Black Falcon Castle

[Kai NRG]

I've been meaning to post this here for--yikes, almost a year now.  I built for the last CCC; it was my first minifigure-scale completed castle.  Lots of fun to build and fun to play with too!

This castle, by the way, is somewhere up in the Rakath Mountains, at least I believe that's where LittleJohn put his Black Falcons long ago.

It includes a drawbridge that works most of the time

I noticed that on the new LEGO castle they used those hump things for the top of the battlements and thereby avoided the age old debate on whether your cheese should slope in or out.   I went for a slope out, because I thought it looked nicest on this particular castle, and ostensibly because that way arrows glance up and away.

The corner of this tudor section was probably the trickiest part to solve.  It's not as smooth as I could have wished, but at least it gets the job done.

Now on to the fun part: the interior!

I always enjoy building furniture and interior stuff like that.  I even managed to get the chandelier here to swing. 

The dining area is in the corner building, which has a doorway through to the library.

Underneath it are the stables.

If you'll believe it, I left the floor empty as I built the walls because I wasn't sure what to do, and then after that I decided to do the floating cobblestone... wiggling all that in there was just as much a pain as it sounds. 

Well, there it is, better late than never right?  This was so much fun to build and design, I still slightly regret not having rebuilt it digitally before I tore it down.  There are lots more pictures on my blog, if you care to see the interiors and so forth more closely!

[jtooker]

Still looks amazing!  It was fun to see this build again.

[NOD]

This is a very beautiful and well built little castle!  I like the fine details in the interior and exterior.

[LordDan]

Nice castle! Some of my favorite details are the stable floor, the interior library level, and the Tudor section outside! Also I never knew there was a debate over which way the battlements should slope, I always chose sloping in but now I’m conflicted 😆

Edited October 4, 2022 by LordDan

[mrcp6d]

This was a great castle!  You packed a bunch of interior details into such a small footprint. 

As for the slopes on the battlements, I have always thought they should be sloped outwards so as to direct precipitation off/out of the tower rather than having it flow into your guards' boots!

[Kai NRG]

Thanks everyone!

On 10/2/2022 at 5:05 PM, mrcp6d said:

This was a great castle!  You packed a bunch of interior details into such a small footprint. 

As for the slopes on the battlements, I have always thought they should be sloped outwards so as to direct precipitation off/out of the tower rather than having it flow into your guards' boots!

Another bonus!  I'll have to use that argument next time. 

[Brickshipyard]

Awesome castle creation! I like the detailed floors and accessible swinging walls. Quite a cozy Black Knights Fortress :).

[Captain Braunsfeld]

I think I've praised this already on a different platform - but still this is an excellent little castle. Everything a knight needs for the night. 

[Grover]

This is a superb build.  It is sleek, compact, and has a ton of detail.  Love the modern, detailed build with the feel of the old Black Falcons.  The windows are great, the use of the pentagonal tiles for banners is well done, and I love their use on the roof tiles in the back.  The huge bonus is the interior, which is very cleverly done and full of detail.  All the working parts like the drawbridge and chandelier really add to it.  Fantastic.  And congrats again!

[Krol Zmija Sebastian]

Great size. I like the depth, too. 

[Kai NRG]

On 10/10/2022 at 3:42 PM, Brickshipyard said:

Awesome castle creation! I like the detailed floors and accessible swinging walls. Quite a cozy Black Knights Fortress :).

Thank you!  

On 10/12/2022 at 3:20 AM, Captain Braunsfeld said:

I think I've praised this already on a different platform - but still this is an excellent little castle. Everything a knight needs for the night. 

Thanks Captain! 

On 10/14/2022 at 11:55 AM, Grover said:

This is a superb build.  It is sleek, compact, and has a ton of detail.  Love the modern, detailed build with the feel of the old Black Falcons.  The windows are great, the use of the pentagonal tiles for banners is well done, and I love their use on the roof tiles in the back.  The huge bonus is the interior, which is very cleverly done and full of detail.  All the working parts like the drawbridge and chandelier really add to it.  Fantastic.  And congrats again!

Thank you!  Interiors are so worth it, aren't they!

On 10/15/2022 at 5:01 PM, Viper Knight said:

Great size. I like the depth, too. 

Thanks!

[Simon_S]

wow this is one beautiful castle! I really like all the interiors. And I also like the walls with all the tiles in the corners. I would love to see this on a rock and surrounded by some landscaping. I think it would work really well in a bigger diorama ;-).

[Kai NRG]

On 10/22/2022 at 3:32 AM, Simon_S said:

wow this is one beautiful castle! I really like all the interiors. And I also like the walls with all the tiles in the corners. I would love to see this on a rock and surrounded by some landscaping. I think it would work really well in a bigger diorama ;-).

Thank you!

Yes, I wanted to put it in a large landscape and have a dark blue background with a rising moon... but that would have been too big for my collection, I had to give it up!