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  1. amechanicalmind
    Absolutely nothing wrong with the pink! Adds a great splash of color and spreads the focal point of this very clean build. Plenty of trees that look just like this in spring. Great work!
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    I believe the above advert was the first to start to mention anything about implied good or evil factions (the Wolfpack being "a feared group of renegades"). The Wolfpack was the latest of the ones mentioned, too, so before that, we just had to use our imaginations. Prior to the Wolfpack, we had to decide on our own who was a good force or evil (or neither). I often found myself playing any side, and this allowed any other faction to ally itself with another. To me, the black knights were usually the good guys, as they had the coolest shields imo, the crusaders were their foes, and the forestmen would switch it up based on who were paying them in yellow studs and cups. The black falcons would join up with the Crusaders to even the odds, and the few very old classic castle knights I had from 6077, 6075, and 6083 would lay waste to anything as they were ancient knights of yore! I miss when we weren't spoon fed the political dynamics of toys.
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    Looks like these are all lego, old light gray with varying levels of sun discoloration. I've always liked the effects that variations of the old grays have on castle wall MOCs. Very cool little setup!
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    383/6083 Knight's Tournament...although they never made a shield, just torsos.
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    How about a Heroes of Might and Magic style line (III, of course). Kind of Fantasy Era Plus, with more factions (barbarians, knights, undead, Hades, Sylvan, etc) Could use many figures and accessories from CMF line, army packs, civilian buildings, siege weapons, plus Nexo type ultimate heroes. I'd like to see Lego actually stick with a line for a number of years again like they did back in the eighties, and have numerous sets in the line. Thoughts?
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    Good to know, but still wary given the past.
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    Wow. That starved for information that we've already forgotten Nekchir... Surprised this hasn't already been implied, even.
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    Looking forward to it! Can't wait to see how you individualized them.
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    Sorry to be late in replying to this! I had seen your army when you had posted it and was very impressed in its size...I realize how hard it is to find all the parts for these guys, especially the older color swords and shields. Very nice, and thank you!
  10. amechanicalmind
    Agreed. Castle is now 36 years old (older if counting the Weetabix), we could really use a good reference book at this point. Perfect! I've gotten quite a few $2 Lego books from those guys already.
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    The thing is...I grew up playing with these and classic castle when there wasn't a story with these factions, they weren't even named. There was no canon because there was no story...I made the story! In my opinion (which is as valid as yours, which I can appreciate), there is no need to retroactively decide on a canon. It's revisionist history and I feel diminishes the value of imaginitive, original, and creative play by having a ready made story. Why the need to be "correct" and settle arguments all the time, internet?
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    ^This times a million. I don't need a company telling me how I (or my kids) need to think about or play with a toy. I like the ambiguity. I can make the story, the good or bad guys (or have just good guys, just bad guys, or various mixtures - as in real life) Heck, I didn't even realize there were all these pseudo names for classic factions I used to play with as a kid (black falcons, black knights, and crusaders) that have been extrapolated by fans until coming out of my own dark ages a couple of years ago.
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    I like building the sets, then eventually selling them, but keeping and collecting the minifigs.
  14. amechanicalmind
    Part 2587pb11 in dark green, 8813 Battle at the Pass and 8821 Rogue Knight Battleship That is, if you are just asking about the breastplate only. The figure itself is an amalgamation of many different parts from various sets.
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    Thank you. No worries, as I still have the original yellows if I ever resell them. To each his/her own! They were quite a bear...I've basically emptied bricklink of any quantity of the classics, and am an ebay vulture for them as well. I like the simplicity of the designs, as well as the lack of good/evil intentions of the true classics. They are the original lego style romantic ideas of knights and chivalry. I really like the variety in these guys, as well as the creative baseplate design...just feels like the type of terrain they would be on. Great bunch of orcs!
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    That is an eventuality, along with everything else I have planned. I've been reworking 6080 King's Castle for some time now, doubling the walls, adding in all the add on sets like Armor Shop and Guarded Inn. Again, time is the biggest factor working against me. Thank you so much for checking them out, as well as for the thoughtful comment!
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    Hence the "maybe," as I've already added another 10 since writing that post. I am glad we have this addiction support group!
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    Thank you! I've never set them all up like this...very neat for me to see, and realize that maybe I finally have "enough". It is a lot, really. What happens is that I either have too many quivers, bows, or figures, so always am ordering whatever I don't have. It's a vicious cycle. Right now, I have four archers and many bows, but no quivers...so it continues.
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    Beautiful. Love the colors and textures. Very Crusades-esque.
  20. amechanicalmind
    Final Classic Castle army in formation...or the "I have a problem" army. All vintage figures, shields, old grey helmets, abs swords, old dark grey halberds, old brown bows and quivers. This is my semi-clone flesh army.
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    I wish I had more time to build, but I have a one year old not yet able to help out. The hour or so I get to work with my Lego each week, I'm either building armies or working on modding a castle I have going. Maybe when retirement comes I'll have more time for building...
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    It's been at least a year that I have been converting these guys over, so I've basically picked through everyone's bricklink piles as well as a couple custom heads here and there. At first, I didn't care how many repeats I had, but over time I managed to organize them. Now, as I add to these three armies (The Others, The Kingdom, and The Alliance), I make sure that every new head I add is single and different. All the repeats go into the fourth army I have (all knights from 677/6077 Knight's Procession) which, at some 500+ minifgures is too big to worry about having all different heads. In itself, that army probably has 60+ different flesh heads.
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    Thank you! I was never interested in army building until the newer flesh heads came out. I liked the idea of having different soldiers from various backgrounds and cultures...the yellows just didn't do that for me.
  24. amechanicalmind
    Personally: Classic Age (78-83) Factions Age (Black Falcons through to Wolfpack) Lego Running Out of Ideas Age Fantasy Era Kingdoms Filler Age
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    They can't hit anything anyway, so what's the difference between million, billion, or trillion? Here is the third faction of my Classic Castle Army, The Alliance, featuring the Nine (elder council) along with their army. This one is my least favorite, as they have no shields (per Lego). As with my other armies, they all have differing heads.
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