Tag Archives: Castle

Dragons! Knights in shining armor! Trebuchets & ballistas! From enormous LEGO castles buttoned up for battle to peaceful village market scenes, we’ve got your LEGO Castle needs covered right here.

Jesus Diaz finds the Yellow Castle

I’m loving Gizmodo contributor Jesus Diaz‘s coverage of his recent trip to Billund. His latest post includes a great video of his visit to LEGO’s Secret Vault, where the company stores all of the products ever released, in their original packages.

Click through to Gizmodo for the video and the full gallery.

Jesus’ coverage of his trip so far:

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King Solomon takes a bit of a wrong turn toward the end

The latest installment of The Right Hon. Rev. Brendan Powell Smith’s The Brick Testament wrap up the story of King Solomon.

In this scene, Solomon’s son Rehoboam threatens the Israelites with forced labor and scorpions:

(Like the source material, not all content is suitable for children.)

DARKspawn illustrates why dwarves are superior to ewoks

Although Aaron “DARKspawn” Andrews reminds us that both dwarves and ewoks are short, the diminutive and hirsute denizens of mines and mountains are unlike ewoks in every other way.

Most importantly, dwarves are awesome:

And ewoks are not. The end.

Party in the big castle

The Eggplant Wizard cooks up a party inside this giant castle on Eggplant Island. The dynamic features such as the towers and arches are an instant hit, and the view from top is nothing short of beautiful. But from that upfront sign hanging over the cliff, you know this is the place where a valiant knight is reflected in the number of rounds he can down. Let’s party!

Daniel creates his own adventure

The Create Your Own Adventure building challenge on Classic-Castle.com (hosted by Micah “LORD DOOM” B.) inspired Daniel to build a series of dioramas illustrating the struggle between dwarves, goblins, and humans to defend an important mine.

My favorite version is Daniel’s latest, with beautiful landscaping, ingenious dwarven machinery, and lots of activity:

Don’t miss other versions of this scene, including one with goblins in control and humans attempting to take the mine from the goblins.

The moat around Kris Kelvin’s castle is rather deep

I think we tend to picture castles as big gray walls and forget that medieval castle fortifications often included wooden hoardings to aid in the castle’s defense.

Kris Kelvin‘s castle gate has two types of hoardings that lend variety to his construction:

I really like the “deep slice” technique (I just came up with that; I’m sure there’s a better term) Kris uses in this diorama, showing off the depth of the moat.

Via Klocki.

A special rock called Nedleh point

Adrian Florea (Olog) can work wonders in themes of fantasy. Check out this trading post built on an interesting rock formation. Take a moment to absorb the details including the marketplace, tower, and the whimsical small island.

Ley Ward’s vig ain’t big enough for two

In Ley Ward‘s world, Clancy ain’t no lilly-livered pacifist. He wears a black hat and ain’t afeared of nobody.

A classic dilemma

Master craftsman Jojo illustrates a fairly classic dilemma for LEGO builders: form over function or function over form. The differences are, for the most part, subtle but the ‘form over function’ design is definitely a little prettier.

Elven Gondola by Dan Sibley

Inspired by the possibility of elves in upcoming LEGO Castle sets, Dan Sibley envisions an elf punting the tranquil waters of his native lands:

That’s a lovely swan.

Demons, mecha and a touch of the Victorian

I think it’s been a while (or at least a lot of models) since I posted anything of mine here so it might be time to hit you with one. For those following I’ve been in a very cutesy retro phase lately but I decided to take a brief sojourn away and practise my town, steampunk and creature design in a mini diorama. I’m particularly pleased with the way the broken storefront worked out but feel that perhaps it lacks a feel of action.

PS. It’s tentatively titled “31st May 1883” for want of anything better. If you can come up with a decent name I’d be happy to hear it.

Nobody puts baby in a corner

Occasionally I see a model that I have to blog right away. This is one of those times. Brent Wolke (thwaak) gave his magic punk dwarves a toy, he then gave their mortal enemy the orcs a bigger toy. Not to be outdone the dwarves enlisted the help of Patrick Swayze (my interpretation) and built an even bigger toy: the “Forge Breath”.