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August 2006
Castle Wall Offsets
Ben E. 30 VIII 06

This article will outline various techniques of creating offsets from castle walls. Offsets help us create the architectural details like corbels that give character to castles.

Learn two existing techniques using jumpers and technic. My new technique, shown above and first revealed at BrickFest 2006, is included at the end of the article. Discuss the techniques in this thread. Comments and questions are welcome!


Weekly Set Review: Vladek's Dark Fortress
Ben E. 20 VIII 06

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress.

Vladek's Dark Fortress was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II. This hinged castle has a two side towers, catapults, and central gatehouse with doors, a drawbridge, and boiling oil. It is guarded by Vladek and three of his shadow knights. Jayko, Rascus, Santis, and Danju attack with their horse drawn catapult. Various accessories such as fireballs, axes, giant swords, banners, and flags are included.


Weekly Set Review: Knight's Kingdom Cart
Ben E. 13 VIII 06

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 1286 Knight's Kingdom Cart.

Knight's Kingdom Cart was released in a 2000 as part of a Kabaya Castle Pack. It was only available in Japan. King Leo pushes this small treasure cart. Various accessories are included.


Viking Chess Discovered
Ben E. 13 VIII 06

Last week our member Babyjawa found a page for G577 Viking Chess on LEGO Shop at Home. The page was taken down a few days later. Twenty four Viking figures including two kings, two queens, 4 bishops, and sixteen pawns will be included. The Rooks and Knights will be brick built as they were in the Knight's Kingdom Chess set.

Join the discussion here. More infomation about the set can be found in the set archive page.


London Bridge
Bruce N. H. 11 VIII 06

Gaetano Notaro (aka Aetan76) is an Italian AFOL from the town of Enna in Sicily. He got his first LEGO set when he was 6, back in 1982. Three years ago the discovery of ItLUG brought him back to the hobby. He has always enjoyed things related to the middle ages, and he was inspired by a scene in the movie "A Knight's Tale." He thought the London Bridge, as seen in that movie, was beautiful, and spent the last year working on a MOC version. He's posted it in his Brickshelf gallery and it was recently publicly displayed at the ItLUG Legofest. In addition to ItLUG, Gaetano is also a member of Lugnet and often reads our forums.


Burg 1658
Bruce N. H. 10 VIII 06

Michiel Holthinrichs (Ristridin in our forums) is a Dutch AFOL who has played with LEGO since he was a young child. Until recently, though, he was in his dark ages. What brought him back was his love of all things medieval. Living in Europe, he has the opportunity to visit castles like Haut Koenigsbourg and Girsberg, which help inspire his building. He was Googling for castles and found a link to a LEGO castle here on Classic-Castle. This rekindled his interest in LEGO, and specifically in the castle theme. A while back he built Burg 1658. He describes this as a cross between a small castle and a manor house and was inspired by German castles that used half-timber construction. Check out all of his creations in his Brickshelf gallery.


Weekly Set Re-Review: Battering Ram
Ben E. 6 VIII 06

Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!

This week’s set is 6062 Battering Ram.

Battering Ram was released in 1987. Two soldiers and one archer guard the Black Falcon tower and wall which can connect to 6074 Black Falcon’s Fortress. Two lion soldiers and one lion archer use the ram to attack the door in the wall.


Campanile della Basilica di San Nicolo
Bruce N. H. 5 VIII 06

Marco Chiappa is an AFOL from the town of Lecco in northern Italy. He was the organizer of the recent Italian Legofest held in Ballabio, which involved 27 AFOLs presenting their MOCs and active participation by TLG. Over 2000 people attended the public exhibition, including a contest judging children's creations, and by all accounts it was a highly successful event. In addition to organizing, Marco presented an outstanding MOC of his own, the campanile, or bell tower, from the Basilica di San Nicolo in his home town of Lecco (here's the actual building). He's lived near this site for 28 years, and has spent the past few years dreaming of building it in LEGO. He says the project involved 6 months of study, mostly from visiting the site but also studying photographs and technical drawings, and a year to build.

Marco was introduced to LEGO by his parents when he was 5. After a 7-year dark age he came back to LEGO when he was 23, and has been building for the past ten years. He is an active member of ItLUG, the Italian LEGO Users Group, and his creations can be found in his Brickshelf gallery (though he says he's in the midst of reorganizing and updating this with his more recent MOCs).



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