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(...) Oooo! That is so clean and simple, yet with so much detail! I love it. Similar to my Castle chess set that I have on the back-burner,very very nice, promise I won't steal any ideas ;) Very well constructed! Aaron (23 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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James, Thanks for the kinds words on the set. Your idea of Lego offering pre-made chess boards is a very good one. As usual, AFOLs can come up with ideas that would probably be money makers for TLC but some of our ideas never see the light of day. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) for the kings in addition to flag changes, but it still looks great. It is obvious that you put a lot of work into this board. It would be nice if The LEGO would save fans the trouble by offering pre-made chess boards so that we could build (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Nah, you're not being nosy at all :-) I've posted pictures of my chess sets before, they're on my website: (URL) Misc, Chess) One of them is a mini-set, on a 16x16 baseplate: (URL) second is a Forestmen vs. Wolfpack set: (URL) your guess (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Very cool...I like it =8^) (...) I will say that micro-fig scale is growing on me, as well... I like the subtle difference between the red + blue roof desgns. (...) Marc's nagatina is elegant in its simplicity...I think the inclusion of this (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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Very nice. I like the bamboo on the queens, nice touch. Actually the difference between the red/blue castles creates a unique appeal. Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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(...) What kind of chess sets have you made ? Do you have pictures to share ? Just being nosy ? If I had to guess I would say some kind of castle based sets - forestmen, dragon masters ??? KK (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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(...) own, and I love seeing what other people come up with. <smile> That one is reeeeally nice. (...) Yeah, I like them for the amount of things and details you can push into such small space... (...) Cool! Good luck sharing it! -Shiri (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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ooooohhhh ... :) I love it! Very clean and simple yet detailed. -- Pawel (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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It was a fairly obvious idea but one I had to make and it was a lot of fun making the set. Thank god for bulk purchases of the B&W tiles 2x2 from LD. And some timely purchases of blue slope 45 2x2s. LMKWYT ! (URL) most fun of course was the rook (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun) !!
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(...) I spent a while on the roof, looking at pictures of various structures before I came up with something I liked. (...) The pic is not very good, but it is used to open the "trap door" between floors. I remember some things like this from (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Yep! To come back to the "tan vs white" walls issue, you can see from this one that I really like the tan walls. (...) The second. That one came after I was reading a history book and thought about what would the situation be when the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Random musings... I can tell you have been buying up 3053s...lol (Man, the more I think about it, I wish there was a tan, blue, and Dark Gray version of an FNF!) I like the roof design...very authentic looking fascade. I really like those 3x3 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I'm always good for a few opinions = ) (...) I don't have the Ldraw or MLCad option...someday I will and I will try it then. I have attempted sketches but I am not an artist. I found sketches worked well when I was trying to burn an image into (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Up to now I have had a very low tech approach because I did not learn MLcad until 3 weeks ago. So ... I usually start off with an inspiration picture like I did for Kumamoto-jo or a self drawn sketch like for my Great Wall of China diorama. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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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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