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| | | Don't know if anyone saw this, but John Robert Blaze Kanehl (1) updated his homepage with a cool ninja creation... Nice job, John! I like the columns and narrow passages, and can relate to "no room in apartment" ;-) Anyway, here's da link: (URL) So (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Christopher Lindsey
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| | | | | (...) No, I hadn't seen that yet. Very cool! I'm glad that someone's keeping the Ninja spirit alive... :) I really liked the columns with the 1x1 angled bricks -- nice way to take something that could be "blah" and give it pizazz! Chris -- Remove (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | (...) great oriental architecture!! the roof's shape and long "curves" are stunning! reveal the serets of those columns along the entrance hall, please! are they on 2x2 turnables? they look set into the structure diagonaly. this subtly compliments (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | (...) Not to steal John's thunder, but it's just a matter of orienting the brick that way when you put it on the brick under it. Take a 1x1 brick and stick it on a stud- you can turn it, still mounted on the stud, 360 degrees. So, when placing the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | (...) That's what's great about it - simple but very refreshing. A new look to an old, bleh thing, as Chris mentioned. (...) Huh? Is he against customizing or something? -Shiri (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Sorry, I made a comic book joke because I assumed Craig would get it. In Marvel Comics in the 70's a guy named Johnny Blaze was the host for Ghost Rider, the Spirit of Vengeance. He got quite upset when innocents were harmed. eric (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) ;-) yeah, i always think of ghost rider or the human torch when i see johnny's name. a ghost rider mini-fig doesn't require any customizing ~ just mix-n-match a skull and white hands on a black leather jacket torso. add a flame element on the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I tried some of that. I think that GR wore gloves, though, didn't he? I used black hands. I also tried sticking the flame element in the top of the skull, but thought it looked kinda wussy for GR. :D I tried to puzzle out a way to attatch them (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Karl Martinson
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| | | | | | | | (...) Do you know how close you came to a pun? John's thunder - that's awfully close to Johnny Thunder, the Adventurer! Ha Ha :0) <<KM>> (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —John Robert Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | | | (...) Thank you! I like the columns and narrow passages I didn't like the "blah" flat look so I rotated them...the gaps are thin but very use ful for archers and pikemen; the rotation also adds to a subtle elegance , and can relate to "no (...) It's (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Kung-Khoon Quah
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| | | | | (...) The 1x1 tall pieces were put to great use but I love the white lattice fences on the second floor. And the size of the gatehouse is very awe-inspiring. Would make any decent army think twice. Way to go in moving japanese castle development (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Jason Catena
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| | | | | (...) John's project helped me get inspired over the weekend, and I decided to implement the basement/wall plans I've been working on. It turned nicely into a five-story keep, more-or-less in the style of Odawara Castle. The first story is a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | Hi Jason! Your castle sounds very cool! Any chance we'll get to see pics soon? (...) I'm having similar problems - I want to have my characters DO stuff, or to pose in specific poses, and it's hard with the very non-articulate minifigs... Yuck! (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Jason Catena
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks! Good question, though. I don't have a digital camera, so I kind of have to take shots in batches, which is why I don't have anything newer than what Pawel's scanned in. Actually, I need a scanner of my own, too. I'll disassemble the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Great! I can't wait to see the Verneer Chronicles chapter you and Pawel created! (...) True... still, when I compare them to Belville figs (for example) and I see what I can do with a BV fig that I can't with a m-f, I get annoyed (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Jason Catena
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah, tell me about it. To be honest, I think it takes a zillion bricks to get over that feeling, cause you always seem to need *that* particular piece in *that* color for a project, which of course you don't have. *chuckle* I think Conan (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) Modern practitioners of Wicca will generally disavow any accusations of sacrifice, soul-selling, etc. The Wiccan Rede is: "An thou harm none, do as thou wilt." Just thought I'd mention it so you don't inadvertently offend any Wiccans. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —John Robert Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | | | | (...) Inever thought about the icky bits myself....upon reflection, my story has its share of violence and mayhem, but I guess I will have to consider my story presentation more carefully... my knowledge of wicca is limited, but elements of my story (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | (...) It's kind of you to consider the practitioners of alternative faiths like this -- but it's not like Wiccans own either paganism or the past. Much is unknown about the past and I suppose one can make up nearly anything one wants about it. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (mine :-) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) Digression continues... This was specifically in reference to the use of the word "wiccans", and not because of the use of the word "pagans". I think pagan is a much more generic term and I don't believe it refers to a specific faith - just (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | Wiccans (Was: Re: Ninja page update (mine :-)) —Jason Catena
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| | | | | | (...) offensive. (...) Well, I didn't mean to reference the current (peaceful, I guess) practices of people who call themselves Wiccans today. That said, there is a body of beliefs and practices about witches and warlocks that ranges from the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —John Robert Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | | (...) Wow! I thought you didn't like the Ninja theme = ) (just when I thought no one was paying attention.... (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) I never said that. I said I don't do Ninja, but that's NOT because I don't like it; It's because a) I have no clue about oriental-structures, lifestyles-- anything, and b) my budget is only so big and I have to focus on one thing that I can at (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) several pages of this seem to be gone. What's up? (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —John Robert-Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | (...) Frank wins the prize !!!! =8^) I always wondered if anyone was checking back... I have actually been updating my webpage for the past few weeks with new "chapters" of my story...I didn't want to announce it officially due to some grammatical (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | | | | | Re: Ninja page update (not mine :-) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) I have been working on processing all the Lugnet messages in the themes I'm interested in and updating my links pages. I've only got some 2400 Castle messages to process... I need to be more pro-active in adding links to my link pages the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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