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I just thought I'd share with the lugnet community my latest creature MOC. It is a treant I call Gnarlbark. In case you don't know what a treant is, I'll quote from my officially official AD&D Monstrous Manual (which is where I get a lot of my (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Anybody ever made a full-scale sword?
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Hey all, I made one over the weekend and it's come out really nice. All grey, dark gray, and black with some 1x1 trans round plates to make it look jeweled. It's almost four feet long. Right now I call it "The Black Leech." Hopefully, my digital (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Thanks to all the participants in the BrickFest Castle Room
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(...) I will throw a "Me too" here. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and getting to see all the Moc up close. The ideas and designs that were shared were truly inspiring. The walled town was an excellent idea and the execution of it went off (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) You got it right the first time. Since Lego has made few animals and animal type flags. I had to use the flags from the Knights line with the lion faces on them. So with that in mind, came the two cat statues that stand at the entrance. keep (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks, Jeff. You have given me an idea about using Johnny Thunder and his adventures at the Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree. We will see where this goes now... Keep building, Jim F. (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) turned out as good as yours, but I will continue to practice. Keep building, Jim F. (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) Ankor was just one of the structures that inspired me. I had originally intended to focus on one type of architecture because I was afraid that by trying to blend different types together, the project wouldn't look as good. But I found that as (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) See what happens when you try to post on limited sleep, you skip some important details. Thanks Larry for filling in the holes for me. The Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree won first place for the category of Non-Castle Moc in the castle room. Thanks (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) Thanks to both Bruce and Lindsay for their compliments. I too enjoyed Stephen's message, especially the very last award :) I must admit that I am surprised at the number of people who have commented on the fiber optics usage as streams of (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) Wow...looks so good it could be mistaken for a spoiler pic for the new Indiana Jones 4 movie. Great techniques in all parts of the model. Love the authentic "ancient" look. I can hear the "hummmmmmmm" mantras now... Jeff (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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WOW! Stunning... The details are exquisite, the overall structure is beautiful. Great job! (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) What Jim neglects to mention is that this won a trophy for best non castle structure at BF... There are a LOT of neat features in this model. My fave has got to be the fountains though. (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) That's easily the best alternate use of an element I saw in any MOC this year (and I was rolling over the fact that Stephen Roberts said the same thing in his message over at .events.brickfest). It was a truly stunning creation, and well (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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Wow! I saw pictures of that in someone's gallery of Brickfest snapshots. That's really cool. It seems kind of Ankor Wat -y to me. Was that the ancient structure you were drawing on? Oh, one piece question. What is the clear colorless piece that is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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(...) Holy cats! Or monkeys, or whatever the holy animal is.... I will attempt to ask questions as soon as my jaw comes up off the floor. Cheers, Ralph (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| | Temple of Shan-Ta-Ree
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Hi everyone, Well for Brickfest this year I brought along a project that I have been working on since the Memorial Day weekend of this year. I am very pleased with the way it turned out. As I told everyone that asked, my inspiration came from (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Re: Thanks to all the participants in the BrickFest Castle Room
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(...) Okay, I know I'm answering my own question, but I just found a bunch of photos in Troy's Brickshelf gallery: (URL) through this gallery, all I can say is: Wow! There is such great stuff there. I love the ship that has a Viking design but is (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Thanks to all the participants in the BrickFest Castle Room
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Hi all, Let me echo Jeff's sentiments. The walled town looked great, and thanks especially to Troy Ceferati for buildig so many wall sections and towers. It was great to meet so many other people and see other people's stuff for real. You can't (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Thanks to all the participants in the BrickFest Castle Room
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(...) Photos?!?!? Those of us who couldn't go are dying to see. Bruce (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Thanks to all the participants in the BrickFest Castle Room
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I'd like to thank everyone who brought items to display in the Castle Room and helped make the walled town the great layout that it was. It was great to see all those excellent creations! All of the creations were fantastic, and I hope to see (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Itou's Castle (Re: Castle work by Takeshi Itou)
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(...) Hello, again, or, as they say in Nihongo, Konichiwa, Larry-san. (It will be the death of me if these keys on my keyboard will not type!) I must concur that this a stunning site but the real treat is the creations themselves. Has this person (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Determined through Fear - The End of Book III
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Ikros Ikros I think I can safely say that these new chapters meet to your high standards Anthony, Great work, (though I was sad to see Tundrock die, ::sniff:: ) Mark A Taylor (Elf) (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Anthony you owe me for this
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(...) While I am flattered you took the time to do so, I'm afraid I don't think Lego will produce any of my MOCs. First of all, the Castle Arrandrall and the F'Rekkah Atoll are VERY big, far too big for lego to ever produce and make a profit. I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Determined through Fear - The End of Book III
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(...) Greetings all, I've been lurking about LUGNET since shortly after Anthony first posted about his saga, and have greatly enjoyed viewing all the thousands of MOCs that have passed before my eyes. I bought a membership a few weeks ago, and now (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Determined through Fear - The End of Book III
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes: (snipped) (...) I don't know whether to curse at you for killing Tundock or thank you for five chapters in less than a month. I like how you have given each of the dragons a distinct character. Your MOCs are (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Anthony you owe me for this
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Hi every one I just sent a letter to Lego concerning the new MOC line. I told them that they should publish anthony savas MOCS The dwarf castle mage knight school griffin and dire hawk. If they decide to contact anthony about this lets hope he lets (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Castles at legoland!
