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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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| | Re: another small house (a la David Eaton's Teeny Shack)
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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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| | Re: Customs (was Re: Finally, I have a page!)
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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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| | Re: More teeny shacks... Almost a villiage!
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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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| | a chicken (was "Re: More teeny shacks")
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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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