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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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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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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'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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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I don't have any more guards, and I would like to make an interior, etc. later. (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Alan, I like it! I personally prefer to use regular bricks for the majority of my structures as opposed to the pre-formed castle wall pieces, so I REALLY like this castle. :-) Also, I like that you were able to make the inside of the "keep" (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Bring it to the next SEALUG meeting, if you can. I've never seen it. :^( ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey coool! Good story, excellent photo composition, and I really like your "orcs". ;^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Congrats! I'm feeling pretty good myself. I just won some Minitalia windows as well as another lot of the old style doors (like the car doors but larger, including a bunch of the 1x6x5 doors). I also just got a "Buy it Now" lot which will (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can't wait for part two, Chris! Good stuff! I really liked the pic's of the Spitfire tavern - I hope we'll get to see more of them - I'd love to see some that cover the layout a bit better. Using Gungan's in that way is a great idea (don't (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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I have my first real castle for view at (URL) . LMKWYT. </alan> (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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<Grown man sreaming like a teenage girl at a Beatles concert> AAAAAAaaa...aaaHAAAA....aaah!!!!! I won!! I WON!! I just won a 6086 on ebay!!!!! AAAAAaaaaaaaaHAAAAAAaaaaah!!!! My very first and very own Black Knight's Castle!! <Hyper-ventilating> (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! A neat thing about the tail that you can't tell from the pictures is that it is mounted on a technic half-peg so it can swing back and forth. I probably don't have enough 2x2 rounds to use them for legs, and I kind of like the unbroken (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) You know what's funny? I had tried for hours when I built that thing to figure out a way to do tusks. I was trying to use ninja katanas, but I just couldn't figure it out. But as soon as I had posted those pics, it struck me to do exactly what (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Not bad! Not bad at all! You get the action started right away! You're making me look lazy! (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I will say just one word about these: WANT! (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Where are Erik's Diagrams and a history of CW? Is there now an official map of CW? If not, does anyone know if Craigo plans to draw it still? Does Pawel plan to finish the maps himself? Where are we CW people at with all of this unifying yet (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Funny you should mention this! This is my (other) toy-related hobby. I use RTV rubber molds to make parts for custom action figures. I tried it once with the maiden's headdress and was able to make a pour-mold that made a passable replica. Of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I do wonder what the complete Castle world might really look like. I have read the history and have seen Erik's diagram, but are there any pictures? Does Erik know where Harry Potter lives?? (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Oops, that should read $8 per cast. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I've never cast anything myself, but I am aware that their is a number of options for making casting molds at home in a process called 'room temperature vulcanization.' It's very common in modeling, especially with military modelers. I know of one (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Brief How-to. These helmets were quite simple to make, actually. 1) roll your sculpy into a cylinder-shaped clump. Make sure it is wider than a minifig head. Be sure it is well packed together. 2) Bake in an oven for 20-25 min at 275 degrees (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Best results are indeed achieved following baking in a normal oven. As another tip, a good plastic solvent (I've mentioned Tenax 7R elsewhere--that's a good one for this) on the end of a Q-tip can be used to eliminate surface cracks and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Just had to go look up "Sculpy", which I presumed (correctly) was a plastic "clay". Nice results. Did you bake it at some point? I noted someone mentioned it paints better when baked. Miniature gamers/gaming magazines (rec.games.miniatures (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi all, after about a year of just sitting around, reading everyone else's marvelous stories and ballads, I decided I had to do one too. The pictures for this story were taken with Shiri's digicam when she was here last week. I apologize ahead of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle) !!
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(...) Felix (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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nick cameron wrote: <snip> (...) I've done that with the katana before and yes, it does look spooky! Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sculpy and a Wizard cordless dremel tool (and *very* steady hands). If anyone knows someone who has access to a cast molding machine, perhaps we could consider making a mold and producing plastic replicas? Just a thought. -Kyle (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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