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(...) Although it does appear that hinges were used, the sad truth is they weren't! Back when my village was created, tan pieces were still pretty rare, so I looked into using plates rather than slopes to save on Tan (since tan plates were getting (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thank's for all the help James.I am going to get a start on my village with Gaurded Inn :-). (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There are many ways. Here: (URL) you look at the house near the bottom-left hand corner, you can see that the two 2-plate thick roof plates are linked at the top with some pairs of 1X2 plate hinges. Then, just before the roof ends, the lower (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) lego.)Were (...) There certainly were. A lot of houses would be 1 storey with sleeping room in the roof. Lots of other types of buildings had 2 stories, tanneries, inns, bakeries. Most people would not have houses of more than 2 stories unless (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks,another Question (I ask so many Questions because i am new to lego.)Were there like midevil buildings maybe 2,3 floors high(not castles) ?Has any body built any. Thanks again (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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there are a few ways to do it. There is a brick made for doing it (URL) has come with a few sets, but not enough to be useful. I tend to use a 1x2 hinge brick. (URL) + (URL) like here (URL) these have the added bonust that they allow some degree of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I know this Question may sound stupid but how do you slant the plates to use as roofs?I might start building a village of my own soon. (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) as roofs?I might start building a village of my own soon. (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <Snippage> (...) Hey, thanks for the referral Leah! My Corincia is a bit small to be considered a village I'd think, but hey, whatever works :). I just wanted to point out directly the best lego town that I know of. It may not be inclusive or (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Will, Frank Filz's LEGO Castle links page has lists a few villages in the Structures section: (URL) villages/cities are... Chris Maddison's Small Village: (URL) Hall's City of Brahnsturt: (URL) Furman's Festival of the Guilds: (URL) Sava's (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Will, Great castle! Your great hall has a very similar shape to the one on my own castle, I've found this a very useful design, offering plenty of space for a great hall, and also lots of space for individual rooms. Nice detail on that lance you (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm sure there is pics out there...my mind is a blank with that one... (...) Well, I was looking at an encyclopaedia and was looking at a "Late Midieval Castle"...it had the keep to one side of the castle, surrounded by walls inside these (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all- After my first castle MOC, I have the urge to build a town. the problem is, I dont know what it should contain. Could any one direct me to a site with plenty of lego castle village pics? i need some Ideas as to what to build. I already know (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Frank, No pics at the moment, but I will be taking some ASAP. When they're done, I'll post them here. -Jay (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) adjacent section, and it would be nice for it to match up decently. Frank (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I was planning on building 4 towers of this design to be used as the "corner" towers for the town (the wall section connect to the tower to form a 90 degree angle). I was also planning on making towers of a different design to be used alonf the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh my gawd! You are sooo kewl… I've been known to have uttered that self-same statement!!! (I've said: “give me a break mom, would you rather me be like all those collage punks who drop their paychecks every night at a bar?”) (...) Exactly! (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I am in the same position as you both, Looking for a job so I can get more lego! (...) Got this one the other day when a box showed up, My mom at least somewhat understands, though she doesn't always like it. I just keep telling her I could be (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Troy, Nice tower! Looks very solid indeed. Are you planning on building every tower exactly the same, or will they vary slightly? I think I would personally go for a tower that juts out a little more from the wall, to offer flanking fire along the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, I've added to the chapter "Many Partings" in my Tolkien project. (URL) on Tim Deering's design: (URL) got a couple of more pipes: (URL) in the second picture. Chromed lightsaber hilts worked great because in the text it says that Bilbo gives (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for the kind words Bruce. My plan is to build atleast 4 of these as main towers. That does not mean that the city will be perfectly square. I'm probably going to try some different towers as well, with different type wall connectors. The wall (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) His BrickShelf gallery has been steadily growin’ since the beginnings of this thread. About 4 months ago Jimmy started photographing each of his contingents. (And I believe he’s still got a few more to go…) (...) Wicked, I can’t wait to see (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Troy, That's really nice! I really like that it's functional, too. My castles tend to be all show but no function. In part that's because I'm illustrating a story, so I'm just building for the camera most of the time, so often it's a facade (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jimmy, you are my hero as well! Those armies are righteous! The uniformity you have is incredible, I guess you could probably field an even bigger force if you lined up the irregulars and reserve militias. I was especially impressed by the 30 (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I've completed construction of a prototype tower for use with a modular wall system and would like to get some opinions on it: You can view some (fairly bad) pictures here: (URL) tower is functional in that it has interior stairs that minifigs willl (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I see...more as a lego version of yourself...stories like these always turn out in a way other than expected... (...) Hmm...if you want to read my castle story (more detail here, though...), check out this link (URL)Oh Yeah....there will be (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Perhaps... (...) I think you sort of got it....the character has a lot of my features.... and interests. He has a GED, which would probably pass in his world, not in ours... so he is a bit different in a number of ways. Having brushes with the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Back in 11th grade, I snuck Lego out from the attic and secretly played with it in my room. Not much of it, but enough to have some fun with. I hid it from my friends & family so nobody would know... One day, my mom came into my room, rather (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.people)
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(...) hmmmm....not really autobio.... I've done him up to look sort of like me...."off-beat and nerdy" but his outfit (Royal Knight outfit w/red epaulettes) is quite nice. Cletus' outfit is also very nice.... Oh Yeah, the character is in (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ........LOL!!! Sounds like my mother.... I'm in Anthony Sava's position...post college situation. My mom always gives me the "what for" looks when I am seen bringing in another box of lego...or when another arrives.... (I finally decided to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Funny isn't it. If Goodrich was about 30 miles away from you, I'd bet you would have been there by now. I've lived that close to it all my life and I have never been there. I've lived in Cardiff for 27 years and never been inside the castle proper (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Just wanted to let everyone know that all submissions for panels, workshops, events, or discussions will need to be in by July 1st so there is ample time for planners to get them organized. Also, any requests for plots in the walled town layout will (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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~This is sick, really sick! No man should ever have the power to wield an army of this size! (URL) have an insane number of troops in each category. The Black Falcons and Crusaders are my personal fav’s. Remind me never to go to 'War' with you. My (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks great anthony... I like the lighting.. sets the mood.... Kev..: ) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, John Henry Kruer writes: [lots of snipping here.] I would have to say that my parents despise Legos entirely (for reasons directly unknown to me). I guess since I started collecting during '97, they at first thought (oh ,sure. It's (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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My parents border on the edge of 'at least your not playing video games and watching TV' to 'your acting half insane building and buying all these Lego pieces.' It makes for an interesting mix. I don't get much reaction from (other)kids, but the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ~Oh, undeniably... Just look at how well Larry P. and Scott A. turned out! <mocking/> ;) -R (please forgive me) =P (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't have much to add more than a comment from my own experience. In the case of my parents, they viewed anything that got me away from video games and TV as a good thing. However, in recent years, especially now that I am graduated from (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) So I am proven wrong, and delightedly so! I'm happy to see the dragon has more movement built within it than I had once thought. I am especially happy to see that the wings can hold up their own weight, something that I cannot say the same for (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ~U r sooooooo lucky! To live in a country surrounded by spectacular Castles in every direction. Must be phenomenal! It’d be nice to see a few of the great castles like Corfe and Goodrich get rebuilt one-day… But I suppose that’d cost a few (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle)
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