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Check out: (URL) some pictures of the start of my new castle. It will be a Wolfpack castle nestled on a clifside by the sea. A large sea cave will have a dock area and an underground stream, with stairs leading up to the castle. A steep road will (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Man Frank, I thought my room was bad! how do you find anything in there??? I've got stuff in bags all over my room right now, and I can't seem to remember which bag has what it in if it's a misc. bag... I know I need to sit down and do some serious (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Mookie wrote in message <39830CF2.100D548A@w...tt.net>... (...) When everything is stowed, it's pretty easy to find stuff. While building, I'm always misplacing a bag. Each drawer, tub, crate, or other large container holds similar parts. For (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Well begun Frank. Off to conquer even more worlds (or should I say themes?). I can't figure out what you moved or packed away to make room for this layout? Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FyH0Mr.921@lugnet.com... (...) I'm (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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sheree rosenkrantz wrote in message ... (...) Oh, I've been conquering the Castle theme for some time (though I'm not even pretending to try and become castle complete - actually, Pirates is the only significant theme I'm trying for completeness (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Ok, as promised, I've got more pictures. I'm not sure whether I'll continue this project or abandon it. Read the older posts if you want to find out more background. The pictures are at: (URL) on the pictures (sorry about the mess in the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) By all means continue, looks cool so far. I particurly like the picture where there is more "narrative" at work -- as where the boat is coming out from underneath the bridge. Once you develop some characters, I'm sure it will be a great (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) see the battlements rise just like in the old days! Just a question: Are you going to mottle up that light grey cliff-face so it's not so uniform, using a few dkgrey bricks, a handful of green bricks, and a few plant bits? It might get the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Of course there's the minor detail that sailboats can't make it under the bridge... 6057 is a _little_ shorter than the ship from 6277, but only by a brick or two. (...) If you look at my postings over in lugnet.off-topic.debate, you'll (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yea, I'm very pleased with the river and bridge. In fact, even if I abandon the huge sea cave idea, I'll still keep the bridge. I would have liked to make the bridge narrower, but for the 6038 cart to be able to cross it, the roadway needed to (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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Ok, I decided to take a break from massive earth moving, and work up some characters, here they have all posed for the artist (who is sitting on a flying carpet off the cliff face...): (URL) left to right, top row: Karl Gundersson, commander of the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Missing is Vulf's eldest son, Lars. No doubt he has left Castles and joined Pirates. Bruce (there's a joke hiding in there somewhere) (...) characters, here they have all posed for the artist (who (...) Chandruth's accomplishments are the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Reeeeeeeally? <grin> Please clarify, I haven't been following .pirates *that* carefully; Frank-ly, (1) I haven't been following much of lugnet carefully at all... I barely even noticed I won CLSOTW... (2) ... just barely keeping up on .castle. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh, I don't know, I think it is quite possible that I will run out of bricks on this creation. I'm already almost out of red 2x4 bricks, and I have a lot more support superstructure to go (which will likely eat up all the blue and yellow (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The Sea Wolf, by Jack London. The central character being a ship captain named Wolf Larson. If Vulf has a son named Lar, he'd be Lars Vulfson. I TOLD you the joke was hiding (and perhaps should have stayed hidden). :-) Bruce (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Chandruth's accomplishments are the firecasters the Pack's (...) Hehehehehe, All I can think of is: "Derrrr vas Karl Gunderson and Vulf Gunderson and Dirk Gunderson and Helga Gunderson and Jorek Gunderson and Kyla Gunderson, and Gunder (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Ok, more pictures here: (URL) Vulfsdottir, Jorek Gundersson, Karl Gundersson, Rolf (the standard bearer) (URL) Gundersson, Helga, Dirk Vulfson (URL) Firemaster, a pair of wolfmen. Please go ahead and add me to Castle World. I'm not sure if Vulf is (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) Pack's (...) Helga's full name is Helga Kendriksdottir. (...) ^^^^^^^^ Oops - that should be Vulf (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) or not yet, but please add a link to clan Vulf. (...) Sure thing, Frank! Just lemme know when you decide on a sigfig. -Chris (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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