Do your castle figs live in a world like this?
![Image](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ant1980/NEWCASTLESTORY/WAR1/thumb/01.jpg_thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/TheShadowKnight/KKII/thumb/003.jpg_thumb.jpg)
Would you rather their surroundings were more like this?
![Image](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/zgrredek/2009/DonQuijote/thumb/06.jpg_thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/3730/Windmill/thumb/windmill_01.jpg_thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Weasel47/Island4/thumb/island_4_002.jpg_thumb.jpg)
![Image](http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/aellaron/New-Renders/Statue-of-king/thumb/king_statue_000.jpg_thumb.jpg)
Check out DNL's new how-to article on landscaping with LEGO, full of tips and examples to put your Castle MOC into a more natural setting.
(Btw, no offense meant to the first examples given above. I simply wanted things with some figs on an unadorned baseplate.)
Edit - I've added an appendix by SlyOwl, derived from his long post on the second page of this thread.
Bruce