Frank's LEGO^® Castle Structure Links Page

See my LEGO® Castle Links page for more general Castle links.
See my LEGO® Castle Details Links page for castle details (minifigs, animals, furnishings, etc).
See my LEGO® Castle Vehicle Links page for Castle vehicle links (ships, wagons, etc.).
See my LEGO® Castle Magic Links page for Castle magic links (wizards, their homes, workshops, and creations).
See my LEGO® Castle Creations page for my own creations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• CASTLES
  • SMALL CASTLES and OUTPOSTS
  • MEDIUM CASTLES
  • LARGE CASTLES
  • HUGE CASTLES
  • CASTLES DONE IN LDRAW
• WALLS
• ORIENTAL CASTLES
• FOREST MAN TYPE STRUCTURES
• OTHER NON-TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN CASTLES
• VILLAGES AND TOWNS
• CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS
• INNS AND TAVERNS
• OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
• OTHER BUILDINGS
• BRIDGES
• MAGICIAN'S PLACES (on Castle Magic Links page)
• CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND ARCHITECHTURE DISCUSSION
• Jay Rodarte's castle

CASTLES

• Jeff Crites (Castle listing)
• Felix Greco's castles
• Anders Isaksson's LEGO Homepage (see BlockCAD Gallery for some nice looking simple castles)
• Gamer X's LEGO Domain
• JMG Broom Closet (CASTLE RAGE)
• JMG Castle Alternates (AVALON FORTRESS)
• Holly Kuchera's Page (2 wizard's castles)
• Matthew Verdier's Lego Page (Castle Dark Keep, Stone Fort, Lord Ravenholt's Manor, several more in "new creations")
• Joe Garlicki's LEGO® Page
• Ben Gatrelle's Yellow Castle
• Ben Jackson (raytraced 375 Yellow Castle)
• Mookie's LEGO® Page (several castles, keeps, manors, etc)
• Edmonton Get Together (several castles)
• Thomas's LEGO® Pages
• Michael Ulring's LEGO® Castle Pictures (hige castle)
• Jacklego's Castle Project
• MY CASTLE PAGE (French) -- Translated
• Elin's LEGO® Page (Anagon Farraileis - under models, The Foregate - under LDraw)
• Preston Crow (raytraced castle, castle outpost)
• Darrell Kienzle
• Peter Fuesz (Ice Mountain Keep)
• Cameron Barnett (Castle showing a battle between English, British, and Scottish)
• Eileen's LEGO SYSTEM® creations (Haunted Castle)
• The LEGO® Monster's Den (Baron's Castle)
• New Brickton Gazette
• Richard Bingle (large raytraced castle)
• Dylan Bradley's forrest castle
• J.D. Forinash's unfinished castle (as he points out, actually looks like a ruins)
• Craig Hamilton's Gregor Tower
  More pictures by Greg Crisp
  More
  More pictures from DixieLUG meeting
• Craig Hamilton's Cair Parsifal
• Shiri Dori's CastleLEGO pages (Lion's Cove)
• Anthony Sava's Kingdom of Ikros (Fortress of the Mountain Pass, Castle at Lake Halcyon)
• Leah Cardaci's Aquana Pynora (some nice detail shots)
  Notes on design
• Leah Cardaci's Aquana Pynora (Interior)
  Notes on design
• Xandria's Belville Fairytale Castle
• Dan Siskind's nice little keep
• Chris Gray (old castle)
• Christopher Lindsey's Picture Directory (large castle under construction)

SMALL CASTLES and OUTPOSTS

Small castles, castle is basically smaller than one baseplate.

• Pawel Nazarewicz's mini-castle
• James Brown's Mercenary Mountains (large mountains w/outpost on them)
• Description of small Paradisa keep
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle

MEDIUM CASTLES

Castle is basically about one to two baseplates in size (most TLC castles are this size).

