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Re: A Gatehouse
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Date: 
Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:23:08 GMT
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"Johannes 'Jojo' Koehler" <chutspe@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:H4ry1B.90J@lugnet.com...
> Hello!
> 
> That's a nice gatehouse you've built there! It looks very compact and • solid
> (hm, "trutzig" in German. Dunno how to translate.)

Thanks Jojo
One of my main aims was to get the feeling of strength across. You want to
put people off even thinking of laying siege :) I'm glad that came across

> I especially like its asymmetry, so it looks pretty realistic.

I've spent a fair bit of time looking around castles recently, and the one
thing you virtually never see is symmetry. Whether they start off
symmetrical and over the years get added onto I couldn't tell you :)

> Me too like also the way you fitted the building into the Eighties style • of
> castle sets. I think dark grey still fits in since the brick patterns are
> dark grey, too.

I felt that was why I could get away with the dark grey, they mix well with
the printed brick patterns

> 
> Bye
> Jojo
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> http://www.chutspe.de/steinwerk/falckenstein/
> (Nothing new)


thanks

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James Stacey
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Hello! That's a nice gatehouse you've built there! It looks very compact and solid (hm, "trutzig" in German. Dunno how to translate.) I especially like its asymmetry, so it looks pretty realistic. Me too like also the way you fitted the building (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)

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