DNL Posted December 7, 2009 Castle Weienaard is a dutch style castle for the CCCVII 'brick castle' category. bigger pics more pictures will be here once i have uploaded them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the Inventor Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) A magnificent creation DNL. I really like that you have built your castle almost entirely out of brown bricks, so that it looks like it is made out clay bricks. Your castle has a nice entrance, with a great bridge. Good luck in the contest at CC! the Inventor Edited December 7, 2009 by the Inventor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Green Hair Posted December 7, 2009 That's really cool for such a small scale, and very recognizable too! Good luck in the contest! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teddy Posted December 7, 2009 Hi DNL, beautyfull castle. Interesting color scheme. Great use of dark red, dark rown, rown and brown. Some parts have the illusion of being repared later by using larger areas of dark red, but I guess that was done on purpose. Also a really great idea for the glass windows. A really original find I must say. Hope you don't mind if I copy that somewhere in the future. Kind regards, Johan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Posted December 8, 2009 As others have said: I really like the color scheme. The green shutters look really good as well. And a good choice to use tan for the bridge (brown would have blended in too much with the walls). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fluyt Posted December 8, 2009 An amazing piece of work, I didn't know brown/frown would work so well for a castle. Great shape, also great detailing with stuff like the pickaxes and landscaping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commodore Hornbricker Posted December 8, 2009 That is fantastic. Best of luck with it. My favorite view is of the back side. It looks wonderful. My first impression was that it was made of chocolate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wout Posted December 8, 2009 A very nice castle. I love the architecture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milan Posted December 8, 2009 Color is cool! Also I like the angles used in the building! Nicely done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CommanderFox Posted December 8, 2009 Amazing MOC DNL I really like the colours you used. Also I really like the design of it. Really well done with this! CommanderFox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Dillon Posted December 9, 2009 While brown might not looks as good as grey when it comes to castles, I think it works surprisingly well. The structure itself is great, with good angles and spacing. I like the dark red placements, and the green shutters contrast well with the brown. The tan bridge also looks neat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DNL Posted December 9, 2009 Thanks for the comments beautyfull castle. Interesting color scheme. Great use of dark red, dark rown, rown and brown. Some parts have the illusion of being repared later by using larger areas of dark red, but I guess that was done on purpose. Also a really great idea for the glass windows. A really original find I must say. Hope you don't mind if I copy that somewhere in the future. Yes, that was intentional. Feel free to use the glass windows, make sure you attach the trans-clear pieces to a black plate, otherwise it won't look like like small glass windows this much. While brown might not looks as good as grey when it comes to castles, I think it works surprisingly well. The structure itself is great, with good angles and spacing. I like the dark red placements, and the green shutters contrast well with the brown. The tan bridge also looks neat. I first used brown as clay-fired bricks in a dutch canalhouse, and i thought it looked very dutch, those old brickss often look more brown than red. I have uploaded more pictures to my brickshelf gallery (link in the first post). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ras 74 Posted December 9, 2009 I really like the look of this castle and many great details as well. However, if someone would have told me he/she was building a brown castle I would have frown a bit. But as Sir Dillon said, it really works By the way, your link in your signature just leads to Bricklink.com and not to your gallery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Omega 8 Posted December 9, 2009 1st the BF Fortress from Kris Kelven and now the beauty from DNL? OMG, overload........ Such amazing creations, so far from the norm! Daniel, the colors are perfect, I would never be so bold to try them. BRAVO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DNL Posted December 9, 2009 By the way, your link in your signature just leads to Bricklink.com and not to your gallery Thanks for telling me, i didn't know that 1st the BF Fortress from Kris Kelven and now the beauty from DNL?OMG, overload........ Such amazing creations, so far from the norm! Daniel, the colors are perfect, I would never be so bold to try them. BRAVO Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Admiral Croissant Posted December 9, 2009 Really great work! A lot of nice things here, like the 'trapgevels', the 'wooden parts' on the wall and just the overall look of it. Are you going to show this somewhere on a Lego-event? It's certainly worth it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted December 9, 2009 Lots of Dutch people commenting in the beginning. I really see the Dutch building style in here, the bricks look great. I was planning once to build a brick castle with brown bricks, but was afraid it would look like wood. Now I see it's really nice. The tan bridge is also neat, good choice of colours instead of more brown. Great creation again DNL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
