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Re: Non-gray castles or "What I did with all the bulk bricks"
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lugnet.castle
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Sun, 26 Mar 2000 15:37:58 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > Cool! I'll have to borrow some designs, I definitely will need some red
> > creations soon <hint hint>...
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> You will NEED some red creations?
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.
> > > The second point are the castle walls. I think that when used spaced out
> > > they can be pretty effective to conserve bricks.
> >
> > Definitely! They look excellent, so long as they're not used on ground level,
> > AND sparingly on others.
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> What's wrong with ground level? ;)
Nay, that's not what I meant; I was referring to the feeling that castle-walls
at ground level are silly, because the windows are ubiquitous and
inappropriate... you don't want invaders to sneak through the ground windows,
now, do you?
> > > I am not sure how well gray
> > > with gray looks,
> >
> > You mean grey with red, right?
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> No no ... Grey with grey - to try to make them invisible.
> Personally, I was thinking along the lines of the good referee philosophy.
> It's only a good referee when you really don't notice him or her. The walls
> can be really good
> if you don't notice them. Hence the grey with grey. Again - they can be
> used to save on bricks (which tend to be expensive in grey, no?)
Ah! I get it. (sort of like what they say 'bout makeup, huh? ;-)
> > > Let me know what you think ... Gray will always rule castles in European
> > > style building (I think), but red (clay, vulcano, blue (water), white
> > > (marble, ivory), yellow (sand ... ?) can still make some pretty nice
> > > castles.
> >
> > Hmm... I'm not sure grey will always rule. There seems to be a (still small)
> > trend of moving a bit away from grey - just a little, but it's growing... I
> > think combos of grey/black with colors is a great way to go to give a
> > building
> > some personality!
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> For sure. Those little red and blue lines that Dave n' Eric used really add
> an artistic touch to
> their creations.
Yeah, I know. You guys ain't seen it yet, (1) but my inn already "rightfully
stole" their excellent ideas about the blood lines... :-)
> (Lugnet Sitcom
> idea ... ? Dave n' Eric's World. j/k)
LOL!
-Shiri
(1) My grammar's on vacation, capish? ;-)
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