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here are the first pictures, (courtesy of greg crisp) of my most recent castle world creation. i'll be working on the ballad pages, which are action-packed, i assure you! meanwhile enjoy this brief introduction to gregor tower: (URL) later ~ craig~ (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org) !
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Craig, Wow! You've done a fantastic job! I love the magic garden, the white tower top, dark gray part of the roof, the skull, and the three diamonds. BTW, The text on the page for the tower went black as soon as the first picture appeared. I’m (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Trick of the trade: When that happens, you know someone screwed up and did black text on a black background (CRAIG) just right click and click 'select all' the text will then be selected, so you can read it. You can also just click and drag. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Craig, that thing is awesome! I especially like the skull and the roof. I was also wondering if there's any structural concerns, with it getting bigger toward the top like that. But overall, the design is stunning. Great work! -Chris (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) <jaw hits the floor> Oh... my... GOD!!!!! When you said BIG, Craig, I had no idea how big... that tower is amazing!!! I'm absolutely blown away. That is just *fabulous*. So... who's at the tea party there with 'lil M? <devilish grin> Oh, and a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) uh, ... _yeah_! the baseplate is from king's mountain fortress, and is 10 inches squared. the top towers and walls are 15 inches across. the bottom is solidly built with many small pieces and the second floor divides into two walls that carry (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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Craig Fantastic structure. I wanna live in it. Henry P.S. I'm flattered that you listened to my music while you made this. (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Er, WOW! I think what strikes me the most is your tower grows up and out like a tree rather than up and in like every other tower ever built by man. Creativity sometimes means going out of your way to shun convention. I applaud you. Greg Wow, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) And if Craig is *anything* (and he is!!!), that's creative and nonconventional. ;-) (...) Nice to meet you - welcome here! -Shiri "so what if we have a flight tomorrow, mom!" (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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1) Thanks Shiri! 2) One more comment on the tower: I would REALLY hate to climb those staris! (...) "She's leavein' on a jet plane" Sorry I couldn't hepl that. You may belittle me now. Greg -then again, I'd hat eto fall down the stairs ever more- (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Why should I? I *am* leavin on a jet plane ;-) (...) Heh, before you know it you'll lose count, don't worry ;-) 'night, for real this time, -Shiri (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Man Craig, that's one sweet castle! I saw it earlier on Brickshelf and was wondering who's it was. I assumed it was yours because of some of the hints you've been dropping about it. But the castle is really cool (the first thing I thought (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Ohmigod! That's so cool! My jaw dropped open when I saw that. I am humbled. // Hey. Did you spraypaint a majisto hat to make that fascinating white wizard? -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) on this one, it was ground-up. i had no idea where it was going. (...) in the pit part of the base, i made two panels from 1x1 bricks (like the coaster in the ultimate lego book). they brace the baseplate really well. they can be seen: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) wow! i'm so pleased my creation caused another castle fan to de-lurk! welcome to lugnet, greg, and thanks for the compliment! i am so flattered by these praises! yeah.. nonconventional... that's me: (URL) yes, those are lego eye glasses and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) only momentarily, jeff, i'm sure! you'll build something just as humbling next! (...) ya! design master brand ~ works flawlessly on lego. i have black rope bridges now! from a pair that were bent and had those white-ish distress marks on them? (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) your music and building this tower (_really_) kept me sane while i was playing the racist pastor in "god's country" a few months back. thank YOU, henry! later ~ craig~ (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) OH MY! Holy Cow, etc, etc.... Talk about inspiring! I was going to drive back 2 hours to Buffalo just so I could pull my Gray Castle elements out of storage! I can see the M.C. Escher influences...I bet you could do cool B+W pictures w/ grainy (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) i'm good at that. ;-) But the castle is really cool (the first thing (...) oh ya and oh ya! i love playing with those spider chariots! franklin let me pose them and i was just digging it! ONLY those spider chariots could scale those inclined (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Heh heh, oh yeah. Wilson (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Ah, so that's what happened to them. I had begun to wonder...but when will we see them implemented in a design, eh? Nice job on Gregor Tower, Senor Craigo! A great, great addition to the castle collection you are amassing. The only thing I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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richard marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) One tip: One thing that is key to making analog photos look good on the web is to scan the negative, not the print. If you don't have a film scanner (which I do not), the best thing to do is get your photo lab (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) Man I wish I could say that....talk about going to college (and being poor) at the wrong time! I can't wait to see what happens... I am Ninja complete a few times over...lol (almost 1000 Samurai/Ninja/Ronin...time to have some fun =8^) (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) eh? it's supposed to be a light gray on black background, which is what i see there. i know some browsers see webtv pages "differently", but this alarms me. wonder what i should do? just right click and click 'select (...) thanks! Does it have (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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thanks, you guys ~ why are the three of us seperated into the far corners of the country? heaven help if we ever congregate on one spot! <heh he heh!> (...) a motley trio... (...) they are being added... ;-) (...) bring it on! (...) yeah, yeah, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) I imagine that the mystical forces of the universe have a spiritual restraining order, preventing this from happening... (...) I think it's probably a Felony offense or something = ) All 3 of us meeting could : A. hail a new Golden Age for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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<tryin to catch up, this was begging a reply> (...) Hey, yo, whoa, don't forget to include me!! <grin> Just because I'm off on a vacation doesn't mean you can leave me out on this kinda stuff! Hrmph. :-) (...) Ahhhhh... sounds good :-) (...) Sounds (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org)
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(...) But the .castle.org newsgroup is for discussions about Castle organizations -- Did you mean to post this to .castle instead? --Todd [xfut -> .castle] (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle.org, lugnet.castle)
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