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So Anthony and I were talking tonight on AIM about who our toughest characters were on a scale from 1 to 10 (how that came up is a secret for now:) So anyway - I thought about who my tough guy was (General Reganok) and who his was (The Black Jackal) (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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In lugnet.castle, Mark van 't Hooft writes: Hi all, I posted some pictures of a tower I created in my quest to create a yellow castle using a modular design (my first humble attempt). The tower measures 12x12 and is 22 bricks high. I also added (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Good dimensions so far :) (...) The gatehouse IMHO is the hardest thing to design. The wall is the easiest (duh!), and the tower is somewhere in the middle. If I were you, I would go ahead and use a little black or grey in your modules, since (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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I like it very much! I especially like the reinforcement support detail on the tower - breaks up the surface without mucking up the design. Good luck on the yellow bricks - I prefer the lt and dk grey, myself; and I've got some tan and sand green (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi, Thanks for the feedback so far, esp. on the color use. I'm probably going to experiment with a few different color schemes: yellow/lt. grey yellow/white white/lt. grey I'll post some pictures when I come up with something. Mark Lugnet # 485 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That Rock Raiders base does have a lot of potential, I like the secret door. When you post more pics, add text to them too, so I don't have to keep going back and forth trying to match up the text and pictures. George (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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As the title states, I am building a castle and have a few questions involving it. The first question involves supplies. I have used almost every black or gray plate I have, but have only completed the first floor. Lego does not sell any packs that (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "Bathrooms!! My kingdom for some bathrooms!", exclaimed the rather uncomfortable Lord of the manor. A great hall would be nice, and if done properly could free up some of your bricks. A guard house could sit next to the gate. If you wish to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ok, I just have to ask-- what have other people done for these? While checking out real castles in France, there was just periodically a DEEP hole with the top in a bench somewhere (these were along the castle walls). So you'd need to have a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Kevin, Check the sources in this previous post: (URL) know the cross sections book is great for info on castle interiors, and yes, it does have pictures of bathrooms!! Mark Lugnet member 485 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well...I just pretended that the seat was down. More modern (flush) toilets, made up from a 2x3 inverse slope 33%, with a 2x2 tile and a 1x2 brick topped with a 1x2 tile, the lever on one side, and the TP mounted on a 1x1 headlight brick (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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Wow Anthony! Awesome, AWESOME storyline! I just finished reading the whole story from the "Prologue" all the way to "In the Shadow of Death" and I loved every bit of it. I really got a feel for all the characters and what their mannerisms and speech (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) God help 'em if it's square. The Tech 2x4 plate is a real good solid LARGE hole, and to plug up the other two holes in the seat (so as not to confuse the minifigure) use a pair of 1x2 tiles as butt-bumpers. In many old castles, they didn't (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thank you, I happen to have that book. It is very helpful. I forgot to mention that I already had a great hall. I like the bathroom idea... I will have to fool around with some technic plates. Speakinng of plates, is there any cheep way other (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't think there is a cheap way of getting plates. :/ The best option I've found recently for cheap grey plates is the Sith Infiltrator. You should still be able to find them with a little detective work, and its got(1): 3 3036 Gray Plate 6 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've used a 3x2 plate with rounded corner, a 2x2 rounnd tile, a 2x2 plate, a 1x2 brick & a 1x2 tile to build one: (URL) to Toilet 3. Josh (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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I have finished my first castle/palace. Its pretty small by all of your standards, and I ended up sapping a few different types of pieces, too! I know it looks very Disney-ish, but gosh darn, I like it. I hope you enjoy it as well. Check it out at: (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) very homey. Is there any interior to it? If not, are you planning on doing it? Making a story for it? Keep in comin' -- Pawel (URL) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Huh-- your site seems to kill netscape... (or at least it starts a rogue netscape process that hangs any clicked links in netscape & causes other wierd problems). And that page (toilet 3) seems to be broken... (actually a bunch of the links) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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They were called guard robes and were just a hole in a plank over a pit. Clothes used to be hung in them as well as the smell kept away moths. There are stories of people climbing up the guardrobe and waiting for the right behind to assasinate, so (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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