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As a follow up to my own previous posting, what Roger Wilson was inquiring about appears to have nothing to do with "Castle World" in the manner that I know it. I gather he was remarking upon something else entirely. I'd still like to have answers (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Alan, Nice castle, very well designed. Kinda resembles the Yellow Castle. I like the gate, very different. Bill (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) There is no official map, and I haven't even tried doing anything since Craig told me he would work on it. So as far as I'm concerned, there is nothing being done about this at the time. (...) I would love for someone to step in and make a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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For those who may have enjoyed going to my site to look at the LEGO creations I've posted about recently, my site will be back. For the next week, however, I have taken it down in memorial to Dale Earnhardt who died during the Daytona 500 on Sunday, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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For those who may have enjoyed going to my site to look at the LEGO creations I've posted about recently, my site will be back. For the next week, however, I have taken it down in memorial to Dale Earnhardt who died during the Daytona 500 on Sunday, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Book I of the Hillsfar Chronicles: A Friend Returns
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(...) Good story! I've always like the "gathering of old friends" concept. Old warriors always have good tales to tell. Can't wait for more. Sean (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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Wow, that is cool man! You managed to tell a great story without the use of much violence, which I tend to base my stories around. I really didn't notice too many of the blurry pics in the story and all the shots were well-taken. I liked all the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) interesting use of night in the early sequences, appealing characters, etc -- and then, yes, the last panel... ...those gungun thingies on their orange ostriches, AND with FK shields no less..... ...The Horror! The Horror! -- Richard (who is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Mike, If you're still looking for these, I have a few extra to trade--specifically, from the Knight's Procession set. Let me know if you're interested. onedaycnn (sid) (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nice story well thought out and presented. The Villains were appropriate INHO ... :^) Hey Richard, where's Timmy? would he be acceptable for the sacrifice? :^) Mike (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Well, I think I've been getting better. Not sure if you remember my first two attempts at custom castle helms: (URL) is the latest: (URL) are just variations of the traditional Great Helm....with the exception of the Barbute helmet on the very end. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Sorry for the addendum to my own post. Thanks to those who provided me with cast molding info. Unfortunately, this is not my area of expertise. If someone with the experience of cast molding is willing to step up and evaluate my custom helms to see (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ok, I'll bite... I like the two on the extreme left, but my favorite one is the one that is second from the right. It would look perfectly at home as a step between the one-piece helmets and the visored helm (which does have indentations as (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow, those are all sweet. I like #3 and #5 with "breathing holes". (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Ok, I hate to jump the "how-to" gun, but how did you make these? You mentioned the oven, so I'm assuming Fimo? Now that I think about it, as long as you have a good "master" you can cast lots in resin with a RTV (room-temperature-vulcanizing rubber) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Variety is the spice of life - they all look good. The breathing holes add a little something. I like the Barbute, though I don't recall them having the heavy central ridge. I gotta go get some Sculpy. :-) Bruce (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I found the post about the first batch of custom helms, and discovered that you use Sculpey... Should have searched a bit more first. It's pretty easy to cast things in resin. All you need is a good master (it looks like you have several...) You can (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Funny you should mention this! I just got another batch of RTV-rubber yesterday to finish up an action figure project I've been working on. I would be happy to give it a try if no one else is game, but I would suggest the second or third most (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) otherwise I wish TLC actually made these. I have been messing with sculpey in other areas, but maybe it's time to bring into my lego stuff. -- Richard (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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More great work, Kyle! I like the fifth one the best of this lot, with a first four being toss-ups. I still am very fond of the flat top helms, however. As far as rtv molding goes, if Bianca is willing, go for it! With our upcoming sticker project, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) As far as mounting the sculpey on a stick, it follows that if you get a wood dowel the same diameter as a minifig's head (and possible carving a stud on the end?), you would be saving yourself some work down the road. Kevin (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't know about the silver paint, -- Richard I think they would all look a little more "LEGO-esgue" if they were painted in Dark Grey and/or black instead of metallic silver -- Eric (...) Well, the real trick is getting to match the paint (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yeah, I plan on doing a Structures page that will go into more detail on the "important" buildings. (...) Thanks again. I wanted to do something with them, and this was the most obvious choice. -Chris (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks Wilson. I'm such a perfectionist, I had to have it all just right. (Ask Shiri, we had to do most shots 3 or 4 times before I got one I liked :-) I think all the added little "thingies" add that