• Heather Patey's The Island Keep, also an unfinished castle
• Pawel Nazarewicz's The Devil's Gap.
  For construction notes, check out:
  • lugnet.castle news article 1225
  • lugnet.castle news article 1224
• Pawel Nazarewicz's Red Castle
  Lugnet post describing the castle
• David Carriker's grey version of the classic yellow castle
• James Stacey's castles
• Daan Bargerbos's castle
  Construction details
• James Stacey's Wolfpack Lair
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle
• Jon Furman's desert Crusader's fort
  Builder'sNotes
• David Kohrman's Black Falcon tower bridge

LARGE CASTLES

• LLA - castles
• Daniel Siskind's U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Castle
• Brad Hamilton's Castle (version 1)
• Brad Hamilton's Castle (version 2)
• Chris Phillips's Castle
• Joel Kuester's castle and town
• Pawel Nazarewicz's The Gryphon's Nest
  New location
• Brian Stokes's Castle
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle
• Patrick Bosman's castles

HUGE CASTLES

Castle is more than four baseplates in footprint.

• Jeff Stembel's Caer Gwynnyd
• Eric Brok's Estuary Stronghold (under buildings)
  If you don't have a browser which handles Eric's page well, you may want to check out my arrangement of the pictures.
  Eric's first post about the stronghold, has some background info
• Michael Ulring's Lego® Page (huge castle). Building notes etc. in:
  • lugnet.castle:1705
• Ed Boxer's LEGO® Castle
• Castle in LEGO® Soccer Truck Tour
• Daniel Siskind's Bloodstone Castle
• Wilson Raska's Valkayria (castle on a huge raised pillar)
  More pictures
• Pawel Nazarewicz's Strombrachter
• Dan Jezek's Castle Skull Craag Keep
• Christina Hitchcock's creations at Brickfest 2000 (huge castle and more)
• Thomas Rafert's castle
• Eric Brok's Frost Castle (some neat ideas as usual)
• Ross Young's huge castle
• Mike Steele's LEGO® Rowallan Castle
• Kevin Hall's castle
• Robert G. Carney, Jr. (Amazingly realistic Lego castles)
  Old site
• Michael Ulring's old castle
• Dennis Evangelista's Big Castle (with a bunch of ships)
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle
• Elin Overnas's castle and treasury
• James Brown's Blank Shields
• Jim Foulds's wedding castle
• VLC May 5 Meet (huge castle)

CASTLES DONE IN LDRAW

• Mark Nelson's The Wurmhold Citadel

WALLS

• Eric Kingsley's LEGO® Pages (City Wall)
• Richard Shamus's The LEGOMAN34 Home Page (wall sections - under some LEGO pictures)
• Shiri Dori's castle wall component which is compatible with Richard's
• NELUG's Castle Display at The Construction Site
• David Eaton's Lego (walled city, gate house)
• Mike Steele's LEGO® Great Eastern Wall
• Joachim Probst's modular castle (wall, corner, and gatehouse sections so far)
• Andy Lynch's castle gatehouse, wall, and tower

ORIENTAL CASTLES

• The Way of the Sword (BayLUG Ninja Castles)
  Also at: Another version of this page.
  This page has lots of history and information about LEGO® Ninja parts and sets.
• KK Quah's Japanese Castle Webpage (pictures of real castles in information on LEGO® interpretations of them)
  KK Quah's Castles on Brickshelf
  Lugnet Articles:
  • Lugnet post describing the castle
  • Another post
  • Jason Catena's reactions
  • KK Quah's response to Jason
  • KK's comments on Japanese architechture and related superstitions
  
  Mr. Yasuyaki Oka's web page for Japanese Castles (inspiration for KK Quah)
• John Robert-Blaze Kanehl's Ninja Castle
• Chris Barker's gatehouse

