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In lugnet.castle, Magnus Lauglo writes:
> 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
The problem with using slopes at the base is that it requires a lot of them,
and they aren't very common pieces.
> I like making machicolations (2 high and jutting out 2 bricks from the wall
> by using 2 inverse slopes on top of each other), and they are much easier
> and less parts consuming than building hoardings. But details like this
> could feasilbly be down to individual builders. Real castle walls were built
> at different periods and were often of different height and thickness.
Some were, but not all. :) I'd prefer to have a fairly uniform wall for our
town, and Troy has been kind enough to volunteer to make most of the wall
sections for us, so we can be freed to make more buildings. :)
Oh, and I'm still trying to convince Troy to either make the walls flat or have
machicolations. ;)
> Jeff, I think we should all be able to bring at least one 16 by 16 module.
Thats what I'd like to see happen. :)
> Perhaps we could have a main road at 16 pegs wide (tan baseplates) and have
> 8 wide roads for small alleyways between buildings?
I was thinking roads would be 8 studs wide, since I have an idea for them I'd
like to try, and there is no way I could do it on twice the space. 8 wide is
too much for an alley anyways, 4 wide would be better. :) I'm making a
preliminary layout right now, so people can start claiming plots of land. :)
Jeff Stembel
Castle Room Coordinator
Brickfest 2002
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
> I was thinking roads would be 8 studs wide, since I have an idea for them I'd
> like to try, and there is no way I could do it on twice the space.
Hi,
I won a large lot of 2x2 round gray plates on e-bay the other day and it
made a good cobble-stone road to use a bunch of these interspersed with
gray, dark gray, and black 1x1 plates and round plates. I've got a picture
of a 5-wide path done like this here:
http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~bnh/lotr/lotrplace03-03.jpg
I wish I could come to this event. It sounds like it will be a lot of fun.
Bruce
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Mookie has done something similar using 2x2 round tiles and 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2
regular tiles. It looked really cool, but can get to be expensive to get
the parts. The path with the round plates looks cool as well, and seems
like it would be much more economical.
Troy
"Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Gwu5pA.CGx@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, Jeff Stembel writes:
>
> > I was thinking roads would be 8 studs wide, since I have an idea for them • I'd
> > like to try, and there is no way I could do it on twice the space.
>
> Hi,
>
> I won a large lot of 2x2 round gray plates on e-bay the other day and it
> made a good cobble-stone road to use a bunch of these interspersed with
> gray, dark gray, and black 1x1 plates and round plates. I've got a • picture
> of a 5-wide path done like this here:
> http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~bnh/lotr/lotrplace03-03.jpg
>
> I wish I could come to this event. It sounds like it will be a lot of • fun.
>
> Bruce
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In lugnet.castle, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> Mookie has done something similar using 2x2 round tiles and 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2
> regular tiles. It looked really cool, but can get to be expensive to get
> the parts.
Yeah. I've only got a few (like 4) 2x2 round tiles.
> The path with the round plates looks cool as well, and seems
> like it would be much more economical.
Another advantage is, of course, that you can pose figs on top of the plates
in stances that would tip over if on top of tiles.
Bruce
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