If someone needs help with a part of a building (e.g. interior, windows, etc.) he can write it here, and I hope that we can answer at the questions...
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I need a better water technique than my current one, which is just blue plates covered with trans-clear. I don't like the look of SNOT water. Any suggestions?
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There's always plain blue tiles, but then if you don't like snotty water, you might not like that either. Try using dark/light trans blue 1x1 rounds with a blue base. I like this because you can add trans-clear to it to give a "rapids" look. e.g. http://www.mocpages.com/image_zoom.php?mocid=313127&id=/user_images/68112/1331252384m If you can get a hold of bulk 1x2 DK blue tiles, that would be good. They don't come cheap though.
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I need help with the interior of poor mens houses (Is that correct spelled? I mean a house of a farmer or someone similar). So there shouldn't be golden plates, etc.
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Water is a difficult thing to do in LEGO, I use 2 x 1s in different shades of blue and white 2 x 1s near the shore. it seems to work well. :)
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I'd say very well ;) It's the best "LEGO-water" I've ever seen.

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Yes, it gives a really nice overall effect, and it makes the water choppy :)
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Thanks guys! :)
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You know what I think about your water technique :P

But hey, if it works for you! And most people do seem to like it, I just can't get myself to for some reason.

My favorite technique is several layers of trans on blue, cause in truth, water is much more clear than any other color.

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Hmmmm, I guess there wouldn't be much in a peasants house. A table, some chairs, and not much else.
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Of course... but that's the problem: How to build those chairs/tables, that they don't look boring? I mean: Who wants to build a table out of a 4x4 plate and 4 round 1x1 bricks?
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I came up with a round table design a while ago, but it's nothing spectacular.
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/292219
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I like it, but I don't have this dark brown piece...
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Try looking at some of Michael Jasper's work. He has some awesome furniture.
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That's pretty incredible. Some of that could easily be incorporated into a medieval setting.
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His furniture is just awsome...Thank you for the hint, I might use it.
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I love this technic, so I just ordered 400 light blue round plates and 200 white ones. I'll use it in my WIP medieval (swiss, of course :P) village for a small river...

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I use trans dark blue tiles over blue, light blue and white plates for a speckled water look. Then trans plates over white for the waves crashing on a coast. Trans cheese slopes can also be used to good effect to create ripples and waves. Ex for the trans blue water: http://www.mocpages.com/image_zoom.php?mocid=272534&id=/user_images/12849/1307134939m
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That does look nice, but also expensive. Maybe I can stock up around my birthday? Thanks for the suggestion!
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I got my package! Tomorrow, I'm going to start a major project...(Vacations :P Haha)
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I can't wait to see it.
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hhmmm... You can wait long :P
I gave it up, because I joined the Lands of Classic Castle (LCC) and wanted to build for this. It became the MOC "Classical Cottage"...
(http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/317519)

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Oh, that makes sense.
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I like the looks of your water alot.
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Do you guys like the 1x1 round technique for round towers, or do you prefer hinges? I've used both of them, and I think that there are pros and cons for both.
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The only perfect round tower technique I've seen is Derfel Cadarn's.

But of the two you mentioned, I prefer the hinge one.
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I really like the looks of both.
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Well, on Derfel Cadarn's MOC is everything perfect, but his round tower technic is really awsome. I tried to build a tower by myself with his technic, but it was so unstable that it collapsed all the time... :(

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That's to bad it didn't work out for you.
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http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/167
This one is an awsome furniture I found. Please support it at Cuusoo, it really deserves to become a Lego set!
P.s. If you want it, here are instructions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWkpSHBjdeQ
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Thanks for sharing Büürli.

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Supported.
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Thank you!
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No problem Büürli.
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Angled walls on a slope. I'm having a hard time with them.
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I'm might try this technique with my 1x2 trans clear plates.
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So I haven't actually built any castle yet, but I decided I would try it and found this group afterwards. Are there anything I should know before getting started? I'm thinking about going to the Lego store and getting supplies for castle MOC's, such as minifigs, grey tiles, grey bricks and such.
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First off, I am not an expert. (I'd like to think I am though:P) It looks like you have the right idea of pieces to buy. Now all you need to do is look at the best of castle builders on the Pages and try and find some inspiration and good techniques.
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All I can say is don't neglect the landscape. I've been known to forget to buy bricks for it. Also, if you see any techniques you'd like to use (like curved walls), don't forget to get those parts.
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I'm a huge fan of tiles. They are great: You can use them for walls, like my new technic - MEDIEVAL GUY BUILT SOMETHING SIMILAR BEFORE I DID -, for a roof and probably for a landscape.
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I agree with you, tiles are a very useful piece. Your new wall technique looks fantastic just in case you didn't already know;)
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This might be a rather odd question, but, how do you guys come up with names for your fictional castles? Although I kind of like them, I find "Coastal Fortress" and "Stronghold by the Sea" to be rather unoriginal at times. Any tips?
-LB Senior
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Sorry LB, I can't help you. But I also think it's a very interesting question, not just for Castles, for whole stories, names, etc. Where do you get your inspiration?
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Well, since some of my MOCs are based on books, historical events, and the like, they already have names. For the others, I enjoy trying to come up with titles myself.
-LB Senior
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Put your generic castle names into Google Translate and make them French or possibly German. A MOC I made a while back is called Tour Ronde, which is Round Tower in French.
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I enjoy writing up worlds for Dungeons & Dragons, and the necessity to invent dozens of names for all the regions allowed me to develop a technique which I find works nicely. I take a word at random, then start mentally moving letters around in it, switching out letters, and that sort of stuff, writing down anything that looks promising. After doing this with a few words, then possibly combining some of the derivatives or building on them I generally have a handful of decent to awesome names. Hope this helps!
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Interesting ideas. Thanks for the suggestions!
-LB Senior
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Thanks for the Ideas LCV and MG! Maybe we could also ask SoT... ?
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I find this website to be quite helpful and rather interesting: http://medieval.stormthecastle.com/medieval-names.htm
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