Gideon Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) This is the south tower of Nordana Castle, sometimes also called Nordana Hall. The castle is located in Avalonia and is the ancient seat of the earls of Norshire, from which Sir Gideon the half-elf has his human blood through his mother (as described in my character intro). The tricky part of this build was to make the angled sections look good from all sides, for which I used a fair amount of wedge bricks. Other modules: Gatehouse North tower Great hall C&C welcome! First module for my Swebrick Medieval community build castle, adapted for the Guilds of Historica setting. Edit: Picture of the whole castle finally uploaded to flickr! Edited February 13, 2014 by Gideon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Vladivus Posted February 6, 2014 This is amazing! Excellent work as always! The angling is superb, I can't believe there's no gaps! I love that you've included arrow slits/archer positions in the crenellations- very cool! I look forward to the other modules! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrcp6d Posted February 6, 2014 This is really impressive Gideon. I love how the bridge gives this MOC a very peaceful and almost quaint atmosphere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayne Posted February 6, 2014 Great stuff Gideon! Can't wait to see the rest of them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kai NRG Posted February 6, 2014 Great work Gideon, looks very realistic and the river looks great! Can't wait to see more of it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfadas Posted February 6, 2014 Awesome! Love it! Love the bridge, and everything. Great work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qiadris Posted February 6, 2014 Impressive work overall. My favorite has to be the river, it feels so dynamic, with a the more calm part with the vegetation, and the flow under the bridge and to the edge, with the 1x1s and studs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robuko Posted February 6, 2014 Well this is just lovely. The limited palette works very well, especially the yellow flowers and the rushes. The moat is excellent. Mounting the leaves on water looks beautiful. Looking forward to the rest of it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunman Posted February 6, 2014 Beautiful moc Gideon.. I really like the bridge.Thr castle also looks great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HammerBro Posted February 6, 2014 Really amazing! I love how you built the bridge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narbilu Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) What a fantastic piece... love the scenery and wow, the bridge Hail Avalonia ! Edited February 6, 2014 by narbilu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrColossus Posted February 6, 2014 Yeah, every part of this is wonderful. Very inspiring! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpoh98 Posted February 6, 2014 Fantastic work Gideon, the angles are fantastic! Love the texture on the walls! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MKJoshA Posted February 6, 2014 Awe yeah, this is amazing! Great work cross-guilding! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torgar Posted February 6, 2014 Simply amazing, I am in love with that water for some reason, excellent job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sigolf Brimabane Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Riktigt imponerande! Looks pretty plain at first sight, but those angles <3 Love it :) The landscape looks really organic and "alive". I would have liked a few guards patrolling the walls, though. Edited February 6, 2014 by Sigolf Brimabane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soccerkid6 Posted February 6, 2014 Magnificent build, Gideon The landscape sets off the tower/walls nicely, and I like the use of those yellow flowers The wall detailing looks very real, and I like how you made the upper windows in the tower by using empty window frames One thing I always admire about your Castles is that they are actually realistically sized to mini-figs, this tower looks appropriately massive and heavy. I'm looking forward to seeing more pics of the rest of the castle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Montante Posted February 6, 2014 Awesome job. I love the bridge. How did you get the curve underneath? Could you do a close up picture of it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Infernum Posted February 6, 2014 Amazing! I love the reeds and foliage on the water! The tower is perfect! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gideon Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Thank you all for your encouraging words! Awe yeah, this is amazing! Great work cross-guilding! Thanks! That I knew I had this build coming up was actually one of the reasons I was thinking about joining Avalonia in the first place, but making my character come from Avalonia ended up being a good enough solution Riktigt imponerande! Looks pretty plain at first sight, but those angles <3 Love it :) The landscape looks really organic and "alive". I would have liked a few guards patrolling the walls, though. Yes, me too. These first shots were however mostly to view the architecture, I had some more population when I took some of the last pictures of all modules together That was unfortunately too big for my backdrop, so I have some post-processing to do before I publish those pics... Magnificent build, Gideon The landscape sets off the tower/walls nicely, and I like the use of those yellow flowers The wall detailing looks very real, and I like how you made the upper windows in the tower by using empty window frames One thing I always admire about your Castles is that they are actually realistically sized to mini-figs, this tower looks appropriately massive and heavy. I'm looking forward to seeing more pics of the rest of the castle Awesome job. I love the bridge. How did you get the curve underneath? Could you do a close up picture of it? The curve underneath is just ordinary "half-arches" with plates on the underside. What I had to do however was to use old grey arches in the middle of the bridge to attach the plates to, since my light bluish grey arches are of the new type which sadly don't clutch studs on the underside I have one picture I can upload later which shows the bridge closer up. The photos of the next module (gatehouse) have been edited and uploaded now, go check it out if you want! Edited February 6, 2014 by Gideon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Montante Posted February 6, 2014 The curve underneath is just ordinary "half-arches" with plates on the underside. What I had to do however was to use old grey arches in the middle of the bridge to attach the plates to, since my light bluish grey arches are of the new type which sadly don't clutch studs on the underside I have one picture I can upload later which shows the bridge closer up. I'd love to see it when you get the time. Hearing the explanation it makes sense now. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gideon Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) I'd love to see it when you get the time. Hearing the explanation it makes sense now. Thanks. I realized that the best close-up of the bridge was not ready to publish, as there were a couple of minifigs on it I'm saving that for potential story purposes Here is a zoomed-in version of a photo straight from the front, sorry about the substandard quality but I hope it shows what you want to see: Edited February 6, 2014 by Gideon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Montante Posted February 7, 2014 Yes, it's perfect. Just want I needed to see. Thank you so much. I can clearly see how you build it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gideon Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Yes, it's perfect. Just want I needed to see. Thank you so much. I can clearly see how you build it. You're welcome! Please feel free to use the technique, since it's definitely not my original idea. Edited February 8, 2014 by Gideon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfadas Posted February 7, 2014 You really have a spamming problem. Why do people even try this? They know nobody is going to click the links, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
