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Re: Ninja page update (mine :-)
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Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:05:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Catena writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Hi Jason!
> > 
> > Your castle sounds very cool! Any chance we'll get to see pics soon?
> 
> 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. • <snip>
> So, I might be able to take a set of teaser shots this weekend. Maybe.

Great! I can't wait to see the Verneer Chronicles chapter you and Pawel
created!

> > 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!
> 
> Yeah, but lego minifigs are a lot more flexible than other types of figures
> when it comes to accessories.

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 that I
don't have enough bricks to build BV-scale castles... ;-)

> I've tried to create "static moments in time"
> to avoid most of the articulation problems, but it's surprising how much
> emotion and purpose you can get out of just how the arms are positioned, for
> example.

Very, very true. I was just ranting, because I was trying to do something very
specific and it didn't work out... but in general, I agree. Minifigs are
pretty good when compared to other (non-lego) figures.
In relation to your example, the orientation of the face is an *excellent* way
to show emotion.

> > >  2. mystery room, haven't figured it out yet, probably library/treasury/
> > > observatory;
> > >  3. bedchamber for the Emperor and family... he doesn't get out much,
> > > there seems to be something wrong with him, and he's looking *rather*
> > > unhealthy;
> > 
> > Oooh! Both of these have *lots* of potential... can't wait to hear what's
> > going on there!
> 
> Heh, thanks. :) The mystery room is intended to show how advanced the culture
> is, with books and a telescope and such, to show that this is an enlightened
> regime, rather than a tyrannical rule. (1) On the flip side of that, I've got
> a
> throne, gate, and host (set of servants) for my main bad guy, and where he
> hangs out is pretty creepy. (2)

Sounds great!

> Why the emperor is in the condition he's in is a really important and
> influential part of the realm, and ties together a whole bunch of different
> things. So, it's going to be a mystery for a while. ;)

Oooh, I'm in suspense... (I've got a bunch of surprises in store for you guys
too!)

> (1) Oh! I just remembered I need a Go table in there. (Hmmm, a straightedge,
> white or tan 2x2 tile, and a fine-tip sharpie....)

Go table = ?

> (2) Here's a question for anyone, just to make sure I'm reading this group
> right: I've included a certain amount of real-life nastiness between people to
> explain why certain relationships are the way they are, why certain sources of
> power exist, and to explore how horrific the evil side really is (and, of
> course, to justify the good and neutral sides' struggles against the evil).
> This stuff that I've made up is really not for family consumption, most kids
> have no desire to know adults behave towards each other like this. So I was
> going to just leave this information in my backstory, not publish it, and only
> hint at it in really obscure ways if necessary. Does this sound like a good
> approach?

Wow. I don't know. There are, after all, kids who read this NG (tho' not much,
granted). I think obsecure ways are fine, altho' personally I wouldn't mind
hearing the nastier sides (and by some definitions, I'm still a "kid").

-Shiri



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

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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 (...) (27 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

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