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I have just come home from a trip to Germany and Denmark and of course I had to visit legoland ;) They have built some amazing castles, like Neuschwanstein and Reichsburg. (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Determined through Fear - The End of Book III
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Mr. Sava, you continue to amaze and entertain the AFOL community! Keep up the good work, I look forward to your next update! ~Adam~ In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes: <<original message snipped>> (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Determined through Fear - The End of Book III
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(...) Hi Anthony, Just finished reading the new chapters. I have to say bravo. The new MOCs were excellent and the story was top notch as usual. Always nice to see someone with the time, talent and commitment to keep something like your site going. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes: SNIP (...) Anthony.... as usual.. the story is amazing...bit sad in some places The pix are brilliant... full of atmosphere.... Kev...: ) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: parts for castle?
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Hi John, "John Morgan" <aeonapolloRemove@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GzE0vz.H8s@lugnet.com... (...) Depends on what you want to build. If you like European "traditional" style castles, 10000 contains useful (lt. grey and black) parts for you. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What makes 375 a Legend?
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Hi Johannes, "Johannes Koehler" <chutspe@nexgo.de> wrote in message news:Gz7zxF.sC@lugnet.com... (...) That's also my feeling. I don't hate the Yellow Castle, I think it's a nice model, but not to the extent that I'm stunned by the design. Unlike (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Bravo bravo. Good @$$ chapters and MOCS are cool as Hell. Suchs about tundruck but i knew swift strike wasnt a trator. all and all good job. ps I couldnt go to brickfest eather because of personal reasons (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Determined through Fear - The End of Book III
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Here's something to do for all you (like me) who won't be going to brickfest, as well as all you who haven't left yet. The Kingdom of Ikros is updated! So little to write, so much time to do it in.... Lets see... I guess I'll start with MOCs Visit (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.publish, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Brickfest here I come with castle, pirate, and train (sorry, no space - except for trade fodder)
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I'm off to see the wizard.... I'm, on the verge of leaving to catch my flight (probably a little early, but I'd always rather be early than late). I am bringing (and it's amazing all of this fits into one large box, one large duffel, and my carry-on (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Brickmania #03 Country Mill (Dan Siskind custom model)
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In lugnet.reviews, Kerry Raymond writes: [big snip of excellent review] (...) Not necessarily true: historically (I believe, but can't cite references immediately) it was illegal to grind one's own grain in many areas, so one had to take your large (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: parts for castle?
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(...) Are (...) parts? Depends what colours you want ... The Liberty is superb parts set if you intend to build large sand-green castles, but I doubt most people want to do that. I think Yoda is a great set for parts as it has lots of tan and brown (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ozbricks Is selling Kevins MOCs
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(...) Hiya all.... OK, if your wondering about my MOCs on ozbricks, Yes, I'm going to be selling some Custom models.... There will be some one offs... and there will be some sets that will have a short production run...!!! So stay tuned to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ozbricks Is selling Kevins MOCs
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(...) if they are limited to one then they dont include minifigures ._. but please no one buy the big castle I realy want it. I know I cant take it away from you but I will be up a 5 am the day they relese them and get what ever I can afford. Dont (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | chapter 6 is now written...(obviously no pictures yet...) :(
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Hi, I spent an hour or two last night writing the next chapter in my saga. Here is the index of chapters: (URL) is listed under "Chapter 6" (for those who haven't read the story already, or want to see the update on the pics so far...which did a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)
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