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Nice contrast in the walls, good use of open spaces from what I can see and I really like the gardening. My only suggestions would be that the "floor" should be a dark color rather than the same grey as the baseplates. Chris Barker (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Bryan, Sensible comments. I'm not the writer of the story but I do have an opinion. Replies below: (...) This is an accepted method of storytelling. I'm sure there is even a term for it, but I don't know what it is. By bringing a reader/viewer into (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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Whatta troll!!! Chris Barker chris@superfami.com (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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The Greater Florida Lego Train Club appeared at the GATS 2001 in Orlando Aug 11 and 12. Due to time constraints on most club members, this was a "one-man" show (Robin) with a little assist from me (KK). So heaps of credit to be given to Robin for (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Re: Japanese Sashimono (battle flags) + Ninja Chess Upgrade
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(...) Joel, That is a great suggestion !! I had thought of making a very large microfig battlefield but even having 1 minifg to represent every 1000, that's a total of 170 minifigs. Ouch ! But with the super microfig scale and doing diorama scenes, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Here is my sugestion. Do the battle in super microfig scale, using 1x2, 1x4, 1x6 tiles or plates to represent each side. The book should have pictures of the terrain so model that out on a couple of baseplates. We called them sandboxes in the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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After getting some really nice reference books with "kamon" (clan symbols), some scanning and fiddling with Avery labels, I was able to produce my own "sashimono" which are battle flags worn by ashigaru (common soldiers) on their backs and horsemen (...) (23 years ago, 8-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Cool. Thanks muchly for the additional clarity. Mechanisms that impart life to still dioramas are always interesting and neato! ++Lar (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I've added another couple of images to the page that show the gear mechanism that drives the cams. Basically, the motor outputs to an 8 tooth gear, which goes to a 24 tooth gear for speed gearing. In the base of the gearbox are 3 12 tooth (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I could've put the bullet helmet on these guys to make it more realistic, but since I didn't have 34 of them, I figured I'd go with what I had :) (...) Think I should've built him a crow's nest? Yeah, probably, but the guy knows how to hang on (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I would have to tear apart the decking to do that. I should've thought ahead and taken pictures while I was building. I'll try to get a chance to tear apart the decking a bit to show the gear mechanisms though. Adrian (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Not exactly. The two terms are not really interchangeable; they were separated by a few hundred miles and several centuries. The Viking "conquerors" in England were called Danes (thus the term "Danelaw"); "Normans" was really reserved for (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Just want to point out that the classic "flared" and "bullet" helms are Norman helms with chain coifs, and the Normans were what the Anglo-Saxons called the Viking conquerors. :) So you *can* make Vikings. :) Jeff (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Looks cool indeed. I for one would like to see more details on the mechanism, though.... thanks! (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Yah, motorized wheels do take up quite a bit of room...and LEGO gears are frikkin' huge! (...) Works for me :) (...) [Posting via the web interface since I don't subscribe here] Well, you've shown the castle creation can have cool, function (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Actually, the brown was basically every single brown brick, plate, and widget in my collection. You may notice that there are some brown log bricks (from Wild West) in the bow and stern arches, as I started running out of regular bricks. Of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Indeed. Shiri can be very persuasive :) Besides, I needed an entry in another category for the MOC contest for next Brickfest *hehe* Thanks for the compliments. It's nice to be able to incorporate technic, sculpture, and ninja all into one (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) Unfortunately I couldn't fit the rolling in. I was running dangerously low on brown bricks and couldn't extend the chassis any longer to squeeze that mechanism in. The gearbox that makes the cams work took up a lot more space than i had hoped. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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SAWEET! That is incredible! Totally awesome! The rowing mechanism is incredible! Lots of design and function inovation, I like that. Beautifully crafted vessel IMO. That is a masterpiece, very good work. The head piece is very detailed and it looks (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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(...) I remember you talking about building this on the way home from Brickfest. Great job! I want to see this one in action...soon. Did you add wheels underneath so that it rolls while they row? Nice use of widgets on the figurehead, even though I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja)
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