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(...) Like you said - pretty much every set qualifies... I find the SW sets as awesome resources for castle parts and population. Town and trains are normally less helpful, but on occasion there are some cool pieces that come with them so it's worth (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Marcus, (...) Well, clicking on the "back to the main castle page" link brought me to this page, where I found the info about Sir Marcus... (URL)My name is Marcus but i dunno what ur talkin bout so plz give me more details That's a neat (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Howdy All, I am currently playing around with ideas for my first castle. In doing research (since I'm typically a space guy) I have found that seige craft (towers and rams) pose the greatest threat to a walled defense. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Howdy All, I am currently playing around with ideas for my first castle. In doing research (since I'm typically a space guy) I have found that seige craft (towers and rams) pose the greatest threat to a walled defense. Since a moat is hard to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Seeing the Marcus messages at lunchtime enticed me to look at this now! I never thought of putting clothing on skeletons.. hmm.. in my town there is a sidewalk construction crew uncovering (or is it hiding?) a skeleton (I made raised sidewalks like (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... I'd think that clothing would rot long before the body, OTOH armor would stay much longer. Brick Apple, BTW, is one of the best towns I've seen online. -Shiri (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You have a point. A construction-worker vest then. The old 80s kind, to be appropriate! (assuming it is a discovery, my friend thinks it's a burial!) Brick Apple is gorgeous--it's an inspiration. I think it was the mock-borough names over (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) use (...) Matt....have a look at this site: (URL) some Castles had sloping walls at the base of towers to stop such attacks.... also have a look at: (URL) castles just had a ditch all the way round... Well hope this helps you Kev... : ) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am working on a river (32x32 blue baseplates) and moat defenses on my current project (no pics yet due to space limitations) dragon teeth are designed to impede mass progress by infantry/cavalry and to hamper large vehicles/seige (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I've always been able to stick the blade of the sword in between the minifig's wrist and waist with a little effort. Of course his arm has to be almost straight down at his side, so he can't really do anything else with that hand. And he looks a lot (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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What book are you reading? Eric (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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XP to .castle Whoa! Neat... I was just gonna post something about how the Harry Potter books (I've read the first two) were pretty inspiring in terms of story ideas, spells and the like. So does this mean we get a Harry-fig? With a lightning mark on (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes: (too bad, though, that TLC is resorting to using outside sources for ideas... (...) Disney, maybe? (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Do not ask what next cause I'm pretty sure we wont like the answer. On the other hand, the Lord of the Rings Movie is coming out 2 months after Harry Potter. hmmmm. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh yeah... that too. :-) I hope they don't license, say, the little mermaid - coz then they'll make it pre-fab; while they could instead create an amazing mermaid/underwater theme without licening <sp?> the movie. Sheesh. -Shiri (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes: <snip> (...) Hopefully not CastleWorld!!! :-p Jude -- I will be in hiding while Shiri hunts me down... Avenge my death Space Fans!!! (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Speaking of underwater: (URL) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Wow, what a coincidence, last night, my sister made some custom Harry Potter minifigs from my LEGOs. They're actually pretty cool, I might post pictures later today (if she'll let me :) I haven't actually read the books, but my sister said there's (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) a (...) Not to mention what appears to be the hilt of a broken sword by the fallen fellow that neatly corresponds to the blade being studied in the active parts of the castle. John (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It depends on the amount of time available to the beseigers. Towers and rams were used in direct assaults. More insidious were mines (not particularly visual) that were used to collapse the walls from beneath. (...) use (...) I can't say I've (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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