EB Community Castle Build: Discussion Thread

Lalande · January 9, 2009

Trash, would you mind changing the Team Beta sig to "Beta = Better"? It would make things more competitive.

Nice try 3dBrickthing but unfortunately for Team Beta the names Alpha and Beta speak for themselves. Alpha means first in order of importance and Beta means second best! :laugh:

**Brickthing** · January 9, 2009

Nice try 3dBrickthing but unfortunately for Team Beta the names Alpha and Beta speak for themselves. Alpha means first in order of importance and Beta means second best!

In the case of Plan Alpha and Plan Beta, Plan Beta is usually there because Plan Alpha wasn't up to scratch. :tongue:

Trash, the War Room and Banners are great! :thumbup:

Edited January 9, 2009 by 3D Brickthing

Thrash · January 9, 2009

Ha, this rivalry is really heating up!

ISC, I almost forgot to give you my thumbnail code for the war room!

[url="http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361747"][img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thrash6/EBCCB/EBCCBThumbs/warroomthrash.jpg][/url]

~Thrash

**I Scream Clone** · January 9, 2009

Welcome aboard to Newright, who PMed me about joining. He is in Beta and i expect him to post here soon telling what modules he would like to have a go at.

NewRight · January 9, 2009

I've looked among the list and decided to have a go at the:

~Gambling Den (Demensions?)(Locate under more options)

~Guest Chambers

and last the ~Prince's Chambers.

I hope I can get them all done. :grin:

Thrash · January 9, 2009

I've looked among the list and decided to have a go at the:
~Gambling Den (Demensions?)(Locate under more options)

~Guest Chambers

and last the ~Prince's Chambers.

I hope I can get them all done.

Great to have you join the build NewRight!

The Gambling Den will be an outer wall module, so it should be 16x16 and include the wall as shown on the front page. :classic:

Can't wait to see your modules!

~Thrash

**I Scream Clone** · January 9, 2009

Way to go Newright! I will put you down for those.

Another idea for a possible comp includes each team nominating there strongest entries.

Also this idea may stimulate people to submit more entries before we move to voting stage, like say the Stables and front and back gatehouse members LOL :tongue:

Oh and a new members comp too

Edited January 9, 2009 by I Scream Clone

**Dragonator** · January 9, 2009

Also this idea may stimulate people to submit more entries before we move to voting stage, like say the Stables and front and back gatehouse members LOL

I take it that was aimed at me. Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it, all right! :laugh:

**Erdbeereis** · January 9, 2009

Wow, the action here has certainly picked up lately! :laugh:

I love the voting idea, it will be a fun little deal.

**I Scream Clone** · January 9, 2009

I take it that was aimed at me. Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it, all right!

I am a master motivator mate!

Though it is hard to take you seriously as Alpha team leader with that new Baritones Sig Fig :laugh: Maybe Im just jealous I missed sign up

**JimBee** · January 10, 2009

No need for construction pics unless your building techniques were particularly confusing to replicate without clearer pictures of how it was done. For the most part I think that it should be fairly easy to rebuild any of the modules based on the pictures already provided.
~Thrash

Just take enough pictures of the finished creation so you can understand all that went into construction. You are down for Armory
I think I will use the post link Thrash, cheers

Ah, thanks you two. Who is going to build the modules (for a complete collection, perhaps?), by the way? Or do the builders just need them in case we need to rebuild them? And what's the difference between the Royal Armory and the Armory?

I'll stop asking questions now. :blush:

Alright Castle fans! Who thinks I should randomly pick say 3 Modules from each thread and put them up against each other in a Alpha vs Beta round one fight/vote off thread?

Sounds good to me! :sweet:

Nice idea ISC, sounds like fun. We of course already know that Team Alpha would win though, but it's still worth holding.

Huzzah! Go Alpha!

I'm not sure that the random selection is the best way to go, as it might end up putting three of the best creations from one group against three of the weakest creations from the other group. To solve this problem, I think that each member should tell you which of their own creations is their favorite, and then you select the three random from each team from the pool of each persons favorite. No matter how we do it, I think it'll be a great contest!

I agree, I think the contestants should place their vote(s) on their favorite from their respective team once the vote-off is ready. :classic:

Edited January 10, 2009 by JimButcher

Thrash · January 10, 2009

Ah, thanks you two. Who is going to build the modules (for a complete collection, perhaps?), by the way? Or do the builders just need them in case we need to rebuild them? And what's the difference between the Royal Armory and the Armory?
I'll stop asking questions now.

