Non-Castle sets you use with Castle

[Hive]

I was thinking that since we lost Kingdoms (a loss I am still personally grieving over ), and won't get any Castle sets for a while... how about a discussion on which non-Castle sets that can, without too many modifications, be used in a Castle setup (not taking the minifigs into consideration)?

I'll start with the ones I either already have, for use with Castle, or plan on buying:

Harry Potter

4738 Hagrid's Hut

I can't recall the name of the guy who did it, but I saw a Castle village setup by someone here on Eurobricks in which he used it as a witch hut. I found that to be an absolutely great idea, and think it fits perfectly as a such. Also, it turned out to be a really interesting build!

Pirates of The Caribbean

4183 The Mill

I reckon this could pretty much be used as is, maybe just removing the green sea weed thingies. Though I'm not really sure that combining a mill with a clock tower is perfectly historical...

4193 The London Escape

This one is pretty much good to go as well after removing/replacing the lamps with torches. Only drawback is that the building is not properly enclosed, and thus will not fit perfectly with MMV and MVR.

4194 Whitecap Bay

Some more work is required here, as the light and the cannon are both a bit too futuristic. But a great assortment of bricks, and I could definately see it as a nice coastal Castle outpost.

...and of course, the LOTR sets coming this summer will all (more or less) be great for Castle builds - and I especially look forward to building Helm's Deep together with a castle.

Any other thoughts on sets we can use to extend our Castle collection?

[Wardancer]

Great thread!!

I have been looking for a home for my elves for a while and came to the conclusion, that the last edition of

4842 Hogwarts

is obviously a really nice castle for many factions. So I hope to buy a set soon and sell all the figs and pottery stuff.

9516 Jabbas Palace (upcoming)

If you throw out all the Star Wars figs it is a very interestingly shaped building with a tower! Tan !!

Edited February 18, 2012 by Wardancer

[Hive]

Great thread!!

I have been looking for a home for my elves for a while and came to the conclusion, that the last edition of

4842 Hogwarts

is obviously a really nice castle for many factions. So I hope to buy a set soon and sell all the figs and pottery stuff.

See that's funny, I could personally never see 4842 as a home to elves. But that's the beauty of it, how we all think differently.

[Wardancer]

See that's funny, I could personally never see 4842 as a home to elves. But that's the beauty of it, how we all think differently.

Well, I am not a 100% on this myself.

A few modifications I would make: Lots of big trees around it, a few tan ornaments here and there, make some areas a tad taller and less bulky. The chapel I would most likely leave as it is.

An alternative would be Helms Deep, but this is too gray and bulky for what I imagine as an elven home.

Edited February 18, 2012 by Wardancer

[dyntar]

I use the pirates of the Carribean sets. Escape from London and the Mill. but I also use The Diagon Alley set from HP with a few changes. Gringotts makes a good town hall for my medieval town. Olivanders fits in great and Borgin and Burkes is now a witches potion shop.

I'm also planning on converting my 3 winter village sets into medieval shops. The buildings look rustic as they are so it won't take much converting.

[Fantu]

I use a modified version of 7573 Battle of Alamut as my elven home... I wish I had a few more of it to build a massive city for them.

[Shroffy123]

Lets see here . . .

Winter Village Toy Shop, Bakery, Post Office;

All POTC;

Hogwart's castle, Hagrid's hut, Barrow's Inn, Diagon Ally;

All of the pirate sets work;

POP - all of the sets work; and

The new Pyramid sets;

Lets see here . . .

Winter Village Toy Shop, Bakery, Post Office;

All POTC;

Hogwart's castle, Hagrid's hut, Barrow's Inn, Diagon Ally;

All of the pirate sets work;

POP - all of the sets work; and

The new Pyramid sets;

I use a MOD'ed Hogwart's as my elven castle.

[Haltiamieli]

4738 Hagrid's Hut

I can't recall the name of the guy who did it, but I saw a Castle village setup by someone here on Eurobricks in which he used it as a witch hut. I found that to be an absolutely great idea, and think it fits perfectly as a such. Also, it turned out to be a really interesting build!

Maybe mine? Very fitting set for a slightly fantasy-oriented castle world, I agree.

Of the upcoming sets the Vampire Castle from Monster Fighters is quite a nobrainer, if your world has room for a dark "fright knightish" faction. The haunted house does look very promising too, whether it's Monster Fighters exclusive or a standalone set.

I've been pondering about buying the 5766 Log Cabin and modifying it to a small medieval farmhouse. But I haven't yet seen it in any significant sale.

