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Re: old gatehouse on brickshelf
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lugnet.castle.ninja
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Tue, 20 Mar 2001 08:18:06 GMT
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John Robert-Blaze Kanehl wrote:
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> In lugnet.castle.ninja, Chris Barker writes:
> > Hey all,
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> > I uploaded three pics of my gatehouse to
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3548
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> > Chris Barker
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> > chris@superfami.com
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> Random musings...
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> I can tell you have been buying up 3053s...lol
> (Man, the more I think about it, I wish there was a tan, blue, and Dark Gray
> version of an FNF!)
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> I like the roof design...very authentic looking fascade. I really like those
> 3x3 corner slopes in blue...useful and pleasing to the eye.
I spent a while on the roof, looking at pictures of various structures
before I came up with something I liked.
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> Good proportions and integration of windows. (I seem to have problems
> adding windws and keeping proportions appealing)
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> The Gatehouse reminds me of the virtual tour of Himenji.
> (there were a couple different guard houses/gates with a similar appearance.
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> I like the way you used the fish piece combined with the space control panel
> on either side of your roof.
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> What's the Brown Chain for?
The pic is not very good, but it is used to open the "trap door" between
floors. I remember some things like this from visiting Nagoya castle
but I cant remember whether there was a handle or a chain used to open
it from above.
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> Are you going to expand this MOC to fortress or scrap it and build something
> different?
I thought about expanding this one, but I think I'll strip it down and
build up based on the idea of this one. Until we move to a bigger place
I won't have room for a full fortress. When I think about that, I
really with we lived in the USA where space is cheap.
Chris Barker
chris@superfami.com
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> Can't wait to see more...
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> John
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