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(...) WOW! I don't think I've ever received such high praise from a non-castle poster before. Talk about giving me an ego trip... It'd be a nifty thing if my website were a monument of that sort, but there are so many more wonderful things that (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm glad you liked it so much. I have had several emails regarding the ending, some people really didn't like it. I guess there's just no pleasing some people. I was trying to aim for an ending that would tie up all the loose ends and leave (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nicely done, Dave! Your first castle is excellent. It has great detail. I was very impressed with the area around the castle. The garden and market have some very nice touches. I plan on 'stealing' the fish monger idea from you. Your tree in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Huzzah! Follow the link below to see the great Simmons Castle: (URL) the link below and tread the path to ultimate evil. The Lair of Droctiliath awaits! (URL) welcome, and please report any text errors or other goofs! Thanks for looking! Dave (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle) !
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Bruce! How's it going man!?! I'm glad to hear you've got more planned. I love your site. You've done so much already, I'm certain you deserve a break in the schedule, I saw you've been slash dotted, you've probably been getting a lot of traffic (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Judging from the pictures, it looks like you are taking stock pieces of plastic and cutting/glueing basic shapes together to get you final piece. The Great Helm (beautifully done) looks like you have worked over an existing minifig helm...? (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thank you Gil, Your compliments are very encouraging! The Lego's of Beleriand is a great name for a website! If I ever have time to move my pics from Brickshelf to a site, I'll ask you if I can use your title! If only the Valar could get me (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Always great to hear from you George, as always, thanks for the compliments! Jon (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I've never been slash dotted before, in fact I'm a little new to it, so I had to check it out, before I posted. I guess I'm now officially a geek! I also found out I got posted on The One Ring .Net as well, so I guess it can be said that I've been (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Chris, It took some building to get that Stone base set up correctly! The Harry Potter Walls did come in handy when doing the steps. After the roof, engineering that platform was pretty hard to do symmetrically, I'm glad they made those (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Christian, I really appreciate your compliments. I'm kind of stuck on what to do next (If I have the time!). I hope that you've enjoyed lurking, it's cool to have you in the community. Thanks again! Jon (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Jason, I appreciate the positive feedback, I had to get all of those 1x1's from bricklink! THanks again. Jon (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Well, yeah. It's a bit harsh of a minifig "natural selection", isn't it? I should correct that, rather than going into some convoluted explanation of the minifigs all having parachutes, but as none of them have backpacks, they'd have to have (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Now why didn't I think of that before? That would be a lot more simple and clean of a solution, haha. But, would it fit ok? I mean, would there be any gappage that would be less than a plate thick? (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey, Well, I'm the guy with the "LITTLE ARMORY". Any questions? Oh, and btw...BAKING sculpey? Not for such small pieces like helms. Try boiling a little water, then carefully put your piece in. Let it boil for about 2-5 minutes(size thing)and you're (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, I think the easiest solution would be to run two technic beams parallel to eachother, with the studs going in opposite directions. Then connect the beams at a few places with technic pins. Now you have a 2xn "brick" with a line of studs (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Is anyoe else having problems viewing these helmets? I gte the message that Netscape cannot access the server or something. I must say have been looking foirward to seeing more of these helms, and without actually seeing them yet, I woud agree that (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Jon, Once again you make me despair. How can I make my Meduseld measure up to this? Beautiful work, my friend. I love it all, but some of my favorite little details are the way the roofbeams cross in the front and the little horse statue (looks kind (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for the reply! In the meantime, I shaved the top off a traditional bullet helm, slapped on some binary epoxy putty, let it cure, and now I'm in the process of grinding it into something that looks like a great helm (the flat top (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Kyle, thanks for taking the time to write this up. I'm only one more who is curious about trying this, but wouldn't know what was in store before jumping in. -Erik (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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'.........' That, is the sound of me gaping at the entire folder. Meduseld, Helm's Deep - all of it. Being a hopeless Tolkien fan, these creations are simply mind boggling. If the Valar had Lego at their disposal, this is what they would make. The (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Bruce (and others), I have pretty much been lurking around at LUGNET and not actively building anything. I did draft up a quick (primitive) tutorial to help people get started on sculpting custom helmets for their minifigures. Perhaps it might (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Kevin, Neat, what a nice idea. You don't see too many floating villages around. George (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jon, Great work, and I'm glad the /.'ing has worn off so I can see it. George (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Nice work, Jon. I especially like the the thin columns made up of 1x1 round bricks and plates. And the 1x1 round plates on the front of the building. Oh yeah... and in case you didn't know yet, you've been slashdotted! (URL) Rev. Brendan Powell (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Kevin, That's awesome. Great idea, and nice execution! I think the best way of attaching upside down in this case would be some technic plates and pegs. Mark (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Okay, so my last poll, according to Larry P. was "fatally flawed", so I decided to go back and create a new poll for anyone who cringed looking at my last one. (URL) you poeple enjoy this one, although I'm sure someone will point out a flaw (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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I just finished another poll, where would you rather see lego company concentrate their product lines? You can view it here. (URL) I made this poll in multiple choice so feel free to pick as many answers as you want. <<_Matt Hein_>> Fellow lego (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Kevin Heckel writes: Kevin, Thanks for the quick reply, I should be able to use the ideas in these links. Thanks again, Josh (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Cool MOC. What happens if a minifig goes sleepwalking? Maybe you can start a cloud city module withthe other castle people. Fradel (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, dan, could I have a link to your story so I could read it? I'm sure it's more interesting that you say, and reading is one of my strong suits, so I guess checking it wouldn't hurt. Thanks! <<_Matt Hein_>> Fellow lego enthusiast (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wassssssup (...) Pretty cool place. Gotta like the houses and boats. Where did you get the idea for it? Did it just pop in your head or did you base it on something? Hasta La Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Chris and Shiri, Thanks! You sure have it right on "selective compression", in building it I was running out of parts on all fronts (BURPS, big green ninja bricks, pirate walls, blue slopes, etc etc). I wanted everything a bit bigger, but then it (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Josh, Thanks for the compliment! As for the upside-down connection, well, I didn't really do the best job on this first one, but when I rebuild it I'm going to use several of those big chunky 2 x 4 x 2 bricks that have holes on 3 sides, and maybe (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes and no. I said it would eather be raised or come thought the portal. and Daravon would save the day by cutting Also yes and nop I said he would save the day by killing Garalt or just clearly saveing the day (...) Well yea you saw it (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Really It is definetly beter to end it then keep it ging and going. (...) I'm not having to much truble wrighting the begining but I just don't have much time because I am in school (my sophomer year in High School) I have writen the first (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Kevin, Neat idea, I really like the originality of it. It really looks like it is floating in the sky. One question (forgive me if it is stupid), how did you connect the burps and lurps onto the underside of your green plates. I have wanted (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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The Lord of the Ring strikes again! Awesome work Jon - love it. When I first saw "yellow, tan, and brown", I didna know what to think of that combination - but you make it work. The overall shape of the building matches perfectly with what my mind's (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Kevin, Nifty little village there - we really like the selective compression. One building standing alone looks way to small (like that fig on the balcony of that little bitty house), but overall, the village looks awesome. Coolness on the upside (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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You, my friend, have created an epic, a vision of what lego castle should and could be, an amazing trip. I've spend the day reading the whole thing in it's entirity and I must say that you have renewed a .space head's interest in castle. This should (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.castle)
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