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Re: Helms Deep
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:24:23 GMT
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Thank you Bruce. I did check out the Brothers Hildebrandt and Lee and
Howe's illustration when I was trying to come up with my design! I really
loved Hildebrandts scene, but I think Lee's structure is more Hardy, do I
leaned that way when It came time for construction. That sally port was a
little confusing, I dodn't know where it led to and where it would come out,
I think behind the tower,= maybe, so I left it out! Thanks again, Jon
In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman writes:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9222
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> A magnificent work from you, as always. It seems very Hildebrandt in style,
> though no specific illustration springs to mind. I recall a sally port
> somewhere off to the side of the Horburg's main gate near the cliff wall
> that Eomer and Aragorn used to blindside the ram pounding in the gate.
> Anyway, a great depiction of the battle on the Deeping Wall.
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> Bruce
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| (...) As I recall, sally port you are referring to was a small door in the wall that opened up facing into a small crease between the wall and the mountain behind, at an angle where it would be impossible for attackers to get a direct run at the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Half a dozen Alan Lee books, but none with any depiction of Helm's Deep. Sigh. But then again, it becomes an excuse to expand my collection. :-) Generally, I like Lee's structures: they have a greater air of reality to them, and his limited (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) though no specific illustration springs to mind. I recall a sally port somewhere off to the side of the Horburg's main gate near the cliff wall that Eomer and Aragorn used to blindside the ram pounding in the gate. Anyway, a great depiction of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.castle)
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