My Own Castle Standard Preview

Blasterman · Post by **Blasterman** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:46 pm

...of modular design. This is my 1st. attempt at the whole
modular thing, so be kind.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BLAST ... cn0834.jpg

The rest here -
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44925

Thanks for looking.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:59 pm

Jeff,

No need to ask for kind treatment, this thing rocks. You don't kid around, do you? The effect of those high walls has to be very daunting to attacking armies--especially apparent from the figs-eye-view photo. I like the guys waiting to dump hot coals on attackers and the way you topped the battlements with tiles, especially.

Bruce

Barbapple · Post by **Barbapple** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:15 pm

great great wall thingie. If i had to say how great it was in one sentance i would say.....It is so great it is like winning the lottery, but having a tax duductibul of four-thousand dollars, then buying a great big house in france, buying one last lottery ticket and being one number away from winning.

adm_matthew · Post by **adm_matthew** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:46 am

woah, thats amazing!

Blasterman · Post by **Blasterman** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:20 am

Thanks guys! Being my 1st. build from a plan(well, in my head),
I was a little nervous showing it off. These are
just some of the outer walls anyway. I still need to make an
inner Keep also. I can't wait!

I'll have to replace that fuzzy "corner tower" pic. Bugger!

And everyone thought I was a Space/SW kinda guy...HAH!

hip, hip...CASTLE!

wlister · Post by **wlister** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:40 am

Nice work Jeff.

The staggering height and the power suggested in those walls would dishearten many a seige army. It is fortunate that a castle built directly on baseplate is not vulnerable to sappers

. The 8 wide walls are great, this is the thickness I use as well, too bad my walls are mostly wall panels.
All you guys with your tons of light gray brick must be living somewhere close to a pick a brick. I feel a slight bit of jealousy when I see gray brick in large volumes. I recently bought 15 bags of 2 x 4 from s@h and that was nowhere close to what is needed for a decent sized castle. Can't wait to see how it looks with a keep.

Will

Blasterman · Post by **Blasterman** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:55 am

Thanks Will. Yeah, those 1x2's are something aren't they?
Trust me, I know how you feel. I've been buying every one
I can find on BL, and you see what I made from them.
I probably have about 400+ left. Easily not enough.

Oh, I'm not really sure if I have a "pick a brick" around me. I
should check though, huh?

Thanks again, and may the mighty walls prevail!

Troy T. Moore · Post by **Troy T. Moore** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:30 am

Makes my latest castle look.......small

Some piece of work! I look forward to seeing all 4 walls and the inner keep/hall etc. My siege towers would also be useless against such a fortress...you win.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:31 pm

Did you use all thouse 1x2 on the walls for look, or becuase you have so many?

Great Stuff,

DM

Mr. D · Post by **Mr. D** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:38 pm

Hey, great work! Can't wait to see the rest. I realy like the wooden door for the pitch-pot.

Mr. D

Blasterman · Post by **Blasterman** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:11 pm

Troy - Thanks. Hey , it's not about winning really. I just
wanted to scale it more appropriately.
Siege towers will definitely have to be taller for this!

DM - I used the 1x2's for looks of course! I wanted to build
with the brick, not wall pieces, for more realism.
Many BL shops love me, and will continue to.

Mr. D - Thanks. I'm especially proud of that door, or maybe
"shutter". It was a last minute idea that turned out well.

Loneranger · Post by **Loneranger** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:09 pm

Awesome dude

Post by **architect** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:05 pm

Hi Jeff,

I really like the scale of your walls and gate. Using smaller bricks like 1x2's certainly add a more realistic and impressive feel. I look forward to seeing more of this project

Ben E.

cheez11111 · Post by **cheez11111** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:03 pm

wow, what a huge wall. If you keep the entire thing at that scale the final castle well, spectacular would be a good word to describe it.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 10:08 pm

Hey,

I've got a question on MOC presentation--when working on a very large project such as this, do you think it makes more of an impact to present it a little at a time, or wait until it is completed and present the whole thing at once?

Bruce