#machicolations

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Lucky for you, my current build actually incorporates a section of wall with machicolations! 

(You can see the sky through it because only the front wall is done)

Here it is from inside.

It’s not quite detailed enough to really be accurate to real machicolations which look more like this (below), but I didn’t feel like I could do a castle build without machicolations in some form.

Full build will probably be posted in the next few weeks, depending on how much motivation I have to finish it.

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[darekasama]

Thinking about

Machicolations

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What is a Murder Hole?

Introduction A murder hole or meurtrière is a hole in the ceiling of a gateway or passageway in a fortification through which the defenders could shoot, throw or pour harmful substances or objects such as rocks, arrows, scalding water, hot sand, quicklime, or boiling oil, down on attackers. Boiling oil was rarely used because of its cost. Murder holes at Bodiam Castle. Murder Holes and…

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Turret | 7 Days to Die | Let's Play | Part 66

After that crazy radiated feral cop fest we went to last episode we need to do something else. So I have decided to work on the main fort. The drawbridge is a good place to have started. I start with some machicolations and move on to the NE lower turret. It is the first turret that I have done so it will likely evolve. The vultures wanted us too so that had to be taken care of. I will finish the rest of these ones later.

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