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(...) Thanks! It took me a while to figure out. At first I just used an apex piece and a peak, but it didn't look right and anyway that's not what I'm gonna do to the bigger inn's roof. (...) Well, the BP you sent me will join the others I'm about (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It worked out really well,especially the Inn's roof. I haven't seen microfig scale used for a townscape (I must get out more, :) ). Maybe Australians should work in that scale exclusively (Lego prices in Oz). Could you whip up a bigger town, I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Hmm... when I started, the only things I decided for sure were: a. my inn had to be part of it b. the whole town had to fit on an island baseplate I had no idea how many buildings will be there whatsoever - just that there will (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ouch... I'm replying to every reply in this thread... :-) (...) Thanks! I haven't seen any microfig towns either... (...) And in Israel ;-) (...) Yeah, I thought of doing my capital city/main castle in microfig since I don't have enough bricks (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) microfigger but the town stuff and spaceships got me more into it. Nice work! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hee, hee. Here's another one for you to reply to. One comment, and I'll quit buggin' you. ;) You should do a NANOfig scale city (1x1x3 skyscapers, small buildings as 1x1 plates, etc. Just an idea, I don't know how it'd look. -Chris (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Out of principle, I WON'T reply! "Um, Shiri...? You just did." "Oh. Ooops." ;-) (...) That'd be cool, but it would be really hard to convey what it is, I guess... -Shiri (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) For baseplates that are completely flat (i.e. no vertical geographical features like hills) all you have to do is flip it over and bend it a few times in different directions. Then, of course, you have to spend a few minutes looking for some (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could you make thumbnails that link to bigger images on your pages, since they take so long to load? Alan (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'll try tomorrow but I can't now. Sorry! (BTW, the pics are already smaller than original size of 480x640 :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I like it! Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fs5tKC.67s@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Shiri - I think you've really come on to something. You could use it as a base map, like in the CastleWorld map, and then have each building as a link - like to the Bloodstone Inn. I'm thinking that that's what I'm gonna do when I get a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) thanks, that was just about the look I was going for. When I sat down and finally decided to build a castle themed setting, I didn't want to do a realistic castle since there are so many excellent castle builders out there that already model (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Craigo: As to our earlier conversation about the black collared Forestman, see: (URL) the difference a feather makes... This explains why you now have one of these guys, it came with 6071. I never realized it before, but there are TWO reasons to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Christopher Lindsey wrote in message <38E14D8B.9E97E4A1@n...rn.com>... (...) rather (...) sold (...) Please excuse this ever-so-humble attempt to sell the one set I have of 6087 (Witch's magic manor) I have one, new in an unopened box that I'll (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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What's the best way to add height to minifigs? I have a figure (mentioned earlier, all black with a transparent red head, cloak, and silver sword) who needs to stand about a foot taller than everyone else (he's the incarnation of justice). Anyhow, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Better idea? hmmmm..probably not...but a suggestion or two... I am still exprimenting w/ this problem myself...I tried a accessory solution...namely using combinations of epaulets, capes, backpacks and armor to raise the level of the head vs (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I'd give up SOME of my brick separators... I've got one in the kitchen, one beside my dining room table, one beside the computer (and primary LEGO sorting [and every once in a blue moon building] station), one in the bathroom (you never (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) microfig stuff nice inspiration! (bring it to the fest this summer! :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) In junior high, we had a classroom project which was built to such a scale. It was a study of Seattle WA, and different color bricks represented different types of buildings. I'd love to get the baseplate (it had the harbor and lake printed on (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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