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(...) Great stuff Yaron! Great use of a 100$ part (the RCX) in a castle MOC!!!! :-) Terry (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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(...) Fun! I like the double whammy of both the ax and then the removal floor. All you need now is someone to come around and clean the blood (do lego's bleed?) from the floor for the trap to be reset. Sliding trapdoor instead of a breakaway one is (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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(...) See (URL) for numbers and instructions. Well, and 5x7 leaves are really hard to find, therefor I used the 6x5 ones ;D (URL) Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) This depends on the kind of tree, but basically you are right. (...) I'll give it a try. Thanks for this feedback! This is how information exchange on the net should work... (...) I usually place the greens where there is sufficient space, so (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! Hopefully, I will have at least half of a Russian town to bring to (URL) Brickfest>. I have made some efforts towards building a wooden palisade, like one that might be found in a motte-and-bailey castle. Unfortunately, the cost of the (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Hi Marc, I think your construction technique is wonderful for this moc. I like the tiles and round 1x1's for the log construction. I am also interested in wooden historic fortifications. Great job! Ben E. (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) odd (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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Some said a picture worth 1000 words... so I ask and how much a movie worth :) (URL) Enjoy! P.S. I forgat to mantioned that this is for the Booby Trap contest for CC:) Yaron "Webrain" Dori (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX) !!
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Hi all! This is to announce that the winner of the April-May 2004 election for the Minifig Hall of Fame is Yellow Castle Knight Blue. He finished in front of Ghost who will be in the next election's second round. Visit www.minifigville.com/mhof to (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Thanks Mark Hoarding is a distinct possibility, and I like putting it on, but you have to find somewhere its going to look right. Ideally on a wall linking to a tower or it looks kinda odd sitting on its own. -- James Stacey ------ (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That winch is very nice. Have you thought about doing some hoarding? Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Ok, just letting everyone know that the Brickshelf galleries have been updated, and that the MOCpages sites are also updated. Please, go check em out! Also, if you want to read about these MOCs on classic castle dot com, heres the link. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for collecting all those links! Great resource. Would you consider softening/whitening the background image a bit? Some of the text is hard to read, at least for me. (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Ok, thanks... I'll remember that next time I post. I emailed you the entry just a few minutes ago actually... As my unaltered pictures are to big for the contest, I had to do the picture resizing in MS paint, then change to jpg. thats why the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) You need to set the format on FTX, as I have done in this reply. The trap and fortress look good. Remember to e-mail me your entry (unless you already have, and I've simply forgotten) ~Kevin Blocksidge (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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For some reason the link labels wouldnt work.. I did it the right way I think. Does anyone know why? (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) I've experimented, particularly with branching. A real tree probably branches at a smaller angle than 90 degrees, so I built a structure from your pictures and altered it slightly. Whewre a sub-branch starts, replace the two 1x3 plates on the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hello everyone. I have 2 new mocs to show all of you. First of all, a seaside fortress, complete with some nice cliffs, a small dock, and a gallows! Deep links: (URL) pic 1> (URL) pic 2> Brickshelf Gallery (when public): (URL) Brickshelf Gallery> (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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I've wanted for a while to do some Castle building outside of the traditional Western European style. So I did some research into medieval Russian architecture, and decided to start working on a town surrounded by wooden fortifications. Here is the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Amazing! How many 5x7 leaf pieces are used?? Those can be HTF... --Dave (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As it was supposed to be. Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank you for your feedback. Stay tuned - there is a whole forest waitung somewhere in the future (2005+)... Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey wow that's really pretty. Very nice job. If I were look upon a Lego Landscape, I'd like to see trees like these. e (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank you! The tree as shown on the photos is a little bit "misplaced" - I just put the tree module in a quickly-hacked-up plate to exhibit it as a standalone MOC. Terminally, it belongs into the yard of a guarded inn, next to a few fishing (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank you very much! Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, that was the intention of this MOC. A typical Lego tree simply did not cut it. There is a fun photo where I replaced the module with the big tree with a replacement module with a Lego tree in the scenario where the big tree finally (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank you. (...) About as likely as a grey tub... Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank you! (...) Quite a few people already asked me about those details, and I even did "courses" on branchbuilding for several people who wanted proper trees for train/city/castle scenarios. WARNING: The pictures are quite big to show more (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thank You very much! (...) Actually, the Forestmans Hideout was one of my very early inspirations. (...) I will, if Legoland Günzgurg (Germany) actually sports those plant leaves 5x6 in the PAB (as I've heard), I'll get a few pounds and start (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Basically, I am very, very bad at designing natural structures. So I build this tree from a set of very simple rules, and, luckily, I succeeded. It is just a kind of "evolutionary building" style, i.e. like a real tree, I placed branches and (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Now that is gorgeous. I love the little bird's nest too - nice touch. I can just imagine how a minifig would feel, coming over a hill, seeing this beast, gazing upward in wonder...(cue euphoric happy feeling)...aah. The only thing that could (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Christian Treczoks made a tree and (...) I can stare amazed at this tree and feel relaxed like the guy leaning on it. This is incredible. -Erik (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Now that's simply stunning. Your perseverance has paid off; it's what those little trees can only dream of becoming. Of course now we want to see a forest, but that's inevitable when the bar gets raised like this. Thanks for sharing and keep (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Hi all, I've just gone through and done a massive update on my horribly-out-of-date list of on-line Tolkien MOCs. I'm sure there are cool things out there that I have overlooked, and also with some things I do not have the builder's name. If you (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow ... nice. I wonder if we can get Lego to make bulk packs with it. -- Pawel (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very nice! Great to see a proper large tree in Lego. While I wait eagerly for the construction details, would you give some idea of the numbers of green leaf parts and the parts you used for trunk/branches? It looks like black 1x3 plates are (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Now that's a tree. (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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Lenny, This looks really great! I love the face. you packed a lot of expression in there! Hey man, I missed you at brickfest, I hung out for a bit on Sunday afternoon hoping to meet you, but alas it was not meant to be! Maybe I can attend for the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Christian, My compliments on your tree, I love it. That would be a perfect addition to the forestman's theme. that thing is really amazing. Keep up the awesome work! Jon (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, that was me. It was actually this very same troll and wizard: (URL) This pic is from the medieval layout we (IndyLUG) had at the Parent/Child Expo in Indianapolis in February. The bad guys were having a little trouble crossing the river (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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