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Re: Peasant House...Marc
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.build
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Sat, 22 Jul 2000 02:54:25 GMT
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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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| (...) town, (...) My tavern has stairs made out of bricks, but the other buildings all use the brown ladder pieces. (...) is (...) Is (...) No, they don't look nearly as nice as the Guarded Inn. A tower-house was basically a tower 4 or 5 stories (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) some (...) Yeah, Castle is a great book, as is Cathedral. I tried using the square flag pieces (like the cannon shutters on pirate ships) for that, but they didn't much look like skins, so I just left mine empty. Another really good source of (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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