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Re: Question for the castle MOC'rs.............
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Date: 
Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:42:27 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Reuland wrote:
> I need a little help from some of you castle builders out there.
> After several attempts at my first, I am struggling a bit to say the least.
> All of my castles look like a building with a castle theme!
> I'll start to build, take it apart, change it.........
> 
> After several days I am only this far........
> http://image.inkfrog.com/pix/TexMexSu/CastleMOC1.jpg
> 
> My goal is to build it with an open back for more detail inside.
> 
> I am nearing the point of trying to hire someone to build for me!
> 
> I know that building takes a little talent and a lot of time but geeeeez.
> 
> I wonder if there are any plans out there somewhere for a larger castle that I
> can build and make changes to until my creative juices start flowing.

I'll echo Leo: research. Look through Brickshelf for castles, check out the
links on the castle sidebar - Robert Carney's site is particularly inspiring
(and intimidating!) as a guide to modeling real castles with Lego; Sava's Ikros
stuff really showcases some excellent fantasy building as well as good detail
work.  I'm sure I'm missing a bunch.

Check out your local library - in my experience librarians are always willing to
help narrow down your search to get to a few really useful books.

Hope that helps!

--
James
http://www.lugnet.com/~11/



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  Question for the castle MOC'rs.........
 
I need a little help from some of you castle builders out there. After several attempts at my first, I am struggling a bit to say the least. All of my castles look like a building with a castle theme! I'll start to build, take it apart, change (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)

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