ludzik
Lenfald
Lenfald Freeman
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Post by ludzik on Dec 4, 2016 12:39:39 GMT -8
Wife is traveling, so long list of Honey Do's is in front of me, business trip... but maybe?   |
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ludzik
Lenfald
Lenfald Freeman
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Post by ludzik on Dec 4, 2016 19:12:38 GMT -8
Had some time to work and got the upper garrison done and redid the quarters in the lower right corner (got rid of one of the lookout spots). Gotta run out to take care of some errands and then pack for the trip tomorrow.... maybe I will get to work on the guardhouse, though that's been problematic for me forever.... can't come up with the right way to finish it. I have all the mechanisms done, the drawbridge fully functions, the portcullis is 100% operational, but I'm still stuck with how to "cap" it. I'm thinking a double tower - take it up one more level and then split it off into two towers with a walkway in the middle? Or a roof in the middle? After that, it's finishing the courtyard - the well is started (need it so that I can lift the ground to access the cellars)..... maybe a small garden? Training ground? Horse tie offs?  And I'll be hating life in 4 hours as I wake up for my trip. I think I will have the gatehouse topped with a single tower - gonna raise it up a level above what it is now so that it towers over the adjacent roof 
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AK_Brickster
Innkeeper
Scouting the Lenfel Border
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Post by AK_Brickster on Dec 5, 2016 9:36:11 GMT -8
That is looking really nice! I hope you're able to finish it someday, haha. I changed the headline of the thread to be a little more descriptive and a little less "click-baity" |
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Post by Ayrlego on Dec 5, 2016 15:29:20 GMT -8
Looking great! Hope you can meet the deadline!
Is anyone else planning a castle entry? If so and there was some interest maybe we could extend the unrestricted category until the end of the month???
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Lord Silver
Garheim
Rebuilding Silverstone Keep
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Post by Lord Silver on Dec 5, 2016 16:44:29 GMT -8
I have been working on my Silverstone Keep, and I'd love it if you could extend it to the end of the month.
On the other hand, the castle looks great and I'd love to see it finished.
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ludzik
Lenfald
Lenfald Freeman
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Post by ludzik on Dec 5, 2016 21:13:16 GMT -8
Thanks AK! This post was probably more to keep myself motivated then anything else  Btw re deadline - while my hard stop is 15, I would be willing to support the petition to have it run through the end of the month Lastly - I'm still not happy with the direction the gatehouse is going ;( |
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Sir Daren
Lenfald
Training men and looking for work
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Post by Sir Daren on Dec 5, 2016 21:25:23 GMT -8
If we have a deadline continuation, I can attempt some sort of castle or fortification (I have known myself to run out of my light grey bricks before) whereas the deadline is before I am done with finals, that is why I got pics of my other entries earlier
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Post by Sir Caedric Moore on Dec 7, 2016 21:13:39 GMT -8
With entries built for all of the other categories and nothing else to build until crazycrownieguy comes out with our next LC/WC , an extension until the end of the month would prompt me to try my hand at building a castle. ludzik Great job on the castle, so far! You could try extending the upper floor of the gatehouse so it overhangs the portcullis and drawbridge. |
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ludzik
Lenfald
Lenfald Freeman
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Post by ludzik on Dec 9, 2016 12:45:27 GMT -8
Hmmm I played with overhanging the gatehouse but it was not a common practice in most castles that I visited. IF so it would have been wooden construction and for some reason rock felt better here Anyways, I do think that I have finished it.... There are 3 different towers, underground storage (still needs to be furnished) and dungeons of sorts, stables, well, knights quarters, garrison, lords keep, study is in the tower. I should still build though the bridgehead for the drawbridge. Maybe put a small guard house there as well. Last will be taking pictures... that's the hardest part.. or rather adding all the imagery that needs to be added to the pictures... |
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ludzik
Lenfald
Lenfald Freeman
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Post by ludzik on Dec 11, 2016 3:43:18 GMT -8
And just when I thought I had it finished I had to get this wild hair .... in the ear..... and rebuilt some stuff..... So now there is the manor (lower left) wizard tower (lower right) gatehouse upper left, stable, blacksmith/armorer (lower level) - barracks + guard tower (upper level) (upper right) with another stable (lower left lower level) and barracks (mid right, upper level). Working on the interior stuff now.... that's a major PITA... ok, time to crash.. it's nearly 4AM!  |
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Post by Ayrlego on Dec 11, 2016 13:45:59 GMT -8
Wow! coming along nicely
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ludzik
Lenfald
Lenfald Freeman
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Post by ludzik on Dec 11, 2016 19:58:07 GMT -8
and I am done from the perspective of the global challenge..... one thing though.... my fricking yellow flag went MIA! Had one and it's nowhere to be found... UGH so my story is that the stable boy washed it along with the green one and it became greenish |
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