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Re: King Leo's Palace
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Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:11:13 GMT
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Magnus,
I'm afraid you have stumbled upon my little secret! I am completely out of
Grey Bricks and plates! I agree with all of your comments. In fact, my
original plans for the wall were a lot more grand than they are now, I just
ran short of raw materials. The gates on the sides of the castle were never
originally intended to be there. They just took up space that didn't have
to be filled with brick! Along the top of the main gatehouse, the bricks
are merely there to create the illusion of a battlement, because there
weren't enough bricks to create a real one.
The back wall is a tremendous cobbling effort as well. a lot of the grey
1x6's are actually three 1x6 plates stacked three high. There were days
when I didn't think the castle would ever be finished, because I couldn't
get anymore bricks! Anyway, my entire fleet of Star Wars ships and
Enchanted island were even parted out to complete this thing. When I get
more money, I'll probably bulk brick order some more from Lego direct and do
the walls some justice!
Thanks for all of your comments, I appreciate the honest feedback! Jon
In lugnet.castle, Magnus Lauglo writes:
> Sweet!
>
> Looks awesome! I like how you got the "palace" look, how you made it look
> more than just a "castle", by building the keep so high and making it look
> so intricate. I've never really tried, but I can imagine it must be hard.
> The two flanking towers look very impressive, with very nice
> mysterious/fantasy style architecture. Great use of colours. I like how you
> were able to use the miniture tower pieces from the original King Leo's
> castle and make them look good as well.
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> I really like how you used the fluted bricks on the barracks. Also like the
> pillar look and the gardens and everything, man this is beautiful...
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> My only suggestions have to do with the curtain wall. It seems little
> dwarfed by the keep. I know it would take a lot of bricks to build the
> actual wall higher, maybe by making the actual battlements an extra brick
> higher (and two bricks wider) you could make the wall look a bit more
> imposing. Remember the battlements on a real castle would have been big
> enough for guys to hide behind, not look over.
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> Perhaps you could do a bit more with the wall itself, like make the smaller
> gatehouses a little larger. Also the largest of the gatehouses could use a
> bit more of a battlement wall on top. It looks like you only have a few
> blocks up there and I am sure the soldiers would appreciate a bit more
> protection.
>
> The keep though is a real work of art, very very nicely done!
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> Looking forward to more pics!
>
> Magnus
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| (...) I know exactly what you mean about brick shortages cutting into your castle. I was never really satisfied with the curtain wall on my most recent castle (a bit smaller than yours). I xcan think of two doiable ways of "beefing up" the wall: (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| Sweet! Looks awesome! I like how you got the "palace" look, how you made it look more than just a "castle", by building the keep so high and making it look so intricate. I've never really tried, but I can imagine it must be hard. The two flanking (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle)
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