Castle – Page 2 – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

Castle Bag 17

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.

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.

Castle Bag 12

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 12/26: We add thatched roofs to each half of the child’s room. This half of the castle is nearly complete.

Exterior view of LEGO castle expanded. The lower floors are built of gray stone covered in some vines. The upper floor is built of white plaster and black wood and roofed with thatched straw.

Castle Bag 11

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 11/26: We build the other half of the child’s room with bed, desk, and fireplace on the second floor above the banquet hall. The white and black walls are quite handsome. There’s also an extremely clever mechanism that warrants a gif to demonstrate it.

Interior view of LEGO castle child's room with bed on left, desk in the middle, and fireplace on the right. A young squire with a frightened expression stands in front of the desk. Top down view of LEGO castle in closed position to form a complete child's bedroom or playroom. Two young children play with toys while the frightened squire stands over them.

Castle Bag 10

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 10/26: We add half a child’s bedroom on the second floor above the music room and also a section of wall with a bit of tiled roof on the first floor above the hideout. The pile of yellow blocks is an Easter egg for the very first castle set from 1978.

Interior view of LEGO castle with a bedroom with a toy castle set above a music room. To the left is a wall with a window and a bit of tiled roof. Exterior view of LEGO castle showing white plaster walls trimmed with black wood.

Castle Bag 9

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 9/26: We finish the first floor of the mill section, which holds a banquet table, and then attach it to the other two sections. The castle now opens on hinges like a dollhouse and closes with a satisfying click.

Interior view of LEGO castle section showing a banquet table, two chairs, three shields hung on the wall, and a blue and yellow banner. Exterior view of LEGO castle section showing windows with flower boxes set in a vine-covered wall. Exterior view of LEGO castle closed on its hinges. The two previous photos showed it in the open position.

Castle Bag 8

Lion Knight’s Castle Bag 8/26: We build a water wheel that uses gearing to turn the mill stone as it spins. We finish off the ground floor level. A birds nest with an egg up on a shelf in the storage room is a whimsical touch.

Interior view of LEGO castle section with a water wheel connected to a millstone. A storage system and hopper feeds grain to the millstone. A sack (containing flour?) sits on the floor. A storage room has a baguette stuffed into a barrel and a shelf with a bird's nest. Exterior view of LEGO castle section showing a water wheel over a flowing stream on the right, a single low barred window in the center, and a rocky outcropping on the left.