FOREST MAN TYPE STRUCTURES

• Tim's Enchanted Forest
• Mookie's LEGO® Page (forest hideout)
• Edmonton Get Together (some creations)
• Jeff Crites (Druid's Tower)
• Michael Ulring's LEGO® Castle Pictures (Rocky Hideout)
• Steven's Web Site (6054 raytrace - LEGO® Ray Tracing, then Image Gallery)
• Jeff Johnston's castle creations (Red Fox's Den)
• Pawel Nazarewicz gives a sneak preview of a city in the forrest
  Some older pictures
• Leah Cardaci's Foresters (home, lookout tree, council circle)
• Marc Nelson Jr.'s Forestman Treehouse
• Pawel Nazarewicz's Forest Teaser Pictures
• Ross Young's huge tree house
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle

OTHER NON-TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN CASTLES

• Jeff Johnston's castle creations (desert fortress)

VILLAGES AND TOWNS

• Tim Coats's Port Town of Darvine (under Southern Centaria II)
• David Eaton's Lego (village, walled city)
• Elin's LEGO® Page (walled city - East Aros - under models)
• Eric Kingsley's LEGO® Pages (City View)
• NELUG's Castle Display at The Construction Site
• Shiri Dori's CastleLEGO pages (Helfire - a microfig scale town)
• Mookie's Realm of Tanish for Castle World (village)
• Joel Kuester's castle and town
• Chicago LEGOfest - Greg's Illswich
• Maik and David's Town
• Christina Hitchcock's Walled Town
• Patrick Bosman's site (Knight's Land)
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle
• Mario Cerncic's town

CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS

• Joe Garlicki's LEGO® Page
• Ed Boxer's Crown Cathedral
• Matthew Verdier's Lego Page (Cathedrals)
• Kim Toll's cathedral
• Gary Istok's cathedral
• Michael Dorneich's Santa Maria Cathedral of the Crusader
• Weird Richard (Wright)'s Student Creations
  Currently there is a Taj Mahal under Images LEGO® ARCHITECTURE! and a Cathedral under Library Page Five. Here is the home page.
• JMG Castle Alternates (CHAPEL AT EASTWICKE)
• Michael Hader's Multi-Colored Cathedral
• Eric Kingsley's LEGO® Pages (small church - nice)
• Michael Ulring's LEGO® Castle Pictures
• Andy Lynch's Red Church
• Rich Thompson's Cathedral Garden
• Brad Hamilton's Creations (these are somewhat modern, but have some interesting ideas, and could be part of a underwater realm):
  • Water Temple
  • Aquazone Church
  • Basilica of Enlightenment
  • Cathedral - Notre Dame de L'Eau
• Dan and Jenn Boger's Pictures of March 2001 meeting

INNS AND TAVERNS

• Matthew Verdier's Lego Page (Two Dragons Inn, Imbruglio's Fine Imports)
• Eric Kingsley's LEGO® Pages (very large inn)
  Here are some pictures which may not be elsewhere
• Mookie's LEGO® Page (Wayfarer's Inn, Silver Talon Inn [based on 5978 baseplate])
• Michael Ulring's LEGO® Castle Pictures
• Elin's LEGO® Page (Hampus Inn - under LDraw)
• Dan Siskind's Golden Tap Inn
• Richard Marchetti's white Guarded Inn
• Dan Boger's Inn
• Shiri Dori's CastleLEGO pages (Bloodstone Inn)
  Q.V. Shiri's Castle World Structures page on Lugnet
• Image Index of Brian Kasprzyk's Manor (or Tavern)
• Jürgen Bramigk: Löwenritter (tavern? - Half-Timbered, large)
• Daniel Siskind's Crossroads Tavern kit
• Christina Hitchcock's Inn
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle

OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

• Eric Kingsley's LEGO® Pages (market)
• Chris Maddison's Brickshelf Structures Folder (butcher)
• David Eaton's Lego (mill)
• Christina Hitchcock's Renaisance Fair
  Here's another location of the pictures
• Daniel Siskind's Blacksmith's Shop kit
• Ryan Dennet's Blacksmith Shop
  Lugnet post with descriptions
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle (blacksmiths, market stalls, mill (motorized), other)
• Kyle Peterson's half timbered buildings (blacksmith shop, mill)
• Dan Siskind's Mill

