It’s nearly spring here in the northern hemisphere, while summer draws to a close south of the equator. Time marches on. soccersnyderi has rebuilt the landscaping and scenery around one of his LEGO castles four times, reflecting all four seasons of the year. Up here in Seattle, I’m ready for spring myself, so I’m enjoying the tree in pink bloom and the ducks paddling in the castle’s tiny moat.

Here’s all four seasons, but be sure to check out the builder’s photostream on Flickr for plenty of photos of each season.

Most of the builds we see posted by LEGO Castle builders are, well, LEGO castles, and those that aren’t are often half-timber medieval taverns and houses. Aaron Gomez delves into the Iron Age with a Druid working magic in a stone circle — frankly much more interesting to me than yet another post-Roman, pre-Renaissance something or other (yawn).

While I don’t necessarily disagree with Aaron himself in thinking that the edges under the dark green leaves could have used some smoothing, the megaliths in the circle are wonderfully built — particularly the dolmen near the top of the photo.

Castleheads born in the 80s are very likely to have drooled over the conflict between the Black Knights and the Wolfpack. I was an avid supporter of the Black Knights as they occupied large castles and had massive firepower including a ship. Wolfpack renegades were just the icing on the cake.

But every faction requires a challenge so I decided to take matters into my own hands. I rebuilt the poor old 6075 Wolfpack Tower into a stronghold and added a little bit of a fantasy twist. I hope you enjoy the result!

In the frozen lands of Ebar Stream, warg riders of Mitgardia have found a way to heat the Frost Spear. This snowy landscape created by established builder Tirrel Brown has amazing terrain work including a small spring which pipes hot steam into the old stable and tower. The creation also comes with an impressive background story, which you can check out for yourself on his Flickr account!