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Hi all- This is my first Castle MOC, the Drachepferd (kinda lame name, I know, but all I could think of was running "dragon horse" through The Fish [1] and using the coolest-sounding name). Used as a beast of burden and riding mount throughout the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Did y'all catch the dark grey horse mask/cowling? (URL) dark-color-themed armies don't need to armor their horses in bright red! -s (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Removing printing from chromed elements
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(...) Wow, some of you have really been looking at that image VERY carefully -- and yeah, you can see both stickers on that side lifting off. Thanks for the keen eyeballs. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Removing printing from chromed elements
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:Gy1uI3.Izz@lugnet.com... (...) I discussed this yesterday with some other people. Many of us believe that those are stickers on the 10026. Here's a good close shot of the right corner of (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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Thomas, nice design & pretty cool! Jackie (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Removing printing from chromed elements
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(...) I doubt you'd have much luck - I'm pretty sure the chrome is just printed (or otherwise applied) to clear elements anyway. Removing any printing would most likely remove the chrome too. ROSCO (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:Gy1uI3.Izz@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm I think you'll find thats a bad example. I'm pretty sure the chrome on the bull's shield is simply printing, as its not a proper chrome element. I guess (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Removing printing from chromed elements
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Hey Y'all: Has anyone tried removing the printing from a chromed element? In particular I am thinking of the Bull's shield, and looking ahead I am considering the 10026's rounded slope. -- Hop-Frog (The Clown Prince of Modifications) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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Thank you all very much for the nice comments, I really do appreciate them. I posted some [crappy] photos of the inside/rear of the model: (URL) need to get a better digital camera) The inside was more of an afterthought, nothing special. The only (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Kingdom of Gatimrja: story continues
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(...) I thought chapter 1 was very well written....lots of (political) intrigue at the very beginning with the southern power-hungry duke. Very nice touch to have a female as the hero(ine) of the saga. I noticed that a lot of the females in your (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Chronicles Teaser
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this is just such a weird picture... you're too good at these teasers, anthony! i'd have to say that the dragon and the guy are statues, but were once real people and somehow got turned into stone.. and now garalt and co. is going to wake them up.. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Kingdom of Gatimrja: story continues
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I hadn't read any of your stories (eg, the prologue) yet. what a really cool premise! and funny too! a cursing princess of has been asleep for 1000 yrs! how funny! This is some really good stuff, and alot of gutsy risks (a yellow, white, red, blue (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Castle Adane and others
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Nope, Lenny hasn't fallen off the planet. In fact he's been quite busy the past few months... (URL) now for all the boring words: *all fo the buildings were built with attention to "believability" meaning, that if I were a minifig, I could get (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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(...) I agree, except that the thumbnail portraits were a bit too small to readily distinguish the speaker, especially when he was wearing a helmet. . . I also thought that helmet inconspicuously leaping off a head at Aemilia's language was neat (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Kingdom of Gatimrja: story continues
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(...) Well done. The dialogue, I thought, was cleverly written and the action matched up well. I liked the facial portrates identifying the different speakers also. Keep up the good work. --Anthony (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! <<_Matt Hein_>> Lugnet No. 1112 (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Peeron.com says minifig spear (URL) comes in trans lt blue in set 8511 (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I got a chance to read your story, and I must say it's quite interesting. Lots of picture detail, and of course, a decent beginning for a medieval story. The dialogue settings are very odd, though... I've never seen them done in that (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Kingdom of Gatimrja: story continues
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Chapter I of my castle story is finished. Check it out at: (URL) can get there from the Updates section, or the brand new (and rather empty) Stories page. Stay tuned for Chapter II, which is currently in production. And, as always, comments are (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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(...) Would love to see a whole series of these of varying size (the way Lego does it) that could be combined together into one big town with a market, houses along the outer wall and the main hold in the center.. You could even have a small oasis (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Shield idea...
