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| | | Hey! Well, after buying a few of the blue tubs for the green pieces I decided to mess around with a red castle (far from over). I was mostly down after seeing the creations by Dave and Eric. To me they made the castle wall section obselete. But did (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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| | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Peter White
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| | | | | (...) Excellent effort Pawel, Who said all castles had to be grey(gray). This is the world of Lego after all where primary colour towns are standard. The key is to always use combinations of colours and in appropriate proportions to highlight (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | Peter White wrote in message ... (...) all (...) combinations (...) About (...) Was that rule out? Hmm... Too bad there isn't enough trans-orange which would work in a castle (though the towers could have trans-orange octagonal dome roofs). Of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Pawel Nazarewicz
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| | | | | | | (...) What could be made out of orange elements though? Nothing on a large scale, so thinking small scale ... What stucture would look good done in orange? Nothing comes to mind right away, and seeing as I'm a Vol I should be biased. (we were robbed (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Peter White
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| | | | | | (...) What about an insectoid sub-sub-theme called the fruit-flyoids who inhabit orchards in their small orange castles ... or Arctic castles ? those polar bears can get a bit frisky and you don't want to get too physical with them,though my 2 year (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Sheree Rosenkrantz
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| | | | | Pawel Nazarewicz <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:Fs0EHy.IKz@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) black (...) try (...) be (...) gray (...) castles. (...) Your Red Castle is Grand! I particularly like the thin accent band of black at the top which (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | (...) Comics character Deadpool... eric (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | (...) I was sort of bummed after I saw their stuff too. (It's like, if you live in a cold place, and go visit florida, then going back to the snow is even worse... :) After seeing those cool things that used NO castle-wall pieces, I couldn't bear (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Pawel Nazarewicz
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| | | | | | | (...) You will NEED some red creations? (...) What's wrong with ground level? ;) (...) No no ... Grey with grey - to try to make them invisible. Grey with red looks like Dan's Bloodstone Lodge: (URL) I was thinking along the lines of the good (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well.. not exactly need, but, y'know, um... er, any better word to describe it is eluding me. I'll "need" it with regard to my storyline, it's not exactly a neccessity but a it's more than just a serious want. (...) Nay, that's not what I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | (...) Heh. Any invader that can squeeze through those windows is likely to find a way to get to the second story to squeeze through them. :D eric (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) LOL... they can still easily stick a spear or aim an arrow thru them tiny windows if they felt up to it... :-) -Shiri PS - Me told you, mine grammar went to spring break on sunny CA ;-) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | (...) If they are not slaughtered by the soldiers in the wall, on the towers, and above them on the parapets. :) Ever wonder why there is a slight overhang up there? Why, in order to drop rocks on the enemies below, of course!. ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Okay, okay, OKAY!! You guys got me, I was just trying to make a point but _Never mind_! ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | (...) ...while crossing the moat to *get* to the window, I was going to say. :D (...) Two words: Murder Holes. eric (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | (...) Right. :) (...) Those are the name for the holes in a gatehouse floor. There is another name for the ones on the parapets, but I can't remember the word... I think it starts with "mach"... Hmm... time to find some of my castle guidebooks... (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Franklin W. Cain
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| | | | | | | | (...) "Machicolation"... Franklin (who stilll has his copy of the 1st edition AD&D DMG :-) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Cool, thanks. :) (...) Don't have that one, but I have a bunch of other 1st Ed. books. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Tony A. Rowe
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| | | | | | | | (...) (pulls an old, worn 1st edition DMG from the bookshelf in his office) I quote... Machicolation: This is a stone projection which moves the battlement out over the outer face of the wall. It has spaces in the stone flooring which allow missiles (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | (...) Where's the fun in that? ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Ravi Mohan
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| | | | | | (...) Whats wrong with Snow???well I'm From a sunny and wet country and dream of having a real snowball fight....maybe someday..... Ravi Ps:my spelling came back from a holiday to antartica 8-) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | (...) LOL! I used to dream about that too, when I was in sunny Israel... but now I'm freezing and wishing I was back there.... :-) (...) Ah, bet mine iss till goan. I dont now hoa too spel untill et reetorns... ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Peter White
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| | | | | | | | (...) Here in sunny Sydney-by-the-sea we dream of snowballs as well,especially after the summer we have had/are having. Australia does have a ski industry,bee- leave it or knot. But anyway,back to castley topics,since everyone has just refused to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Chris Gray
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| | | | | | (...) Snow is real pretty when its new. It can be fun for snowball fights and tobogganing. Other than that, and as a source of moisture for the fields in the spring, most people find it to be a nuisance. It's *very* ugly in the late stages of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks" —Brad Hamilton
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| | | | I used red for my gatehouse, and gray for the main walls. (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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