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Re: Castle 200?.........please.
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:47:51 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Kyle Peterson writes:
> > On that note, what new elements would you like to see in any upcoming castle
> > themes?
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> Heh. I'd settle for no new elements and just non-juniorized castles like
> back in the day... sigh... Oh yes, and no more black castles. How about tan?
> Or white? Tan & white arches galore! Tan & white extreme slopes!
I wouldn't mind going back to light grey, really. Tan would also be good
for some castles. White would I think be too bright for most castles -
even the White Tower in the Tower of London isn't all that white.
More pieces in some of the new 'sand' colors (from Life on Mars) would be
great - they could be mixed in with lt. and dk. grey bricks for a more
realistic looking stone wall.
> But as for new pieces, how about more castle decorations like the tan lion's
> head? I'd love to have those in other colors, as well as some new
> statues/carvings...
The lion's heads were some of the neatest things to come out of Knight's
Kingdom.
> Oh yeah, and how about some realistically sized weapons?
> Enough of these x-long axes and way-too-huge silver swords.
I regard that as part of being in 'minifig scale' - just about everything
they hold is "too big" - at least, I've never drunk from a goblet as tall
as my torso, or a coffee cup almost the size of my head (although I know
folks who have).
> How about a
> double edged battle axe?
It's not double-edged, but you can make a fearsome looking battle-axe if
you're willing to sacrifice one of the fancy halberds. I trimmed a
lightsaber-blade length from the end and gave the resulting smaller axe to
a bat Lord - now he looks like something out of a Frazetta painting.
> In other news, anyone planning on some new rounded castle towers now that
> the SW Escape pod set comes with two cheap 1/4 8x8 round, 5? high wall
> pieces? (UNPRINTED!)
I haven't bought the Droid Escape yet, but the pieces there are pretty
tempting. I'll have to figure out something to do with the veritable army
of protocol and astromech droids I'll wind up with. I wonder if 3PO's
body would look like armor with a different head stuck on it?
J
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| (...) Not anymore. In it's heyday, it was covered with whitewash, however, so it was indeed white. So if you wanted to play with knights in the Tower, you'd want a white White Tower- if you want to play with tourists, you need a tan White Tower. :D (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Castle Color
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| (...) For MOCs white works out quite nicely because of the amounts of bricks you can get in that color. (I am building a 96x96 castle with a 3 floor keep and it looks fine, or at least so far.....) -Jonathan (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle 200?.........please.
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| (...) Heh. I'd settle for no new elements and just non-juniorized castles like back in the day... sigh... Oh yes, and no more black castles. How about tan? Or white? Tan & white arches galore! Tan & white extreme slopes! Heck, all varieties of tan & (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.castle)
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