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Re: BrickFest 2002 Castle Room
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Thu, 23 May 2002 16:36:18 GMT
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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
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In lugnet.castle, Thomas Garrison writes:
> 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. . .
> >
> > 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!
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> 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).
>
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> TWS Garrison
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> [1] Unless pierced by an arrow loop, which would be tricky in minifig
> scale.
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| I'm going to do some more work on the wall tonight. I'll probably make the wall itself shorter while making the battlements taller so as to provide more protection. I'll also try 4 stud crenials with 2 stud spacing to see how it looks. (i'm trying (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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]. (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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