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Re: BrickFest 2002 Castle Room
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Thu, 23 May 2002 04:26:21 GMT
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On Thu, 23 May 2002, Troy's Surplus Lego wrote:
> > And am I correct in seeing that you're aiming for a 2-high battlement?
> > That leaves minifigs putting a lot of faith in their chest armour. . .
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> How high should they be? I'm admittedly new at this, so suggestions are
> welcome. Links to examples are even more useful. :)
Ooh, holy war alert!
I would say that the parapet should shield a standing minifig. Thus, from
wall walk to the top the crenal should be four or five bricks, with
embrassures at about two bricks. Crenels should be three or four
studs wide[1]. Examples are this (I have no
idea whose):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=141573
and of course Daniel Siskind's Bloodstone Castle:
http://www.brickmania.com/castle/C37.html
(really tall parapet there).
The other schools of thought call for shorter parapets (for example, as
one of the many compromises of "minifig scale"). Examples include 2
brick wall + 1 brick crenel (Richard Shamus):
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334/
and 1 brick wall + 1 brick crenel (David Eaton):
http://www.suave.net/~dave/walledtown.html
(or any TLC castle).
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.math.purdue.edu/~tgarriso/
Remove capital letters in address for direct reply.
[1] Unless pierced by an arrow loop, which would be tricky in minifig
scale.
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| Thanks for the "nod." I think though that my walls are much too short, and a new standard should be devised. I'm hoping that work in this area will occur soon, and that this new standard will be propagated to other for maximum participation. Rich -- (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: BrickFest 2002 Castle Room
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| Nice to see this thread coming back! I suggest a wall of around 13 brick height, including battlements. For example, a 3 brick high slope at the base on tope of which you can either have a 6 high wall section, or just build up with bricks. Top that (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I know. I took the pictures in a hurry as well and that didn't help much either. I'll try to make one in a different color and get the pictures posted. (...) How high should they be? I'm admittedly new at this, so suggestions are welcome. (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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