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(...) Speaking of this, could people please set followups to the group appropriate for the MOCs you are discussing? Discussion of Star Wars MOCs don't belong in most of the groups this is posted to. Thanks (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, the first picture is technically showing Castle creations... Special thanks go to Sheree Rosenkrantz for the sails. Note that these ships are slight mods of the little cutter in 6277 Imperial Trading Post. One difference is that (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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Sproaticus wrote in message ... (...) Probably, as most of the stuff I took to the fest was either copies of great models online, or inspired by the same. I just don't seem able to come up with many original ideas atm, but I still have to build, (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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(...) Personnally, I think it is one of the better websites. Not for its design, but for the creations in it. I just went through almost all of the major buildings and they all look great. One question, how did you make the little gargoyles (sp?) (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Those are Sebulba prefab pieces from the Mos Espa Pod Race Set. (And about the only use I've seen for them.) Ben Gatrelle (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle)
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-Having some inside/background info on this point I feel compelled to intervene… I'm responding to these statements first: (...) Apparently, there are those in the shadows who do not communicate through Lugnet, but choose to act as official (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Guys, *guys*.... please keep this out of all the theme groups. I for one don't enjoy wading thru tons of un-castle-related posts. Even the way-back post, was about SW, and this is posted in every theme group *but* .sw!! TIA -Shiri FUT .admin.general (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space)
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| | The Wallpaper of Ikros
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So Pawel and I were talking a few weeks ago, about the guy who was making the rendered mech desktop wallpapers, and thought there wasn't enough castle wallpaper out there. You have already seen the awesome pic that Pawel made, and now I'm ready to (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Another dandy piece, if you don't mind a little cutting and pasting, can be made from the 2x2 round convex tiles. Cut a little length of shaft from anything you have handy and glue it to the back between the studs. [Ducking the bricks, (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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They are really cool. I love the custom sails... ..hmm that gives me an idea :) James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3AEDD5F7.493F@m...ing.com... (...) Cutters (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Better solution than glue: take a spigot and stick it in the center between the 4 studs. (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Couldn't you also take one of those 1x1 "taps" and put between the four studs on the backside? That would make an adequate handle, I suppose. Here's the tap: (URL) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey Anthony! Glad to see you got them all up. My favorites are Show of Power, Into the Eyes of Fear and the Beast and I! I'm glad you made Into the Eyes of Fear! It's a cool shot and very well planned out! Excellent work all around!!! Matt (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I used to use the tap to fix my round shields I have four that were broken when I was young. I just flipped the shield around and attached the tap to the stud on the shield. I now have taps glued to the backs of all my broken shields. John (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's kinda hard to say as far as the domain goes-- I can definitely say that if I were Lego, I'd probably want you to change the domain, since assumedly, you're not a business (applies for the .com part, really), and then there's the (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes: <snipped> (...) What's this? How do you know ppl aren't gonna use them, dude? *poke* Be positive! You've got an excellent site with equally excellent creations! (...) I did enjoy, and you know what? They're (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Excellent ideas with the taps; I hadn't thought of that. I think I prefer the shaft method if only because it holds the shield closer to the hand. Now I have to think about all the other "taps as handles" applications. My latest implement of (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: shields (Fright Knight Fans, please don't read)
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I won an auction with a ton of Yellow Castle, Knight's Tournament, round shield and a few others with broken shields a while back and ordered a bunch of the Fight KNight packs (before I knew about Brickbay). What followed was an unholy massacre of (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Ive used taps as well to mend shields. They do tend to sit a bit far away from the minifig's body though. Looks fine if you use them as ornamental shields James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk "John Carroll" <johnc@digitalacropolis.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I grind the graphics off FK shields and paint them. Cannibalizing them for parts is another good idea. JSA -- Green Bay Lacrosse-- Play hard; play often. (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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