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(...) (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Hey Shiri, Thanks for being so polite. I kept trying to figure it out by going thru toy and department store names that I know - couldn't figure it out! I read in one of your posts that your from Israel, where abouts? I was in Israel during (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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What I like with your castle at this point is the way you're using not only grey, but also black and dark grey for the structure. I've seen many castles made using only one colour for the walls, and they look a tad dull. Fredrik (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Me Too! Alex (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, the store doesn't have any other sites, I think. (More the pity - I'm sure there are a lot of lego fans wanting to get here) (...) I live in the northern Galillee, in a small village called Kfar Vradim (you might realize that means Rose (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) castle (...) as (...) such (...) figured (...) ones - (...) their (...) bottom - (...) Let me tell you, make sure your creations *fit* into the plastic containers, don't put them with one side in the air! I once took my lego town house (er, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes The Construction Site will ship (at least in the US). Call them with a CC number. Their tele numb is on their site: (URL) Ben Gatrelle (remove the spam dot from the yellowcastle to reply) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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hi y'all! pawel is here at my house for the DixieLUG meeting, and we've been scheming up plans for the mutual castle storylines site. we need a name for the site! ~"castle world" sounds ok at this point, but we'd like to hear some more ideas if (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Craig, Pawel and everyone, DixieLUG? What's that? Anyhow, here are some silly ideas from toying around with the names: Castland (Castle land) Castlego (castle lego) Castles of Kings Kings and Queens of Lego Dreams These are just premature (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Pawel and Craig! I think this whole Idea is great! Excellent work Pawel! Might even inspire me to put something together finally... You might want to consider Danish words that mean "Land of Castles" or "World of Castles" or perhaps Latin. This (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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How about "Lego-Earth" ? (after Tolkien's Middle-Earth) -- Paul Davidson craig hamilton <craigo-lego@webtv.net> wrote in message news:Foqurx.6r9@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) True. Fero/ferre is also a verb, whereas "ferrum" is a noun. As an indicator, the periodic table's entry for iron is still (and will always be) Fe. (...) There's also a few others interesting Latin metallurgical terms running around our world (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I don't know if this has already been thought of by Pawel or anyone else, but I'll say it anyway. On Pawel's "Castle-World" website, he says that he needs to know the dimensions of the universe. I think distances should still be measured in LUs. As (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Keeping in mind that at some future date we may want to get a Domain Name for this site we should probably keep LEGO out of the name. If say we named the Land "Studland" then some day we could have a Domain Name like "www.studland.org". I am (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Terra Brickus? (...) Terra Brickus Incognito? ;) -- Richard (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Good point! We should think about that. (...) Hmmm... Stud land, the land of the manly, studly Studs ;-) (...) Yes, we definitely should think about that. How's about "BricKastle"? Or BricKastland? (as in, Brick + Castle + land) -Shiri (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I like your ideas, but a few questions: -What units are LUs? (not light years I guess) -How would you determine who wins the war? Army sizes aren't enough, there are cases throughout history where little armies overcame big ones. (e.g. Maccabies (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, in my theme park, I have a castle-themed area. It was originally called CastleWorld, but I though that it was a little too boring of a name, so now it is Castle Hill (and PirateWorld became Pirate Cove). I don't know if it works for a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I like the wink to Tolkien, but it seems to me that lego castles are a bit more Arthurian than Middle Earthy. What about "Bricktannia"? Or a variation on Camelot, something like "Camedot" or "Brickelot", but maybe something stupid sounding. Of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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How about a variation on Camelot--CameLUG?? What about a simple name taken from the address? If the site address is www.legocastles.org, the site name could be LegoCastles.org. Studland doesn't sound too good, because it may appear on search engines (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How about Terra Brickus Leg Godt ? :) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Shiri (<ForAMo.FL2@lugnet.com>) wrote at 21:35:12 (...) If you want to go for a fantasy feel, how about trying to combine elements of the founder's names? Just using Craig and Pawel, I came up with Paraig & Cra-Awel. With more (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's theoretically a good idea, but there's a problem with that - who are considered founders? Just the site designers? Everyone who offered something, like a map, a suggestion, an idea that turned out a hit? How do you decide if one is a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oooh! Oooh! I like that one. :) (in case you hadn't picked it up) James (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Today was a landmark for me. It marked a new epoch in my life. Today I modified my first lego element! (1) Up 'till now I've seen some really great creations that were created by painting or modifying lego just a little... or a lot... For example, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) shiri ~ lol! you're welcome! always glad to help, and glad it turned out so well! i don't know why tlc even put that stupid mike on an otherwise wonderful face. she looks like a goth chick, don't you think? this will probably lead into a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) lol! pawel is still here, and we're laughing totally out loud! ~ just when we wanted to include "shiri-wood" forest! later ~ craig & pawel (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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hi, y'all! wow! thank you _all_ for the overwhelming feedback! this scheme has really gotten our collective creative juices flowing, which is really the whole point of the castle world site. pawel and i have been brainstorming ideas all weekend, as (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Today was a landmark for me. It marked a new epoch in my life. Today I modified my first lego element! (1) Up 'till now I've seen some really great creations that were created by painting or modifying lego just a little... or a lot... For example, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL too! That's nice of you, I was just wondering if that wouldn't cause trouble, is all... Anyhow, if you all think that involving names is a good idea, who am I to say no... (especially if you want to include me ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) that (...) asked (...) the (...) Definitely. The face was the only reason I bought the (small) set - I didn't know she had the mike... But she doesn't now :-) (...) LOL! How did you know? Before I even read this, I managed to wreck my (only) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I see your point - Legolot could include only the euro-style castles, etc. right? btw, Camelego could fit both for a var of Camelot and for nomadic guys (camel... desert... get the joke? a stupid joke ;-) (...) I definitely don't object the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I say, there's room for everything if you want it to be there! (as long, o'course, that it's related to castle ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm not sure exactly what Pawel's plans are, but I gathered he plans mostly on hosting pictures and less on linking (This is just a guess ;-). (...) It's always good to have motivation! And I can't wait to see your next creation ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi everyone! (You might have seen this already - you might not have. Depends if you read .castle regularly...) For the past few days, a new idea submerged (by Pawel) and immediately gained acceleration (translation of phrases might be off here, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Todd had to have missed it.....just like the posting of my site that shows the First MOC's in the arctic line that I know of, but maybe I'm prejudiced on these since thay are mine ;) ....the Castle world is alot better than my first attempt at (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(This is Pawel - sitting out the bad weather at Craig's) My last post got deleted, so I'm going to try to restate anything that was missed and add on a few things: 1) The Map The map will be a 4x4 grid for starters (european style) and a 2x1 grid (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I like Bricktannia! -- Paul Davidson Philip Ogston <ogstonpj@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:ForFxC.ILn@lugnet.com... (...) more (...) "Camedot" (...) in the (...) in (...) point, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yup, I was getting all medieval on you people here. But Doomsday might be fun too. First we count the people, then we kill 'em! =) -- Richard (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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How about "Minieval Times"? (i.e. medieval times) (In reference to the mini-fig scale of this world) -David (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) So you're saying that rome wasn't REbuilt in a day? :) -David (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Pawel! (...) What do you mean by 4x4 grid for starters? 4x4 grid of what? Studs? Or will you divide the map into 16 parts? (...) How about an "alt" that says the land's name + short description? (by alt I mean that tool-tips that show up if (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, craig hamilton (<FortrH.9vF@lugnet.com>) wrote at 04:28:29 (...) Good points. And you're right, you need a broad canvas to fit everyone in. (...) Good luck! (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was just thinking about better ways of making the map, and I remembered a program called Campaign Cartographer. It is a program to create campaign worlds for AD&D and other Fantasy Roleplaying Games, by ProFantasy (URL). After looking at (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi everyone, I finally have a page! Meanwhile, it contains only castle minifig MOCs. Buildings will come soon (once I build them :-) (URL) is just a beginning, I have more pics just waiting for appropriate captions and s'more time... Tell me what (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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(...) I like it! I really like your minifigs, especially your modified Rock Raiders head. Can't wait to see more, keep up the good work! Jeff (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! Glad you liked them! The RR head was my first modifying job, conducted only two days ago. I think it turned out quite well. I only bought the small RR set for the head, and was disappointed to see the mike on it. Craig told me how he (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Way cool, Shiri! The Rock Raider's babe's face looks good minus the microphone. Time to pull out the exacto knife and experiment. It's been a while since I cut lego. Muahahhahahahahha. