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    • Rich O BrienR Offline
      Rich O Brien Moderator
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      Thanks for sharing πŸ‘

      Should've put the watchmen all along the watchtower and two riders approaching πŸ˜‰

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      • leedeeteeL Offline
        leedeetee
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        Really nice Gai, and an interesting read to boot. πŸ‘

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Rich, the file is high poly enough from this half dozen guys! 😲
          They're only there to give scale and atmosphere not for a battle scene! πŸ˜†

          I may even make some LO documents for the guys - I have never used LO (for a real project) anyway! 😳

          Gai...

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
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            @gaieus said:

            Rich, the file is high poly enough from this half dozen guys! 😲
            They're only there to give scale and atmosphere not for a battle scene! πŸ˜†

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            • R Offline
              Roger
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              That central pad was to support the "elevictoriax", a hand-cranked elevator used to lift food and other supplies rather than having to climb the exposed exterior stairs with unwieldy loads during bad weather or barbarian attacks.

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              • FrederikF Offline
                Frederik
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                I saw Fletch had added some trees in PP... πŸ˜„
                Tower-Fletch.jpg
                I also added some trees in post pro...
                Tower-KFB.jpg

                Cheers
                Kim Frederik

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                • R Offline
                  Ross Macintosh
                  last edited by

                  Csaba - Common sense (if there is such a thing) might suggest the upper windows likely did not have that type of shutter protruding into the limited circulation space of balcony.

                  Would the exterior stair have been equipped with a pivot so it could be drawn up?

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                  • DanielD Offline
                    Daniel
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                    Great looking rendering, Gaieus. Would a watch tower be taller than that, though? One wouldn't be able to see beyond the trees from there.

                    My avatar is an anachronism.

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                      tomislavm
                      last edited by

                      Nice idea Gai, I like it!

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Roger, I also thought of that but the guys (8who want to build it) resisted...

                        Ross: About the upper windows; you must be right. I created a scene in 3DVIA and when I succeeded to climb up, I could not walk around. I will suggest this to the guys, too. πŸ˜†

                        Daniel: no-one really knows. As they used to be on hill-tops looking over the river (where possible), maybe not.

                        And yes, Fletch seems to have slept too much last night!
                        πŸ˜„

                        Gai...

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                        • Bryan KB Offline
                          Bryan K
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                          Very cool.

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