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For me too being surrounded by history sparked my imagination. I live close to Utrecht that was founded by Romans, took over by Fries, than Franks and from the 9th C AD was the place where the bishops spread their gospels throughout the northern parts of the Netherlands. It saw richess, went poor, a...

Dude, I live in Tallahassee Florida, (North Fla) - which is a good 15 hr drive from BrickFest DC. At BrickFest this year, one of the key contributors was Casper from the NETHERLANDS!! Casper who did indeed had to safe some money in order to get to Washington DC ;) But, it was worth it! Brickfest wa...

My favourite castle... it has this powerfull look that as a kid made me imagine this castle in a valley of the Alps, placed high up on a kliff. Just dominating everything arround. Knights and soldiers sacking every unlucky passerby of that valley...

Casper

Romans did paint their houses and temples, esp. on the insides. It's also known that statues are painted, some times in a "flesh" colour so the statue would look more real. In Rome in the Capitolean Musea there's a Roman Venus statue... it's coloured and looks so real, it must have intriqu...

(Buildings and images © neverroads, who clearly needs a better camera) Indeed, I DO need a better camera :) But I also still think I rather spend the money on extra bricks ;) Thanks for the link and complements. If I was going to make a roman/greek moc, I'd probably use white, for marble Marble is ...

Name: Repsac Neverroads Age: about 470 years...after the 300 th deathday I stopped keeping up. Faction: Crusaders Equipment: A rather rusty sword... it's been a while since it was made place in hierarchy: Crusader ghost advisor (CGA) Info: Used to be a knight, but after beeing killed more than 400 y...

My favourite castle in the Netherlands is Het Muiderslot in Muiden... It's close to Amsterdam, build to defend Holland from the invasions of the Bisdom of Utrecht: http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/Netherlands/muiderslot.htm The Western part of The Netherlands has been urbanised f...

My most favourite set LEGO has ever made... it's in 3d (you can view it all around),it looks realistic, it has cool minifigs, great parts and lot's of playabilty... in short, one of the best sets ever released.

Casper

Of course I voted for Crusaders. These guys have a Dutch lion on their chest, so what else can I do than vote for them

Casper.

My favourite LEGO set is the 6054 Forestmen's Hideout... The look of the set is one of the most complete LEGO ever made... it has a front, a rear, a target to practice on and those great little green mifigs that "fly" from tree to tree... I can't help falling in love again everytime I pick...

This set is own of my favourite sets ever released... perhaps not for the wall section (I used that one with all the other castle and wall sets to make a town; the Netherlands is country of towns, so what do I need a castle for?!) but for the siege tower which uses some some SNOT even. It's highly e...