Tag: Castle

Here’s what the whole castle looks like opened and closed. I still haven’t placed all the minifigs. In its closed position the castle looks attractive from all angles; there is no “back” side. I spread the build experience out over nine days.

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 26/26: We add a stone ramp leading up to the drawbridge and we assemble a contingent of three Black Falcons. The squire gets to carry a huge backpack. And that’s it. Build complete. That was by far the largest LEGO set I’ve ever built.

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 25/26: We finally finish topping off the gatehouse. I like the guard blowing the trumpet. Almost done!

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 24/26: We add a portcullis behind the drawbridge plus a mechanism to raise it and we put foliage on the tree. I love the beehive (and that the hive piece fits over a minifig head for shenanigans). I didn’t manage to get this built over my holiday break!

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 23/26: We finally mount the mechanism for lowering the drawbridge and complete the armory.

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 22/26: (built this yesterday) We build up the gatehouse even more with shields mounted over the front gate and start work on an armory.

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 21/26: We add a portcullis to the rear stairs and build the shitter plus murder holes along a parapet section.

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 20/26: We build the drawbridge with an interesting counterweight mechanism whereby its default position is raised and you pull the chains to lower it. Anyone standing on the bridge when it goes up gets dumped into the dungeon or catapulted into the keep.

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.

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.