We aren't sure how we will get the modules all assembled together, if it ever happens at all. Right now our only option appear to be to either find someone with enough bricks and free time to make the whole thing or have some builders who live relatively close to eachother assemble the different parts and then bring it all together.

The difference between the Armory and the Royal Armory, or at least what I intended the difference to be when I put them on the list, is that the Armory is an outer wall module that has the weapons for the lower soldiers while the Royal Armory is where the Knights and other members of the military who are frequently in the keep can keep their weapons and armor.

I just finished my Buttery, more pictures are in the Beta Thread! :classic:

I hope you guys like it!

ISC, the Buttery isn't yet on the list because I didn't know such a thing existed in keeps until about 5 hours ago, so perhaps we could add it in on the list of modules in place of one of the three guest rooms?

Also, here's all of my thumbnail code updated to fit on 3 lines so that it doesn't make the scroll bar appear on some people's monitors:

[b]Thrash[/b]
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[url="http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361747"][img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thrash6/EBCCB/EBCCBThumbs/warroomthrash.jpg][/url][url="http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361792"][img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thrash6/EBCCB/EBCCBThumbs/butterythrash.jpg][/url]

~Thrash

**Dragonator** · January 10, 2009

I am a master motivator mate!
Though it is hard to take you seriously as Alpha team leader with that new Baritones Sig Fig Maybe Im just jealous I missed sign up

No, you're just jealous of my amazing new hair-do. :tongue: Face it, my hair is awesome. Who doesn't love my hair? Anyone? *absently twirls a knife* I didn't think so.

I am sorry you missed the sign up though, you're a great player in my book. Make sure you don't miss Mystery Castle II (or whatever I end up calling it) later in the year!

**I Scream Clone** · January 10, 2009

Thanks Thrash! I will update the first post again The Buttery is awesome as usual.

I have just built two wall sections so get ready for two modules coming soon. Wizards Guild and I think Dwarven embassy.

No, you're just jealous of my amazing new hair-do. Face it, my hair is awesome. Who doesn't love my hair? Anyone? *absently twirls a knife* I didn't think so.
I am sorry you missed the sign up though, you're a great player in my book. Make sure you don't miss Mystery Castle II (or whatever I end up calling it) later in the year!

Cheers mate make sure you enjoy Hincks and then give me a heads up when we are getting close to MCII, can't wait.

GOOD NEWS EBCCB members we have been given the all clear to run a competition. At this stage I was thinking of having a vote for Beta vs Alpha as one part of comp, with a random winner or two who vote.

Another idea is for any Eurobricks member to make a module. For this I'm not sure whether it should be one module idea only or any of the 16 x16 options. Say for example everyone can submit a Blacksmith. Thoughts? maybe the module will be something that isn't even on the list.....

Also there will be prizes, though since I'm donating they will probably only be Impulse sets or something, so don't expect it to be as big as Pillage the Village was :tongue:

Edited January 10, 2009 by I Scream Clone

Thrash · January 10, 2009

Thanks Thrash! I will update the first post again The Buttery is awesome as usual.
I have just built two wall sections so get ready for two modules coming soon. Wizards Guild and I think Dwarven embassy.

GOOD NEWS EBCCB members we have been given the all clear to run a competition. At this stage I was thinking of having a vote for Beta vs Alpha as one part of comp, with a random winner or two who vote.

Another idea is for any Eurobricks member to make a module. For this I'm not sure whether it should be one module idea only or any of the 16 x16 options. Say for example everyone can submit a Blacksmith. Thoughts? maybe the module will be something that isn't even on the list.....

Also there will be prizes, though since I'm donating they will probably only be Impulse sets or something, so don't expect it to be as big as Pillage the Village was

Ha, I think that post has to be one of the most frequently edited posts in the history of EB. Thanks for keeping all of the information so well together in that post!

Ohhh! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

That's great news. I think that Beta beating vs Alpha would be a good start.

For the one about any EB member making a module, I looked through the list to see which modules haven't been done yet. Surprisingly, even though Khorne showed us a great start to his, no one has finished a Butcher shop. Since it's a fairly straightforward yet fun module, perhaps that could be the module for the contest if we do indeed make everyone build a single module.

However, having everyone do a single module seems like kind of a waste of a competition. We could get SO many more modules built if we just told everyone that they could submit whatever module they wanted to! Having 20 butcher shop submissions seems unnecessary. If you do put a restriction on what kind of module, I think that you could just make it be like "16x16 outer wall module" or "16x16 keep module." That would keep the submissions similar, yet give people a lot more freedom.

