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Re: Here's a preview of the new one...
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Sun, 11 Nov 2001 03:34:42 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Daniel Siskind writes:
> > > At Pawel's urging, here are some snapshots of the latest castle I'm working on.
> > > this one is a fiary tale castle I'm building as a doll house for my daughter
> > > (fits both minfig and scala)....
> > >
> > > http://www.brickmania.com/gallery_castle.html
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> > > Enjoy!
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> > > Dan
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> > This castle is magnificient! Your daughter must really love it. For her to
> > see the daily progress is probably just as much a treat as getting to play
> > with a more finished structure.
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> I only get to work on it 1 or 2 days per month, so she's pretty much used to
> playing with it as is, with the random suprise arrival of a new tower or
> finished section. She's really kicking my butt to finish the main keep and
> Sleeping Beauty's tower...
I think it is better this way. Each new section can be appreciated in its
own right. Also better for a child to not get everything immediately.
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> > I am fascinated that it can fit both minifig scale and scala scale. This
> > would certainly gives it more play value. How is this accomplished?
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> It's quite simple. All of the rooms inside the keep are 16 bricks high from
> floor to ceiling and all of the main doors are the largest castle type, which
> will fit all the Scala dolls. The keep splits in half down the middle, so it's
> really like having two equal sized doll houses. The only exception is the tower
> with the spiral stairs, which only fits minifigs. Also, with exception of the
> main gate, the towers on the outer walls do not open up for interior details. I
> had to draw the line somewhere.
I don't know the age of your daughter ... perhaps as she gets older she will
want to redesign and rebuild portions of it for herself.
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> > The printed base on which the castle stands is really nice. Could you give
> > some information about it? Is it part of the table?
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> That's a Thomas the Tank Engine play table made by the company that does the
> wooden trains. It's very nice, but also quite expensive, so we have to thank
> grandma for that!
It will be used continually for one purpose or another for many years. It
is nice to have the castle up off the floor and looks like you are already
taking advantage of the space underneath to store building materials.
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> > I think the Disney theme park castles are based on the Alcazar in Segovia,
> > Spain, which was built in the 11th century and rebuilt at the beginning of
> > the 15th century
> > http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/Spain/spain.htm
> > http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/The_Alcazar.html/cid_3122724.gbi
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> > I look forward to hearing and seeing more...
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> > regards,
> > sheree
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> I think those Disney castles were modeled on a number of castles and the Alcazar
> of Segovia is probably a large contributor. I also think a big influence was
> Neauschwanstein in Germany and there is even a reference to Disney here:
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> http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Germany/germany7.htm
I didn't think about this one in relation to the Disney ones. It is always
good to have more information. thanks!
Looking back at your pictures again now I am struck by how much the white
projections on the peak of the ends of front roof and the base of the flag
pole add. I also really like the gentle incline of the entrance ramp/bridge.
sheree
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> Thanks for the words and take care!
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> Dan
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| (...) Yep, Cinderalla's castle (or is it sleeping beauty? I've heard different versions) was greatly influenced by Neuschwanstein. Walt Disney apparently spent some time there and was inspired. Many parts of the interior were never furnished, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I only get to work on it 1 or 2 days per month, so she's pretty much used to playing with it as is, with the random suprise arrival of a new tower or finished section. She's really kicking my butt to finish the main keep and Sleeping Beauty's (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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