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Re: Sheik's Oasis
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:29:33 GMT
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Jon,
In lugnet.castle, Jon Furman wrote:
> I'd put the time period as pre crusade, post Islamic conquest, pre Islamic
> Schism, although a lot of the architecture is most likely mid crusade (warfare
> has a nasty habit of pushing technology forward). There are two Gates and two
> doors in each gate, the one on the Left for entering and the one on the right
> for exiting.
> At one time I actually had many African slaves working throughout the scene
> however I felt it was a little "too realistic", for a Lego Diorama. I wanted to
> include Africans in the scene, so I went for Nubian warriors instead. As an
> aside, about 4 years ago, I made some African American custom minifigs for a
> city scene I was working on, and when the pictures were posted, I was implicated
> as a racist for disrupting the "we are all yellow" color theme. I feel a little
> vindicated now that TLG has made actual African American minifigs. If people
> want to see racial insensitivity they should check out set # 215
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/215_1
>
> Anyways, thanks again Magnus. Jon
Well the "race" issue rarely comes up for castle theme builders, but I suppose
if you are dealing with Middle Eastern castles, theme of crusades, slavery and
the like make for a far more ethnically diverse minifig demographic than a
simple Northern European Medieval theme. Some of the most impressive castles in
the world were built in the Middle East, and I'd love to explore this theme more
some time, time and brick allowing. Thanks for expanding on a much neglected
area of medieval castle related MOC building!
Magnus
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