dimension that one needs. (...) We had the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) thanks! (...) Yeah, point taken. I don't much like the Gungans either, but I have a ton of em and wanted to use them for something, and this made sense. As for the FK shields, I really like em. When I was little I had lion (crusader) shields, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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Hey all, a couple things to share: A miniature castle I threw together: (URL) a couple pics of a roof design I came up with. (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) emulate thatching. Gives you room for a loft as well as an interestingly different roof design for your peasant villages. Matt (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) (unfortunately, the pictures didn't turn out to be any good.) Mine wasn't quite as steep, and used a somewhat different construction. Both sides were able to fold upwards enabling me to get at the interior. (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) really well with the microfig medieval town Shiri did a while back. The tile door adds a lot; perhaps you could fit in a 1x3 arch for that curved look, or even use a 2x4 arch with 2 seperate 1x2 grill tiles for that portcullis look? A. Mark (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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(...) 45-degree pitch you should be able to finish the side edge of the peak with virtually no gap using one 1x2 plate on the underside of the 1-by's on one edge. There'll be a bit that hangs down, but it'll look decorative. Amy (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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I liked the first Helms you made...... Now only if you could make them out of plastic, those would be worth buying!! Doyle (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Have you tried the Tamiya or Gunze Sangyo (sp?) lines of water-based acrylics? They are matched to the FS color scale, and are pretty faithful in their results. I'm not sure where you can get one, but if you can come up with a FS color chip set, you (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hello Mike, I've got several extras of the figs from the Tournament as well as the knight's procession, most in very good to excellent condition. I'd be happy to consider a trade. Just email me. Fritz (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Does anyone have a spreadsheet or database containing information on all castle sets? I'd like to inventory what I have and get out a "want list" and a "trade list" of my duplicates. Thanks in advance, Andy (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) castle (...) If you're a Lugnet member, you can use the set databases to do that. It's pretty keen. For example: (URL) my list. What you *won't* see here is that there is a "private" category that only I can see. You could easily use the "want (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) castle (...) The text-format files from the LUGNET Guide are here: (URL) enough to filter for Castle, depending on the system you want to use. I myself use Excel with auto-filtering - very functional for flat files. Cheers, Heather -- Heather (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Dave (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: group request castle.ninja
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(...) Is the .castle area ready for subgroups of Castle (not just Ninja but Forestmen, Royal Knights, Black Falcons, etc.)? It would be fun to install the whole kit and kaboodle. --Todd (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Excellent idea! Although e-mail conversations on the Ninja theme have been entertaining and enlightening, I would love an open forum where others can join in and share ideas. The .castle tone towards the Ninja theme has softened considerably (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | group request castle.ancient (was Re: group request castle.ninja)
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(...) Todd, Ancient theme is in the same bind as Ninja. Gets buried in .castle every time it flares up. Hard to build a community. I would like to see a group for ancient fans. Mecha is an example of a non-Lego sub-theme that already has its own (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) While lugnet.castle.ninja may have some good reasons to exist, I'd hate to see the others. The traffic volume in .castle just isn't that high. I think it's best to create sub-theme groups only when there's a clear need due to overall traffic (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: group request castle.ninja
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(...) Ditto-ing Frank, although with slightly different reasons... Ninja is the only castle subtheme that is taken on it's own by most people... There's lots of people out there that build Ninja stuff "seperately" and talk about it the same way. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: group request castle.ancient (was Re: group request castle.ninja)
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(...) But Ninja is an established LEGO (sub)theme. Ancient also usually pops up in .build.arch (I'm assuming you are refering to greek, roman ect.) I think it makes sence to make a .castle.ninja group. I agree with Frank and James on why the other (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: group request castle.ancient (was Re: group request castle.ninja)
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(...) What if we made a .build.ancient group? (...) Excellent! Man, that stuff is all so great! --Todd (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Total **ME TOO** in bold letters right about here. -Shiri (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Book I of the Hillsfar Chronicles: A Friend Returns
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(...) way cool! It's even better now. I gotta add that your ideas about the lighting were great, and I guess those extra tries and image editing really paid off, because those pictures are good. And I can't wait to see what happens next! (Would you (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Book I of the Hillsfar Chronicles: A Friend Returns
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(...) I can't wait to see the second part of it. Interesting use of Gungans for the orcs too :o) -Tim (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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| | orcs and the likes...
