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FireFly Hello this is my first post on here. I am 16 and in the 11th grade. I am working on a project for my computer class and its on a 3D walk threw of a castle. I have to make a 3D model of the castle and make it as realistic as posible. I have been trying to find a good brick texture image that can be tiled for the outter wall and a different one for the inner walls. If you are able to dirrect me to sites containing these kinds of pics, it would be very helpful to me.
Thank you for reading this and I hope that you will be able to help me.
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FireFly
Philip Davis Are you sure you want bricks? (Bricks being fired clay blocks). There are some brick castles but they are relatively rare and all quite late. By far the most common material for English castles was earth and wood but none remain in pristine state. Normally castles are associated with stone work, which can vary with the type of stone available locally.
If you do mean brick than medieval bricks where longer and thinner than modern european bricks (medieval bricks being about 20cm x 10cm x 4cm) and had about 10% which where over-fired and dark in colour, often used in a decorative pattern in the wall.
The best known of the English brick castles is Herstmonceux - see http://www.sussexlife.co.uk/gils_guide/herstmonceux.html
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FireFly I am sorry for confusing you by putting bricks in I was meaning the stone blocks. But if you could still direct me to some good images of the stone work it would be a great help.
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FireFly
Philip Davis I can't point to an sources but a few comments may help.

Stone work varies from castle to castle depending on the local stone. The great Edwardian castles of North Wales tend to have darker longer and flater stones than the castles of southern England.
Virtually all castles use several types of stone. A rough stone for the walls and a finer cut stone for around window and doors (and for the corners of square buildings).
Where the rough stone work was particually rough or the castle was particually important the stone work may well be plaster over either with a smooth coat of lime-mortar or lime-mortar and gravel mix.
Interior walls of rooms of any real importance were almost certainly plastered and painted with fairly simple pattens (White walls with horizontal red zig zags for example)
Interior walls of any room with a fire will get smoke blackened fairly quickly, smoke blackening gets worse as you go up.
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castlesmiley Firefly,
Check out bells&whistles.com; they have a lot of backgrounds & stuff like that for free. Hope this helps.
FireFly There doesnt seem to be a bells&whistles.com site.
Philip Davis Try http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/
(Thanks for getting me to look at this site castlesmiley. It looks as though it might help me with my web site when I redesign it.)
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FireFly	Hello this is my first post on here. I am 16 and in the 11th grade. I am working on a project for my computer class and its on a 3D walk threw of a castle. I have to make a 3D model of the castle and make it as realistic as posible. I have been trying to find a good brick texture image that can be tiled for the outter wall and a different one for the inner walls. If you are able to dirrect me to sites containing these kinds of pics, it would be very helpful to me. Thank you for reading this and I hope that you will be able to help me. ------------------ ----- FireFly
Philip Davis	Are you sure you want bricks? (Bricks being fired clay blocks). There are some brick castles but they are relatively rare and all quite late. By far the most common material for English castles was earth and wood but none remain in pristine state. Normally castles are associated with stone work, which can vary with the type of stone available locally. If you do mean brick than medieval bricks where longer and thinner than modern european bricks (medieval bricks being about 20cm x 10cm x 4cm) and had about 10% which where over-fired and dark in colour, often used in a decorative pattern in the wall. The best known of the English brick castles is Herstmonceux - see http://www.sussexlife.co.uk/gils_guide/herstmonceux.html ------------------ And the astronomyours beheldyne the constellacions of hys bryth by thare castle, and foundyn that he sholde bene wyse and curteyse, good of consaill Secreta Secretorum Visit Castellarium Philippis
FireFly	I am sorry for confusing you by putting bricks in I was meaning the stone blocks. But if you could still direct me to some good images of the stone work it would be a great help. ------------------ ----- FireFly
Philip Davis	I can't point to an sources but a few comments may help. Stone work varies from castle to castle depending on the local stone. The great Edwardian castles of North Wales tend to have darker longer and flater stones than the castles of southern England. Virtually all castles use several types of stone. A rough stone for the walls and a finer cut stone for around window and doors (and for the corners of square buildings). Where the rough stone work was particually rough or the castle was particually important the stone work may well be plaster over either with a smooth coat of lime-mortar or lime-mortar and gravel mix. Interior walls of rooms of any real importance were almost certainly plastered and painted with fairly simple pattens (White walls with horizontal red zig zags for example) Interior walls of any room with a fire will get smoke blackened fairly quickly, smoke blackening gets worse as you go up. ------------------ And the astronomyours beheldyne the constellacions of hys bryth by thare castle, and foundyn that he sholde bene wyse and curteyse, good of consaill Secreta Secretorum Visit Castellarium Philippis
castlesmiley	Firefly, Check out bells&whistles.com; they have a lot of backgrounds & stuff like that for free. Hope this helps.
FireFly	There doesnt seem to be a bells&whistles.com site.
Philip Davis	Try http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/ (Thanks for getting me to look at this site castlesmiley. It looks as though it might help me with my web site when I redesign it.) ------------------ And the astronomyours beheldyne the constellacions of hys bryth by thare castle, and foundyn that he sholde bene wyse and curteyse, good of consaill Secreta Secretorum Visit Castellarium Philippis