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Re: My Castle is Completed
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 5 May 2000 23:11:29 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Wilson Raska writes:
> > http://www.sofast.net/~raska/structures.html
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> > Please let me know what you think.
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> Great stuff!
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> Quest's and comm's...:
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> I admire your innovative use of pieces. Ninja doors for roofs,
> swinging "portcullis" doors, and spears for jail cells... very unconventional,
> which makes it special and cool!
> Any chance we can see one picture of the full castle? I can make out how it
> looks from the landscape pics (looks good!) but I'd love to see one picture of
> the whole layout, to get an idea of where everything is in relation to other
> things (e.g. where is the keep in relation to the entrance).
> Is the castle sitting atop a non-lego base? I couldn't determine for sure. If
> so, why? (because it's more stable, or...?)
> The landscape is a very good idea. I have some comments about that. I love the
> waterfall, and the pillar on which the castle lays is very nice. But (no
> offence!) the big base looks a bit weird because it sticks out farther than
> the pillar does. I think it would be really nice if the pillar would have a
> negative (inverse) sloping, instead of positive.(1) That way, the base would
> look like it's sitting on a cliff. Also, if the base is non-lego, can you make
> it smaller? I think it would look better.
The top base is just a piece of plywood painted green. That won't be the
final base, but I used it just so I could get some pictures posted. It will
eventually be smaller when I'm finished.
> The lookout post is really great, as are the small and very realistic details
> of the waterfall! I love the way the stones make little waves... I've been to
> a lot of streams and rivers, and that's exactly what it looks like in quick-
> flowing, rocky ones!
> I like the towers' design, especially the way they allow easy access yet are
> still very stable.
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> All in all, great job! I like it a lot, and I'm expecting Vincent's hideout!
Thanks! I will try to get it built as soon as possible.
> > There's two of these posts because in the
> > first one, I spelled Completed wrong in the title. So please reply to this
> > one. Just a little bit of obsessive compulsive feeling.
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> Nothing personal, but that can be somewhat annoying :-)
D'oh
> No one minds an occational typo, but if you still want to note it - it's
> better to reply to the original post instead of starting a new thread.
Ya I didn't really feel good about putting up another post, sorry everyone, I
wasn't thinking at the time and was in a rush.
> -Shiri
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> (1) negative = narrow base, sloping outwards to a wide top
> positive = wide base, sloping inwards to a narrow top
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