OTHER BUILDINGS

• Bob Devaney (Spiral staircase tower)
• Dan Siskind's Large Farm House
• Tim Coats's Castle World Villa (under Southern Centaria)
• Chris Maddison's Brickshelf Structures Folder (Half-timbered house)
• Marc Nelson Jr.'s Half-Timbered Houses:
  • Jason Rowoldt's Picture from Brickfest 2000
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000 (with his Black Falcon guys in the foreground)
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000 (behind his war elephant)
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000 (his tavern and magic shop next to Shiri's inn)
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000 (the town well)
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000 (the interior of his tavern)
  • Dan Boger's Pictures from Brickfest 2000 (an overall view of the castle layout)
• Discussion of Half-Timbered Buildings on Lugnet
• Eric Kingsley's LEGO® Pages (Generic Buildings and Peasant Houses)
• David Eaton's Lego (half-timbered houses, barns, chicken coops)
• Kyle Peterson's Half-Timbered Buildings
• Shiri Dori's CastleLEGO pages (Daphne and Rose's cabin)
• Farm house (several pictures)
• Chris Gray (barracks)
• Adrian Rohnfelder's German Half-Timbered Houses
• Kevin Wilson's town (modern, but has a good idea for thatched roofs)
• Greg Howell's farm
• Shockwave video of half timbered houses
• Brian Kasprzyk's castle (houses)
• Pawel Nazarewicz's Jubei's House
• Kyle Peterson's half timbered buildings (homes, businesses, town hall)
• Greg Howell's half timbered buildings

BRIDGES

• Elin's LEGO® Page (The Bridge - under LDraw)
• Antony Lau's Original Lego Creations (long bridge)

CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND ARCHITECHTURE DISCUSSION

• Robin Sather discusses how to use 1x2x5 columns to hide the windows in castle wall pieces
• Using plates for roofs
• David Eaton comments on real life draw bridges
• How to paint your own Half-Timbered walls
• Erik Olson's Tudor (Half-Timbered) wall idea
• Lindsay Braun describes his "evil eye" window
• Christina Hitchcock's misc. castle pictures (some architechtural elements)
• Suzanne D. Rich's architechtural details
• Eric Kingsley describes how to make roofs using plates
• Ben Gatrelle's yellow wall battlements (nice detail)
• Ben Gatrelle's grey castle turret
• Mookie describes her curved staircase and more
• Richard Marchetti describes his castle wall printing stickers
  Another post, with link to PDF file of stickers
  More
• Text "blueprints" for a model of Herod's palace at Masada
• Erik Olson describes 6 sided columns
• Jon Palmer uses translucent 2x2x2 boxes as windows

REAL CASTLES AND OTHER NON-LEGO CASTLE RESOURCES

• Official site of the Castle of Chillon
• Architechtural Terms
• Juha juuso Vesanto's Bibliography of Castle Floorplans (some web links)
  Here is the page which points to the bibliography, it's a general map resources page
• Society For Creative Anachronism (SCA) Misc. Info Page
• The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
• The Annenberg/CPB Project's "The Middle Ages" (reference site)
• Ancient Egyptian Science
• Erik Olson rambles about castle names and meanings
• Timber-Framed Buildings of England by R. J. Brown (ISBN: 0709060920) (order this book from Amazon.com)
• The History of the Scots, Picts, and Britons by David F. Dale
• Name Database
• The Bone Chapel in Prague
  • Used in Dungeons and Dragons Movie
  • More pictures
  • And more pictures
• Cobblestone Brooke, a painting of a medieval village
• Krak des Chevaliers
• Page about King Ludwig II of Bavaria (including his castles)

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