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Re: Teeny shack
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:26:56 GMT
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KBKids.com also has one of the Wild West sets on sale.
David Eaton wrote:
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> In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > > http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/shackfront.jpg
> > > http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/shackback.jpg
> > > http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/shackside.jpg
> > > http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/shackinside.jpg
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> > Dave the "shack" looks great. Is this supposed to be a "home" or just a
> > shack/chicken coop? If it is a home is there any way to give them at least
> > one window? I realise it is tough seeing the bricks you are trying to work
> > with but even peasant's need a little daylight :-).
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> I thought about this briefly-- after all I do have one brown window which would
> look great... I think the thing I most wanted are brown shutters, though...
> having them red or blue or yellow or white just didn't quite look right. (The
> other reason I didn't include a window (well, rationalization really) is to
> help hide the gloriously hideous interior :) I might try some 2x3 or 2x4 brown
> bricks and prop them up somehow as shutters...
I wouldn't worry too much about shutters. If they had them, it would
probably be more like a board which swung down from above. I also
wouldn't make the window larger than 2x2 or so (if so, a 2x3 plate on a
set of hinge plates would make a nice shutter).
> The other thing I was thinking about is a small stone chimney coming out one
> side, wider at the base to make it give the appearance of an inner fireplace...
> Another thing I want to find is a good way of representing a thatched roof...
> the brown plates work ok, but that's another thing I don't have in quantity :(
Tan or yellow would work well for thatch.
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Frank Filz
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