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Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date: 
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:36:27 GMT
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Eric Kingsley wrote:
> 
> In lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, David Eaton writes:
> > I think what I'm going to start trying for are some houses-- white, tan, brown
> > and black houses... I'm also trying to decide on what to do with all my
> > grey... I'm thinking I might start working on a LARGE castle wall, built
> > partially over a landscape (slight hills)... currently, I have no idea how
> > high, but I'm thinking of it being about 2 bricks thick, and just using grey
> > bricks, without using castle wall sections (unless I use them in a tower or
> > something where a window might actually belong)... I'll also try and make it
> > have hinges so it can bend at slight angles-- (I can even put some bends into
> > the hillside with the green tiles I got in 7171 (Mos Espa)! That might look
> > cool...)
> 
> Sounds very cool!  We definitly need houses for the common folk.[...]

Hi guys,

I have one two-story plus attic medieval townhouse built. I want to try to make
a few hovels next. (Those are pits in the ground with a crude roof overhead.)

I've got quite a few peasant characters and some livestock in crude pens.

I've got a very large collection of tree-building parts. (if anyone would like
to help with those, they're welcome over for a mini-build-fest.)

I built a fragment of new castle (about 24x32) that's like a lookout post, built
into craggy rock.


> > Anyway, I don't know if I'll have the grey needed to span 3-5 feet with what
> > I'm planning (rough guess at the perimiter's length with angles & bends), so
> > if I think I need help making the complete wall, I'll specify a standard to go
> > by that people can build modules for? Unless someone else would like to build
> > the walls in their entirety?
> 
> Well if you don't have enough I still have almost all of my 2x gray bricks
> available and sorted from the Rebel Base that is now disassembled.  Thats over
> 700 Gray 2x4 bricks alone so I think we will have plenty of bricks if need be.
>  Maybe that is something for some sort of build fest using only my bricks
> after you develop a standard wall height etc?

I've got a full bucket + of gray 1xn's. Also many, many tiny 1x3?,1x4 gray arch
bricks. And...

Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've got a pretty huge collection
here to build from. So, once you've gotten some pictures of the style and a
general plan, I (or I with help) can build sections of what you need.

I'm still reading to catch up on in this thread, but sounds like fun.

-Suz.



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  Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
 
(...) Ooohh! The hovels sound really cool. Can't wait to see how to tackle that one. The townhouse sounds great too. (...) Well I am always up for building. It seems I am always building alone except for when I get the chance to build with my 5 year (...) (27 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
  Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
 
(...) make (...) built (...) Snip! (...) arch (...) Suzanne, I'd definitely be up for a mini build fest, especially since a very large majority of my bricks are the Mindstorms/Technic kind which forces me to be more of an observer than a participant (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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(...) <snip> (...) Sounds very cool! We definitly need houses for the common folk. Like I said I might try one myself but I am not sure. As far as the wall it sounds great. (By 2 bricks thick I assume you mean 4 studs thick?). (...) Well if you (...) (27 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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