CCCVI Castle - Herenbosch

Scnicker · Post by **Scnicker** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:09 am

I've seen this beauty's WIP pictures and I must say, I wasn't expecting such a good result (there's a Turkish saying that goes: A good friend speaks the bitter). You really give a "star fort" its true shape.

That trebuchet is also great, a worthy defense for a worthy castle. One thing remains, my janissaries laying a siege on that castle

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Really Seb, you've outdone yourself this time.

-Yankı

albero78 · Post by **albero78** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:45 am

Beatiful!
I like the shape and the catapult of course, I like very much the choice of the colours and the mixed use of bricks/colours (old grey/new grey/green, etc...) for building the walls.
I like very much the thin tower.
Roofs are beatiful.

Congratulations!

Jojo · Post by **Jojo** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:41 pm

Hello!

What else can I say than: This is truly a great castle. This kind of a citadel is something you rarely see done with Lego, and you captured it both beautifully and with great craftsmanship. I also like that it is irregular in shape which leads to a nice contrast to what one has in mind when thinking of a strategically planned citadel. Also the many details are very nice. I like the paper-scissors-rock-game there. That's funny.

Bye
Jojo

CastleLord · Post by **CastleLord** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:39 pm

Good G! this is stunning

CastleLord.

Blueandwhite · Post by **Blueandwhite** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:11 pm

This is a fantastic castle. It's not too large and it has an absolutely perfect shape. With so many rectangular shaped castles, it's always nice to see something a bit more unique. This definitely fits the bill. Working in so many different angles must have been genuinely challenging. The greatest thing about the castle though is that it is so full of life. Far too often decent sized castles seem to be devoid of life. The same could never be said of this lively fortress.

Great job.

Chrislad77 · Post by **Chrislad77** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:50 am

Wow, very impressive. The star shape is so well done. This castle seems perfectly to scale and its just packed with activity and detail.

So many times the most impressive castles are very large, this on the other hand is very reasonably sized, yet made the same strong impressive on me.

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:56 am

Love it!

Great idea and great implementation.

It reminds me of Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida. But that may be because I was there recently, I dunno.

medieval_total_lego · Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:42 am

winning castle category is really difficult this year! this is a real masterpiece!!!
congrats aliencat

Aliencat · Post by **Aliencat** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:59 pm

Hey thanks for all the great replies everyone!

shmails · Post by **shmails** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:22 pm

Absolutely amazing! This is a perfect example of what can be done with a little (ok, a bunch of ) imagination and ALOT of bricks! Wonderful!

Lewa Rocks · Post by **Lewa Rocks** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:26 pm

Whoa this is amazing! I love it! I saw the WIP pics on brickshelf and couldn't wait until i could see the whole thing!

RebelRock · Post by **RebelRock** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:48 pm

This castle is fantastic. It's got such an interesting shape to it and lots of fun details. The only thing I usually like to see more of is some landscaping to get a feel of the surrounding terrain. Although, I understand what a tedious effort that might be considering the shape of this.

Excellent work!

Seriole · Post by **Seriole** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:30 pm

There isn't much that hasn't already been said, but I'll still say: wow!
What I love about this is that it has a certain degree of realism, and it's a later era than what LEGO castle is generally accustomed to. The star shape definitely payed off and I think that mixing colors give the walls a tacked-on look, which gives the impression of an older castle modified for new war technologies (namely gunpowder). This actually reminds me a lot of a fort I visited in Germany, though I don't remember it's name; it had a near identical outer wall structure and cannon posts.

Teherean · Post by **Teherean** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:40 pm

Hey AC, did you take the chapel part right from Hammerfell? because it does look like the back piece of the chapel that I saw on Legoworld.
If so, great work on fitting something older into something new!

Aliencat · Post by **Aliencat** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:50 pm

Thanks a lot for all the great comments guys

Teherean wrote:Hey AC, did you take the chapel part right from Hammerfell? because it does look like the back piece of the chapel that I saw on Legoworld.
If so, great work on fitting something older into something new!

Nope, it's a completely new one. The one in Hammerfell was tan with dark gray, and quite a bit taller. Also that one was 18 studs wide and this one is 13 studs wide. This one is smaller and darker to give it an old worn look as one of the older parts of the castle that they didn't change after the introduction of cannons.