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Re: Castle Builing Questions
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.town
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Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:48:38 GMT
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They were called guard robes and were just a hole in a plank over a pit.
Clothes used to be hung in them as well as the smell kept away moths.
There are stories of people climbing up the guardrobe and waiting for the
right behind to assasinate, so later ones has grates half way down.
Guardrobes were often wooden rooms inside larger stone ones.
off topic a bit... I actually went round Caerphilly Castle yesterday (OK Ive
lived within 10 minutes of the second largest castle in Europe for over 6
months and only just got round to going around it) I took shedloads of
pictures. I may put some up on my site as there are some great architectural
features.
James Stacey
www.minifig.co.uk
"Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message
news:GBwKE0.9A3@lugnet.com...
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> > The round 2x2 plates do have the crossed hole in the middle...who are we • to
> > know what shape the MiniFigs happen to dispose of? :)
> >
> > James
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> God help 'em if it's square.
> The Tech 2x4 plate is a real good solid LARGE hole, and to plug up the • other
> two holes in the seat (so as not to confuse the minifigure) use a pair of
> 1x2 tiles as butt-bumpers. In many old castles, they didn't even bother
> with a pit, they just mounted that seat on an outer wall with a outhouse
> kinda box around it. Good if you are a guard on the wall, bad if you • happen
> to be on perimeter duty.
> Aaron
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| (...) God help 'em if it's square. The Tech 2x4 plate is a real good solid LARGE hole, and to plug up the other two holes in the seat (so as not to confuse the minifigure) use a pair of 1x2 tiles as butt-bumpers. In many old castles, they didn't (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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