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Castle ROLL-CALL - updated list (the 44 knights): (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, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, Again! just wondering if there was anybody else who wanted to be on the Roll Call list. Thanks! Alex (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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That's a great battle arena, plus one of the best Japanese buildings I've seen. Great work! (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Tony, Always looking for new uses of otherwise lame parts that we've gotten extra pieces of. They're from the SW pod racing sets but have been used in other sets like the Alpha team. Thanks, ACPin & Sons (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Awesome! I especially dig the use of those wing/vane thingies as roofing...really inventive & creative use that many might overlook in typecasting the piece. Looks great, and festive! Love it! Peace and Long Life, Tony Alexander .Spacer newbie (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Josh, Sorry for the long wait as you might have noticed from my homepage that we were busy with the new SW sets. We're already in the process of building another project using the same roof design and yes it's a good complement to the more familiar (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Very cool! I have been waiting to see this since the teaser pics you released a while back. I am a sucker for blacksmith shops. It seems like every one is different. I am an amatuer blacksmith myself so I guess that explains it. I liked the "coal" (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I just finished making a sculpture of a Black Falcon minifigure. I was inspired by Joel Bedger's minifigure sculptures. It's based on LEGO's 3723 Minifigure sculpture. (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.castle)
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Not a regular here in .castle, but still lurk a bit. I've made a MM shop. (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Check out our latest MM entry from our homepage, Basil's Artisan Shop; (URL) story: Conveniently located beside the stockade of the main auction tent, Basil's artisans shop caters to the various needs of the folks in Dragonstern. No job is too big (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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(...) I wonder... is that legal? My friend at school tried to exchange a Kazaa CD burned Photoshop for a pencil, and I refused. What are the legal prediciments for Kazaa? I mean, distributing software for free online dosn't seem to be very legal. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I personally use an Olympus D-510 digital camera and Adobe Photoshop 6.0. As cameras go, any camera that uses film can take good pictures of LEGO. The only trick is that you must get the lighting right. The more light you having shining on (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Get a sony digital camera, pick your cost, they're all nice. And then get on Kazaa and pirate a copy of Photoshop 6.0 or 7.0 and that costs the best price... free! e. (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Like Bruce's son, I thought the movie did a good job of adapting Jon's Lego models to the screen. The movie's Meduseld was closer than their Helm's Deep and is still my favorite. It's a good lookin' wooden hall either way. for reference... (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You can find a lot of discussions on this in (URL) are a lot of message threads where people tell what they use and not all of them are in publish/photography. Hope you find one that works for you. -Erik (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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I would like to know what type of cammra/software is used and the pros and cons of this items and prices if you can. I am trying to get a cammra so I can start posting my story and my MOCs. I'm looking for some thing that can take good pic of legos (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Toilet paper is good for runs. Dave! FUT ot.potty-humor (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, Just a quick note to say merry Christmas and Happy New year. God Bless, Nathan (who is using his building skills to construct a toilet paper tube marble run down his Christmas tree). Watch this spot for more Medievel Marketplaces soon. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice question. Let's get down to the specifics. 1. I wrote the original manuscript for this story over two years ago. Have you taken a second look at the writing yet? (you'll notice I really toned down a lot of the words in part three.) 2. I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I plan a new version of my site for january 2003. It'll contain less description of Avalonnia and more pictures of my constructions with a better navigation to find the Lego section more rapidly. But, for the integral translation in English, I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Matt, Your mis-use of long words is too frequent to catalogue. If you honestly knew what they meant, why mis-use them? If you plan to use long words, I suggest you check each and every one with a dictionary - preferably one that has quotations from (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Great to hear! I always appreciate the effort to attempt to read my story, even if people never finish it. I'm glad you're liking it thus far. (...) Thanks much! I worked pretty hard on it, I just regret I didn't have new pictures to work (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) My website design is really not all that hard to do. Feel free to download some of my webpages to see how I did them if it helps. Unless of course you're talking about content, and that's even easier to beat. (...) Thanks! (...) --Anthony (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hi, I have to say: I just started reading Tolkien 3 years ago (6+ if you count the hobbit). I read the hobbit, and like a lot of people I know, hated it. After that I decided not to read any more Tolkien. Then why passing through an airport on a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I can honestly say I knew what they meant, just improperly used some of them in the dialogue. (Several of the uses were largely inappropriate as pointed out earlier. I'm still reviewing for phrases to edit out.) My apologies if this served as (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) No, I didn't get bored, to be honest I got really really irritated with all the big words thrown in without apparently knowing what they mean. It gets in the way of the communication. I just went back and took another look, and I see you've (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) True, but we are talking about storycraft, not castle construction. On reflection, publish is the right place I think. (and not o-t.geek either) (...) Yes I have. I have not read all of it but I think much of what others said applies. I found (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) The desired focus by far would probably be event driven. (with a small amount of character thrown in as well.) (...) Okay, I haven't really gone into explanation of those, (technology) although there would be some minor inclusions when it (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I think Avolonnia is an excellent site by far, and the layout is nicely divided into their respective sections. (making navigation quick and easy.) The photos are pretty nice as well. :) However, when do you plan to complete the translation? (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ursula Le Guin has identified the "multiple foci" perspective as the hardest to execute effectively. I'm not sure I agree 100%, but it's definitely tricky to write character sufficiently distinct from one another to allow the reader to believe (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) What is the desired focus? That something is set in a particular time period does not in and of itself make it milleau... if the characters are what drive the story, it's still character. It's not a forcing per se I don't feel, but a way to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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Anthony, I agree with many others here in feeling that "The Chronicles of Ikros" is a superb title that should not be changed. It is a terrific way to describe a long series of stories. However, I think a subtitle is a perfect way to denote separate (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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Yes ! My Castle Lego Website has been elected "Cool Lego Site Of The weeb" for December 15-21, 2002. Thanks to all of you that have voted for me. I'm really proud !!! Denix (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I've got quite a nice list of books to peruse for christmas vacation. (not a bad collection, as that :) However, what if you were trying to fuse story types? For example, let's say you're writing the book in a historic stance, yet it's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Actually, Terra Incognita. Nah, it's the dialogue. And by the looks of it, I think I went rather overboard. (...) I'll try to explain these...of course, This should be rather fun. (...) Since Dash is speaking to Skye, he's basically saying (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes: Great post! (snipped it, but it's worth rereading...) I know some people don't like Orson Scott Card, and some do. But this book of his _How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy_ is chock full of good advice. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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Hi Matt, Stuff like "terra incognito" isn't the problem. The following: ****** “Hmm…you continue to demean such an epitome principle as rank, yet in your stance, never waiver from its respective boundaries…” Dash spoke, as he continued. “If you are (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Definitely...trying to be original for once, since I noticed the growing collections of fan fiction that people always seem to write. (...) Guess I'm due to read Tolkein's works, then...when writing the dialogue, I attempted to reveal the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hi Matt, I too think that it would be a good idea to dive a bit into LOTR. Not, however, to get story/character ideas. You are taking the correct path, IMO, in creating your own world and creatures. The value from LOTR, I believe, will come from the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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"leonard hoffman" <glencaer@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H7JKnC.2o9@lugnet.com... (...) is, (...) plot. (...) a (...) rather (...) I don't agree. Any story giving only the relevant details will feel 'thin'. Some details become relevant just (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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