PurpleHills - the castle of the wizards
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Great work. I'm really taken by the tudor rooms attached to the sides of the towers. Also, as others mentioned, the colors work quite well together.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
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Okay, I know this is going to look like I'm just going with the croud...
But I like this castle I mean, purpuel is'nt my favorite color, especially in Lego, but after looking at it for a while, it does look good.
That's an interesting technique for roofs. Good landscaping too!
Joel.
But I like this castle I mean, purpuel is'nt my favorite color, especially in Lego, but after looking at it for a while, it does look good.
That's an interesting technique for roofs. Good landscaping too!
Joel.
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Write a story! Write a story!
This castle is way too big and too detailed and too awesome to be fully appreciated through just the pictures you took.
I think that the best feature of this monstrosity is the incredible use of angles in the outer wall, especially the stables. You have too many tiles
IMO, all of the SW pieces scattered throughout this structure lend more of a mystical feel than the purple roofs do. I especially like your use of the chrome antenna/lightsaber hilt staff design as an architectural element.
Another really impressive feature is the accesibility you've built in. There don't seem to be too many sections that you can't put a fig inside. For play value, this is easily one of the best creations out there.
This castle is way too big and too detailed and too awesome to be fully appreciated through just the pictures you took.
I think that the best feature of this monstrosity is the incredible use of angles in the outer wall, especially the stables. You have too many tiles
IMO, all of the SW pieces scattered throughout this structure lend more of a mystical feel than the purple roofs do. I especially like your use of the chrome antenna/lightsaber hilt staff design as an architectural element.
Another really impressive feature is the accesibility you've built in. There don't seem to be too many sections that you can't put a fig inside. For play value, this is easily one of the best creations out there.
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Azure, a saltire cantoned with a star in chief and in base and two crescents addorsed in the flanks, argent.
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Agreed... that would be really cool!Write a story! Write a story!
This castle is way too big and too detailed and too awesome to be fully appreciated through just the pictures you took.
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Thank you guys, for your congratulations! Puh! A lot of questions, I try to answer:
jens
- The color: Purple works very well with (old)grey. I replaced the purple tiles with teal. But the whole castle then got a cold look. And I've no teal Minifigs... annoying wise I don't find the pictures I've taken from these color combination.
- The Dumbledores: The most of them I bought on Bricklink. I tried with the cape cloth (522) in every color, but the black cape (4524) I liked most. Nearly most. My favorit was the brown one, but I only own 2 of them, not 80...
- The distracting plates at the round towers: In the inner of the towers there are spiral staircases. The plates I needed, to connect the towers with the building between them. And the staircases should be passable from down to above.
- The Story: I'm not a big writer. I will try to write a story for my next castle or Moc. This time I don't do so.
- The Name "PurpleHills": I do not know denials that I was affected of the emenim (D12)-song
jens
I started with the idea to build a wall that isn't right-angeld. And it had to be high. And I wanted a big tower. And a hugh gate. The little chapel was finished, so the walls have to surround this building.The dark tide wrote:How do you guys even begin to build somin that big and still add all the details?Do you build everything separately then add them together when they are all done?
After all one came to the other. Some details I added after finishing and some along the mainbuilding-time
Thank you.Lord Felix wrote:I'm glad this has been here before... I really liked the quality.