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In lugnet.castle, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Greg Howell writes:
Another really good source of
> non-LEGO inspiration is the book Timber-Framed Buildings of England, by RJ
> Brown. ISBN: 0709060920 It's $30 on Amazon, but I have mine on loan from work.
Thanks Marc, I'll look into it. Sounds good. What I really want is a book on
Japanese houses so I can build a little village for my Ninja.
> On the inside of my one-story houses, I have a ladder going up to a loft. I
> don't know how realistic this is, but I thought it looked cool.
I did the exact same thing. I build a little ale...er, cider house for my town,
I couldn't fit a ladder inside, to go to the loft. I built one on the outside,
in a back alley. The loft on my a, (did it again, Cider, Cider, CIDER) Ahem,
Cider house is a little apartment, so accomadations are what you see id what
you get.
Are you using 1X4 tiles and 1X1s for your ladders? I must admit, I copped out
with one of the pre-made hand from the cleet ladders. It works alright.
> Oooh! Some of the castle builders here might take issue with that! Having • never
> built a big castle, I can't say. I would like to build a tower-house, which is
> kind of a fortified house which was common in Ireland.
Really? I did not know that. Thants really cool. Make one, I want to see it. Is
it any thing like the Guarded Inn set? While I give that that is part of the
castle wall section theme, is that the basic idea? Sounds really intriguing.
GREG~
Any one have a nice way to make mini-sheep?
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In lugnet.castle, Greg Howell writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
>
> > On the inside of my one-story houses, I have a ladder going up to a loft. I
> > don't know how realistic this is, but I thought it looked cool.
>
> I did the exact same thing. I build a little ale...er, cider house for my • town,
> I couldn't fit a ladder inside, to go to the loft. I built one on the outside,
> in a back alley. The loft on my a, (did it again, Cider, Cider, CIDER) Ahem,
> Cider house is a little apartment, so accomadations are what you see id what
> you get.
> Are you using 1X4 tiles and 1X1s for your ladders? I must admit, I copped out
> with one of the pre-made hand from the cleet ladders. It works alright.
My tavern has stairs made out of bricks, but the other buildings all use the
brown ladder pieces.
>
> > Oooh! Some of the castle builders here might take issue with that! Having • never
> > built a big castle, I can't say. I would like to build a tower-house, which • is
> > kind of a fortified house which was common in Ireland.
>
> Really? I did not know that. Thants really cool. Make one, I want to see it. • Is
> it any thing like the Guarded Inn set? While I give that that is part of the
> castle wall section theme, is that the basic idea? Sounds really intriguing.
No, they don't look nearly as nice as the Guarded Inn. A tower-house was
basically a tower 4 or 5 stories high that the lord (can't remember if these
were native Irish or the English) would live in. There was usually a small wall
enclosing an area around the tower to hold livestock. The tower-houses weren't
strong enough to hold up against a determined attack, but they were good enough
to keep the peasants in line. I'll try and find a picture. Now that I can get
grey bricks from LEGO Direct, I might actually be able to build one.
> Any one have a nice way to make mini-sheep?
Somebody posted some LEGO animals a while back, but I can't remember who. They
had pigs and sheep and a frog, I think.
-Marc
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In lugnet.castle, Wilson Raska writes:
> <snip all the stuff about houses>
>
> > Any one have a nice way to make mini-sheep?
>
> Franklin has a few models of barnyard animals, including sheep:
>
> http://fcain.tripod.com/lego/barnyard.html
>
> Wilson
Wilson,
Your advice has proven most usefull. I will borrow from Franklin (if he will
allow me) and shall have meadows full of critters!
I need to invest in some pink peices for the piggies!
Thanks,
GREG~
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> > > Any one have a nice way to make mini-sheep?
> >
> > Franklin has a few models of barnyard animals,
> > including sheep:
> > http://fcain.tripod.com/lego/barnyard.html
Geez, I'm famous now...
Or would that be "infamous"?...
:-P~~~
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!
> Your advice has proven most usefull.
> I will borrow from Franklin (if he will allow me)
> and shall have meadows full of critters!
Go for it!
(Please slip in a link back to my original document,
though, if you wouldn't mind, just in case
someone else wants to make some of the other critters.)
Franklin
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