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Re: Castle Gate and Castle Corner Tower
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:34:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Thomas Garrison wrote:
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, John Langrish wrote:
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I thought I’d post my latest MOC, a Castle Gate, and a slightly older MOC, a
Castle Corner Tower, together. They’re both the same “system” of building, so
if I had the bricks to have both constructed at once they would fit together
perfectly. (That’s the theory anyway)
If you prefer pics
I’m interested on hearing feedback, good or bad. Especially any suggestions
people might have on how to improve my building skills.
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I like it. Some elements---particularly the use of 2x2x3 slopes and the
windows---add a great deal of visual interest to what could otherwise be
boring walls. Unfortunately, they also make it prohibitivly expensive to
make a whole castle/town. . .
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Thanks! It would indeed be too expensive to make a huge MOC with this design:
Both the grey 2x2x3 slopes and the grey 1x2 tiles are fairly expensive parts in
large quantities.
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I would like to see the back of the wall.’
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Unfortunately there isn’t anything to see: It’s just filled in with light grey
bricks. In the back of the gate section there is the simple LEGO-style pin
system I used to keep the gate up or down, but nothing too pretty.
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I think it would be cool to use one of the rare “left-facing” Falcon
torsos for this shot
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=937667
but then again, I’m weird.
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Could you elaborate on this “left-facing” Falcon torso? I don’t believe I’ve
heard of that before...it interests me greatly...
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I question the use of brown for the parapets. Since the wall has no mural
gallery, I assume it is just stone and rubble the whole way up. Shouldn’t
that mean that the parapets are just stone? Having used brown, however,
the back railing is a nice touch.
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They “should” be stone, I suppose. I personally like brown better because it
brings more colour and interest into the model. Constant grey does get boring
after a while. It’s all personal opinion!
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On the towers, I would recommend arrow loops on the sides (by the wall).
The point of a projecting tower is to allow archers to sweep base of the
walls, but your defenders can only use the corner embrassures at the
tops of the towers for that purpose.
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I considered adding more features in the walls like that, but decided against
it. I simply like the “look” it gives - simple, strong, yet with some
interesting parts. I didn’t want it at all cluttered.
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I’m torn on the use of tiling on the crenellation. On the one hand, it
looks really good. On the other hand, since it’s not carried to the rest
of the stonework it doesn’t quite fit. . .
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May I ask what you mean “not carried to the rest of the stonework”? In my
opinion they went along with the cleanness of the walls. I’m not sure I
understand what you meant.
Thanks again!
John L.
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| (...) Jojo discovered them a few years ago (URL) the link to the picture is dead) Here's a pic (URL) one on the right is more rare. (...) My mistake, sort of. I had just been looking at the back of the wall, under the railing. Except for that one (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I like it. Some elements---particularly the use of 2x2x3 slopes and the windows---add a great deal of visual interest to what could otherwise be boring walls. Unfortunately, they also make it prohibitivly expensive to make a whole castle/town. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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