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Aw, Craig, you're killin' me... every time I think I have a good idea, you come along with one twice as good... it's so depressing... (j/k) (...) Your ramble is ALWAYS welcome here... Hillendale sounds awesome! Does it exist soley in your mind or in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Excuse me? You must be joking... Scots *are* Celtic.. ~Nathan (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all! Haven't posted in a very long time, been in the hospital. But I am back and have finally updated my website with pics of a fantasy style castle era town I built in the latter part of 1999, (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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(...) joel ~ 8-O < speechless! > too marvelous for words!! i'd rather go look at it some more than write about it! hats off, and heal well! you play so very well, indeed! castle becomes you! later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hmm staying put warriors would probably be the term best used to describe them for me. My sum total of 'forestmen' elements is in the picture (URL) the exception of a brown hat, (a wolf pack fig has stolen it) and for the record I oly have two (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The flag poles are just rigid white plastic tubes that are inserted into one of those light grey rails... <part:6140> I'm not sure what set I got them in, though... Probably the Technic Beach Buster, but I don't remember offhand. (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, they might be called "Celts" (if they're supposed to be Celtic warriors). If they're Scotsmen, then they *wear* "kilts".... ;-) Franklin (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Only vaguely. Scots are much more Pictish, really. No self-respecting Celt is going to strip down and cover himself in blue paint before battle. ;) If you're looking for Celts(1), you should be looking in Ireland and Wales. That being said, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) bad (...) The celts were stripping down to their bare shield back when they were terrorizing early Rome. I forget whether they were into woad at that time, but I'll check my books when I get home. I think they were, but celts wander in and out (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) very (...) but (...) Heck, they even took over the city of Rome! However, that only lasted one day. Wait a minute... maybe that was the Visigoths. Err... any history majors with a better memory than mine? Tony (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) day. (...) The Visigoths did a leisurely pillage of Rome over two weeks. Bruce (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, no. The Scottish are of Pictish decent, as well as Germanic. The Celts are niether Scottish or Pictish. -Chris (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) bad (...) If you are interested in the history of these peoples go to <A HREF="(URL)The History of the Scots, Picts, and Britons by David F. Dale</A> ~Nathan (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) very (...) Yep, you're right. I stand corrected. -Chris (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Just a note: It's probably about your last chance to get a dark forest guy from LEGO rather than ebay,etc. See the ugly fright nights set with him at half price at: (URL) . (of course, this only works for Americans) Alan <set:1680 Random Set> (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so harsh. I didn't mean it harsh, but I just read it again and it does kinda sound that way, sorry. =) ~Nathan (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No problem, man. Don't beat yourself up over it. I just had some bad info, and you righted it. Nothing wrong with that. The sad thing is, my great grandfather is Scottish...sorry Grandpa <looks at sky and cowers> -Chris (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hi Alan, Do you mean the Witch's Magic Manor? If so, I called yesterday around 5:00 CST and was told that they had just sold out... Chris -- Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply. (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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That other thread seemed to be getting too long, so I thought I'd add my thoughts here. In my world, here's how it goes. The Forestmen are Robin Hood types. They have their own secret forest hideouts and little castles. They live off the forest, but (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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That looks really fantastic! It looks like a medieval, high-rise, city! I especially like the gray/red building that sticks up the tallest. Great Job! Joel Kuester <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fs4D30.3n4@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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