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Re: Whoops! (Castle Walls)
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:36:31 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Magnus Lauglo writes:
Nice Pawel, the pics remind me of the sheer size and bulk of your walls.
Have you thought of creating machicolations (the hold to drop stuff on
people at the base of the walls) in your battlements, since they stick out
from the edge of the wall?

Although this was in response to Pawel, it reminded me: I had forgotten to
put the putlog holes in the walls!

For a while, I considered adding machicolations but then I decided that if
battle threatened the Citadel I would just add hoardings outside of the wall.

Once I finish the hoardings, I'll post pictures. :)

--
Mark Nelson



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  Re: Whoops! (Castle Walls)
 
(...) Well, the hoardings are done. They can be seen here: (URL) stupid cleric stood where he could get hit by the archers... Hmm... Bad idea. Some notes about the hoardings: They were wooden platforms built like I have them in the picture, and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)

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Nice Pawel, the pics remind me of the sheer size and bulk of your walls. Have you thought of creating machicolations (the hold to drop stuff on people at the base of the walls) in your battlements, since they stick out from the edge of the wall? (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)

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