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That looks great Andy. really baroque. Do you have any links for a comparison to the original ?? It definately works well in LEGO :) Thanks -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Andy (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thankyou...: ) (...) I like a bit of variety in my work... plus also, alot of real castles the way they look now is very varied.. as they were added to over the hundreds of years they were standing.. so the original castle colours were (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Looks great, I've always wondered what a castle wall would look like with the dark grey mixed with the light grey. Did you decide to skip the preformed walls based on the look you wanted? Also, this has been bugging me for a while. Where did (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow. is there something in the water. Thats amazing. The Citadel looks really imposing casting its shadow on the town beneath, and the town has so much character and detail, and as always beutifully presented and manipulated shots. Did you have to (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thats a fantastic looking creation. Full of detail and life. Hats off to you -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Jon Furman" <rambocalrissian@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sure looks like it, but will it be worth the price? My guess is $20.00 and you'll get a couple of cool minfigs and gates. No quality pieces to build buildings with, just accent type pieces.... -Aaron (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Harry Potter..... What are you going to do with all the bats? There don't seem to be any 1x6 or 1x8 pieces...... The sets seem to be just frames of models with no walls. Very cool minifigs and doors, but is it worth the money when compared (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Don't be so sure yet, I just started building again (can't call it the end of any "dark ages" though, as I've been buying and building sets all along, it's just the start of my MOC's :), much experience needed!) (...) I can see how that would (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm sure your creations are great.. remember its quality not quantity... all those little bits and pieces give character...!!! (...) Thanx..: ) (...) It is just a little bit of airbrushing in Photoshop, and screening it back...!! (...) Alot of (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Was just using the Lugnet guide this vacation and saw a couple things I could help fill in! Set 1547 - "Black Knight's Boat" - $4.25 from LEGO Shop at Home (1996) Set 1596 - "Ghost with Wolfman" - also $4.25 from LEGO Shop at Home (1996) Also, my (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hear Hear! I second that :) Then I could have a place to show off my grand creation! A general store! No, it's not that big (2 stories and about 12 x 16 studs or so?), and no, there's no city surrounding it... and there isn't much scenery (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Roger that, I was gawking at it on Brickshelf earlier today but didn't want to post about it till Jon did. (...) Trains ain't exactly a pushover, it's got a lot of good entries but I am SO GLAD not to be a castle judge! It would be an (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Thanx Richie.... it's taken long enough to finally get to this stage...!!! Kev..: ) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Eric.... thanx for the encouragement....: ) As for the backgrounds, I explain it in a step by step process with pictures too.. in my updates I'm doing for my website... which will be uploaded in the next week....!!! Kev...: ) (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Very nice! You've made good use of red, I'd never have thought it would look so good on a castle. I like how you made the flanking towers roundish with the white bricks. Is this supposed to be as exact a replica as possible of Neuschwanstein, or (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Very impresive Jon! The castle walls do look great with the chunks missing, and you have mixed the grey and dark grey to great effect. Also the tourquoise castle parts from the Hoggwarts Castle look much better on a grey castle than I expected. I (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Beautiful. Just some of my first impressions/comments questions: You seem to have been able to make the white, greay and black look nice together in the castle walls, by doing each wall or tower in a single colour. I'll have to remember this for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanx Kerry... I'm glad you like it.... Really, it's taken 25 years of collecting and 6 months on and off building.... but as for the presentation of my work, I guess I do it for a living... being a graphic designer... so I expect my work to (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) topic! I'm just flabergasted by the details - I won't even attempt to get into it here :) Good luck to you - the castle catergory seems like a very tight one. -- Pawel (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) 5 (...) Kev, what can anyone say but "Wow"! The problem with this .castle group is that there are too many fantastic people doing fantastic things. I think we need a .castle.mere-mortals group for the rest of us! Kerry (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) [snip] (...) Great work, Kev! Inspirational stuff... Cheers Richie (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Shiri, I think I found a few more mistakes and corrected them. That's what I get for creating the pages at 2am when I was already pretty tired from building. I'll probably add interior to the structures after I get more built. I want to (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This is simply beautiful... How did you add the water detail's??? Especially in the pic with the Royal ship? Eric (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hiya all... Just thought I'd share some pics of my latest MOC...6 months in the making..... a huge medieval city and castle.... it takes up a massive 7 x 5 (32 stud) baseplates in size...!!! This is my entry in the 1000steine competition.... also it (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle) !!
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(...) rest of the castle...!!! you need alot of white bricks.. ha ha ha Kev...: ) andrastavia@ozbricks.com www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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For those of you who are interested, I have added the pictures of my ISCC entry to by brickshelf page. The contest asks for only 10 photos so I put the other 20 or so up here. (URL) of the buildings are Facades, but they are unfurnished. the Town is (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle) !!
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I think that this looks really great. you seem to have a good grasp on 3d realism. was this all thought out before hand, or did you start, and then work around the obstacles as they came? I think that this is a tremendous piece of work, how many (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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That was my first thought too, James. :-) Let's keep our fingers crossed! -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Stacey" <james@minifig.co.uk> (...) ?? (...) isn't (...) number (...) Werewolves, (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Or maybe the moral is to always check it in NS4.7, since if it works there, it'll work anywhere, since it dislikes errors. A very admirable quality, if you ask me. Jeff (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Hello all, I have completed a minifig scaled Neuschwanstein Gatehouse. Pictures are located here: (URL) is not on a mountain top, but I have a small contingent of troops arrayed in formation before it, to show scale. I know that the side towers (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce) !
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Hey Chris! Great stuff, as usual. Your characters are very unique and full of personality, and I'm still in love with your Wizard's tower. One question, though. I've been waiting forever for you and Shiri's characters to have a nice crossover (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) second chapter now, so I'll tackle those problems you listed. Thanks for the feedback, it's greatly appreciated :) -Jay (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Jay, I'm playing catch-up, and finally got a chance to look at your site. Looks good, and I like the beginning of your story (it's got me wondering what exactly are Lorien's fighting abilities, and how did he come by them). However, there seems to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) *Gosh*! Yesterday I spent about forty minutes browsing your site and writing a detailed reply with tons of specific comments, feedback, and all that good stuff. I even took the time to point out a few specific typos. I can't believe it didn't (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! Chris, this has to be the gazillionth time that a big announcement of yours spawns into a browsers thread. (See "The Gathering Writeup" for example...) Learn from your mistakes, sweetie! You *always* check your site with the "other" (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Chris, this new site is totally cool. I love the pages, it's obvious you're making good use of that new cam... the new characters + story show a lot of potential for interesting play. Pawel and Wilson said everything I wanted to - even the part (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, netscape 4.7 totally sucks. However, netscape 6.2 (the latest version, based off the geko rendering engine and mozilla codebase) doesnt. (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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There is no </body> tag in there. Might be responsible the moral of the story is steer clear of NS4.7 (or any other flavor of netscape) and its patented Ugly Filter :) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Works fine for me in mozilla 0.9.7 (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Is that the return of the pesant hood I see on the guy in the middle ?? -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Matthew Christopher" <darklord73@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle)
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