Edited February 18, 2012 by Haltiamieli

[Huntleyfx]

SInce I own the Log Cabin, it works well for American styled MOCs, even Revolutionary War, but it doesn't quite work as well with medieval. My suspicions are it is the roof, since it is almost completely sloped.

[Hive]

Maybe mine? Very fitting set for a slightly fantasy-oriented castle world, I agree.

Yeah, that's the one. Thanks for the inspiration, I would probably never have thought of it myself. But it fits so perfectly.

I've been pondering about buying the 5766 Log Cabin and modifying it to a small medieval farmhouse. But I haven't yet seen it in any significant sale.

I've been thinking about the same for a while, though the door and windows throws me off a bit.

[Phyre]

I'm curious as to how those of you that mentioned the Winter Village sets are planning on modifying them. I have all three sets, but I haven't really thought of good ways to modify them to fit in with my medieval village (I'm not that great at MOCing yet).

I've incorporated all the 2009 Pirates sets into my village, as well as the majority of the Pharaoh's Quest theme (minus the vehicles of course), and some Ninjago sets. I also modified the old Jabba's Palace so it would fit in, and used pieces from the two white Creator houses released around 2006-2007 to build more medieval looking houses. One part of my medieval LEGO word is a haunted village, so I have alo included the Harry Potter Graveyard Duel set from 2005, and all of the old Halloween Studios sets. And so I also plan on somehow incorporating all of the Monster Fighters sets (even the train - I'll figure out some way to explain it) as well as the haunted house. And of course all the LotR sets, which are technically castle sets anyway. Oh, and if I get any more PotC sets besides Queen Anne's Revenge, they'll be included too.

[Hive]

One part of my medieval LEGO word is a haunted village, so I have alo included the Harry Potter Graveyard Duel set from 2005, and all of the old Halloween Studios sets.

I'm intrigued by this idea, do you have any pictures?

[SirSven7]

I'm curious as to how those of you that mentioned the Winter Village sets are planning on modifying them. I have all three sets, but I haven't really thought of good ways to modify them to fit in with my medieval village (I'm not that great at MOCing yet).

I've incorporated all the 2009 Pirates sets into my village, as well as the majority of the Pharaoh's Quest theme (minus the vehicles of course), and some Ninjago sets. I also modified the old Jabba's Palace so it would fit in, and used pieces from the two white Creator houses released around 2006-2007 to build more medieval looking houses. One part of my medieval LEGO word is a haunted village, so I have alo included the Harry Potter Graveyard Duel set from 2005, and all of the old Halloween Studios sets. And so I also plan on somehow incorporating all of the Monster Fighters sets (even the train - I'll figure out some way to explain it) as well as the haunted house. And of course all the LotR sets, which are technically castle sets anyway. Oh, and if I get any more PotC sets besides Queen Anne's Revenge, they'll be included too.

your world shounds similar to mine, rather than try and recreate a historically accurate medievil world, I mix it up a bit (grey ninjas and blue samuri walk the street alongside vikings, falcons, crusaders and even spartans) and the town is dotted with many different structures too, from castle, to classic ninja, to Prince of Persia to pirate.

My mind makes it all fit somehow and then thats cool for me

[narbilu]

9516 Jabbas Palace (upcoming)

If you throw out all the Star Wars figs it is a very interestingly shaped building with a tower! Tan !!

I also added Jabbas Palace to my wishlist and the LotR sets will be added to my collection as well.

[Wardancer]

I use a MOD'ed Hogwart's as my elven castle.

Ohh, interesting! What did you change? Are there any pictures available?

[legomonk]

I've been pondering about buying the 5766 Log Cabin and modifying it to a small medieval farmhouse. But I haven't yet seen it in any significant sale.

when I had seen this set, I thought the same exact thing.

[Phyre]

I'm intrigued by this idea, do you have any pictures?

I will try to take some by the end of the week and post them.

your world shounds similar to mine, rather than try and recreate a historically accurate medievil world, I mix it up a bit (grey ninjas and blue samuri walk the street alongside vikings, falcons, crusaders and even spartans) and the town is dotted with many different structures too, from castle, to classic ninja, to Prince of Persia to pirate.

My mind makes it all fit somehow and then thats cool for me

Yeah, my idea is that it's a fantasy medieval world, so it doesn't have to be historically accurate. I have some limits, like no modern technology (although I may end up bringing a little of that into my village's story soon with the idea of a time portal). But yeah, I have ninjas, pharaohs, spartans, knights, skeletons, elves, imperial soldiers, and all sorts of other people and creatures incorporated.

Well, since a few people seem interested in my setup, I'll try and get some pictures taken soon and post a topic.