Comments on: #696 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2006/06/29/696/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: hjo3 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2006/06/29/696/#comment-192 hjo3 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:16:18 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2006/06/29/696/#comment-192 That one was just for fun... it was mostly just a way to to teach myself 3D modeling without getting bored. And you're right about the empty spaces; I figured I'd eventually fill 'em in with farms and buildings and stuff. Though knowing what I do now, I'd design the thing very differently. As for the strategic merits of moat placement, I think it's better to have the moat on the outside. That way, archers on the wall can pick off invaders as they come across and there's nothing they can use for cover. Plus it seems like it'd be fairly difficult to get wall-destroying siege weapons (e.g. battering rams) across the moat. That one was just for fun… it was mostly just a way to to teach myself 3D modeling without getting bored. And you’re right about the empty spaces; I figured I’d eventually fill ‘em in with farms and buildings and stuff. Though knowing what I do now, I’d design the thing very differently.

As for the strategic merits of moat placement, I think it’s better to have the moat on the outside. That way, archers on the wall can pick off invaders as they come across and there’s nothing they can use for cover. Plus it seems like it’d be fairly difficult to get wall-destroying siege weapons (e.g. battering rams) across the moat.

]]> By: Krunk http://www.upsidaisium.com/2006/06/29/696/#comment-190 Krunk Mon, 17 Jul 2006 06:54:15 +0000 http://www.upsidaisium.com/2006/06/29/696/#comment-190 Regardng your project on SketchUp, is it for something or are you designing it just for fun. looks pretty neat, though there seems to be a ton of empty spaces, which I'm guessing you haven't decided what to put there yet. Also, I'm not certain what's strategically better, to have the wall on the outside and then the moat on the inside (what you have right now) or vice versa. Generally, you have one or the other, but when you have both, it's hard to say what's strategically better, since both act as the 1st line of obstacles the enemy has to over come. //krunk (^_^x) Regardng your project on SketchUp, is it for something or are you designing it just for fun. looks pretty neat, though there seems to be a ton of empty spaces, which I’m guessing you haven’t decided what to put there yet.

Also, I’m not certain what’s strategically better, to have the wall on the outside and then the moat on the inside (what you have right now) or vice versa. Generally, you have one or the other, but when you have both, it’s hard to say what’s strategically better, since both act as the 1st line of obstacles the enemy has to over come.

//krunk (^_^x)

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