com (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here are some links to images of hstoric motte-and-bailey castles: (URL) looking at these it seems that the walls weren't necessarily round, but sometimes were straight with rounded corners. Though there are doubtless countless more examples (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Like it? I LOVE it! Those are fantastic! I'm working on my own castle-based kingdom now, but your stuff puts me to shame... Oh well, back to the drawing board... ;) I cannot wait to see more. Please?!? Henry (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) in the making, and I'm glad it's almost here. -- Pawel (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) [SNIP] (...) Lenny, Nice job! I like your storyline, it has a lot of potential for conflicts (which I like): intrigue, territorial disputes, a heavy-handed occupying government, freedom fighters, etc. I like the two battles, too. I like how (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Lenny, Nice work here. As I think I've said before, I like your cities. They are tiny but give a great feeling of a bustling, busy place where people are living their lives. Your storyline is also well done. I like the news clip feeling that it has. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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You can find it now at (URL) luck! Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | I wanna see your fellowship!
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To commemorate today’s release of “The Fellowship of the Ring”, here is my take on Characters appearing in the Film. (URL) are based on their appearance in the film, not my imagination from the books (my imagination is nowhere near as fanciful as (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here was mine. Not based on the movie. Not so easy to see all the characters, they're not exactly posing: (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jon, Here's a link to mine, fuzzy images and all, (URL) . I should retake them with a better camera. George (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) thank you.. i was hoping that all those elements were coming through! (...) this was actually very important in the entire story, since the occuping gov't has gunpowder how could anyone fight them? but in reality there are some major (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) thank you.. it is what i was trying for. (...) hey, your house was so cool.. i was home one day with nothing to do and i said.. you know, i think i have enough extras to build that.. and i did (had to steal some from existing mocs for the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | demise of Leo's Castle
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I guess its official.... King Leo's Castle no longer available from Shop @ Home....at least it is no longer present. I guess this is a happy day for the castle "purists" who didn't like the design of the castle... fine. But that was still a very (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Only if they replace it with something better :) Being a castle 'purist', I couldn't stand Leo's castle. Bad design, horrible parts, and some good figs. (...) I must agree that there were some good parts to the theme. The figs were great... (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Hagrid + Troll = FuN!
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Has anyone placed the Trolls loin-cloth vest and skirt upon Hagrid? Well, I did! & It looks pretty good… The Troll's vest fits PERFECTLY over Hagrids and helps fill-out his upper body. (Hagrids hair-piece really secures the vest to his back and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Let's have a moment of concerted wishing that TLG's new castle theme line follows on the two most recent releases..."The Guarded Inn" & "The Blacksmith's Shop" ;) Of course I would REALLY like to see bulk packs of the sloped wall elements (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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