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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

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