Lord Valgor

I think I got the photos working. Also if it helps, the prison and crane modifications didn't require a whole lot of new pieces; I mostly just moved things around. The prison isn't perfect, but it's good enough for now. Someday I might revisit it to see if I can give more walking room around the cannon whilst keeping the original design language

Thanks, thought I was going crazy because I swore they were visible when I posted. Lemme see if I can get a more direct link and update the post.

Let's give this a shot. Here's the hall and wall I added to the main tower, plus the ladder that leads to the cannon deck atop. I've got proper pieces on order, so don't worry about the color mismatch haha. Here's the other side. The corners that will be adjacent to the office will be smoother after my extra pieces arrive. Here's the office, again I need the pieces to complete the walls and support, but with the plate there you can see it'll add plenty of room. I'm also considering adding a folding bed to the office, but we'll see. Here's what I did with the crane; quite a bit less bulky but still good looking IMO. Also has a place for minifigures to stand. Here's what the new prison building and trapdoor look like: Here's what I did with the section beneath the central courtyard, with the hatch open. Beds are small and rudimentary on purpose. Minifigures can stand (without hats) as long as they aren't under the support beams. Ladder (as noted) is bad; I'll keep toying with designs, but I'm at least okay with it for now. And the other side of it with the hatch closed. Table, lantern, sword barrel, and cheese all visible here. And finally the gate (with 1x2 plates added to reinforce it a bit) and the new treasure room. The wood plank beneath the treasure is on jumper plates so that it can be somewhat easily removed (it's a tight fit). Lots of room for treasure to help the fort live up to it's name.

Haha, I'll see if I can figure out how to post photos inline into this thread... In the meantime, an update; Since my last post I've: Added two studs to the width of the main section (and thus the office). Had to order some pieces, so still waiting on them before it's fully done. Readjusted the prison tower to accommodate the cannon I removed from the main tower. Changed the crane to be longer, and more visually appealing (even though it was period accurate, I didn't quite like how bulky it looked). Moved the prison tower ladder so that it doesn't block the hatch down to the treasure (wine) cellar. Added a (bad) ladder, a floor, two beds, a lantern, sword storage, writing desk (via a barrel), and some cheese to the basement of the central courtyard. Now the soldiers have somewhere to wait out the storms and hurricanes . Other minor changes (moved the key, moved the table, swapped some wall pieces around, etc).

I know I'm late, but I finally picked this set up and instantly began to mod it. So far I've: Closed off the office (whilst keeping a hallway so that people don't have to go through the office to get to the balconies and cannon atop). Added a ladder to the cannon deck up top. Added a plank to the "wine cellar" and placed a load of treasure there. Added some small plates to prevent the gate from 'caving' inward. What I still plan on doing: Adding two studs of width to the office, likely by adding two studs to the whole tower. Readjusting the prison tower to accommodate the cannon I removed from the main tower. Making the crane longer and making sure it can lower items into the "wine cellar". Moving the prison tower ladder so it doesn't block the hatch. Adding the telescope to the balcony of the main tower. Things that I'm toying with: Removing the wine from the "wine cellar" and making it only house treasure. Adding a ladder and room beneath the central courtyard (I'd lose the "dock" functionality, but realistically I won't ever display it in that configuration, so I'll probably go for it). Widening the docks to be at least 4 wide all around. Replacing the black dock with dark brown (I tried it with reddish brown and it just didn't do it for me, so I'll have to see what it looks like in dark brown, otherwise it'll just stay black).