The Kremlin

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This is the Kremlin building group on Moscow. Use it as forbidden palace or as a militaristic wonder (can builds WWII russian infantry every xx turns?).

BTW, this is the file

Preview:

Splash:

File:

 

[rhialto]

First reply!

Looks good, certainly better than anything I could draw. But a couple of thoughts...

St Basils is not normally considered a part of the kreml. What you've drawn would be a perfect replica of Red Square, except that there are no buildings in the centre of red square.

The kreml itself (only one edge of which borders red square) does have buildings inside it. There are the official government offices, and in the area accessible by tourists, seven of the most beautiful churches you are ever likely to see.

Plus, St Basils is pretty much a circular structure, not a long one.

Historical point: The kreml was originally built long before communism. At that time, the towers had orthodox crosses on the top, not red stars.

I'd separate this out into St Basils as a happiness wonder, and the kremlin (NOT red square) as a forbidden palace.

ETA:

http://www.moscowkremlin.ru/IE3/english/ has a good amount of detail on the place. If you imagien you are looking at the minimap (clickable) on the front screen, then you are standing in red square. St Basils is on your left, outside the curtain wall that marks the kreml.

 

[Ankka]

Good, but IMHO the splash looks like it's floating in the air.

 

[CellKu]

Rufus, how fast are you??? Wasn't it yesterday that I mentioned it?? Or was it a project that you had in your pipeline already??
Anyhow, it looks really great (as usually )
I will download it right now.

 

[Dann]

Err...nice, but aside from Rhialto's comments, something else seems to look wrong too. Perhaps it's the perspective.

 

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by rhialto
First reply!

Looks good, certainly better than anything I could draw. But a couple of thoughts...

St Basils is not normally considered a part of the kreml. What you've drawn would be a perfect replica of Red Square, except that there are no buildings in the centre of red square.

The kreml itself (only one edge of which borders red square) does have buildings inside it. There are the official government offices, and in the area accessible by tourists, seven of the most beautiful churches you are ever likely to see.

Plus, St Basils is pretty much a circular structure, not a long one.

Historical point: The kreml was originally built long before communism. At that time, the towers had orthodox crosses on the top, not red stars.

I'd separate this out into St Basils as a happiness wonder, and the kremlin (NOT red square) as a forbidden palace.

ETA:

http://www.moscowkremlin.ru/IE3/english/ has a good amount of detail on the place. If you imagien you are looking at the minimap (clickable) on the front screen, then you are standing in red square. St Basils is on your left, outside the curtain wall that marks the kreml.

I know that Kremlin was created not by Soviets, but by czars. And also I know that St. Basil is not a part of the wall, but the entire Red Square maybe too large to be in one icon...

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

If I am not mistaken the first buildings on that spot date back to the 1st Tsar Ivan, also know as "the Terrible"

 

[Corey]

Any better splash?

 

[Corey]

What about this one http://kremlin.free.fr/sommaircoinrusse/photomoscou/last/kremlin/kremlin3.jpg

 

[unscratchedfoot]

I love this wonder very much so I am posting some screenies of it in honor of Rufus' creation.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

To build the Kremlin, you must have alcohol because the workers refuse to lift a finger without it.

Lazy workers!

 

[Point13]

hmmm, technically it should be a Red Square wonder as most cities in Russia have Kremlins, the walls... plus the splash and icon do look kinda, weird...

 

[Crist2000]

BTW, Kremlin means nothing more than a City Wall. Almost each big ancient russia city had kremlin. I suggest to use this wonder in order to place citywalls in each city on a continent.