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I'm sure that they had wheels, but the terrain was too mountainous to make wheeled carts very useful. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rayhawk" <rayhawk@artcenter.edu> (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Ug. I already replied to this thread, but It occurred to me that there may also have been a "class taboo" on wheeled transportation. That is, only the emperor or high ranked samurai could use them? Of course, if that were true, then the samurai (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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60 sets! Now there's dedication to the cause. Meanwhile, I've called Consumer Affairs (US), and the answer is that their "test" model there has the same marking pattern, so apparently it's intentional. (The representative actually put me on hold in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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The symbols are all decals, which is why they are so crisp. If only I had that steady of a hand to paint with..... Also, the paint I used is water soluable, so, if I really wanted to, I could pull the paint off the armor and helmet without much (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Your sanity prevails: wheeled vehicles were under extreme restrictions in Japan. In part for the damage they did to the roads, and in part to keep the peasants in their place. Bruce (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Along this line of question, what other weapons were used in fuedal japan? I always add armies to the castle series (european, but I have never prepped an army for the ninjas. I have plenty of figures to make an army, I just haven't done it because (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I haven't seen it yet myself, but from what I hear Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is far and away the best movie for medieval Japanese battles. While ninjas had every kind of bizarre weapon you could think of, traditional armies had a very basic (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I actually have already visited your Nagateppo site through Brik Wars. I have already gathered ideas from your battle...excellent weapons! (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow, what kind of a material did you print onto to get those custom decals? I need some for a custom fig I wanna do. I also xposted this to build.minifigs <<KM>> (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(URL) everyone, please check out my Brickshelf gallery, I'll be updating it constantly in the next few days. I know there's not much now, I'll get lots of pics of the dragon tonite, and post character backgrounds tomorrow hopefully. LMKWYT! <<KM>> (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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