Anchor Stones are small stone architectural building blocks made from quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil. They are sold sequentially in sets with an instruction booklet of plans for various constructions. This is a repository of additional constructions that can be made.
I'm glad you liked this design. The only thing my diagram didn't show was the placement of the #15R stones. I see from your photo that you must have gotten it right.
I initially had the #4R and #4G stones swapped such that the whole base of the structure was red. I also had the order of the #4 and #19 blocks under the pillars swapped such that the two #19R blocks were directly under the inverted arches. This visual puts more emphasis on the door by framing the door in red. This look makes for a nice alternative for this design.
The reason I put the #4G stones on the bottom was to make reconstruction easier. However, you should try the alternative I mentioned. You may like the look better.
On a side note, I wasn't really happy with this design. Seems no matter what I did, I couldn't make the roof look nice. I wanted something that would compliment the doorway. However, I do like the stairs. It was a nice touch.
After I built & blogged, I realized that I had used #1G stones in top course, but Set 4 doesn't have any #1G stones - apparently those should be pairs of #19G?
Too easy to do things like that when drawing from a larger set without pulling the correct mix for the smaller set before building.
So today was going to pull the Set 4 mix, then build. :)
That's correct! You can see from the front and back images that the front side shows a #19G and the backside shows a #19R. Same block size, but different color when seen from front and back, so it must be a #19G+#19R sandwich.
I'll post the image of my alternative plan. A visual goes so much further than my descriptions ;)
I got the 19R&G pair okay, it was the end blocks on the tier above that tripped me up.
I did rebuild starting with your alternate, but ending a bit differently - confirming yet again that having an actual set, whether by extraction or purchase, beats the heck out of drawing from a larger set as you build.
It could be the entrance to a palace, or it could be the home of a person with a large head.
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Another wonderful design!
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I'm glad you liked this design. The only thing my diagram didn't show was the placement of the #15R stones. I see from your photo that you must have gotten it right.
I initially had the #4R and #4G stones swapped such that the whole base of the structure was red. I also had the order of the #4 and #19 blocks under the pillars swapped such that the two #19R blocks were directly under the inverted arches. This visual puts more emphasis on the door by framing the door in red. This look makes for a nice alternative for this design.
The reason I put the #4G stones on the bottom was to make reconstruction easier. However, you should try the alternative I mentioned. You may like the look better.
On a side note, I wasn't really happy with this design. Seems no matter what I did, I couldn't make the roof look nice. I wanted something that would compliment the doorway. However, I do like the stairs. It was a nice touch.
I'll give your alternative a try.
After I built & blogged, I realized that I had used #1G stones in top course, but Set 4 doesn't have any #1G stones - apparently those should be pairs of #19G?
Too easy to do things like that when drawing from a larger set without pulling the correct mix for the smaller set before building.
So today was going to pull the Set 4 mix, then build. :)
That's correct! You can see from the front and back images that the front side shows a #19G and the backside shows a #19R. Same block size, but different color when seen from front and back, so it must be a #19G+#19R sandwich.
I'll post the image of my alternative plan. A visual goes so much further than my descriptions ;)
I got the 19R&G pair okay, it was the end blocks on the tier above that tripped me up.
I did rebuild starting with your alternate, but ending a bit differently - confirming yet again that having an actual set, whether by extraction or purchase, beats the heck out of drawing from a larger set as you build.
My version is in an addendum to my original post.
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