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(...) Yeah, I was thinking probably tan thanks to the bunch that come in things like the snowspeeder, and a couple other sets, I think...When hidden underneath, I'm betting they'd work pretty well (except when seen from the backside, which wouldn't (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the large soccer stadium does come with altrnate hair and heads for females. You only get 5 though, enough for one squad. Although there are hair pieces, they only came in brown, black and red. No blonde hair pieces. BK> (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Using dark gray and black together would expand the bricks you could draw from. You could 'hide' the dark gray on the underside and you probably wouldn't notice it! What were you going to do with the tiles? (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hmm... Was thinking about exactly how to do this... I suppose if you used each step as having: 2x4 plate 1x4 tile 1x2 tile 1x1 tile 1x1 plate And spiraling them around the center stud, then you could work your way up the center of the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (LOL) we'll be waiting to see mini-you (and mini-Chris, of course). I'm still stuck without a mini-me until they make a slighty overweight fig. With torn jeans. And yeah, new character possibilities: I actually wanted the blond female hair for (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Unfortunately I do not have a real staircase in the tower. The reason for this is the fact that you can't open the tower. If you have seen my Wizard's tower (where I used the counterpart white curved walls (URL) you will see one of the images (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I love it. Marvelously well done! james (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wonder how noticeable it would look with 1x1 or 1x2 columns of bricks spaced between the 1/4 thinwalls on the tower-- that'd at least give a good starting point for the window... not sure about how to do the door though... and of course the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks for taking the time to drop a note! I wish that there was a way to actually attach them via a Lego means, but I took a short-cut and used a little of the wonderful poster tack (yellow gunk) and stuck it on the backs of the Lego bricks! (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah - that's the problem with a big project like Dave Eaton's Village or any large castle. You build a few houses and put a lot of resources into them, and then you are stuck and start trying to build stuff out of very standard elements :) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) window (and the slope on top of it, etc) to mount on the round tower-- and for that matter, the same goes for the black doors at the base of the tower. Are they actually attached using Lego-means? DaveE (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Wow Brian, Lots of (what I consider, at least) rare parts in there... whew. It looks great. -Andy Lynch (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm glad you liked the model! It took 8 escape droid pods for this set. There are several plane and train windows in this moc, but the 1x1 are just standard 1x1 black headlight bricks reversed. I did it on my Lofty Ridge model for the top (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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wow that looks really good. having just completed a moc with a full roof I can apeciate how it eats up the bricks :) James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "Pawel Nazarewicz" <verneer@utk.edu> wrote in message news:GB92o5.4GD@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) BK, This is awesome! This is one of the few instances where the baseplates are not at 90 degree angles to one another. By the way - how many Droid Escape sets did you have to purchase to pull this one off? This is one expensive set :) I (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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30 minutes, or 1/3. That's a total rough estimate. Gods, I hope it's not longer. I'm trying to limit scope so I can get it finished, but it seems It need that much to tell the story. The script is 34 pages and 22 scenes, and I have I think 8 scenes (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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Yep, it's true. I've got about 25-30 minutes filmed so far, but as we all know, filming and editing/post production are a big difference. I'm trying to limit scope so I can get it done. Jason (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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well i thought i would've have been finished by now but then something bad happens. My nephew destorys my whole scene of creations and now i gotta start over. It's gonna be at least a week and a half to get all my castles and chracters back (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Just curious - just how MUCH of that 1.5 hours do you already have done? Or is that just something you would like it to be? Quite a project if you ask me :) -- Pawel (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yup - here: (URL) pieces. Doesn't look so good from the side, but the front is OK. In case it's not clear, the dat file is here: (URL) think there have been improvements made, but I forget by whom - a search will probably tell you. Cheers, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Is the description in that last line TRUE? A 1.5 hour long movie!!! YOWZA!!! Lego is going feature length!!! (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Jason, I had no idea what an owlbear was so I did a quick search and found this picture. (URL) think your owlbear is awesome. I love the colors and the backwards bent legs. Todd (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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(...) -- Pawel (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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Though some are a bit blurry [:(], I just put some "behind the scenes" pics up of one of the sets featured in my upcoming movie, Vecna's Lens. D&D fans may recognize the creature, called an owlbear. This one is rather largish, but fully poseable. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.castle)
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Yeah!! (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snip my own post> Yes - minifig scale. But all of the articulation is really hard to do well that small. I think next I might try one posed taking off instead of hunched down. It is only a sculpture, so a rough representation would be okay, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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See "nightmares in the sky" at: (URL) always thought Craigo did an interesting job of it with his gargoyle. Perhaps it will inspire you... -- Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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What scale are you going with, minifig?, I too once considered making a Gargoyle, lot's of ankle and knee bending and wings yes, flappy-surroundy wings! Love to see some pix of your work, I'll be watching! good luck! (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I've been beating my brains out for two weeks trying to build a gargoyle w/ arms, legs, tail that is remotely attractive. (Is it necessary for gargoyles to be attractive? Never mind...) Maybe my problem is that I'm starting with the head from 6090, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's one of my favorite castles, actually. Good choice! (...) I always find I run out of the bricks I need -whatever the size. :) She won't give'em to ya? That's unfair...! ;) Maybe your knights should plan a lightning raid....! JJ (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well... I'd like to think my Forest of Blood storyline falls under the realm of 'more than normal'. (URL) I haven't got anything 'built' per se, there is reference to Elves and there's definately some forms of magic (active or dormant - who (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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I was recalling past conversations about Majick in the realm of Castle…but does anyone else want to have a greater portion of fantasy in their castle sets? The surreal nature of literature like ‘The Lord of The Rings’ ( www.lordoftherings.net ) and (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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Snip.. (...) No pictures yet - a digital camera is on my wish list... (hint,hint) I just bought 6090 off Brickbay two weeks ago, and it is already heavily modified. I'm having too much fun! Buckets and buckets of bricks to explore - is it just me, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Tanya K. Burkhart writes: <snipped> (...) Eh... I have the tan male's hair from the Starwars Luke fig. It's not so bad, IMO... :) (...) Nah... don't worry about it - there are those of us that customize/paint our LEGO... I've used (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) It is what I currently think of my use of the spell checker. See my other posts. Mike (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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What?!?! Excrement? "Mike Timm" <mtimm@usinternet.com> wrote in message news:tka8ctc46ttu8u9...4ax.com... (...) they (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Snip,snip... Greetings! Still waiting on getting my LUGnet membership to go through... Just signed up yesterday. I have some questions: 1) is it just me, or is the tan color hair really hideous on the yellow minifig face? Having blonde hair, I (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, the lego section at TRU rocks. They get stuff in months before other places. They're the only place in my area that has Alpha Team. (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wondered why the LEGO selection at that TRU stunk. --Todd (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I realize I'm new but I was very impressed with your designs and would like to see and hear more about them. Drew Setter (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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