B is for...
B is for...
Battering Ram
The second installment in my alphabet project is a battering ram built for the black falcons. The folder can be seen here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=73640
Bringing the ram to battle: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br01.jpg
At work: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br02.jpg
Overall pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br03.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br07.jpg
Front: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br05.jpg
Side: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br04.jpg
Back: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br06.jpg
Details: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br08.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br09.jpg
Enjoy!
James
(any suggestions for C?)
The second installment in my alphabet project is a battering ram built for the black falcons. The folder can be seen here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=73640
Bringing the ram to battle: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br01.jpg
At work: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br02.jpg
Overall pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br03.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br07.jpg
Front: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br05.jpg
Side: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br04.jpg
Back: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br06.jpg
Details: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br08.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... m/br09.jpg
Enjoy!
James
(any suggestions for C?)
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Re: B is for...
Great MOC! Love the way the are all happiliy battering away at the wall!
Hmm... Carpetmaker? Catapult?jb wrote:(any suggestions for C?)
Nice, I thought it was gonna be all shops. What a surprise!it looks a bit overly bulky though, If I made it I'd cut it down so my troops could move it easier. I do understand that it needed to be high, for the chain, but... I dont know how to get around that. Maybe a wide roof going over the heads of the Falcons that the chain could be hooked on midway over? Nice battering ram anyway.
C. hmm...
Crystal miner? old Codgers shack? Cobbler? Church? Castle? heh, thats one so obvious I didn't think of it 'till last.
C. hmm...
Crystal miner? old Codgers shack? Cobbler? Church? Castle? heh, thats one so obvious I didn't think of it 'till last.
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Very nice battering ram. I think someone had suggested making a wider roof and that would certainly make it looked like a ram with penthouse. Your troops would be safer from oil and arrows as well. I really do like it though, in fact I now have another project to plan.
I edited this because after some research, I discovered the name capped ram referred to the head of the ram and not the structure. There were many types of penthouse, from wood to hide. Some had tops that extended straight to the ground, others had a slightly wider top and a wood or hide sidewall as well. Basically if you widened the top of your ram you would have a more defensible piece of seige equipment. Sorry I can't find a pic. I looked, but only found people selling 15 and 25mm miniatures.
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I edited this because after some research, I discovered the name capped ram referred to the head of the ram and not the structure. There were many types of penthouse, from wood to hide. Some had tops that extended straight to the ground, others had a slightly wider top and a wood or hide sidewall as well. Basically if you widened the top of your ram you would have a more defensible piece of seige equipment. Sorry I can't find a pic. I looked, but only found people selling 15 and 25mm miniatures.
Will
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After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.
Do you have a link to a capped ram? I couldn't find a picture of one.
Here is what I was going for with my design: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempire ... ngram.html
Thanks for all of the comments!
James
Here is what I was going for with my design: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempire ... ngram.html
Thanks for all of the comments!
James
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Dario,
Here are two pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... g_4657.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... g_4659.jpg
Do those answer your questions?
James
Here are two pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... g_4657.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... g_4659.jpg
Do those answer your questions?
James
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Hey James
I really like this battering ram.
When i see it, i have visions of ramming it through my little Bros castles....
C..... Hmmm..... Clothing store..... Hmmmmm.... i will think about it!!
Nikos
I really like this battering ram.
When i see it, i have visions of ramming it through my little Bros castles....
C..... Hmmm..... Clothing store..... Hmmmmm.... i will think about it!!
Nikos
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this is absolutly the best lego battering ram i have ever seen! Two thumbs way way up, great work man!
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I really like this model. Like some of the others though, when I looked at the roof I thought right away, "Why doesn't he extend it so his soldiers are more protected from above?" Why else would you put a roof on it? Keep in mind that I'm no historian and I don't even know the names of most to this stuff to research it on the 'net.
As for C, how about Chandler? I don't think many people have posted that type of shop......
As for C, how about Chandler? I don't think many people have posted that type of shop......
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