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New picture include the casback1.jpg and the casnew1.jpg and casnew2.jpg Decided those were worth posting. However on the op art matter ... The pictures casop1.jpg, casop2.jpg and casop3.jpg were taken this weekend as an exercise in Lego Optical Art (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I like the new window! the red frame seems to set it off enough that I don't think you'll need the red inverted slopes, though it would be nice to see either way... sometimes it depends more on what else you might do too.. Keep the pictures (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) are (...) Hahaha. Really funny. (OK, I was cracking up, I'll admit ;-) (...) Thanks! (...) Truth is, me either. But I decided to give it a shot and see. (...) Too long to describe in words... you made me do it: (URL) are actually two updates (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice little fort. I like how you put such a lot of detail in such a small area. Dan (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Love it! Really cute an' sweet, with nice touches that you can't apply to big castles (eg, corner walls with print)... Keep it, don't wreck it! Make it a watch tower or something. It's really good. -Shiri P.S. I plan to make a micro-fig scale (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) So, that was, what, a month ago? :) (j/k) (...) Young & *Experienced*? :) (...) I personally don't like outward opening doors... :) (...) How'd you do that? (...) Aaahhh!!!!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice "Fortress Pawel." Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: #70 Visit (URL) & (URL) wait is over...) ..."The only thing we have to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey! For RA (Resident Assistant) class at UT I had to bring a bag full of things that describe me. Included in the bag were the required things (Sun Tzu's Art of War, Akabar and Jeff's Guide to Life, Kubrick's Clockwork Orange, The Tao of Pooh). I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In a thread a few weeks ago Eric Brouwer talked about using yellow for castle walls. That got me to thinking, would yellow realy be unrealistic? I think not and here is why. First a bit of backround. I work for a landscaping company and one of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <grin> When I was young and inexperienced (1) I tried to build a catapult and used the friction pegs in the arm... What can I tell you, the catapult didn't really shoot that far ;-) (1) wait, what am I now? <grin, duck, and run away from (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Lindsay sent me the A-Wing this week and my worry on building it was, how are the guns going to stay up if they're held in by those wimpy black Technic pegs? Now I know. I have to plead your "we didn't HAVE no stinkin' friction pins". These are (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Look at this message in the web interface. :) Jeff (for those of you too lazy to, it creates a direct link to an image in the partsref database. ;) ) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) ---...--- (...) What's this part thing? Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | +---...---+ (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I had a look, cool! But I am wondering who the wainriders that you mention are. I don't recall them from LotR. James from Oz (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've never seen a brown dot at all. But 1x1 brown rounds are not uncommon, found in Rain Dance Ridge and Ninja Surprise (two sets I bought while I was keeping track!) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think he means, for example, 8x2x2 arches. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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These things make great train roofs--I have a rather large collection of gray ones waiting for me to make train cars to go under them :) They come in Model TEam sets (3 black and 2 red in 5542, I think 2 white, 2 gray, and 6 red in 5561), (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) look (...) Or perhaps put some brown dots (1x1x0.3 rounds) - if you have any, that is ;-) I don't... -Shiri (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you mean 1x2 arches with plate (looks like <part:6005 this> but smaller) then no way! They are used in many town and paradisa sets, and can be used in very cool ways in castle, and prolly space too. However, if you still want to get rid of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) One thing one could do to break up the monotony of the holes a bit would be to put grey Technic pegs into some of the holes. They would then look like the stubs of dead branches. Frank (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've found that using the 1x2 or 2x2 bricks with the built-in pins works even better because you don't have to worry about the pin itself coming loose. The other side would of course be a 1x2 technic beam. (...) Actually, those are something (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ). (...) through, rather than, "that lame-O kid said something I just happen to agree with also," if you know what I mean. BTW, great minds do think alike. I just wish I had the real time necessary to put into castle wall components like you (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I have a lot of two stud wide arches which I want to be rid of. I don't believe they were ever used in castle sets, or any "serious" sets only in free style boxes and the like. Am I right ???? Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Bruce I use technic pins (not friction pins)1 in most of my modular creations like my Inn, Church, and City Wall. I don't have pics of the pins on the in but here are pics of the Church and City wall. (URL) most buildings I use 1x1 technic (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh yah I love the 4x4 brown rounds they make great trees although they do look like a very precise woodpecker has been at them. By the way I love the tree house too. I had a similar idea but without any of the Brown inverted half arches in my (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have seen several references to making creations more modular. Are you talking about using technic friction pins? I would love to be able to open up MOC's and show the insides of the structures. If you are using the friction pins, what (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sorry but that is just a bit to formal for this newsgroup don't you think? :-). Eric is fine, maybe Eric K. to differentiate from the other Eric's but Mr. Kingsley just makes me feel a little to old and I want this to be a relaxed atmosphere (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually it started out as a barracks, couldn't you tell? :-). Seriously it did start out as a barracks. It was mostly just an experiment in finding a use for the new 3x4x5 castle walls. Although I did use 4 of the new castle walls it is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) What about black? That generally looks best with gray (IMO). It would serve to define the windows, and make them more obvious. (...) In a countryside/village Inn, the backdoor might lead to a well or a stream. They'd probably need their own (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Hmm... I'm not sure if I have 1x4 arches in the right colors. If I highlight, and add a color-line, I'd love to make a green one... but I don't have any green plates OR arches, and doubt I can get any. I'll prolly go with red, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Shiri, Overall, I like the design of your inn. I do have a few suggestions and questions, though. :) When building a structure made of "stone", I like to frame window- and door-frames in a highlight color. Something similar to this: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Pretty nifty. I like the hour-glass shape of the castle. It has a very "tree-house" effect to it. Like Shiri, I've been trying to find a use for those brown round pieces (wheels) as well. I like the idea of using those as a large tree branch. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Marc, I like the treehouse a lot! Your use of the wheels is extremely creative, I *knew* they could be of some good use, just hadn't figure out just what use might that be ;-) I like the 'post' built halfway up. Your wizards and Moo-men are (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I'll try to answer a few posts in one. (Don't feel like replying to each one :-) As soon as I read all the posts I went to rebuilding... now some more writing before I hit the books: (...) Hmmm... what did it start as? Just a house? (...) That's a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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-I just added a new castle section onto my website. It's at (URL) you would like to look. I have a little fort for the Forestmen, and a couple of neat-looking (at least I think so) wizards. -Marc Nelson Jr. (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Inn) (...) <snip> (...) have (...) to (...) surgury (...) to (...) You've popped over my site a few times, (or you've said you had). The Temple of Technic was built half way, disassembled mostly for an architectural change, reassembled mostly, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Shiri, are you going to have a bar or anything in the Inn? I'm also trying to put an inn together. I've put a bar in, and I found the perfect bartender. I used the ninja mini-fig with brown armor,white eyebrows, and a black eyepatch. I think (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I agree with Eric here - the red windows seem to match the personality of your creation. Call it a tavern? (...) The first thing I said when I saw your creation was "neat columns!" I'm not sure if I've seen those before, or if my mind has (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you don't mind, Shiri, I'd like to suggest something. You might want to abandon the connected stable idea and go for a connected kitchen/backdoor using small window shutters for double doors. IMO a connected stable would have to be too (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Shiri, You are off to a good start here and I am flattered that you are using my Inn for some inspiration. Like I have said before my Inn didn't even start as an Inn and it just sort of evolved into what it is. First to answer some of your (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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