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"Josh Baakko" <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gxpn8A.E0t@lugnet.com... (...) Josh: That is a great shield variation! Very creative. It also provides a good surface areaopportunity for custom stickers. Have the triangle pieces been made (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | GALAXY ENFORCER CONTEST 2002 IS GO!
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LUGNET. Your time is now. The contest will end on the 17th of July. The winners will be announced on the 20th of July. (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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Gary, I really like this MOC, it's really clean and there are tons of little details that pop out every time I look at the pics. It totaly remindes me of the early Pirates sets like the Eldorado Fortress. (URL) really like the small detail like the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | another chapter to the Benny Brave Saga...
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I wrote the next chapter on Monday, and have been dragging my feet about writing it up on the computer and posting it. I am very busy this weekend, and on Friday. So, I posted today. Here is the link the index of chapters... (URL) link to the new (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Tolidar
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(...) ^Thanks!!! you have tons of cool ideas! wtb (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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Gary, This is one of the most beautiful MOC's I have seen in a long time. Unique, yet recognizable and simply built. Along with the tan/white scheme, I really like the lt. grey/dk. grey alternating plates in the wall. Your awnings are seconded only (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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(...) You got me curious... (feel free to e-mail me further data, if it is so "un-postable" in LUGNET :-P) (...) Would it be related to what you said above? :-D Pedro (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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(...) Gary, Wow, that's great, you have some nice details there (particularly the canopies) and the color scheme is nice. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.adventurers, Gary Thomas writes: <SNIP> (...) I like the colour scheme, love the balcony scenes, and find the use of lion heads in your archway so good, I'll probably goining to use it myself (copying is the nicest way of complimenting (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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My homepage has moved to (URL) uploaded it today, just for you :) If you hadn´t asked about it, it probably wouldn´t have come up for another month or two.... /Elin (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Walls of Zanzibar
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"Gary Thomas" <thomasg@rohan.sdsu.edu> wrote in message news:Gxz7Kt.n33@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) this (...) I (...) being (...) That really is fantastic Gary. The design is classic era Lego, with great use of brick and space. I've tried a few (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Gary, I love your latest MOC! At www.1000steine.de/forum I mentioned that this is my favorite model for the next customer's MOC which LEGO should produce! The color sheme, the sun roof, the arch ... as said by someone else: Really really nice (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love it.... I've always wanted to do something like that... never got round to it... I love the striped awnings.... very clever... gives a nice feel too Kev..: ) www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Chronicles Teaser
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Just to prove that I'm really going through with this whole 'continuing the Chronicles of Ikros' thing, I've decided to release another teaser picture of an upcoming, BRAND NEW chapter of the Chronicles of Ikros. Admitedly the last teaser was a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Chronicles of Ikros - Now Fully Illustrated!
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(...) Thanks much! Yeah, a lot of people like the tower chapter a lot too, though my favorite is towards the end of the current chapter list. Just you wait till book IV... And thanks for the feedback! (...) --Anthony (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Chronicles of Ikros - Now Fully Illustrated!
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(...) Glad you liked it! I was hoping I'd get a little interest in the old chapters if I illustrated them. To tell the truth, this chapter, chapter 8, was the first chapter of the story I ever wrote. When I finally got around to doing more of the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have to agree with Pedro here, you've done a lot with very little. The elements seem to have been placed with an almost zen-like precision. Nice. As to the color scheme of the window canopies, I know it well from a series of XXX-tra sleazy (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The exterior design is fantastic, it manages to maintain a fair degree of detail in a quite small space. My personal favourites are the sun-screens over the windows (what a colour scheme!), and the clever use of "white topping"; it comes out (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Walls of Zanzibar
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Hi, I'm not much of a castle guy, but I was messing around with some ideas and put the following together: (URL) thought of this color scheme because all tan looked really boring, and this had a nice look to it. Also take note of the balcony and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers) !!
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| | Re: (_Some sets of interest for Castle folks_)
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(...) If you are interested I have just posted a review of some of them at: (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)
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