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Re: Different kind of castle
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 07:39:55 GMT
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Very nice! Love the design!
In fairness to the sub-theme, there *is* another terrific Ninja MOC site,
with a large enclosed Ninja stronghold. To my consternation, I cannot find
it in my links -- if anyone knows the site I'm talking about, please speak
up. :)
--
Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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KK Quah <kquah1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> The Shogun parades before the masses with his swordsmen and spearmen.
>
> I have been looking around and have not seen a MOC of a Japanese Castle,
> the central donjon to be precise, and decided to spend a few days making • one.
> This is my very first full size building and probably the most ambitious
> to date of anything I have done.
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> Details are it has a base of 40 x 40 studs and uses 3 Flying Ninja
> Fortress sets (6093) and a bunch of whites & blacks from the blue tub • (3033).
> Technically the bottom rock foundation layer is not counted so it is a
> 3 tier donjon done in the traditional style. My inspiration came from
> having had the pleasure of visiting Himeji Castle in Himeji city, Japan,
> in 1982 on a semester abroad program. IMHO it is the most architecturally
> beautiful castle in Japan and rivals most in the world.
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> This is version 1 but I figured if I waited till I could do it perfectly
> then I would never show it to anyone. Future work include making a 5 tier
> donjon exactly in the style of Himeji and adding a front gate plus
> surrounding walls.
>
> The link is http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=191
> Enjoy !
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| (...) That would be Michael Hopkins' Ninja Superfortress. (URL) castle I'm working on right now is more along the lines of an English-style castle with Ninja elements than a truly authentic Japanese castle, but I'm learning what the samurai castle (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| The Shogun parades before the masses with his swordsmen and spearmen. I have been looking around and have not seen a MOC of a Japanese Castle, the central donjon to be precise, and decided to spend a few days making one. This is my very first full (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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