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<breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out> Wow, wow, wow. My word, Dan, that is FABULOUS. Truly amazing. I don't think anyone will fail to be moved by the picture of the 6075/375 YC shrinking next to your amazing castle. <bowing down> "We're (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words! I've always thought of excuses of why my castle models were made from red bricks and I cam up with the Blood Stone "chronicles" years ago to help explain this (the next installment on the site will go into it the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sanguine castle? (not the cheerful, optimistic definition, but the blood- thirsty one, based on the medieval four humors). Crimson keep? Chris -- Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply. (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, yes, and the throne room shot can carry the caption, "In the court of the Crimson Keep!" (Somebody out there will get this one -- FUT lugnet.off-topic.pun) -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. Department of Structural Biology Stanford University (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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13th Century Schitzoid man! (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Just a couple of thoughts. (...) Let me add a little. WOW! WOW! WOW! (...) It seems to me that just about everybody has a castle named after a rock. Mine for instance is called Black Roch Keep. Too bad most of us don't have the pieces to make castle (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Oops, typo, that should be Black Rock Keep. Rob (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I concour, your excellency. (...) Well... rocks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me ;-) Rocks/stones/boulders are often part of the setting/terrian around the building, or alternatively the building is *made* of stone... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's what I'm talkin' about. Sometimes it's downright depressing. I mean, it's awe inspiring and incredible how huge and intricate some of those "OPOC's" are, yet at the same time it's kinda dis-heartening. But, the more I think about it, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Aw yeah, I know. (BTW, I see you've been reading my posts carefully... should I update the acronym list? ;-) (j/k) (...) Yeah. And, sometimes I try to not think of being "biggest and best" but drop the biggest and try to do as much as possible (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an Imperial Star Destroyer, it is. Now some word-book-fun. Some neighbors moved away last week and left behind a heap of books in the junkroom. A curious mixture: History of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, that's very comforting. :-) <snip> (...) Sounds like a great book for inspiration! <snip> (...) That's a great description. Can I coax you to scan some of these? Will bribery do the trick? :-) (...) Such a dumb town! ;-) (...) I have to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Barnes and Noble had this a couple years back, and may still do. My copy says "1993 Barnes and Noble Books". I was hoping for more detailed pictures and plans, but there is certainly a lot of historical stuff in it. (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Castle, (...) "OPOC's" (...) the (...) Actually, I think building on such a large scale is actually less satisfying than smaller scale projects. Huge works such as my castle take years to build and progress can be annoyingly slow. For example, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wouldn't REALLY know but I tend to agree. My inn is fun and I love it, but creating Helfire in two hours and having it come out nicely was MUCH more satisfying. I think my inn could be great when I'm done with it, but meanwhile it's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) it (...) the (...) towers, (...) sucks. (...) had (...) One nice thing about building on a small project, is that you can do the interiors without having all of your small pieces disappear. Another is not having to spend a week or two (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In reply to my remark, "In the Court of the Crimson Keep," (...) Ha! Flushed one out! It just took me a few days to find your message. My cookies got reset somehow to the default, so I've missed posts to the off-topic groups. Somewhere on the Net I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) down (...) in (...) While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though. (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer' castles in them. The (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means "settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D (...) The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase copies of that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was guessing Gaelic too but it appears to be Welsh. (...) Found in at (URL) It's framed so you need to run the search yourself but it comes up as "wall;castle;town." Everyone seems to have the right idea. (...) copies (...) The Science (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_, _The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_, _The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There are at least two more: _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain_, and the book about Fflewder Fflam. I *still* haven't figured out the name of that one yet... :\ Jeff (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) A search on Amazon reveals: The Truthful Harp. Long out of print, unfortunately. (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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