The Castle in the Canopy

[SlyOwl]

...but how long will the mighty yew stand?


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This started off as Yggdrasil, but a lack ofideas and inspiration (c'mon people, where's them Yggdrasils? ) turned this into a slightly political anti-hierachical statement, which then faded away as I got bored...

[Karrde]

Ahahaha, packed with great details - as usual. And a hilarious concept too. Very, very well played.

[Vulcan]

The castle looks absolutely splendid, as does the tree. Using different colors of gray at the bottom was also a great idea . The wheat field below the tree is a nice touch. Nice work!

[Tycho McKorley]

I like the use of barrels for hoarding on the castle. Nice work.

[Lord Lego 436]

The build is excellent, and the concept is well carried out. I love it!

[Albatross_Viking]

Very well-built castle. And a very good point with it too...

A_V

[Yegos]

You are a very inventive builder. Very nicely done. I especially like the bull horns as smoke.

[Blue Moon Knight]

I don't quite understand, but its a nice MOC.

[RichardAM]

I love the castle especially the barrel roofs, but the tree does nothing for me.

Excellent idea all the same though, so congrats.

[DJimBo]

Well, I will post a decent comment after I've found my eyes again... they just popped out after seeing all these detail , like the windmill and the well. just amazing...

[SlyOwl]

Thanks for the comments all

I love the castle especially the barrel roofs, but the tree does nothing for me.

Personally I like the lower segment of the tree - it was nice to build a large tree that wasn't a max of twice the height of the minifig. The canopy bit was originally meant to "fade" from leaf pieces into plates, but it never happened, due to lack of parts; I don't really like the way the change is so abrupt, or the clear cut edges of the grass, so that's something I would have improved if I could have. The 3 branches were also very difficult to attach stuff to, so I ended up trying to smother the sharp ends.

[Evil Ben]

Every part of this works really well for me: the landscape, the tree, the castle. A new favourite of mine, and an inspiration.

[Sheen]

You used some pieces in unique and fantastic ways in this MOC. The barrels on the towers, the hair pieces as trees, the little well is awesome. I thought the way you built the tree top overhang to cover the tops of the three branches was a great idea. The complete lack of a (visible, at least) standard baseplate is quite unique as well, and I really like the look in this case, since it compliments the natural feel of much of the rest of your MOC as well. One thing I enjoyed on your castle is the differing heights of the towers, which I believe was quite common in historical church building, so I imagine it happened with castles as well. Very nicely done overall!