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Re: BrickFest 2002 Castle Room
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Thu, 23 May 2002 17:04:54 GMT
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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 not to use any 1x3 bricks in the wall)
Jeff pointed out that flat front walls are more historically accurate. I'm
of the opinion that the sloped/overhanging wall just looks cooler. Any
other opinions? It might make it harder for people trying to build stuff
right up against the wall, but I would think that those people would
probably build their own custom sections anyways.
Once we come up with a concensus on a "standard" straight wall section, i'll
start working on towers and corners and such. Ideas for those are welcome
as well ;)
FYI: I have the resources to bring A LOT of these wall sections with me.
That may free up other builders to use more of their resources in actuall
buildings! (which i'm not up to trying myself just yet!)
Troy
"Richard W. Schamus (legoman34)" <legoman34@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:GwKosI.57s@lugnet.com...
> 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!
> >
> > 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 -- (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.castle)
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