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i ment to write about other things in the last post also how about ideas for making harpies,dwarves,giant scorpians,wolves,cyclops, or a hydra? (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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DOH! the last post i refer to didn't post... anyway it was about the orcs what i did was paint hands arms and heads a light brown AND BUT THEM ON A NICE MATCHING BODY LIKE A CHAINMAIL ONE i improved by adding horns i took the bone clip things that (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: group request castle.ancient (was Re: group request castle.ninja)
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(...) I think that would be a great idea! (...) Sure is. (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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I'm pretty thrilled that other folks might see things the same way. I hope that .ninja will soon have it's own space. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am with Frank on this. When people talk about Ninja a lot of times they are really talking about all castles/architecture oriental in nature and therefore there is a large amount to be said about the topic. Whereas to talk about all things (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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Some of the new Star Wars sets have nice minifig hoods; two of the sort I'm looking for can be found in <set:3340>. I know they're made in brown and there's one in the Gungan Sub set-- does anyone know of a smaller set with that piece in brown? Now (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Nope, the Gungan Sub is the only way to get the brown hood piece currently. I hope we see more next year. :) I'm still hoping we see white ones, myself... Jeff (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Castle architecture
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Hello everyone, I'm quite new to LUGNET, and I'm excited about getting back into castles. My two favorite sets ever were <set:6074> Black Falcon's Fortress and <set:6066> Camouflaged Outpost, and I can't wait until I have the time and resources to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Hey, those are my two favorite sets too! 6074 was my first castle set. Iattempted to build a giant castle about a year ago, but only got halfway through before I ran out of grey bricks. I have a lot more now though, so hopefully I'll be more (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Mike, Welcome! Glad to have you join us. :-) If your looking for a collection of links to various LEGO Castle creations, Frank Filz's Castle links page is a great resource. The URL is: (URL) are a few non-LEGO sites that might be of use. They (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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the fright knights accessory pack is back in the catalog also they have some hydronaught and insectoid stuff in again for some reason (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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www.greatbuildings.com has a few castles Mike Rosulek <mjr@powersurge.net.nospam> wrote in message news:G9A8A0.K9w@lugnet.com... (...) My (...) <set:6066> (...) to (...) it'll be (...) the way (...) castles (...) castles (...) directory (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: group request castle.ancient (was Re: group request castle.ninja)
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(...) Yes, that would be great! (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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Hi everybody. :-) I thought it would be fun to have a mini-fig survey. I had two different things in mind for this survey, so I used two different terms to better express what I was asking. A “character” is a fig that you have given a name, a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ooo... good survey! (...) I think it was around the time that the Pirates came out and we began seeing figs with more than just smiles on their faces. I made a camp of elves (loosely based on the Elf Quest graphic novels by Wendy and Richard (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ElfQuest! Coool. the only comic I've ever bought regularly. :-) Many, many years ago (when dinosaurs walked the Earth), I was really into it. I played the role-playing game, painted the lead miniatures, bought the graphic novels as they came (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) King Arthur, king and knight of the round table. (...) Lord Ulmerad was first, and Lord Daravon was almost created at the same time. My last character to build was Drakon the Whirlwind and his dragoons. (...) A little from column A, a little (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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0. How many castle figs and charachter do you have? 200 plus but I will have to count them to be sure (...) Ruben my first battlemage. (...) Still Ruben, Last is Lord Oaric, Commander of the Ghosts (...) Not really but the charachters are definitlly (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't know which was the first, but I conjured up a half dozen minifigs to use as figurines for a D&D game way back in ancient history. (...) Hm. If you want to include space people, the first was probably Tex, captain of my explorer ship. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mini-Fig Survey
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(...) (timewarp about 20+ years ago) The earliest one I remember is a Gray Knight called "Shade the Hunter". Basically a Knight from the Knight's procession set with a gray visored helm (extra from 375), blank gray shield (also an extra from 375) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Either Batman or Indiana Jones (waaaaaay before Adventurers came about). (...) First: Prince Fast, leader of my elves/Forestmen. Last: Major Domo, military strategist to the King. (...) Mainly well-defined, with a few "shades-of-grey" (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't give my custom minifigs names, backgrounds and personalities. I let them live their own lives. I made the cast of Jurassic Park once, Hammond and Nedry turned out great. And my LEGO Superhero, Timmy Torso Man! (...) I wouldn't call any (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ++Great line of Questions Leah!!! *O.K. I've got a few more question for everybody.* 11. ‘Who’ has the “LARGEST Castle army in the world”! (Not counting TLC)? 12. ‘What’ is the amount; in independent ownership? (Over 5000)? 13. ‘What’ is the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mini-Fig Survey -2-
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Richard and all, (...) Mark (...) amount! ^^^^^^^ Sanburn : ) Ach! How did I get named in a castle related item?! Drats Drats Drats! Well, I guess if you count all my minifigs from town and space, I could easily overwhelm your castle troops! ; ) My (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Great Wall of China - Reprise
