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(...) OMG! How come I never thought about that... I was in France twice, and in Germany quite a few times, but even though I've visited some castles it was (sadly) before my castle renaissance so I didn't think of those things... Well your post sure (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeff, mon ami, If Knights' Kingdom represents France, why oh why, are they waving flags similar to the Scottish bars (although the X is gold instead of white)? Eventually, they'll represent my kinfolk, the Irish. Oh, I could see it now, a little (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David, it's great when you can see them first hand, I live in Australia....we have about oh 200 yrs of European history, so you can imagine what it's like for me....But with the internet and books, one can learn alot....plus it helps that I've (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) always (...) Well, (...) *Some* Americans. It depends on the building practice of the region - red "spanish tile" is all over southern California (much of it actually concrete these days). Castle roofing could also be slate or lead, but one (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) grey. (...) the (...) Being from Australia, when I visited Canada 4 yrs ago, I was surprised to see shingles and black roofs.....that's wierd to me, as nearlly ALL our roofs are red tiles...... we have ALOT of clay here....and no snow....every (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm no historian or anything, but I'd guess that the reason a lot of drawbridges are built with overhead lifting beams is for ease of counterbalancing. You hang a big heavy weight on the ends of the overhead beams, across the fulcrum from the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, Would it make sense if a minifig had a quiver but carried a crossbow? I'm sure that's where he'd put his bolts, but the grey crossbow + brown quiver looks awfully strange... Good thing there are brown crossbows available in the new Castle sets (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... maybe a black quiver (indians sets) with a grey crossbow wouldn't look too bad... -Shiri (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think it looks OK... In fact, #4811 (Defense Archer) includes a brown quiver with the soldier. Of course, the crossbows are mounted on a special stand instead of being held... Chris (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, I just finished off my first Ninja-themed building. It actually ended up being the largest building in my city (at 13 stories). Here is a picture: (URL) is a link to my main web page: (URL) me know what you think! Brad (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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