Which looks nice, but only has 4 cross-beams... I had always preferred the "standard" square-holes looking style. Unfortunately, that often means building them out of bricks/plates, which makes for rather thick bars.
I had an idea of sort of crazy proportions, as well. Dunno how well it would come out:
Take a bunch of 10-long and 12-long technic axles, and ALL the small black rubber bands you can find. One by one, bind the rubber bands to the axles, creating a grid pattern.
Pros:
- Probably would look pretty cool
- Is adjustable in design to many different sizes
- probably slides easily between 1-stud gap.
Cons:
- Crazily difficult to assemble.
- Not solid. Might bend and flex all around. (Could hide some braces inside the walls to strengthen it, I guess)
Any supercool ideas out there on building portcullises?
DaveE
