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(...) Thanks for posting this - I was not aware of the tree trunk piece. They finally ran out of the Dark Forest Fortress locally, and I can always use some peasant-types. Bruce (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmmmm, this would doom me forever. Just kinda ignore the "not". :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Just to clarify: there's *not* a 'tree trunk' piece in the Desert Skiff. The piece I was referring to is a brown 6x3 half-octagon plate. Two of them together form an octagon the same size as the octagons formed by four of the quarter-octagon (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes. They are the nine kings of men who became servants of Sauron. (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Those are Ringwraiths. Wringwraiths are the 144 (one gross, to put it into a not-quite-acceptable Hobbit social term) guys who found the Rings of Plastic (with the compass, of course) inside marked boxes of Mordor Crunchies and became doomed (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Good ideas on the black dragon and crystal ball. The crytal ball and silver crown would definitely work well for a Battle of Pelennor Fields scenario. Another good use for the new large broad sword is as Orchrist/Glamdring. (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ROTFL! Doh! I used the wrong term to describe the nine wring-bearers. The wright word is Ringwraiths. I wreally am sorry! (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Where do you find a silver crown piece? Are you referring to one of the small crowns from Belville? Tony (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm thinking of the crown worn by 6026 King Leo. (Is chrome a more appropriate descriptor?) On another note, I was working on a castle Friday night, and I decided to pop in Braveheart for a little bit of atmosphere and inspiration, and I was (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) small (...) appropriate (...) in (...) Aye, I noticed the similarities too! Being part Scottish and an avid Braveheart Fan (I wore out one set of tapes, so I had to buy another), I was hit with some inspiration when I saw the KK sets. Oh, as (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow, what a piece of work! I'm not building on quite the scale you are, or the authenticity, so I quite respect what you've been able to accomplish here. I have a couple notes, both from my own experience buiding a small multistory keep more or less (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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So I had a brilliant idea for my current WIP: inlay a design so that the entire roof is a giant Wolfpack symbol. The problem? Not enough plates. I have the symbol all designed, I just don't have the sheer mass of plateage I'll need to support it. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Perchance, this is an allusion to the creation of the Globe Theater in ABS brick? Do any minifigs have little, trim moustaches and goatees? This also makes me wonder, how would one make frilly ruffles around a minifig's neck? Decipheringly, T (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gah! I have nowhere near the number of bricks I'd need for that... (...) Actually, yes. Check out the Imperial Armada figs...(and heck, some of the Castle ones...) (...) Hmm. With a scrap of cloth, a needle, and a bit of thread, one could fold (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) WHAT!!!!!!! It was in Irvine???? I live there! When was it there? (...) would (...) Alex Alex (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Thanks for this very detailed and analytical reply. I enjoyed reading it. (...) I will be putting some of these techniques on my webpage to be launched in 2 weeks devoted to Building Japanese castles with Lego. (...) Oops !! I got tired of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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Maybe they're there now. They were in Canada before (where they started). -- Paul Davidson Alex <legowiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Ft6nnL.89v@lugnet.com... (...) take, (...) Blizzard (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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The way this works is a creative company invents a gaming engine and several others copy it. Classic example Wolfenstein/Doom invented by Idg. These guys invented the 3D shooter engine that was copied by many others. Once software engine is created, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Man, no kidding! I had always passed this set by thinking that it had too many specialized pieces, but on your recommendation I went and picked up two at K-Mart tonight. Great elements and 'figs! Chris (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) But how about a suggestion for that big brown piece at the front of the skiff? :) I don't want to be stuck with 5 of those. Bryan (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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