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Hi Lenny, Just the other day I was noticing the same thing: That most Lego MOC Castle Villages focus on the Tudor style, as does the Guarden Inn. If I recall correctly, such a style was not popular until late in the middle ages, and even then not (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I thought I would add my muster to the others. I currently have: CASTLE: King Leo 80 Dragons 79 'plate' 77 Crossed Axes 72 Lions (old style) 62 Bats 56 Falcons 46 'scale' 41 Forestmen 34 Bulls 30 Wolfs & Peasants 26 TOTAL: 603 NINJA: Blue Samurai (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think you're right, the Tudor period itself was actually the period immediately after the middle ages (in England). I generally find myself building in a late medieval style anyway (as I think most of us do whether by chance or design), the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Wattle & Daub architechure is older than one might think, some believe back as far as the 1100s. The process merely consists of mud being placed around a wooden skeleton/frame. The roof was made of thatch/grass/twigs. Not really that advanced. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi there! The subject line pretty much says it all: we, the portuguese luggies, will have our first gathering in mid-March; there will be some castles and "castle-heads" among us, so we thought it might be interesting to set up a small "war". The (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.pt)
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(...) There are a couple of different ways you can go. There is a link to Mike Rayhawk's Brikwars on the web interface at Lugnet.fun.gaming. James Brown has also written some cool rules for castle wars. You can make them simpler or more complicated (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.pt)
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Heheh. I like the "FunFact", Kyle... Just did a quick search on the Web for "wattle and daub", and two sites that might interest people are: -Reconstruction of 2-story cottage with photos of building: (URL) info on peasant cottages, including (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Lenny, you might want to give David Macualay's (sp?) _Castle_ a try. It focuses primarily on the construction of a castle, from meager beginnings to the glorious final result, through sketches. VERY awesome book. It has a lot of villiage (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Need more factions? Want more minifig army diversity? Then try the Ikros shields stickers! Free for download today! (URL) you REALLY are interested, I can be talked into creating matching torso stickers. PLMKWYT! --Anthony (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sorry if this is ludicrously obvious, but what does "PLMKWYT" mean? Thanks the chinchilla (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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