My First Castle (shown on this site)

gh0st0f0nyx · Post by **gh0st0f0nyx** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:19 am

I've made one before this (which wasn't very good) so I decided to post pics of the recent one I've made. I've already knocked it down (no room in my bedroom) and i've also included pics of the ruins. Please post your opinions. Thnx.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=226462
Enjoy!

Dunechaser · Post by **Dunechaser** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:14 am

Hi, and welcome to Classic-Castle (since this is your first post).

Brickshelf is moderated, which means that someone looks at each folder of pictures before they're visible to everyone, or "become public." Until then, the rest of us can't see your pictures. To get around this, click on a picture until you can't click it anymore (until the name of the file you uploaded appears in your browser's address bar), and then paste that as a link in your post here on C-C. This is called "deep linking."

Can't wait to see your castle!

Lord Felix · Post by **Lord Felix** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:23 am

That is huge! Those walls are really tall. My only complaint is with the coloring. It looks too random. The red walls remind me of "Redwall Abby" in some books I've read in the past.

Overall, you did a great job for your first attempt. I would suggest building something smaller next time, and making your color scheme less random, although you did make the walls all red. Better then some of my first tries

Great job on your first! Can't wait to see your future creations.

Oh BTW. Welcome to CCC

gh0st0f0nyx · Post by **gh0st0f0nyx** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:38 pm

Lord Felix wrote:That is huge! Those walls are really tall. My only complaint is with the coloring. It looks too random. The red walls remind me of "Redwall Abby" in some books I've read in the past.

Overall, you did a great job for your first attempt. I would suggest building something smaller next time, and making your color scheme less random, although you did make the walls all red. Better then some of my first tries

Great job on your first! Can't wait to see your future creations.

Oh BTW. Welcome to CCC

Thnx guys! oh and Lord Felix, That's actually why I made it red. I read some of the Redwall books, so when I was going to make a large castle, I decided to use red! The front of the castle is kind of random colored in some places since I ran out of bricks.
Thanks again guys(sorry the pics were a little blurry)!

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:22 pm

You definitely show a lot of potential; (a lot more than me, anyway

), and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:23 pm

You have either an okey finished castle, or a the beginnings of a great castle. Your walls seem very well done, and you have a pretty good gate. I would advise putting more stuff inside, and making this one even better. Also, since it's your first castle, you should feel very good of what you have accomplished. My first castle was horrible compared to your's. BTW, Welcome to CC! Drop by the Chat sometime.

Kelderic

gh0st0f0nyx · Post by **gh0st0f0nyx** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 1:52 am

Thanks everybody!
I've had this for a long time, but I never had the chance to show it to anyone! I agree that I should have put more inside, since all i had was a dining picnic place, a bar, a hospital, and a shop. I would have put more but I ran out of pieces. Sadly, I've already knocked this down and I'm starting to build somethinging taller but less bigger in size (because that castle made my room REALLY dusty!)!
I'm glad you all like it and thanks for all the welcomes!

DS9 · Post by **DS9** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:55 am

well, first of all welcoe to C.C. forum! I seen your castle, pretty good for a first try at it. don't like the red color (though), castles are usually grey, dark-grey, black, white or yellow. First time i seen a red castle. The rest is nice!

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 10:48 pm

First, Welcome to CC

I concer with the others. THe redwall is good but how could you build a red wall in those days. Also the colors are a bit random. THere are not enough interior details, and courtyard stuff. Over all a great start for your first castle moc. Hope you will improve like the thousands others that have.

Thomas Cooper

lil Jon · Post by **lil Jon** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:28 pm

I like the high walls, I don't mind the random colors. It's very creative and you gotta build with what you have. My favorite picture is the one where its wrecked and the people are all on stretchers.

Keep on building.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:37 pm

That is rather LARGE for a first Castle attempt.

I thought there was some kind of story going on to explain the castle's collapse, other than you just knocking it down.

gh0st0f0nyx · Post by **gh0st0f0nyx** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:51 am

JPinoy wrote:That is rather LARGE for a first Castle attempt.

I thought there was some kind of story going on to explain the castle's collapse, other than you just knocking it down.

There was a story.
They fought against a blue dragon (in this case the blue Bahrag thing from bionicle). It wasn't really meant for a dragon, but it's good for knocking stuff down since it has that head that lunges foward.
Also, if you see the other thing in my brickshelf that looks like a castle, that's not my first try. that's something I let my cousins build when they came over, but I still helped building some of it. So you could still refer to this red castle as my first, or if you want to get technical then that castle in the rest of my brickshelf would be my first. But this red castle is the first thing that I posted here.

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:24 am

I took a peak at your other stuff too. It looks good. But your non color coted castle could use some work. You village would look ausome if it was all in-one. But over all you could use work on everything, as with everybody else here. Nobody is perfect.

gh0st0f0nyx · Post by **gh0st0f0nyx** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:29 am

Oh I tore both of the castles down already (some time ago). It's just that I never got to post it on a site to see what people think of it. I'm actually done with my latest castle thing (using the red pieces). I just need to upload the pics and then post em on a new topic

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:31 am

Do you have a mocpages account? Thats a good way to get good feedback. Here is mine. http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/2613
Also I would love to see your new creation. Hope it turns out ok!