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(...) was, (...) I used them as a kind of awning over windows and doors. It looks better when you can actually see it than imagine it. -Chris (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You reeayy captured the essence of the scenes. I can't wait to see Episode 1! : ) Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) special affects that you done to some of the pictures. I am currently working on my webpage which will be up sometime this summer...I am going to include a matrix part on mine too...Very cool site though. Rex. (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wolfenstein was created by....ummmmm....dang....that was so long ago even I forget. I mean the ORIGINAL Castle Wolfenstein (Apple ][). Top down graphics, not first person. But yes, the engine by IDG has been copied many times. These guys (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Always. Still is (my question was rhetorical). Bruce (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Blizzard (originally Silicon and Synapse, then Brainstorm, now Blizzard) was founded by Alan Adham (Allen? I forget). Much of his early contract work was for the company he lived near, Interplay Productions. Interplay has been in Orange County (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) A great page with lots of great photos. I love the Japanese Garden. (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Interesting alternate designs for minifigure legs...I will have to experiment w/ some of these techniques. (...) It was very fun indeed...a great mix of ideas and concepts from video games, movies, anime, sci-fi...A fresh perspective on some (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow! Those models are so cool! Those Akira models are amazing!! I also really like the Matrix scenes! And that Japanese Garden is beautiful! Tell Sandou to keep up the good work, and keep us posted!! Jeff (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Like this: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Make ovens out of them. (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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) It's always easier when you are simply copying something else rather than creating something original, but as to making a good computer game not being hard at all... Bruce (trying very hard not to stop laughing) :-) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) 3x3x6 castle wall corner in brown. One obvious use is that if one gets so many 1/2 octagon pieces that one is at a total loss as to how to use them is that one can slightly increase the height of a tree or two (of course it only takes 18 sets (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well they do contain a lot of grey parts. Scott A (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Which piece would that be? (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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A lot of people use the SW sets to augment their Castle stuff - and I, of course, do the same. I was curious what people thought the *best* SW set was, not as a SW set, but as a purchase for your Castle stuff. "Best" could be defined however you (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) excellent job of recreating the castle. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to interior pics. John Gramley (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes there most definitely an interior and it will be fully furnished with usable rooms and walkways. Furthermore, the whole donjon can be broken down into multiple distinct structural sound pieces. But that will have to wait till next week (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) I love all the little details, like the white bricks sticking out... and the little balcony... Excellent job, keep it up! I can't wait for the next installment! As for things I'd like to see-- is there any interior? If so, I'd love to see it. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Excellent attention to detail, I especially like the roof design. I can't wait to see the interiors...Very good photography as well... I really like your combination of colors... (...) This is a great link with inspiring photos and great (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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