Yooha Posted July 1, 2013 Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) After the fall of Victor Revolword and the Hand of Corruption, it is time for rebuild. Valholl suffered great damage during the war, so there is much to be done. The Hall of Commerce was basically destroyed to the ground, so a completely new building has to be built. The whole population of Valholl takes part of the construction. For lifting heavy stone parts, a giant wheel was built. A strong volunteer (or who lost a bet last night in the Inn) has to pull the stone pieces up, using a wooden frame and a pulley. The kiln is for making roof-tiles. The raw tiles are put inside the kiln at the side. A lady in the background is making a fine job on the new window! The roof is built bit by bit, row to row. A new piece is just being pulled up by a smaller pulley. But who is down there? Lasvor is here to help! He is not a building expert, but even he can lift some wooden boards. The arches of the windows are built using wooden supporting. They hold the structure until the whole arch is ready. After it, the wood is removed and the arch should hold. Those dwarfs are good at what they are doing, the other arch behind him is holding for days! The stone ornaments are made by a handy stonemason. The stone floor is almost ready, nice job Red! The minifigs, who accomplished this tremendous job: Acknowledgements: I would like to thank for the Guédelon project for their unintentional help. I came across them while searching for suitable images about medieval building construction. Their photos helped me a lot by learning the phases of a construction, what side-works are necessary, etc.. . Edited July 2, 2013 by Yooha Quote
soccerkid6 Posted July 1, 2013 Posted July 1, 2013 I'm very impressed with how much work you put into showing the actual work on the building! The large crane looks quite realistic, the kiln is a great detail, and I like your mini-crane design The part showing the construction of the stone arches is great, something I'll have to remember for future construction scenes. The stonemason's hut is the only thing that bothered me, shouldn't the roof slopes be sloping the opposite direction so that water would run off of them? You're improving quickly as a builder, keep it up Quote
Yooha Posted July 2, 2013 Author Posted July 2, 2013 The stonemason's hut is the only thing that bothered me, shouldn't the roof slopes be sloping the opposite direction so that water would run off of them? The water will run off of it wherever the roof slopes :) Or you mean turning the roof by 180 degrees around the vertical axis? I tried it yesterday, but I didn't like the result. Quote
soccerkid6 Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) The water will run off of it wherever the roof slopes :) Or you mean turning the roof by 180 degrees around the vertical axis? I tried it yesterday, but I didn't like the result. I mean turning the slopes so that the water would run on top of the next row of slopes rather than under. An example in real life would be shingles, the bottom shingles are laid first, then more layers on top of them, rather than starting at the top. See what I mean? This picture has on Flickr has a note on it that says the same thing with different words: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirens-of-titan/6655356129/in/faves-66620538@N04/ Edited July 2, 2013 by soccerkid6 Quote
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