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Re: Crusader Fortress
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Sat, 9 Jun 2001 14:56:53 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jon Furman writes:
> Hey all,
> I know that this is not going to compare in any way with the "July Surprise"
> news, but in it's honor, I'd like to announce the completion of my Crusader
> Fortress.
> It is a small Crusader fortress located in the Judean Wilderness (Ein Gedi
> to be specific). About a days journey by foot from the Holy City of
> Jerusalem, Ein Gedi has a natural spring which flows to the Great Salt(Dead)Sea.
> In typical Crusader fashion, a Holy Place has been captured, and a Fortress
> has been built around it. The outer stone walls are surrounding a small
> keep, above the keep is the small chapel. The chapel commemorates the
> miraculous "Multiplication of the Tan Bricks" which occurred during the
> fortress' construction (Tan bricks are hard to find everywhere I guess).
> It's not large, most crusader fortresses weren't, but I've tried to put
> several detail features in that would make it appear to have been
> constructed during the time period. I put archers windows in the walls
> (narrow in the front, wide in the rear)and tried to give a sculpted feel to
> the chapel by using tan 1x1 cylinders (the only plentiful tan brick. The
> Keep is sparsely furnished with beds and a table and dresser.
> For the Troops garrisoned at the fortress, I updated the classic Crusader
> figs with Sir Richard's leather leg armor, and used only flared helmets. The
> Kettle helms would have been nice, but I'm not sure they were in use yet.
> They would have been shady in all that sun though!
> I've never seen a castle made with tan bricks (on Lugnet), so this may be a
> first. Since there are very few specialised tan pieces (arches, slopes,
> walls)this was very rudimentary building. It was like a refresher course in
> castle 101. I'd appreciate your feedback, so LMKWYT! Jon
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4854
Jon, that's fabulous! It's great to see someone else taking advantage of
the new tan bricks to model Crusader castles. I have a partially completed
6080/375 type castle sitting in a corner. I'm hoping for more bulk tan
bricks (and hopefully tan castle walls!) so I can get it finished. You did
a great job with all the details, excellent columns (I'm using the Lion head
in the same way!), and a very tranquil chapel. I can just picture the
knights praying there before riding into battle!
I always assumed that yellow bricks were used in 375 to represent the
sandstone color of the holy land crusader castles, and I'm still hoping that
TLC may someday release something similar using tan bricks (and tan castle
walls!)
Kevin
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