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by TheFlarbar
Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:18 pm
Forum: Medieval Life
Topic: Favorite medieval war tactic?
Replies: 34
Views: 29415

Re: Favorite medieval war tactic?

I've heard of using trebuchets to fling manure, carcasses, and human heads into the interior of a besieged castle. It was a grisly combination of psychological warfare and biological warfare. :twisted:
by TheFlarbar
Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:29 pm
Forum: Castle MOCs
Topic: MOC: Welcome to Brickmoor
Replies: 43
Views: 36105

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I wish I had enough Legos to build something like that. :cry:
by TheFlarbar
Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Lego Catapults
Replies: 14
Views: 2343

Re: Lego Catapults

I found that the catapults with wheels rolled too much to hit their target. :mad:
by TheFlarbar
Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:24 pm
Forum: Medieval Life
Topic: What type of helmet is this?
Replies: 15
Views: 7156

Re: What type of helmet is this?

You can find these used into the 16th, especially in Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmary, Spain and Eastern Europe. They develop into the morion and cabasset helmets of the 16th-late17th/early 18th. These two helmet types becoming two of the most common for infantry and light cavalry aside the burgone...
by TheFlarbar
Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:01 am
Forum: Castle MOCs
Topic: Lost! A vampire's castle.
Replies: 17
Views: 9370

Re: Lost! A vampire's castle.

Is that blood surrounding the path? :o
by TheFlarbar
Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:00 am
Forum: Medieval Life
Topic: Cape questions.
Replies: 6
Views: 1690

Re: Cape questions.

Vycoul22 wrote:Thanks so much everyone! So it wasn't worn in battle. I'll have to remember that if i ever make a battlefield moc.
*removing capes from my minifig army* Capes are stupid, anyway. :mad:
by TheFlarbar
Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:37 am
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Wolfpack
Replies: 62
Views: 16416

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I always saw them as 'stealing from the rich, keeping for themselves'. So basically a gang of nasty criminals. I see them as 'stealing from the rich, keeping for themselves'. So basically deacent fellas... :) I guess you're joking here, but just to clarify, perhaps 'stealing from everybody, keeping...
by TheFlarbar
Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:17 am
Forum: LEGO Castle Sets
Topic: Weekly Set Review: Knight's Attack Barge
Replies: 34
Views: 23450

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It's a barge. Barges in and of themselves aren't all that fun. By definition, a flat or mostly flat hulled boat with very little above the water line is just not fun. But LEGO tried, at least, adding some play value. To a kid, this set is pretty good. To an experienced builder... well... not so muc...