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At the recent Snowball Express Train Show over the weekend, I was finally able to put together my full vision of the Great Wall of China with enough place to display it all. This is the Great Wall Component System with all the extra decorations to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) that! The battle scenes look great, as does the overall view. Now you just need to fill that back space with something of similar scale! :-) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I really like the micro scale village in the background. It creates a depth that really isn't there. I think it was a very creative addition. I like everything I've seen of KK's creations thus far. Great job! Keep up the excellent work! (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Seconded. That forced perspective thing is an old Model Railroading trick and it's awesome to see it used here. Only problem, of course, is that the tracks interfere with the forcing, as (since they stay in foreground scale for quite a ways (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hehe.. Same here. My wife was more into EQ than I was (she has all the comics and most of the Jinx series as well), but we both enjoy it and have most (all?) of the Graphic novels.. there's so many now, I've lost track. 8..10.. a million....?? (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Castle Sticker Info
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Greetings! I am seeking info on how to get some stickers for the yellow castle. I have recently purchased one that had none, also I would like to attempt to rebuild the one I have stored away from when I was younger. I am also seeking info from the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Although I didn't know it at the time -- a Castle Blacktron figure. (...) The Castle Blacktron figure first, Lady Blacktron figure last. Although there were a lot of witches in between. (...) It's somewhat relative, but I think there are some (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow! that's great. (...) That's funny. After seeing your first post, I was struck by idea that (now there's this WWW thing) there may be an ElfQuest website. Well, it sure was easy to find it. Once there I felt in a flashback. I can't believe (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Great Wall of China - Reprise
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(...) Christopher, Thanks !! I have to admit the micro scale village is a last minute addition suggested by Robin Werner. Even though we planned the layout for most of the trains, Robin widened up the side to allow the Great Wall layout to work (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmmm, that would probably be one of the various minifig "me"s that I've made; most likely from Town. (...) Auld Dragon was my first, but he started out as my Castle minifig "me." :) Last would prolly be... hmmm... I'm not to sure, actually... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I'll have to give them a go. I'm a huge Elfquest fan - its fantastic :) james www.minifig.co.uk (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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I posted to the general announcement board, but just in case people are not watching that, I wanted to post that I have a web site up. (URL) castle section is where the bulk of the 'stuff' is. So have a look and thanks for your time! Brian K> (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle) !!
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(...) Just created my first bunch. I'd previously modified, ie changed arms, legs, but never thought about creating characters until I saw Wilson Raska's Castle World stories. I did use samurai armor and Rock Raiders helmets with police figs to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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One of the most comprehensive sites I've seen. I really apreciated that you provided so many pictures to help create your world. I'm a big believer in using pictures to enhance and even tell the story. Creating the different moods for the different (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's funny that even with all that I have, I definitely feel like I need more (and I don't even have anywhere to put the stuff)! I love minifigs and could buy them all day long, if I had that kind of money... (...) Thanks for the great (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Good character names! Great customizations! Amazing site! ***So very, very nice*** Just one question? From which set did you acquire all those chrome helmets? (the ones that are the half of a light fixture, used on car head lights) O.K. just (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, Not sure where to put this message, but all of us castle fans probably came across 6080 King's Castle before. Well check out this auction of a clone brand on eBay! (URL) feel violated. :) Bryan (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(XFUT lugnet.castle) Hi Everyone! I'm proud to announce that, after nearly six months on back-burner, one month in construction, one month waiting for pieces for my roof and another month waiting for documentation, I've finally finished... Gareth's (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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(...) -Tim (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) WOW! talk about a rip off! But, does it ONLY fit the legos from the '80's? I do not have any from the '80's.... oh well Mark (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Just a quick reminder that that Royal Train will be on display at "Highwheeler 2001" held at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois on Saturday and Sunday this weekend. For more information please see the "Show Schedule" section at (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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(...) Castle in it too... The front is definitely 6080. Bryan (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) If this castle was Lego(R) and I had a choice between buying it and buying #6098, I would not hesitate for a second and buy this one. (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hehe. I think so. :) (...) The thing that makes me feel old is that I remember when I first came across the GN's.. I was in 1st grade which was like '78/79 I think. oi. The movie has started and stopped more times than a mass transit bus, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Be sure to post when you do, I'd love to see how someone else envisions them in their LEGO forms. :) JJ (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) VERY cool, Shiri! Things that I really like: The fountain The Runes in the wall (Though I must be blind 'cause I can't quite figure out what they're supposed to spell out..) The magic gem wheel on the wall The roof!! I almost understand how it (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) being recently awakened from a dark age, the first character that I created is still sitting on my stereo: Sir Tetsukaze, the Samurai Knight. (...) Like I said, the first is Sir Tetsukaze, and the most recent is Maxxus Runetwister, apprentice (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Ah, memories. I had this castle back when it first came out, just before or at the same time 6085 was released, and in fact still have the instructions though most of the bricks and all the men are long gone. The quality of the bricks including (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Shiri, that is just a great MOC! I love the way it's completely detailed without seeming too cluttered. The fountain, the different colored chairs, the wheel, the potions corner, the room with the power stones, the arched staircase, the runes on the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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