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Hey Josh, Some more great stuff! The windmill is particularly cool, with it's partially covered with stone side and using the ewok glider as the windmill panels (whatever those are called). what a great little moc! The "hut" is pretty cool, too. But (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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You make it sound as if .castle is dead, but I don't think this is the case. Even if there isn't a real castle line being sold, with the recent legends serieses coming out, it is clear that LEGO haven't forgotten us. The modular space projet was, as (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello! Although I think none of you knows me in person (and probably never will): I'm here. Since I live in Germany[*] taking part in any .castle group real life activities would be a real problem. Nevertheless: I'm here. [*] I'm sitting here in the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Sounds fine to me. We can always change it later if problems arise. It sounds flexible enough to start with. One thing we do need to address is city walls and street width. Say 16 studs for the street and same for walls with a 2 stud set back on the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree with this. We want to leave as many options open, and just restrict enough to allow the individual creations to be joined. (...) My only concern about this is that at the max offsets, the stall itself is only 10x12, which is prety (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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<de-lurk> While I'm not taking part in the Moonbase project, I did read the terms that had been developed. About the only "firm" issues were the size and height of the airlocks, plus a minimum set-back for airlock support (so that a moonbuggy could (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Sean, Thanks for your comments. The stone hut took one evening to make. The stone mill took a lot longer. It has been evolving over the last year. I was never happy with it, but finally I am. It is now finished! Josh (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Matt, Thanks for your comments, very much appreciated! Josh (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wassssup, (...) Looks Great Josh! The wings for a windmill are a nice effect. (...) Also cool. I like how you put storylines behind each one too. HLDITY to build them? Hasta La Vista, Sean (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) those dragon wing parts for the sales. (...) The rest of your gallery had some great models as well. Like the originality! <<_Matt Hein_>> Fellow lego enthuisiast (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey all, Here is a couple of new MOCs I built recently. The old Windmill (URL) windmill is built into a stone outcropping, which I think gives it an interesting look. The entrance is fortified and the miller is a hardened old campaigner, who doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Storytelling (my own when I start) and History. Also repeated trips to Bodium castle when I was a little kid in England. One of the few castles that you can climb all over and use the battlements, even if it is a little small. I think you're (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Since there are 2 #10s I guess that makes me... (12)Nathan Todd - More Castle I'll be more active with the MOCs as soon as I get my lego back... God Bless, Nathan (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sorry, I was not criticising you or your opinion. I just wanted to express that I enjoyed certain areas you didn't (and vice verse I'm sure) and therefore point out to Anthony that his story was good to different people in different ways and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Jeremy Scott writes: <snip> (...) I'm not, then again I am a spacehead. <g> Good luck, but fancy speeches ain't what you need, you need to be creative. Build as much as you can, post lots'o'pictures and positive constructive (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm in. Even though I am quite "new" to the castle scene... New as in I've been collecting Lego for 18 years and I only just started collecting when the Knights Kingdom theme came out. I did manage to get a Night Lord's Castle, and a few ninja (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) it just means that um.........i dont post very much thats all. but count me in. space is going down.and so is everybody else. just wait till i get a web cam then u will all be my servants. lol. (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey all, Here is the deep link to my entry for the Midnight MOCkery. (URL) is a happy little grave robber who is in the middle of his nocturnal occupation. He is good at what he does and he enjoys his work. He is currently does this as a hobby but (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (1) Jeremy Scott - .castle since I came lugnet... .castle until I DIE! (2) Joey Finnell (3) Yaron Dori - proud to be a part of castle (4) Dan Thompson (5) John "Hendo" Henderson - not .castle only, but always around. (6) Anthony Sava - the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Pawel, Thanks for the compliments! I appreciate it. I have taken some pictures of the whole thing but had some focus problems. Don't have the greatest camera! Josh (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I really like this idea for a common project. Of course, I am biased since it is already what I am