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Re: Norman Keep
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Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:51:01 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Magnus Lauglo wrote:
> Kai,
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> > I like the moat as a natural "defenceline" the most ! :)
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> I'm not sure if you understood, the "motte" (as opposed to "moat")
> was the
> steep, often man made made, hill that early castles were often built on top of.
> I know that sometimes when a wooden motte and bailey castle (wooden fort with a
> big wooden tower on top of a hill/motte) was replaced by a stone castle, there
> were problems with the stone keep being so heavy that it sunk into the motte,
> and this is what I was refering to. It probably depended a lot on how big and
> heavy the keep was, how big the motte was and - if the motte was man made, if
> the earth had had time to settle properly first, which would have taken many
> years. I hope thatmakes sense.
I realy knew what you ment, the early wooden "castles" where build on motte's -
until they were to big/heavy... as you described before. I just wrote my
favorite kind of making the surrounding of a castle - a moat. :)
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> On the topic of moats, I would love to build a castle with one, but I don't know
> if it really is doable, are there any pics of lego castles with moats?
yes - there are some - evertime you see a drawbridge there should be a moat -
mostly made my placing the castle a little bit higher than the ground under the
drawbridge. sometimes it looks only like a little river - but if the "river"
surrounds the castle - you've got the moat ( hehe ).
I've made the "white lion castle" simply on green plates - in the back huge
rocks so the castle looks more realistic and not to flat on the ground.
for the siege scene it will be places on blue pvc sacks so the surrounding
"river" will be visible...in front of the castle ( other side of the drawbridge
) there will be the evil falcon's in bloodrush attacking the castle ;)
> > Expand the castle : what about a nice siege scene with lots of evil knight in
> > front of the castle :)
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> Eventually it would be great to do a siege display. Right now I'm trying to
> figure how to do the curtain wall, which buildings I want to fit in, and that
> sort of thing. It all has to fit on my dresser in my room, which means it needs
> to fit onto a 2 by 4 baseplate size area.
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> Magnus
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| (...) I guess something like that would work with your keep, but I dunno if I'll be able to make a moat on mine, on the outside of a curtain wall. BTW I never got around to complimenting on your keep, I love the way it opens up and the way you've (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| Kai, (...) I'm not sure if you understood, the "motte" (as opposed to "moat") was the steep, often man made made, hill that early castles were often built on top of. I know that sometimes when a wooden motte and bailey castle (wooden fort with a big (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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