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Re: New castle? Kinda...
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Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:26:04 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Magnus Lauglo writes:
> Nice use of the raised basplate
That was actually the inspiration for the project when it started... I
wanted a castle that was built on some sort of rock-outcropping, and
multi-leveled since most of the castles I had seen on Lugnet were more or
less a fixed number of BURP layers... That part I was rather pleased with
(it also made for a nice dungeon and storage cellar.
> and I like how you incorporated the HP spiral staircase! (Is anyone else
> having a hard time fitting these into their castles?)
That annoyed me to no end :) I eventually fixed them in place using 1x1
round plates underneath the topmost and bottommost steps.
> Only 2 complaints/constructive criticism/things I'd have done differently:
Only 2? :) Having built the majority of it in only 3 days I found plenty of
problems that perhaps were due to me making a rush job of it :)
> The hidden door is a nice feature, but I think it would look better on a
> more fantasy inspired castle If you're going for a medieval sally port, I
> think a simple small door (like the kind that comes with the Guarded Inn,
> but in black)would do better. Obviously, the hidden entrance makes for great
> camoflague, but I don't know how realistic this is, and your castle
> otherwise has a very realistic flavour to it.
I certainly agree from a realism side. Though in its defense, I have to say
it's still one of my favorite parts of the castle. It's just cool :)
> The way you have made some projections from the walls of a tower looks cool,
> but if you used two 2 by 2 by 1 inversed slopes instead of just one, you
> could actually create real machicolations, giving the soldiers in the tower
> holes through which to drop stuff on to anyone at the base of the towers.
Here I wanted to do so much more. I really liked the way my previous
gatehouse was structured-- it had about 10 studs of space between the
portcullis and the interior door, above which were holes for oil dumping and
the like, along with slits for archers. I had planned to go back and make
this one bigger to accomidate, but oh well :(
> All in all, a great castle! I don't know much much more grey brick you have,
> but this castle strikes me as one that could easily be expanded with a
> second curtain wall, if you want to make it bigger.
Actually, I'm planning on dismantling it and rebuilding another one. (Fit
for playing Brikwars in!) Several months ago I recieved about 4000 grey
bricks from another project I did, so I've finally got the grey brick to
make it really big! :) But it'll have to wait till I'm done with other
projects...
Thanks for the feedback! :)
DaveE
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| Very nice David! A very sturdy-looking castle you have there, with a decidedly spartan military feel to it. I wish I had as much grey brick as that! Nice use of the raised basplate, and I like how you incorporated the HP spiral staircase! (Is anyone (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.castle)
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