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Re: Carved Lion Head Block?
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 29 Dec 1999 01:25:03 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Timothy Carl Buchheim writes:
> Doyle wrote:
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> > It would have been better if it were Gray or dark gray, not tan. I wouldn't • be
> > able to find a use unless building in a desert area? The tan doesn't seem to
> > look right with the gray castles. Its a shame to make it tan for a gray • castle
> > theme!
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> I like the tan. It's not unusual to use a different type of stone for
> decorative elements of a building. I've seen this done on a lot of
> Greek temples, for example. Such as the sandstone Ionic frieze found on
> a Doric temple whose name and location escapes me at the moment, or the
> limestone decoration on the Erechtheion in Athens, which is otherwise
> made entirely from marble.
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> --
> Tim Buchheim
Your talking about asian architecture I am building in 13th century european
architecture. Looking at the castle not many have tan carved images. :)
Since its castle theme is gray in the 2000 sets they should have made it lt or
dark gray, just seems to be the logical choice.
Doyle
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) to (...) Diana Rambo E-mailed me this to post for her since she couldn't post. " Come on people, It's yellow because a Lion is Yellow. It's that simple." Thank you. Diana Rambo (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Carved Lion Head Block?
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| (...) Greece is in Asia? I always thought there was something wacky about my "Western Philosophy" class (aka Dead White Guys 101) but I never imagined that was it! J (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I like the tan. It's not unusual to use a different type of stone for decorative elements of a building. I've seen this done on a lot of Greek temples, for example. Such as the sandstone Ionic frieze found on a Doric temple whose name and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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