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(...) Opps, I meant Kevin. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I know I've pointed that out at some point when describing my conversion of these components into my revised Castle Wall Compontent system, though I'm uncertain if I am an original poster of this inadequacy. <snip> (...) Essentially, all the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Thanks Thomas for the pictures. That's excatly what I was looking for. I couldn't quite picture how they would go together. I thought the finished castle would be square or symetrical (silly me). Thank you David for the list. Now I know what sets to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I believe that all the official sets with technic pin connections are: 6034 Black Monarch's Ghost (Black) 6040 Blacksmith Shop (Grey) 6041 Armor Shop (Grey) 6059 Knight's Stronghold (Black) 6061 Seige Tower (Grey) 6062 Battering Ram (Grey) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Um, I don't think there's any "official" way to combine castle sets. You just. . .put them together. That is to say, you would assemble your 6085 and 6059 according to the instructions, "open up" the 6085, and use the technic pins to insert (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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John Carroll <johnc@digitalacropolis.com> wrote in message news:G78AuG.28C@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) it. (...) happy (...) grows (...) (or (...) John brings up a good point here - revise, revise, revise. Rarely do I sit down and build (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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Can anyone point me to a picture/set list/description of how the old castles are "supposed" to snap together? I have seen several sets, all with technic pins & holes - like they are supposed to go together. I would like to know if TLG ever actually (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Pawel. I wanted to convey the feeling that Sidon was a hub for many different people and that people make livings doing different things. As for the building, I decided to build something in the Black Falcons Fortress color scheme. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was having a temporary builder's block last night - not the kind of month-long slump that we've been discussing here, but an inability to make what I wantedto build (oddly enough, a minifig-scale mech) come out right. I had some parts joined (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the input, Michael! I'll try to keep it up.:) I just hope that the rest of my story meets with as much approval. If there's one thing I, myself, don't like - it's a story that builds up and then fizzles and goes flat. (Gibson's (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Outstanding! That is a wonderful use of that baseplate! I love the greenery around the gate. I don't think I can ever have enough (and I certainly haven't hit "enough" yet!), seeing someone with an abundance make use of it is always (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snipped> (...) I learned a new tool in PS - Blur. It worked fairly well to smooth the edges, especially of the trees, to make it look more like one image and not like I just cut something out of a magazine and slopped it onto another picture. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My official feedback is that you should keep doing this! The story was very well done, and the combining the foreground and the background was very well done. I'm a sucker for historical myth, even if the 'history' is ficticious, and the bit (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snipped> (...) Thanks, Bill! It's no Chipmu..I mean Wolf ram..but it turned out a whole lot better than I expected. :):) (don't hurt me! hehe) (...) I can't believe how much I've forgotten since school. Grammatical errors.. aren't those the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snip> (...) I've had these 4 characters sitting around for probably the better part of 6 months, now, actually. I guess they figured their own story out and made me tell it finally. <G> <snipped> (...) It certainly takes time; if nothing else (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Great model. Excellent optimization of parts (base and half tower pieces), and great use of color and slopes. I like the fortifications on the top the best. In the last photo with the two shadowy figures - it looks like there are four (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeaaaay! New stuff from Wilson! At the risk of being unconstructive: I love it! It's so full of life and detail that I could spend a good 15-20 minutes just browsing the same pictures again and again. The details work as do the color (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I checked it out earlier today at school, and I think it's fantastic! Very good for your first story. I was amazed how much image-editing you did for it. I particularly liked the ones where the LEGO path connected to the "real" path, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, after finally deciding to take pictures of this after watching it sit around for about 7 months, I managed to tie it into my story line and make a pretty cool teaser. So here it is, The Gate to Sidon: (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !
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(...) which is exactly what any good story wants to do. Bravo!! I enjoyed the bit about what keeps the animals away (don't want to spoil it for any who haven't read it yet). I also like how you mingled the lego with the backgrounds - it works very (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle)
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