That's really generous of you to donate impulse sets. Thanks for starting (and everything else you've done with) the EBCCB!

~Thrash

**Erdbeereis** · January 10, 2009

I love the buttery thrash! :laugh:

I'm looking forward to the mini-contest, when will it start? If it's not within a day or 2, I might have time to finish the kitchen before...

Buttons · January 10, 2009

I love the buttery thrash!
I'm looking forward to the mini-contest, when will it start? If it's not within a day or 2, I might have time to finish the kitchen before...

I too would like some notice before any contest is started.

Thrash · January 10, 2009

I love the buttery thrash!
I'm looking forward to the mini-contest, when will it start? If it's not within a day or 2, I might have time to finish the kitchen before...

Thanks! I'm excited to see your kitchen! :thumbup:

I just finished my Royal Jail, more pictures can be found in the Beta Thread!

ISC, here's the code for my thumbnail. Sorry you've had to update that first post so many times in the past few days! :classic: :

[url="http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361967"][img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thrash6/EBCCB/EBCCBThumbs/royaljailthrash.jpg][/url]

~Thrash

**I Scream Clone** · January 10, 2009

I love the buttery thrash!
I'm looking forward to the mini-contest, when will it start? If it's not within a day or 2, I might have time to finish the kitchen before...

I too would like some notice before any contest is started.

Its tough to give an exact date as its a catch 22. If we 30 members are allowed to submit an entry, and are also trying to help our team win, it creates conflicting emotions. Do you help your team out or yourself. Rest assured it wont be up in the next couple of days. I still need to iron out all the rules stuff with the mods.

Thanks! I'm excited to see your kitchen!
I just finished my Royal Jail, more pictures can be found in the Beta Thread!

ISC, here's the code for my thumbnail. Sorry you've had to update that first post so many times in the past few days! :
[url="http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361967"][img=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/thrash6/EBCCB/EBCCBThumbs/royaljailthrash.jpg][/url]
~Thrash

Slow down man! just kidding nice work again, I will go and check it all out soon, and see how you made the Buttery barrels too.

darkagent · January 10, 2009

We aren't sure how we will get the modules all assembled together, if it ever happens at all. Right now our only option appear to be to either find someone with enough bricks and free time to make the whole thing or have some builders who live relatively close to eachother assemble the different parts and then bring it all together.

Wow Thrash, you sure are pumping out the modules. Great work. Sure you don't have enough bricks to make the whole thing. :tongue:

Go Beta

Thrash · January 11, 2009

Wow Thrash, you sure are pumping out the modules. Great work. Sure you don't have enough bricks to make the whole thing.
Go Beta

Thanks! I wish I did, but unfortunately I don't think I do.

Slow down man! just kidding nice work again, I will go and check it all out soon, and see how you made the Buttery barrels too.

Ha, thanks! If by "slow down" you meant "build more modules," then I'm doing exactly as I'm told. Here's my Treasury...more pictures can be found in the Beta Thread.

ISC, I would give you code for a thumbnail, but I have a feeling I might do a few more modules before I go back to school, so I'm just going to wait until I'm away from my collection tomorrow and then post the code so you can knock it out in one edit. :classic:

~Thrash

**Erdbeereis** · January 11, 2009

You're scaring me a bit Thrash... :tongue:

Great modules left and right! :thumbup:

**Zepher** · January 11, 2009

Okay, kinda random, but my interest has been.. interested. Is it FAR to late to join a team? Or are people still recruiting?

**I Scream Clone** · January 11, 2009

Okay, kinda random, but my interest has been.. interested. Is it FAR to late to join a team? Or are people still recruiting?

Welcome aboard Zepher, its never too late to join! You will slot into Team Alpha. Please read all the rules in first post and start the good times rolling. :classic:

Any idea what you would like to start with, I will put you down on the list to build that/those modules.

Cheers

ISC

**Zepher** · January 11, 2009

To tell you the truth I didn't really plan ahead, I'm just feeling inspired by the lot of you! I'll look it over and get right back to you! I probaly won't be doing LOTS, but I'll pump out something every once in a while!

41. Monastary

42. Chandler

The Monstary looks good, I'll have a wack at that! What's a chandler? It seems undone, and I could techniqually build the two next to each other, and photograph thewm together. Just need to know what it is ;)

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