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Hey Nathan, Don't worry that your MOCs a bit bigger than was originally intended. If you want your roads to be wider, then make them wider. I don't think that anyone can say (or even wants to say) that there is only one right way to build something. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeremy and others, I'll admit my MOCs for this are a bit larger then you were looking for (and I've still got bigger), but this is castle...big and sometimes grey... But please note I never complained, all my mocs (I have 3 built and 2 half (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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This confused me the other day. What is LEGO's policy on new parts. I have seen people comment on how old parts cannot be reintroduced as the cost of replication is too high. Why was this part ever produced. take a look at the corner dark grey piece (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Cool! Welcome to .castle, Rocco! Glad to have you. Josh (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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If it makes you feel better, I signed up for this forum because I was interested in the MM. (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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You know, Regarding all the hub-bub about all this Market Place stuff, I did not know that there was a planning committee that anyone could volunteer for making a inspirational goal. It is a great day and project. I'm glad they did think it up. I'll (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey James, This guy has some nice armies. Have you contacted him to see if he knows about Lugnet? Josh (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hey Jeremy, Thanks for looking at my stuff. The dioramas are a lot of fun. I think making dioramas are my favorite lego thing to do. So much more flexible than traditional non-lego creations. Josh (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Beautiful Job Wilson! One of the best forts I've ever seen! Has great detail too. The only problem is half of the interior pics didn't come out. Great job anyway though. Hasta La Vista, Sean (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) contextual ones (2). Your's is truly a "slice" out of the world. -- Pawel (1) Stand-alone MOC - an MOC that lacks a geographical foundation: (URL) In the context of the landscape - an example of this is Mist Lake Castle: (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) For a sec, I thought you were totally serious there! Glad to see at least you're keeping the Medieval Marketplace Project going. Anyway, I don't think it's all criticism. The modular walled town project, in my opinion is only a compliment to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Josh Wedin proposed the idea of having the Medieval Marketplace in the center of the town square. If the makers of MM want to be here, they are welcome. 128 x 128 is a very large area which can accomodate many activities. Town Squares were (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Josh, I don't think MM is dead, but highly critized. Only on the day the MM Website is only getting 2 hits a month will it come down - so don't worry. Jeremy (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi guys, I agree with everyone on the 4 wide alley - please see posts below and my brickshelf pictures (links in other post) of a street. Thanks, Ben (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I agree. I would propose a 4 wide alley...... -Aaron "Kevin W." <ewanner@macnet.com> wrote in message news:H4z8EM.5E2@lugnet.com... (...) only (...) this. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Jeremy, I am sorry that you feel that the MMS is dead. I don't think it is. I am having a great time building with it. It did seem at first that a lot of people were criticizing it, but really it was only a handfull of people. It now seems that (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Very well done! I look forward to attempting buildings in such detail myself. I really like how you have the webpage set up to download all the pictures, as I like to save all the large images on my harddisk so that I can look at them later. It's (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Wilson! I saw this behemoth on Brickshelf, but didn't want to steal any thunder. It is absolutely amazing. The fact that it actually looks like it was cut and fashioned out of big chunks of rock is it's best feature. The totally random and sporadic (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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Let the complainers whine, while they type up flaws in the 'rules' we can go build stuff. If I remember right, the whole point to this idea was so we had some new ideas to build. Stuff that was supposed to be easy and quick, and most importantly (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have posted pictures of my road ideas on brickshelf: (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree. (...) This is fine. I personally appreciate all of the effort and time put into the creation of the medieval market place. It is an excellent idea and I believe that it is already successful because people in .castle are more involved (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree with most of this. Please read my reply to Thomas about medieval towns. Medieval age circa 400 to circa 1500? - many different towns and layouts depending on the country and time period. Too much order is definitely a problem but to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As I envisioned it - these buildings would be like Daniel Siskund's sets - a larger scale than most Lego castle sets - so many details can be added. (...) I believe that some of this is historically accurate - depending on the town and time (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeremy, I was very excited to see the announcement of a marketplace project. The day after reading about it me and my 6 yr old daughter sat down and built a double wide stall & had a wonderful time together. I'll try to get pictures to the site soon (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) lol (...) adventures baseplate worked out. And I think it looks a lot better with the sculpted sand bar things, than just square, like I had it before. I'm glad you like the whole "ruggedness" aspect of it. It kind of makes you look at it a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, I thought I had a lot of capes to begin with, but it turns out I had to order about 20 more in order to outfit all my guys. I really like having a bunch of guys (grunts) that look exactly the same, like an official army. It's fun just to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, that is pretty convenient, although not planned. I've been in the process of building the site pages for a couple months now (I'm extremely lazy, if you couldn't tell already) but I just finally got everything lined up the other day. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I don't have an exact time period, but the timeline roughly explains what happened at each point in time. But it took me about 6 months of on and off working to complete it. (...) That's nice to hear, as the mountain-building was (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) it's "perfect", when it's actually far from perfect when viewed from a functional design standpoint. But I guess that was the angle I was going for, so I'm glad you think the same. As for what else I've got planned, I'm going to start laying (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, the project was for display only. I'm the head Lego judge in our Hobby building at our fair, so I get some special privelages, like having my own display case. The whole thing is explained in detail in this post: (URL) for the comments. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle)
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HeHe! I really liek these! I can tell you had fun making them. Though I never took pics, when I was medding while writing the standard, I had a ton of fun creating the shops an dioramas (sp?). I am glad you are enjoying the MM. Jeremy- will post (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I have a bad feeling about forming a double standard. I know I have recently been out of loop here - my job has gotten me busy lately - but I don't understand the nitpickityness of the .castlers. I have seen people believing the MM Standard as a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello, I am sorry that I have been out of the loop the past couple days, my seasonal odd-end job has been in control of me these past few days - and will through tomorrow evening. I have been doing a late night catch-up on news reading and have seen (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I don't post here a lot, but I read everything that gets posted in .castle. I've been following the discussion about (and am very interested in) a project that everyone can contribute too. I have already started planning some buildings to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Comments. . . (...) There's a problem here, in that there are (at least) two standards for what constitutes believable design. TLC has traditionally made many concessions to playability and cost---for example, rooms and buildings with only three (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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The only thing that I dont' like is the fact that the alleyways are only 2 studs wide. A figure can not walk in a two stud wide area. It would be nice if the alleyways could be used after how much work will be put into this. --Kevin W. § (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Warning!!! Extremely Long Post ;) I have begun working on a building standard imposed on new construction by local authorities in a late medieval town. Town layout and floor plan limitations still need to be made. Anyone who would like to help or (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle) !
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Hey everyone, Alan just wrote me and said that the account he uses for lugnet is down so he can't post. He asked me to post the following for him. His message starts here: Alan says, Generally, the overall focus for creating the marketplace document (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I will begin working on a building standard imposed on new construction by local authorities in a late medieval town. Anyone who would like to help or give input please email me at ben_289@hotmail.com I plan on posting basic ideas soon. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Ben, It would be cool to have a standard for the permanent town or village. I am a little tired of brainstorming right now (I just want to build! :-)) but it would be cool if someone took that up. BTW, I really liked your cloth shop. It has some (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle)
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