doing. I use the 32x32 baseplate as the standard in my town so I am fine with the minimum of 16x16 as the standard for this project. It just means (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) SHHHHHHHhhhhhh I'm planning that one. I really have a good idea for that, but I want to wait a bit before undertaking it. e. (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I too am with you! Forward, into the breach! Josh Wedin (1) Jeremy Scott - .castle since I came lugnet... .castle until I DIE! (2) Joey Finnell (3) Yaron Dori - proud to be a part of castle (4) Dan Thompson (5) John "Hendo" Henderson - not .castle (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Now this is what I was talkin about! Good ideas. I like this. What about city walls? What about the road? The street layout needs to be uniform too. Lots to think about, now we're talking. e. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm in. Who's with me? (1) Jeremy Scott - .castle since I came lugnet... .castle until I DIE! (2) Joey Finnell (3) Yaron Dori - proud to be a part of castle (4) Dan Thompson (5) John "Hendo" Henderson - not .castle only, but always around. (6) (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) because I can not show any of my creatins, (because I do not have a digital camera, Yet) also becase I am writting my story, that I will start posting once I get my camera, and because I am a sophmore in highschool and I have homwork; but (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Arrgh. There's an errata in the message above. It should have been typed as follows. "Which I think we should not try to base our creations on." My foremost apologies if that was misleading. <<_Matt Hein_>> Fellow lego enthusiast (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You can count me in on any castle project. Castle sort of has that nostalgic feeling other feelings seemingly can't deliver. I'm guessing a lot of our "inspirations" come from such things as Dungeons and Dragons, which I we should try to base (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, there are certainly a lot of Space builders who are trying to make their ships look like "actual" items--Star Wars ships, Star Trek, etc. There are others who are building things completely out of their imagination. In Castle, there are (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) We did just do this at Brickfest ("we" in the loose sense as I was not there). There was a walled town in the Castle room where different people brought modules that all fit together. As it turns out, one person built all of the actual walls (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) One reminder since people didn't think about it with the castle town: Make sure your creation is entirely within the 16x16 area, except that it may hang over the street some. Frank (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Steven McDonough writes: ... (...) Well then. Why don't Castlers take a cue from Spacers and build MOCs of things they have seen in films, books, and other media. In .space I have seen models of SW, ST, and Red Dwarf ships, etc. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Steven McDonough writes: ... (...) Well then. Why don't Castlers take a cue from Spacers and build MOCs of things they have seen in films, books, and other media. In .space I have seen models of SW, ST, and Red Dwarf ships, etc. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (8) Steve McDonough - Who does not care and never will about the "real" size of any imaginary Star Wars, Star Trek, or other spaceship, but who cares about medieval weapons bludgering people who actually argue this. On another note, I think it (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, the marketplace would be on a street or road. You can build your stand to be literally just a stand, or it can be a building multiple stories tall. The road idea means we can connect our market stands together when we would meet at (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am! :) I really dont know what all of the fuss is about. I think that in the last couple of months I have made and posted a few decent creations (although they are cad renderings (because I do not have my LEGO at college) - which are not (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd just like to add my nearly 300,000 bricks to the crushing defeat of all other themes. Castle is in my opinion the best, most fun theme to build in. I have been working on a large scale Castle project for a bit now, the theme has been my (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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This idea is great! "I fully endorse it. Let's try it at once" (Nightmare before Christmas) (...) I would suggest not putting too many restrictions on building. Just call it a 16x16 plot with one or two street faces, and one back alley face. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I really like this idea. Not sure what you mean by "corner" though, do you mean the stand is a corner stand so that there are two sides of it open to the shoppers instead of just one? I would think 16x16 would be a more natural LEGO plot size. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (7) Jason Maxwell - Time to get medieval A suggestion for a joint project. Early in my reading LUGNET days, the castle group had a project (I think it was originally Shiri's idea) whre everyone would build a part of a castle wall, with (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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