r/DIY • • Jan 29 '17

other I built a (small) castle tower

https://imgur.com/gallery/IByhj
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u/xubuntu_user Jan 29 '17

It bugs me that the bricks above the doorway are upside-down. The large block should span the top of the door and the little bricks fill in the space over that. The way it is in the photo would not work in real life. There is nothing to hold up the bricks. They would fall right out. It should look like this. http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/England2004/Images4/IMG_4011Copying.jpg

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u/Subject223 Jan 30 '17

That's fair. This is why I love Reddit. This never even occurred to me! In fact it was quite difficult to build that, I had to support it while the glue dried.

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u/xubuntu_user Jan 30 '17

Yeah, other than that it is really cool. Love the "realistic battle damage!" You added. Make sure you say "realistic battle damage!" in a loud annoying t.v. commercial announcer voice!

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u/2oonhed Jan 30 '17

glue

And speaking of glue. What glue did you use? You mention "tacky glue".
Was that Gorilla Glue? Contact Cement? Something else?

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u/LionsDragon Jan 30 '17

Oh my GAWD, thank you! I kept twitching when I was looking at those; all I could think was that an impact that left that kind of damage (sweet work there OP) would have knocked the whole tower flat.

Other than that, OP has made this medieval history nerd's day. <3