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Re: Peasant House...Marc
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Sat, 22 Jul 2000 01:15:42 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Greg Howell writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
> A note on historical accuracy:
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> Lego, ah Lego. It's true that when we build we choose how things will look and
> we can make any concessions that we want. In Lego, there is no real need for
> historical accuracy, but for those who seek it (or something close) I have • some
> suggestions.
> First, go out and get David Macaulay's book Castle. This is a line draw story
> that is about the building of a fictitious 13th century castle, but the
> backgroung is historically correct.
> Peasents would never have had windows, usually they cover opening with oiled
> skins.
Yeah, Castle is a great book, as is Cathedral. I tried using the square flag
pieces (like the cannon shutters on pirate ships) for that, but they didn't
much look like skins, so I just left mine empty. Another really good source of
non-LEGO inspiration is the book Timber-Framed Buildings of England, by RJ
Brown. ISBN: 0709060920 It's $30 on Amazon, but I have mine on loan from work.
Glass was very expensive and left only for the rich. Most people lived
> in one story simple structures, (Eric's houses are bar nore the best here)
> while tradesmen live above the shop. The Tudor style started as Wattle and • Daub
> which is like modern plastering. The heavy beams are a houses skeleton and the
> skin is a lathe with Daub mud mixture spread over to keep the elements out.
> As for furniture, rarely would peasents or tradesmen have anything more than
> log type benches.
On the inside of my one-story houses, I have a ladder going up to a loft. I
don't know how realistic this is, but I thought it looked cool.
> Structures differ depending on where in Europe you are, but few are real • fancy.
> Chris's house is large and could be considered to be a well to do tradesmans • or
> merchants house.
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> I think building castles is great, but a real challenge is the town that it
> defends!
Oooh! Some of the castle builders here might take issue with that! Having never
built a big castle, I can't say. I would like to build a tower-house, which is
kind of a fortified house which was common in Ireland.
-Marc
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| (...) Another really good source of (...) Thanks Marc, I'll look into it. Sounds good. What I really want is a book on Japanese houses so I can build a little village for my Ninja. (...) I did the exact same thing. I build a little ale...er, cider (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Lego, ah Lego. It's true that when we build we choose how things will look and we can make any concessions that we want. In Lego, there is no real need for historical accuracy, but for those who seek it (or something close) I have some (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)
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