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G'day, If I'm not mistaken -- and keep in mind that I probably am -- the Portugese wore Brown coats and white trousers. Yellow... what's starting to cross my mind are Sicilian or Piedmontese... one of those Italian or Papal states that had their (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Ahoy, Following my Spanish, Austrian and Brunswicker infantry (green, dark grey and black respectively), I'm wondering what other colours could be used for vaguely accurate 18th-19th century soldiers. I think that light grey (Belgian IIRC) and white (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I have to admit, it would be rather difficult to make an accurate junk in such a small size. It's worth the effort! (...) This brings to my mind an interesting subject... IIRC, after the epic expedition by admiral Zheng He (sp?), who sailed (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It lacks the sloping decks of a typical junk, and the sides look decidedly western to my eye (actually they look a lot like the sides of that cutter we all know and love). (...) Longer is easy, wider is a bit more difficult. But longer or (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Wassssup All, Being a good pirate fan, I was thinking. Since there hasn't been to much action in .pirate lately (some yes, but not enough) I was wondering if it'd be cool to start a project. Maybe like an army project where we show all of our (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Junk, as in the name of the boat, not an assessment of it's qualities. The battens (long wooden reinforcements in the sails running from the mast to the sail's trailing edge) are hinted at by the points on the sail's edge. Very cool, but this (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) A close-up of the set (which was leaked by Marz) can be seen here: (URL) it is a fairly nice ship, with multiple applications if necessary. The Chinese Sailors look pretty nice in their helmets. The boat itself has funny looking sides, this (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Isn't that a chinese boat? I don't know the English name for it, in Portuguese it's "junco". Pedro (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hey all, Check this out: (URL) A new, interesting little cutter? Yeeha! best LFB (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: South Pacifique Military developments (was Re: Highlanders, and the South Pacific Military Tattoo..)
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Niice. If TLG ever made these figs (probably not), I'd break the bank making an army or three. Keep up the good work! Take care, Soren (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.au)
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Richie- Thanks for the comments. I'm just waiting for the next incarnation of the Famous Mister Snottler to appear--they've been getting to be quite amazing, and given the extreme flare of the bows on those types of warships I'm looking forward to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Mattias- Thanks so much for the feedback--I think selective compression plus the minifig scale meant that some details (for example, using triple TT instead of the real ship's quads) were in fact sacrificed. But I'm sure it would be very possible (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Phew! That's a relief. I was afraid I'd just prattled on ceaselessly. :) I'm sorry the picture of yours that I liked so much and included was the last one on the Expo page, but those pictures had to go down there to encourage everyone to stick (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Truly magnificent, Lindsay. The LEGO scaling is amazing, the attention to detail superb. (One of my favourite details are your spoked wheel drums. I've already built a few - it's always good to find new uses for common (and seldom used parts). (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Wow. I think the keyboard is going to short out from all the drool. Mr. Braun, you ROCK. (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Who? Me? ;-) (...) Yep, I did. Appreciate it! (...) Sorry to hear about this year. Here's to 2004- it's a long way off, but lookin' forward to it! TJ (22 years ago, 27-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Once more, Congratulations LFB!! Your Takao is a most impressing model what more can you say. The detailed description of the planning and the construction on the new site is most welcome. It is amazing to look at all the onboard fittings. The guns, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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Dear Mr. Intercontinental Ballistic Pedestal Crane: :) Thanks for the comments and for helping on the logistical end that Thursday; I felt sure I was trying everyone's patience with that thing taking up most of my car and asking you to hold on to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Thanks for the kind comments, Bruce; your interest in the vagaries of nauticality (pyratical and others) has been part of the ongoing inspiration for doing these things. Regarding a comparison page: On the FdG page there's a note that I'm (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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(...) Wow!!!! It's great to see the whole process and creation-cycle on your site! I loved seeing the real thing back last summer at BrickFest, but reading about the great lengths you went to in constructing that masterpiece was very enjoyable! I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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