Updated: Keep Finished
Updated: Keep Finished
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Well, it's all done now! Interior, everything.
I call it, "Elkshire Keep".
Here's a few pics.....
1http://img118.exs.cx/img118/8215/k19rt.jpg
2http://img118.exs.cx/img118/7859/k51cx.jpg
3http://img118.exs.cx/img118/882/o53is.jpg
4http://img118.exs.cx/img118/5089/p34mm.jpg
The rest in the brickshelf gallery....
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Well, it's all done now! Interior, everything.
I call it, "Elkshire Keep".
Here's a few pics.....
1http://img118.exs.cx/img118/8215/k19rt.jpg
2http://img118.exs.cx/img118/7859/k51cx.jpg
3http://img118.exs.cx/img118/882/o53is.jpg
4http://img118.exs.cx/img118/5089/p34mm.jpg
The rest in the brickshelf gallery....
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124856
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Re: Keep under contruction
Vey good job!
Where's the drawbridge goin' to? I'd build more there.Jacob C. wrote: Any suggestions would be helpful
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My only suggestion is for you to finish it so we can see what it will look like
Seriously, it is entirely your perogative to build how you want. I look at pics of real castles and then work it out in LEGO elements in my head (my mind's eye, as it were) No I do not try and copy historical castles, but the structurally significant details, those, I try to replicate.
So far it is looking decent.
Seriously, it is entirely your perogative to build how you want. I look at pics of real castles and then work it out in LEGO elements in my head (my mind's eye, as it were) No I do not try and copy historical castles, but the structurally significant details, those, I try to replicate.
So far it is looking decent.
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Yep, I think the beginning looks pretty solid, and I especially like the look of the arched ceiling rafters... the interior will be the "make-or-break" part of it in terms of going from good to great ~
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I thought about that before I began building and thats why Im making the Keep shell completely seperate from the interior supports/floors. So if I screw up or am not satisfied with the interior, I can always just take the interior apart & rebuild it.the interior will be the "make-or-break" part of it in terms of going from good to great ~
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Hey,
Looks like a good project. I like the arrow slit solution.
Bruce
Looks like a good project. I like the arrow slit solution.
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Smart! Thats a good idea I never considered... wish I had thought about that - sooner!So if I screw up or am not satisfied with the interior, I can always just take the interior apart & rebuild it.
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What a fascinating idea! Does that mean that the finished walls will have to be at least two-studs thick (one for the exterior shell; one for the interior insert)? Can you show pictures of how you are making that work?Jacob C. wrote:I thought about that before I began building and thats why Im making the Keep shell completely seperate from the interior supports/floors. So if I screw up or am not satisfied with the interior, I can always just take the interior apart & rebuild it.
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Nope, there's only one wall and it's two studs thick.Does that mean that the finished walls will have to be at least two-studs thick (one for the exterior shell; one for the interior insert)? Can you show pictures of how you are making that work?
The interior supports on the 4 corners (inside the keep) will be pressed up against the wall, so that should make them sturdy enough.
I'll have to figure out how Im gonna include a stair case some where in there
And I just finished on the outside of the keep. It's pretty tall. 35 bricks up to the battlements & 49 bricks up to the tippy top of the roof. The Keep is like 28 studs square excluding the small outer drawbridge portion.
I'll put more pics up when Im done with the interior of the Keep & the outer portion of the castle complex.
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Here's some pics of construction on the rest of the complex (curtain wall).
It gives a general idea of what the entire thing will look like.
-http://img197.echo.cx/img197/7849/c10qm.jpg
-http://img197.echo.cx/img197/9477/c21hk.jpg
And Im about to run out of bricks
So it might not be done for a while until I can order some more.
It gives a general idea of what the entire thing will look like.
-http://img197.echo.cx/img197/7849/c10qm.jpg
-http://img197.echo.cx/img197/9477/c21hk.jpg
And Im about to run out of bricks
So it might not be done for a while until I can order some more.
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Hey,
It looks really good. I especially like the different window designs and the the interior is very lived-in feeling.
Bruce
It looks really good. I especially like the different window designs and the the interior is very lived-in feeling.
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