German gathering folder on Brickshelf

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German gathering folder on Brickshelf

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Hi all,

I was just skimming through Brickshelf and found this recent folder from a "Jahresabschlusstreffen" (Yahoo translates that as "End-of-year Procedure Meeting", perhaps Jojo can shed more light on this?).
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=67605
Anyway, the folder isn't explicitly castle, so people here may have overlooked it, so I figured I'd highlight some creations of interest to castle-heads.

Amazing tan castle. Does anyone know who built this?
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=717480
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617010
With a great forest:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=616985
And this cattail idea should really be added to Anthony's "building foliage" summary:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=616990

Giant Black Falcon fig by Tobias Reichling:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617027
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617028

Tudor-style buildings:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617013
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=616907

Holger Matthes' amazing Venice layout:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617087
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617043
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617047
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617052
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617110

Pirate fortress:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617007
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617128

Cathedral:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=616915

Bruce
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Post by Sir Terrance »

Wow, awesome!!! Love the curved wall on the castle, and the slope trees. Just wonderful!!!
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Post by architect »

Hi Bruce,

I saw these creations a while ago. The German afol's and Europeans in general never cease to amaze me with their medieval creations. The tan castle is great with its curving walls. The tudor buildings are also nice with the diagonal timbers.

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Holy Crap! I am rocked back on my heels. The money it would take to buy all that tan, and all the roof pieces! This is stunning! The Germans in particular seem to lead the pack in medieval stuff. They live in and around it all the time fercryinoutloud! I got to meet a couple of these guys at BrickFest PDX. Good people. Gee, I wonder if my kids would go barefoot all summer so I could use the shoe money on tan... WHAP! (wife brings him back to reality). Ah well...
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Ach du liebe!! :shock:
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Post by Barbapple »

Woah! Diese deutschen Bauunternehmer überraschen! Ich mag die lohfarbene Festung das am besten! Große gebogene Wand!
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Woah! These German builders are amazing! I like the tan fortress the best! Great curved wall!
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Post by Taki »

These picture were taken at the End-of-the-Year Meeting 2003 in Frechen near Colongne. Brickshelf is down at the moment, so you can have to visit this gallery.

Notice the full functional funfair! Everthing works with Legopower. Or the huge pirateship or, or, or...

It was a nice meeting and I really enjoyed visiting it!
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Post by Aidan »

Awesome stuff :shock:

Jojo should know about this. I see him in one of the pictures :wink:
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Post by Magnus »

... is one of those Black Falcon t shirts!

Awesome MOCs too. I'm not sure I'm so crazy about the actual design of the tan castle (one of my pet peeves is corners without turrets and I think round towers especially should project from the walls), but it's very cool to see how the builder managed to curve the one wall just by using shedloads of 1 by 2s.
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Post by jeff_o_rama »

That forest is great. Old growth spruce/fir mmmm.

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Post by forester3291 »

I came across these on Brickshelf a monthe or two ago and was soooo shocked :shock: . The forest and castle are very very very very cool. I wonder if they would let my foresmen live in that buatiul forest of their's
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Post by Mr. D »

I can hardly type this because the keys are very slippery and wet with tears of joy and wonderment. :lol:

I love the curved walls on the tan castle.

How did he do those diagonal timbers!!!

Everything else is just magnificent, wonderful, superb...!

P.S. WOW!!!
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Post by forester3291 »

Hey http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617075 Jojo made that. That must mean him or someone that he know was there. Jojo tell us all about this pleeeeeeeeeese
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forester3291 wrote:Hey http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=617075 Jojo made that. That must mean him or someone that he know was there. Jojo tell us all about this pleeeeeeeeeese
Yes, he was there, and so was I. :)
This was almost half a year ago...
What do you guys want to know?
You've seen the pictures, it was great :D
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Post by forester3291 »

Oh. Just wanted to know who biult that awesome Castle
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