Why haven't they ever produced brick-coloured Steck?

[Bolingbroke]

You know what I mean: the brown-ish variety. There's lots of castles around Europe in that colour, and I think it would have resulted in a prettier set. Plus it would also have made collectors buy more copies of the same set.

[WarriorOfToys]

That is an interesting idea.
I think it would look really cool!

[playmofire]

Brick for houses probably came in after the castle ear, maybe more Tudor than Plantagenet in English history terms.

[playmo1989]

yes that's a good idea 


i guess if you leave the normal grey steck to dust or have it for many years it would turn brown .....

[Bolingbroke]

Mmm. Or leaving it in a bucket full of tea?

Wolf Knight - how about trying it with one of your 3666's?

 

[Wolf Knight]

Mmm. Or leaving it in a bucket full of tea?

Wolf Knight - how about trying it with one of your 3666's?

 

nononononononnonoononnonono I've seen what regular purings of tea can do to a white plastic bowl.... I'll even show you a picture when I get to work....

[playmo1989]

nononononononnonoononnonono I've seen what regular purings of tea can do to a white plastic bowl.... I'll even show you a picture when I get to work....

really ? is tea so absorbable from blastick ?

[Martin Milner]

Brick for houses probably came in after the castle ear, maybe more Tudor than Plantagenet in English history terms.

I agree, I think brick was a later invention and those "Castles" built in brick are really fortified houses, not castles.

Hurstmonceaux in Sussex is a good example of what I mean, it was built in brick in 1440, after the era of real castles, and would never have been built this way if it was expected to survive a siege.



from:  http://home2.btconnect.com/Crusader-Product/Various-Pictures.html

[Ali Baba]

In Holland there are many brick castles, even from the early middle ages. There is no bedrock in Holland. Only sand, peat and clay. So if you wanted a castle back then, you were stuck with brick.

[skypurr]

Here in Southern Scotland a number of local castles were built using red sandstone, this being one of the local stones.



This is a 13th century castle.

Elaine