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Re: Castle design against seige craft
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 05:18:54 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Matt Penney writes:
> Howdy All,
> I am currently playing around with ideas for my first castle. In doing
> research (since I'm typically a space guy) I have found that seige craft
> (towers and rams) pose the greatest threat to a walled defense.
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> Since a moat is hard to represent with legos would a castle on the plains • use
> dragon teeth like in WWII? How much does this damage the visual effect of the
> "Grand Wall" idea?
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> Could the walls use a sharp (45 degree) angled base to prevent rams and
> towers from reaching a useable position? How tall would the angle and the
> total wall need to be to keep the castle appearance?
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> Any expert out there who can tell me if these ideas were ever employed?
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> Just trying to think outside the wall,
> Matt
Matt....have a look at this site:
http://www.uen.org/Centennial/08BuildingsA.html#vault
Also some Castles had sloping walls at the base of towers to stop such
attacks....
also have a look at:
http://www.medievalonline.com/
Some castles just had a ditch all the way round...
Well hope this helps you
Kev... : )
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