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Wow, what a piece of work! I'm not building on quite the scale you are, or the
authenticity, so I quite respect what you've been able to accomplish here.
I have a couple notes, both from my own experience buiding a small multistory
keep more or less in the style of Odawara, and from looking at your reference
photos.
The projecting stones using white "wood" bricks are an interesting
feature. What are their advantages over a smooth wall? (Ooooh, from
the actual pictures of Kumamoto I see that they appear to be low-level
roof supports.)
The vertically-barred windows are great, but if they were lowered a
bit (so they didn't contrast with the white) they'd present less of a
target for archers.
I really like the way you built the red roof over the entryway in
picture 6. As a small roof, it has a lot of class, and models the real
roof well.
The stone throwing windows are well done, that's a great piece for
them.
Oooh, great use of the "ladder" piece as horizontally-grilled
windows in pictures 12 and 15!
Heh. Considering that Sekigahara was Japan's largest Samurai-era
battle, with around 200,000 soldiers, I'm guessing each of the
footsoldiers represents tens of thousands of men. :)
I've more or less given up on trying to replicate the true curves on
some of the castles' lower stone walls. You've done a good job of
suggesting this curve though.
In picture 13, I had a similar problem with the corner of the two
BURPs: I used the same three 45-degree slope levels you did, but I put
a one-brick height between each of them, so it rises at just about the
same rate as the BURP.
All in all, this is an astounding building. I cannot _wait_ to see
the interior!
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Catena writes:
> Wow, what a piece of work! I'm not building on quite the scale you are, or the
> authenticity, so I quite respect what you've been able to accomplish here.
Thanks for this very detailed and analytical reply. I enjoyed reading it.
> The vertically-barred windows are great, but if they were lowered a
> bit (so they didn't contrast with the white) they'd present less of a
> target for archers.
> I really like the way you built the red roof over the entryway in
> picture 6. As a small roof, it has a lot of class, and models the real
> roof well.
> The stone throwing windows are well done, that's a great piece for
> them.
> Oooh, great use of the "ladder" piece as horizontally-grilled
> windows in pictures 12 and 15!
I will be putting some of these techniques on my webpage to be
launched in 2 weeks devoted to Building Japanese castles with Lego.
>
> Heh. Considering that Sekigahara was Japan's largest Samurai-era
> battle, with around 200,000 soldiers, I'm guessing each of the
> footsoldiers represents tens of thousands of men. :)
Oops !! I got tired of just seeing pictures of buildings only so I
threw that in at the last minute. And I don't have a standing army
of Japanese minifigs numbering in the hundreds like John Kanehl.
> I've more or less given up on trying to replicate the true curves on
> some of the castles' lower stone walls. You've done a good job of
> suggesting this curve though.
> In picture 13, I had a similar problem with the corner of the two
> BURPs: I used the same three 45-degree slope levels you did, but I put
> a one-brick height between each of them, so it rises at just about the
> same rate as the BURP.
I will have to try the method above. Actually should have thought of it
as I use alternate double convex slope 45 with regular bricks for two
of the corner joints.
Thanks for the comments and notes. The interiors will hopefully provide
more fodder for discussion - a preview is that the 5 donjon has many,
many layers to it.
KK
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