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Hey all!
This is just a quick one, tryin' to jumpstart some building on my part. Enjoy!

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I really like the plate-built stonework on the side, though it needs to be integrated a bit better - looks a bit off being framed like that. Also, the snow looks good - maybe some snow drifts to enhance the effect?

Overall though, a good start.

Where are those helmets from?

dharmatoad wrote:I really like the plate-built stonework on the side, though it needs to be integrated a bit better - looks a bit off being framed like that.

That would be 'filler' in the walls- random stone and such piled between the brickwork to thicken the walls. It's a cross-section.

dharmatoad wrote:Where are those helmets from?

Chopped parts

Cool little work. You use a great array of technics and i liked the offset cheeses at the small roof.
I also never seen a shield like this, very ingenious.

But i don't like some "stones" that are apart from the wall. Like some dark-blay tile that have a gap between then and the wall.

Good work and I'm curious about the next works

Love that cheese-slope roof- it looks great.

Don't slaughter LEGO's!
HA! Anyways, nice work

I like the snow effect, the roof over the main door and the dwarves.

Wow, this is really fantastic, Ethan. I especially love the cheese roof—looks great. Also, the path is cool and I like how the well seems to go below ground level. And great job on the construction of the walls, lots of cool details.

~smcginnis

I really like this. The arches look great, I love the use of color accents and the snow. The ladder (?) on the right is really cool. I like the brick accents around the windows and door and at corners. and I like the implyed structure.

The only suggestions I would make is that the walls need crenellation on top. perhaps use 2 light gray 1x1s with a stud on front and then a dark gray tile to make the crenellations have more depth.

As for the helmets. . . I've wanted to do that to a helmet or two I just need to get one or two with damage to the neck protector.

most good things are already said...but why would you chop off some lege helmets!

With apologies to any and all purists

Thank you for all the kind comments!

The castle build is fantastic Ethan! Keep it up!!!

Great work! And I think that the chopped parts are cool.

CastleLord.

Dude. You're alive?

This is really nice. I can't think of anything I don't love, really. Great implementation of various techniques.

I like the building design, particularly the way you've done the "cross-section" (if that's what it's supposed to be). The snow-covered tree is really neat too. The chopped Legos make me wince, but that's just a matter of personal taste and style. I don't do it, but I acknowledge its legitimacy as a technique. (On that note, the grappling hook/shield was especially interesting.)