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(...) Chris, Very nice gatehouse !! I see you were not kidding about Emperor's Stronghold being your favorite set and color scheme. Also, the first meeting scene is great. Out of the Shogun movie ? Is it a depiction of a meeting between the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Hey all, I uploaded three pics of my gatehouse to (URL) Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Hey all, I guess this is really sort of a classic building problem, but I figured I'd ask here and get y'all's opinions. I'm going to re-do my gatehouse and have sketched out some plans, but would like to get a bit more detailed in the plans to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Short answer...No (unfortunately) (...) You mean a "log wall"? There are tan "log" bricks available, but no "log walls" as far as I know... I thought there would eventually be a tan log wall after brown debuted in the Wild West sets, then (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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KK, I have a bunch of books and all that and comparing the pictures to the movie "Ran", I think you could definitely use the movie as a reference for castle interiors. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Hey, I'm wondering if there is any such thing as a tan 2x5x6 wood wall. Something like (URL) except in tan. I want to do smoe outer walls in tan, not white or black. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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That is way cool. Guess I will be burning up some time looking over all the animations. Nice chronological history too. Thanks. KK (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Always appreciatd!!! After all, can you (...) I prefer Warner Brothers cartoons...more accurate. (...) EXCELLENT! Thank You... I have used search engines and webtv search features to look for links, but I have never encountered this one... (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Arghhhh!! Flash + shockwave...the nemeses of little webtv boxes everywhere...lol I like the backround (that's all I can see) Guess I won't be giving up the library anytime soon... BUT, seriously, links like the one above are what I am always (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Awesome!!! Thank you very much Chris! Christopher Pisciotti Loch Forest, CA (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Since lots of folks get their "Japanese history" from movies I figure I'd post some good links when I come across them. After all, can you imagine learning American history from "The Patriot"? (URL) Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Y'all might dig this: (URL) Barker chris@superfami.com (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) A Fistfull of Dollars Last Man Standing (...) Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone Walter Hill (...) Toshiro Mifune Clint Eastwood Bruce Willis (...) Thanks for the title of the Kurosawa film. You're right about Last Man Standing. It's only redeeming (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) These three are basically the same movie: title Yojimbo A Fistfull of Dollars Last Man Standing dir Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone Walter Hill star Toshiro Mifune Clint Eastwood Bruce Willis Yojimbo is an absolute classic, Fistfull is darn good (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) 1954 to be exact ^_^ Sam Peckinpah, director of "The Wild Bunch", once said "I want to be able to make Westerns like Kurosawa makes Westerns." from (URL) can't reccommend Seven Samurai strongly enough. That is probably the most watched DVD I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I think it's based on a Marian (sp?) Zimmer Bradley book. The only fantasy I've even read is Tolkien, so I don't know else much about it. She's pretty popular, though; when I worked in a bookstore, I got a lot of questions about her, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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By and large, TV in the U.S. doesn't feature much source material for my Asian/Ninja theme creations, but occasionally there are glimmers of hope... While jogging around the wasteland of TV, I saw an advertisement for a movie on NBC (U.S. TV (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) FNF, for design Shanghai Surprise, good for parts (3 jewels, coins, emperor fig, 2 red ninjas, 6 2x4 tan bricks, which were hard to get) (...) Stone Walls, Samurai Helmets, and Trap Wall with Print (...) I really like the red robber fig with (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I think it is possible and you, of all of us, has ready source material for inspiration =8^) I would like to be able to "cover up" blemished/old/scratched bricks with a nice pattern... While I have been happy w/ my brick+ plate walls, it would (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) This is not a bad idea. I might be able to produce something from original sources and make a full page .EPS file available for download for anyone who wanted to print em. I'll think about adding this to my todo list. Chris Barker (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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