December 2022 – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

Castle Bag 19

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 19/26: We further build up the first floor of the gatehouse and add in a stand for armor and weapons. I guess that makes that area the armory.

LEGO castle armory with an armored knight and a stand holding two shields, two helmets, and a spear.

Castle Bag 18

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 18/26: We build up the first floor of the gatehouse. There’s a small enclosure that will probably hold the queen’s destrier.

LEGO castle section showing the first floor and partially builtup walls. A low wooden gate forms a stall.

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 17/26: We finish building up and mostly roof off the ground floor of the gatehouse. Two jail cells are added (one with a skeleton). Two sliding panels for secret entrances/exits (one from the other jail cell) are built.

LEGO dungeon with two jail cells. The right cell holds a skeleton. A LEGO panel rotates to reveal a secret Forestman hideout.

Castle Bag 16

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 16/26: We build a new section with a staircase (built sideways) and a treasure vault. This hinges together with the previous section. I like the brown frog on the grass. I guess we know where the latrines will empty out.

Exterior view of LEGO castle with a staircase leading up from a small dock. The castle wall by the stairs bears a flaming torch. A brown frog sits on the grass nearby. A LEGO dungeon. A treasure vault holding a chest, a goblet, a drum, and a bell is on the left. A wooden ladder and a flaming torch are on the right.

Castle Bag 15

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 15/26: We raise the gatehouse foundations higher. On one side is a cave with a frog and two bats, on the other is what looks to be a Forestmen hideout judging from the shield.

LEGO castle foundation with water in the front, a cave on the left and a room with some weapons on the right. LEGO secret room with sword, bow, and shield hanging on the wall and a barrel standing on the floor.

Castle Bag 14

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 14/26: We build the foundations of the gatehouse. There’s part of the moat, what might be some dungeon rooms, etc. Part of the structure is built at an interesting angle so that it’s not just rectangular.

Foundations of LEGO castle showing water, stone, and an earthern floor. The roots of a black-trunked tree are on the right.

Status: 2022-12-30 11.34.03

Started the day off right with a short walk up to a cross that looks over our valley. In my opinion this is one of the best views in Ägerital and it’s less than 40 minutes from our front door at a brisk walking pace (under 3 km, 240m ascent).

Landscape view of a fog-covered lake on a sunny morning, green pasture in the foreground, hills beyond the lake, blue skies with white wisps of cloud above, and snow-capped peaks in the distance.

Status: 2022-12-30 11.27.52

0x35!

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2022 in Pictures

Our twelth year of opening this LEGO advent calendar together. Obviously this is mostly about me now (and has been for years), but it’s still fun. This year’s photos were shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max.

LEGO micro scale build of a sand castle on the water’s edge together with a bucket and a shovel — Day 13

LEGO micro-build mostly in light gray of an Imperial AT-ST, All-Terrain Scout Transport, a two-legged mechanical walker with guns. — Day 19

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Castle Bag 13

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 13/26: We add two towers, one with a bell, both with room for a guard up top to the side of the child’s room. Pennants are added for decoration. Four days of building and the first half of the castle is complete. The other half contains the barbican.

LEGO castle with two stone towers each with a guard atop it and a flying pennant. Close up of LEGO bell tower. The window has fancy scrollwork around it. An archer stands atop the tower.