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Take a look at Craig's homepage - he has great modified minifigs, I was inspired by him. (...) On a side note - I always wondered, what does that mean? -Shiri (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'd like to congratulate you on your great designs, Shiri. I had just been itching to get a 2000 black castle maiden hat for one of my witch's. And I did exactly what you did with it -- I put it on a witch's torso and skirt, although I guess you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ... since he won't listen to the lugnet.minifig pleas, good luck with lugnet.customize ones. Although I guess what you guys do is more unique and artistic than just snapping together figures... -- pn (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Which is the best Lego castle set ever? I wonder if it is 6090 Royal Knight's Castle.... But some mid 80s to early 90s sets are very good indeed (from what I manage to appreciate in on-line catalogs). Too bad that was my Dark Age.... Regards! (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ack! We need both very badly! I mean, sometimes its just about the minis, and sometimes its just about the elements. -- Richard (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I vote for 6083 knights castle. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm gonna go with 6086 Black Knight's Castle. It just has it all. -- Richard (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd say the original Yellow Castle is the best. The fact that it didn't use wall pieces (not that I'm against them) means the pieces in that set are most versatile. However, I think it would've looked pretty good in gray instead... Bryan (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Shiri, I am from Singapore your homepage is really nice. sorry I got nothing to contribute as I seldom talk much being lurker for myself. I have a few Lego castle set. I will try to get a homepage soon to let you guys know how is my ideas like. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I vote for 6090 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Marchetti writes: and writes, and writes... ;-) at the risk of this post becoming an annex of my tips & techniques page, so do i... (...) me too. when do we get to see your signature 'fig, that maiden of mayhem, Scar(let)? (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree that 6090 was a good castle, probably the best castle in the last 8 years or so (since 6086 Black Knight's Castle). In lugnet.castle, Bryan Wong writes: (...) I agree that the Yellow Castle is the best functionally (as far as use of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) instead... (...) The trouble with getting in on Castles so late is that the only affordable things that are available are definitely weaker. The one thing I'll say for the Night Lord's Castle is that it doesn't have a raised baseplate, and the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Let's see... DaveE's top 11: (pretty much all the large castles ever.. depends what you call a castle, really...) 1. 6080 King's Castle (664 pcs) - great set, lots of pieces, very elegant, well constructed, openable... 2. 3075 Castle (779 pcs) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have actally reproduced the castle to the best of my ability in grey (with black highlights). I took pictures of it that I will post soon so that all of you can give me feed back. I will also take a few pictures of the new iteration of the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wasn't clear if you were restricting us to just castles or any set within the Castle theme. On the basis of just being a castle, my order would be as follows: 6080, 6086, 375, 6085, 6074, 6090, 6073, 6081, 6097, 6091 In reality, I judge sets (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I am not particularly a castle collectors (I collect pirates), but I would love to be involved in creating info. for the world and some structures. Some of the pirate sets, like the El Dorado fortress, are really just castles in a different (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, take a look-- (I actually threw together a PAGE, can you believe it? [not that it's MUCH of a page, but hey]) (URL) their slight gigantism, I actually like my design for the chickens and the goose running around the town.. although they do (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well your villagers will never go hungry with those Chickens!!!. And what is with the Piano falling out of the sky. An odd to Chicken Little I suppose. And that Cat is hugh (oops thats not LEGO...). Very nice Dave, you have a great way of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Marcelo H. Sola wrote in message ... (...) Knight's (...) what (...) Age.... Hmm, having just recently built a bunch of castles, I've got some ideas. I haven't yet built all the large castles, though I think I have all of them except 375/6075, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I picked one up at Target for $1.44 ... great minifigs.. I especially like the torsos. They'll be going into my next castle. (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, I used a totally black shirt. Why work hard on taking out arms if I can use a pre-designed shirt? ;-) BTW, my minifig isn't a witch like yours - though I like yours a lot too! (...) Thanks! (...) Well, it just seemed that the picture (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well the chickens NEEDED to be big to defend off those huge cats! I think they'd fit in very nicely with Legoland's scale, but not as well with minifig scale... oh well... at least you can tell what they are :) in "correct" minifig scale (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) [not (...) what (...) Hi Dave, I like your shacks a lot! Chickens are a bit big but cute and great design! I would suggest (as you discussed with Eric K) to either pack the houses closer together, or on the other hand put them in great (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In dealing with this huge pile of LEGO bricks I bought from a kid entering his dark ages, I have some left over castle walls that I can't tie to a set: 11 3x3x6 black corners 3 1x5x6 black walls w/window 6 1x5x6 grey walls w/window 1 1x5x6 grey wall (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Very, very nice, David! A few suggestions -- I agree that there needs to be more "clutter", and that the 5 houses might look better cloistered in a circle. A few little sheds, stables, and troughs (for water and feed) would definitely add to the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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A few more comments -- that house interior looks really nice! Just begging for a table, some chairs, and some eating utensils. Maybe a ladder and loft for sleeping in? Since