A Guide to Building a Medieval Village - Derfel Cardarn

[chump]

Here is a blogsite/thread with a Guide to Building a Medieval Village. If you've been wondering what to do with those trans-light blue 8x8 plates, wonder no more.

The existing original forum thread is on Eurobricks, but has been consolidated on to a blogspot page at:

http://dcasociety.blogspot.com/

[beethead]

Here is a blogsite/thread with a Guide to Building a Medieval Village. If you've been wondering what to do with those trans-light blue 8x8 plates, wonder no more.

The existing original forum thread is on Eurobricks, but has been consolidated on to a blogspot page at:

http://dcasociety.blogspot.com/

Bookmarked for more indepth reading but I like what I've read so far.

[AC]

Derfel Cardarn builds some great stuff. Very nice of him to share his work like that.

[chump]

You can also subscribe to this thread, as I see he's posted a few more segments.

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.p ... opic=60907

[Jonathan S.]

I will have to remember this site for when I get my Lego back out.

ETA: I love his technique for the river!

[chump]

I will have to remember this site for when I get my Lego back out.

You haven't even left and you're having trouble remembering us already?

Fortunately, we haven't implimented the Victoria-Vancouver firewall yet, so you'll be able to visit our humble site any time you wish.

Oh... You probably meant the other site.... My bad.

[RadStar]

I really like the instructions and his overall work, but i do have a huge dislike for 'rock walls' in that style of multicolored 1x1 round plates stacked, just an eye sore & hard to look at

[Jonathan S.]

I will have to remember this site for when I get my Lego back out.

You haven't even left and you're having trouble remembering us already?

Fortunately, we haven't implimented the Victoria-Vancouver firewall yet, so you'll be able to visit our humble site any time you wish.

Oh... You probably meant the other site.... My bad.

Hahaha Yea I meant the Derfel Cardarn site.

[chump]

I really like the instructions and his overall work, but i do have a huge dislike for 'rock walls' in that style of multicolored 1x1 round plates stacked, just an eye sore & hard to look at

I wonder if he combined the effect with 1x1 plates would it create a more interesting look?

[RadStar]

varying the use of regular & round plates would probably improve the look- but I'd imagine mostly regular plates, and some round added in for texture effect.

[AC]

I have to disagree about the wall. I rather like it. I think it can be over used and the number of colours can often be too many. It is the texture that I really like.

[chump]

Adding the 1x1 plates would add a coarser or smoother texture as desired. You could have it flat or at an angle. (I think).

[RadStar]

doubt it. the diameter of round is smaller than the hypotenuse of the 1x1 plate i'd say

[AC]

doubt it. the diameter of round is smaller than the hypotenuse of the 1x1 plate i'd say

Not really sure of your point here. Do I need to build you an example.

[chump]

doubt it. the diameter of round is smaller than the hypotenuse of the 1x1 plate i'd say

Not really sure of your point here. Do I need to build you an example.

I think Radstar is right and I'm wrong in that you can't turn the 1x1 plate a bit, when next to a 1x1 round. Darn, geometry! Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong about being proven wrong!

[AC]

The angle would not work if turned the plates to have the corners all the way out but you do have a little play there. Mixing the plate and the round plate has a nice look if done well.

[RadStar]

maybe 1 of us will experiment and post results sometime

Been meaning to do some terrain work though!!