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(...) Well, in all fairness, can you name a movie in, say, the last 30 years that actually portrayed a myth accurately? The last 40 years? 50? I'm drawing a blank. And let's keep the selection field arbitrarily limited to English-language films, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Doesn't the flare represent mail? I've always thought so, and it could be argued that it does so on the new kettle helms, too... Dave! (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'm almost done with this hill landscaping I'm doing. It's for my first chapter, and (due to my lack of pieces in any color, especially green) is only 3.3 studs high and approx. 32x32 in the widest places. Has anyone done this before, and can give (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (some of/most of these you've probably already figured out, but it doesn't hurt to mention them) Vary your elevations. Don't have the top of the hill right in the middle, and don't have the sides symmetrical. Mix colors. If your selection of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've seen white firemen's helmets used effectively for Alderaan (rebel) troops. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News John Robert Blaze Kanehl (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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snip (...) Floria???.where's that well my first ever bona-fide castles creation is under way.its a dark dingy cave but hey its mine(my creation not my room but it is kinda dark in there.... ravi (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I meant Florida... I seem to make many typos lately... (tired I guess) (...) LOL! Let us know when you have pics! -Shiri (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well ... There are a few apporoaches here. Check out Thomas Refert's work: (URL) Jeff Huit simply used baseplates to get hills ... like this: (URL) course if you have limited resources, the second approach is the preferred one;) -- pn (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The link is (URL) the page is Mr. Fujita's Star Wars. (URL) an amazing page ... -- pn (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Shiri wrote in message ... (...) ____ (...) $160 (...) set. NO, I won't sell one) Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis 932 AD (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Of course, depending on their availabilty and the amount of time you want to take to ue them, you might foind a younger child Duplos A) can increase heigh quickly, and B) haev a realtively large number of green bricks. It is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks for the mention Pawel. For a more complete scenery picture look here, (URL) I know it's trains but I'm trying to do the same idea for my castle layout now. The structural support is made out of Duplo and basic brick and plate then covered in (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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We're going to be getting a new domain name very soon (hopefully), so I'm going to try to get the cash for it ... I'm thinking of selling some minifigures that I designed (although some of the ideas for them are "borrowed" ... ;) Here is the lot: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm. Maybe we should organize a Castle World fundraiser. Sort of like a bake sale, but a LEGO sale instead. Interested people (presumable CW participants) could donate small (or large, I guess) MOCs to the auction and/or sale, with all (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Pawel Nazarewicz wrote: Oh yeah. I forgot to answer your actual question. (...) Anyway, I think maybe a LUGNET auction (or maybe using Mike Stanley's BRICKS@Guarded-Inn.com) would be the best idea. Or at least heavy publicity here on LUGNET. It (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah ... my thinking has been on that as well. My original plan was to put a few figs on e-bay with a link back to the site - pretty much a $.25 ad for the site;) But since we're not quite where we want to be, this has been delayed. The main (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I thought about doing this and thought about how and what I could do for it. I think doing this over e-bay would give us the most publicity ... something like a character put together and a little text. I will set up a form for this which will (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Just a note - BRICKS is no more. Won't be coming back. Exactly how much money are you talking about needing, Pawel, and for what? You'll need $70 for the Domain registration most likely. If you do setup an account at Pair (I like 'em - have 3 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LUGNET isn't hosted _on_ pair.com, LUGNET is running on a dedicated server all by itself and its network connectivity is _provided_ by pair.com. I'd wager Todd pays a fair bit more than $29.95 per month (especially if you consider the cost of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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<snip> (...) Well I have been stuck in airports for the last 2 days so I have missed quite a bit. I do have a few suggestions here though. 1. I think pair.com is great it is where the NELUG site ( (URL) is hosted and I have been very happy with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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