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Eric Kingsley advertised his new Inn... Wow Eric, that is a beautiful building! Smashing! (But they aren't gables... :-) ) Kevin (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think it's a cool idea - I'd gladly contribute the Blank Shields to such a universe! (URL) page is way out of date, but I've got an update waiting in the wings) James (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) new (...) pieces. (...) let (...) James (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Great model! Fantastic design! I love the attention to detail and the realism of it all. Except I don't think I see any gables. :) -- Paul Davidson Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FoKAKI.J9r@lugnet.com... (...) creations (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love seeing unique creations and the favorites that I have made are mostly my rulers. My Black Knight King is all black (including hands) scruffy brown beard with king crown,armor and darth maul's black cape. He is riding a black mount with (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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First thanks to everyone who has commented so far. I love getting feedback so thanks. Other than my misunderstanding of the definition of "gable" things have gone well so far :-). I now know what a "gable end" is and for those of you that commented (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's been informative for me, too, since the only gable I was familiar with frankly didn't give a ****. Dave! (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey nothing wrong with being idealistic :-). I think this is a great idea. Of course anything I have posted so far is available to be included. I would assume that you would do something where you just linked from the map or a single picture (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oooh! I have a long list: My Favorite Standard Castle Minifigs are: ~ The Black Falcon Archers from 6073, refitted with a Black Bow and Quiver; ~ The Crusaders Archer from 6061; ~ The Dragon Masters Archer from 6079; ~ The Royal Knights (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) along. The shape of the structure is really good-- it's not just a plain boxy thing, it's got that hint of randomness to make it look all the more authentic. The courtyard is a great touch! Is there an interior as well? And if so, is it (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As far as the interior goes yes and no. No there currently is not an interior but yes I plan on finishing the interior. I kept interior design in my mind most of the way through construction and I have put in about 1/3 of the floor for the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love all those gables. There is something very satisfying about using a lot of slopes for a profusion of gables in a building. Great work! Gary Istok (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Scans, Jeff. Scans! -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (...) Soldier (...) Shield. (...) Young (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Inn? Nope! It's my dream home! Thanks for doing up the floor plans! :-, The atrium (a courtyard enclosed within a house?) is awesome. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, your site inspired me to come up with my own (ridiculously complicated, multi-generation) backstory (including gods), and start building models to illustrate key events in the history. It's Ninja/Japanese-themed (I'm learning, so it's (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I would, but I'm working on my Masters in Procrastination. ;) Jeff P.S. I really am planning on scanning them... Like tomorrow or something... ;) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have just taken down my collection of about 30 castle sets, most of them being Royal Knights, and I'm about to go to work building a giant castle like Dan Jezek's Skull Kraag Keep or Pawel Nawareciwcz's Strombrachter. But I think that my measly (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I've built some pretty big castles(1), and I just have a couple of the major castle sets (plus dozens of the smaller ones). Can you build something like Strombrachter? Probably not, but a modest sized castle shouldn't be difficult. As (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think it all depends. First what color is the castle going to be? If the answer is Gray or DkGray then the answer is the basic block buckets are not going to help. If the Castle is going to be Red, Black, or White then I would say the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yup. But with 5000 mostly castle pieces, you should still be able to do a decent-sized castle - maybe about half the size of Strombrachter? (Pawel - how many pieces are in there, anyway?) As a reference: This was done with only a few castle (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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