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Hey guys, I went to Barnes and Noble to find some reference photos and came across a REALLY good book called "The Medieval Fortress" that in detail shows TONS of architectural styles and variations in real life castles and fortresses. It even shows real floor plans and the purposes of all the rooms. An excellent book if you want to make convincing castles and realistic layouts for Dark Mod. Check it out if you have the chance, you won't be sorry.

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I just got my copy of "The Medieval Fortress" - EXCELLENT!!! I very highly recommend it, chock full of diagrams and history, a wonderful resource to map from!

 

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I just got my copy of "The Medieval Fortress" - EXCELLENT!!! I very highly recommend it, chock full of diagrams and history, a wonderful resource to map from!

 

:wub::D

 

Is this it?

 

Edit: That seems to be the paperback:

 

http://www.buch.de/shop/home/suchartikel/t...?jumpId=2466956

 

Amazon lists these:

 

http://www.amazon.de/Medieval-Fortress-Cas...3868&sr=8-4 (paperback)

http://www.amazon.de/Medieval-Fortress-Cas...3868&sr=8-5 (hardcover)

http://www.amazon.de/Medieval-Fortress-Cas...3868&sr=8-6 (hardcover, different publisher?)

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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Sorry Tels, I was already gone! Now I've read this post - none of your links is exactly the book I have in hand, but maybe it's just a different cover. The link by SneaksieDave is exactly the book I have. Mine is

 

ISBN 13: 978-0-306-81358-0

ISBN 10: 0-306-81358-0

 

It is indeed paperback, copyright 2001 with "First Da Capo Paperback Edition 2004"

 

Probably if you find the same exact name and author then it's actually the same book, just published differently, international or whatever.

 

It's a very very good one, filled with just a metric ton of diagrams, examples, drawing and drawing, very detailed and cool to look at and inspirational (to me at least)

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Sorry Tels, I was already gone! Now I've read this post - none of your links is exactly the book I have in hand, but maybe it's just a different cover. The link by SneaksieDave is exactly the book I have. Mine is

 

ISBN 13: 978-0-306-81358-0

ISBN 10: 0-306-81358-0

 

It is indeed paperback, copyright 2001 with "First Da Capo Paperback Edition 2004"

 

Probably if you find the same exact name and author then it's actually the same book, just published differently, international or whatever.

 

It's a very very good one, filled with just a metric ton of diagrams, examples, drawing and drawing, very detailed and cool to look at and inspirational (to me at least)

 

Yeah it seems to be the same ISBN, same authors, so it must just differ in the year of the release, and paper/hardback. I'' order one in the local bookstore :)

 

(I don't like how f.i. booklooker.de stores everything you ever buy or sell via them including your full address etc. Ouch.)

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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