you asked, it's "medieval". ("mediaeval" and "mediæval" are also (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oooo! I forgot about troughs... those might look really cool! I was thinking of a chicken coop/mini-shed type thing, but I never got around to it... I think I'll work on some more clutter, etc, tonight... I put two small barrels in the scene, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've posted a ".DAT" file for a chicken that should be more to scale with minifig farmers. "(URL) let me know what you think. Thanks, Franklin (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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This is all some good stuff, I hope that the kid doesn't reget selling it someday. I sure would have if I had ever sold my Lego. -David (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Fellow brick junkies, All those posts about armies, races, Castle World and special characters inspired me to create a special leader for my dark forces. I haven't found the right name for him yet, but then again, he's not completey finished yet (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How 'bout just putting some 1x1 black plates on his feet? (...) I was thinking of using this same head on my "Shadow Master". I think it would look better if you scratch off the circular edges of his mouth, but definitely a cool wicked face. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <schnip> (...) 'Heavy Metal'. The guy who says "Death to all who oppose us!". if you want my vote, I think you should call him "Karrnaj" (say 'carnage'). *grin* -cheese (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ooh, I had an idea; how about putting his torso on two or three black 1x2x1's (depending on how tall you want him; maybe experiment with 1x2 plates as well) and then clip yourself a long, black cape to fit for length? The cape would hide the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David Carriker wrote in message ... (...) He probably will regret it someday, but you know how teens have to have their cars... The good part for him is that he probably realized close to or over $2000 (he got over $1000 from me, $550 or so for (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, I'm not so worried now. At least it sounds like he is informed. I would just hate to see him get ripped off and regret it later. -David (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) enough (...) the (...) in (...) Hideout-- (...) might (...) Those doors are fairly available on eBay, though usually in red, blue, or yellow. For a source of brown hinges (and a bunch of other usefull bits, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I need a list of just about all castle buildings (and of course since I don't quite know all of them yet, any help would be appreciated). Here is what I have so far: City Village Castle Fortress Village House Market Cathedral Church Shop (Services) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here it is, same URL, I updated the page: (URL) (...) Well, Richard wasn't so sure... I might add some details later. About the storyline, there will be much of it involved with my buildings. The stories I make up inspire me to make the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Farm Not sure if this counts, but City Wall (?) (...) looks like you mentioned most of them... -Shiri (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Well I said I would try and get some pic's up of my completed Church and my Peasant home tonight but I just have not had the time (Things are very crazy at home at the moment and that is a story for another time :). I did however put all my castle (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You could also have University Stables Monestary Palace Temple Barracks House(shop downstairs living quarters upstairs very popular during period) light house(for sea port) Theater House Tavern(could be part of the Inn) Thats all I can think (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Eric, I like your town scene a lot, the combination of the church, inn, market and houses is a winner! One pointer though; your pictures are a bit blurry. I suggest two things, depending on your problem: -If the reason for the blur is that you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... not sure there were too many of these back in those days. The Church mostly kept all information confidential and tried to withold scientific data from people until the Reneissance (sp?!), IIRC from history classes ;-) (...) Good ideas! (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Nice work Dave... the chickens are a hoot! Oh, and re the question in the title: it's MEDIEVAL Kevin (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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You *do* need a mill. -- Paul Davidson Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:FovF0p.CoG@lugnet.com... (...) don't (...) need a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Pawel Nazarewicz (<FovF0p.CoG@lugnet.com>) wrote at 03:00:25 (...) Fortified house - not big enough to be a castle, but with some of the features. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Seeing as the list of characters will prove to be extensive, what would be a good way to categorize it (similiar question to structures)? My thoughts on the general segregation so far are: 1) Villager - your standard folks 2) Knight - your warriors (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thats why I made sure to say that these were unedited shots. I usually get about half the pictures I take with my Digital camera to come out presentable. I usually screne them closely before posting them and clean them up. This was a bit of a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you're using a digital (or possibly even if you're not), the problem may be that low light conditions cause you to use a slower shutter speed. That means that the picture takes longer to take, and is more vulnerable to slight movements of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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What are you up to that you need all these lists of stuff, Pawel? I presume its a CastleWorld thing, but I am not sure I see where it leads to... -- Richard (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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