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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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| Here it is ... Next time I will not wait till midnite. Getting sleepy here ... The link for Kumamoto Castle MOC is .. (URL) for the inspirational photos that helped me complete the project goes to Mr. Yasuyaki Oka who has a web site for castles (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build) !
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