Notes on the set plans given in yeomen.dwg

3-level set; the upstage part is at 45", the midstage level is 18"; the
downstage is at floor level.  45" level is Dexion construction; 18" level is
2x4 legs.

  upper:
+-----------+
|___     ___|
    \___/

  middle:
.___     ___.
|   \___/   |
|           |
+-.       .-+
   \_____/

  lower:
+-.       .-+
|  \_____/  |
|           |
|___________|

Upstage central tower (middle 3 flats in octagonal shape) is 19' 9" above the
floor; back wall of set is directly beneath upstagemost pipe.  The flats will
be attached to the pipe for stability.  There will be a window in the center
flat, above the archway.  LD: it would be nice if it were lit from inside.  It
would also be nice if the top edge of the tower faded away into darkness, to
give the impression that it's even taller.

Flanking walls are shorter than central tower, at 17' 9".  Top edges of these
have crenellated battlements, made of lauan panelling.

"archway" center and stage right are open; doors USR and USL are smaller and
have closeable wooden doors.  LD: I see no need to light the interiors of
these: it's a castle, after all.  Plus, having it dark inside helps with a few
sightline problems.

DSR masking flat is 12' high; LD should have no problem shooting lights
over it.

Stage extends down to south edge of south Sala door and horizontally across.
Particleboard panelling on floor.

Two aisles through audience, one center left, one extreme right.  

Color schemes: ground-level floor will be grey-brown cobblestone.  Platforms
will be warm medium grey jointed stonework.  Flats will be medium grey-brown
fine stonework, with paler stonework at edges and corners.  See
corbis_images/white_walls.jpg (and the other photos of the White Tower in that
directory) for the general idea.

All archways and exposed edges of flats will have 9-inch Lauan or particleboard
reveals attached to give thickness to the walls.  If time and $$ permit, put a
coat of primer over all surfaces before painting.  All horizontal and convex
vertical seams where flats are joined together should be dutched.  (Concave
vertical seams won't show as much.)

note that stairways are not shown on the online plans yet: there is a
continuous 3-step stair between the upper and middle levels, and a continuous
1-step stair between the middle level and the floor.

The steps which abut the angled platforms in front of the central tower are
really weird.  They need to be (4 feet / sqrt(2)) wide, and be parallelograms
in plan-view.  They're going to be lots of fun to build.  (if this paragraph
makes no sense, you need to see the paper model.)

Things that need to be built:

2 4x8 trapezoids (rectangles with triangular corners cut off) (borrow from
  MTG?) 

3-4 4x8 platforms

3 4x4 right triangle platforms (use cutoffs from trapezoids or borrow from MTG)

1 5x10 archway
2 4x12 doorway (may build 4x8 doorway and attach 4x4 flat to top)
1 5x6 window
2 4x4 flats

2 20" high parallelogram steps
30' 9" high step.  Some of this has odd angles, too.

28 feet of battlements.  The battlements are 2' high with 6" slits cut every 2
feet.  9" wide reveals are attached to give the appearance of solid stone
blocks.

Paint colors needed:
White
Van Dyke Brown
Burnt Umber
Raw umber?
(Need about 5 cans)