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My armies used to match. More and more, I try to diversify them to make them more realistic. Now I have several knights with their retinues which more or less match the colors of their lord but are by no means identical. Some men-at-arms wear their lord's livery but most don't, especially not the ar...

Saw Series 20 minifigs at Target today! Grabbed two, but did not get the Knight or Viking.

I was surprised to see them and thought I must have misread. Perhaps they got put out by mistake?

Hello all, As I'm starting to focus on building a more realistic army, I'm trying to find out what a knight's retinue would actually look like. I'm separating them by century (I've got 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th century knights) from regions in Spain, Wales, England, France and Germany mostly. ...

In the style of the Royal Knights, I present the Royal Stable and Joust! http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Pallando/Royal-Stable/mvimg_20181218_223356.jpg Featuring an absolutely not-to-code staircase and a three story light and airy stable: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Pallando/Royal-Stable/mv...

Finally! I've wanted to do this the last two years and I keep missing it.

Sign me up!

Yes, surcoat is what I mean. I feel that Lego castle (aside from the Vikings) is usually trying to recreate 12th century onward. I don't have a problem with mail printed torsos, but looking at images from the Macejowski (sp?) Bible for example show a full shirt of mail, not simply over the torso. Fo...

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I cannot find it. It seems recently the trend has been to created armor printed torsos with colorful arms and legs. However, when I look at pictures from the castle eras, if I see a tunic at all it is over the mail armor, with arms and legs exposed. I und...

Recently I decided to push my army back into the 11th and 12th century, which has meant losing some pieces (visor helms, heater shields, etc). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/Pallando/Legos/th_photo.jpg?t=1299716518 Two Normans with a Saxon soldier behind them. I've been looking at the Bayeux ...

I've had this happen at well. You know, if you're throwing them out anyway, you may as well glue a hand in. Or even better with a pair of hips. The hand won't turn, but the hips don't lie. Er, come out, I mean. And I'd rather have an original torso with glued in hips than throwing away a cracked cru...

I like the idea of a famous knight from some far away land. I like personalizing my knights with names, personalities and heraldry. I love seeing other AFOLs who do the same with their sigfigs, and it gives them a much more real feel when someone other than you created them. I thought it would be co...

When I was a kid, the RK King was always a fighter. However, when KK1 first came out, that King was much less of a fighter. Nowadays, I don't have a king. It's very "local." I do have one knight who is in hereditary line as the King's Champion, but the title was given to another knight. He...

They had possibly my favorite lego head for a foot soldier:
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?M=cas029

I have also come to love this torso. And (old) dark grey arms have become something of envy for me now.

I wouldn't choose such a long name. I think that if a city were named that in real life, anyone who talked about it would give it a nickname because it is so long. Although, you could name your city that and come up with a nickname. Then you have the beginnings of a unique culture! :D Have you seen...

I like the parapet on the left tower. I'm a poor judge of numbers, and I need to know for my own creations (my bricks are at home, but I can plan at college, can't I?) how many 1x2 bricks are there in one ring of your tower?

Haha, I like the transformation that goes on. Easy to follow timeline, I like it.

Oh, and I agree that's a good mirror.