this is so cool

Inspiring !>.....well done

Thank you for the very kind words and I am glad you enjoy it. It was a lot of fun to build - and not so much fun to take apart and sort.

The curve is stunning, the walls are stunning... everything is stunning. My favorite part might have to be that lovely hidden beach in the back, with the spiral staircase... wonderful. What I continue to gape at though, is your skill with angles. Truly amazing how you manage to set everything up just right.

Very good, i like the curved wall technique you used better than other ones i've seen.

Not sure how you pulled off the angle of the entire castle to its base, but it is marvelous. Literally, I marvel at this feat of engineering. Please do NOT look at my creations. Ever.

Oh man... this seems the time of a life. It's one of those I just wish I became the size of a minifig and go strolling around in it. Truly remarkable, it definetively deserves to be the third most liked castle MOC on MOCpages, I'd say second. Congrats!

I love it :) It looks like hard work.Great job!:) Please visit my creations thx.

i did some experimenting with curved castle walls and walls at angle to the base a little while ago, and it's tricky stuff. but i'm getting some good ideas by looking at your stuff. this is another excellent castle, 5/5!

I like the guy reading on the roof!

gasp so.... amazing!!!!!

Incredible! there are so many details!

Wow! Wish I had your talent!

Hooooo !!!!! this is so wicked !!!

brilliant! are there any rooms inside it?

Just WOW

What a beauty!!

MOTD! Congrates!

Beautiful Castle and Congratulations on MOTD!

I've seen this before, but I have no idea why I never commented. The angles are great and the entire castle has a fantastic shape and color scheme that is pleasing to the eye. I noticed those lovely stairs for the first time, they look wonderful. This castle is quite possibly my favorite one that I've seen. I think that all castle builders aspire to create something like this.

Congrats on MOTD!

Excellent!!! I can't belive I'm just hearing of you now;) I love how you put so much detail in your MOCs....5/5!!

Outstanding work. You managed to escape the all-too-common blandness that plagues many castles by adding funky angles and curved walls. I'm taking notes.

Absoulutely positively definetly completely amazing

This is awesomely awesome, splendidly splendid, amazingly amazing, magnificently magnificent.....I think you get the point...How long did it take to make this castle?

Awesome MOTD!!

very nice i love the circular tower but what may i ask is the ship steering wheel for?

His is incredible! It's so sleek and beautiful! This is truly worthy of MotD!

A VERY well deserved MOTD!

I have always loved this MOC! This is a brilliant castle....great work Brian!

lol, the red and blue jester reminds me of Cicero.

EPIC, Epic work. Not my Genre, but I don't care. Truly magnificent in scope and scale, attention to detail in texture sweeps is amazing. HIGHEST compliments! 5/5!

amazing stuff!!! congrats on MOTD!!!

It needs a drawbridge, a portcullis, a shark, a crocodile, a dragon, a torture chamber, etc... but otherwise I really like how it sits on the rock.

wow... this is definitely impressive. I think that one castle has more bricks in it than my entire LEGO collection, especially amazing seeing as I've never met anyone with a bigger LEGO collection. what's more is that all my castles are rainbow-colored due to a lack of grey bricks. anyway, that's absolutely amazing. you can be sure I'll be experimenting for months on LDD trying to figure out those curved walls.

I have come across this castle many times and each time it inspires me even more! Great job!

One of my all time favorite castles! This has been extremely inspiring in all of my castle builds. I have to ask, do you have a new one in the works?

Wow its Incredible.Huge Castle and lake really nice work. Your a wery good builder. Keep it up

YES 200 like woot woot

Happy MOTD! I love the rocks!

Not only is this an amazing MOC, but you have captured a real world feel to the architecture, well done!

Awesome castle. Congratulation for MOTD :)

that castle is fantastic, with so many details and beautiful curves! stunning job wich deserves completly the MOTD!

A truly amazing MOC, enjoyed even more by the numerous, quality photos. Excellent work!

Even though MOTD is randomly picked, this is a very worthy MOTD! Excellent work Brian and some well deserved publicity. I enjoyed it when you originally posted this and nothing has changed! Lets see if it breaks the 200 mark through this :) ~Thoy

Wow that is huge and so detailed. Awesome fortess.

Wow sir! Spectacular castle! I'm a big fan of the "studless" building style too. Well done!

The curved tower rocks!!!

Very Impressive !!! Good Job :)

Oh this is so epic its huge and so well detailed. This would be perfect for a brikwar. Wish I had that many castle pieces. 500/5

I wish I had a) your talent b) your time c) that many grey bricks... But instead I'll invite you to my group :D http://www.mocpages.com/group.php/18161 Good building!

This is outstanding! I love every part of it! I like the casual white ninja balancing on the wall!

Wonderful! Love the curved wall. Great amount of detail. Only problems: of course, the drop-off entrance, and I feel the blue katanas are weird, but thats it. Great job.

TOTALLY WICKED!! I love the curve in the central tower/wall part! How did you get that curve, and how did you make the rocks look like they surround it? Answer if you like, if not, fine. :)

This is an amazing MOC! It looks well protected and intimidating. I love the white ninja.

could you post some birds eye views so we can see the layout. Thanks.

Beyond incredible. Absolutely breathtaking.

Terrific MOC! I can just imagine how the castle evolved as you were building it. Sometimes there are some terrific surprise opportunities that arise along the way as you free build!

Excellent MOC my man. Very sweet buildup. How did you get the walls to curve like that if you don't mind me asking. On another note . . . does anyone else have trouble uploading photos via the simple uploader? I can't use the fancy one for some reason but the simple uploader doesn't work at all.

Oh my god! It's AMAZING! GREAT! AWESOME! EXCELLENT!

Awesome. The massive keeps needs some more versatile access... Perhaps implement a "cutaway" method by allowing the various floors to be separated horizontally? I would love to see the interior! :-D

Great fortress, looks very meaty and solid. Your curved walls-are they made from hinges or by curving the 1x2 bricks?

This is really cool! Could I possibly use your turret/Outpost design if I give you credit for it? How long did it take you to make this?!?!

Thanks! Minifigs seem to have their own mysterious ways of getting onto roofs. The wheel is to raise the portcullis. Keep MOCing!

Very great MOC. Can you look at my model some time? http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/247600

Really cool castle! Good job on the seemless fit despite the angled and curved walls! Have to ask though; how did they all get up to the roof? And was the steering wheel for lifting the unbuild draw bridge? Nice find on the sitting frocked ladies in the courtyard. This MOC booms with pleasant little details! Have fun!

Just had to mention that I am the 3,000th american visitor according to that flag counter, still a very good creation, I have only dipped my toes into castling a few times, but I like to see it done like this, nice job.

i can't believe at my eyes....incredible!!! the best lego castle i ever seen..!!!!! you're a great moccer!!!

i can't believe at my eyes....incredible!!! the best lego castle i ever seen..!!!!! you're a great moccer!!!

Right now I'm fighting with myself over what to comment on first. Amazing! Oh and what's that ninja with the turqoise katanas doing to the...?

i just come back and look at this castle again and again, cant wait until your next castle.

This is a very good castle Brian also wanted to thnk u for koining my group THe castle contest also if you want tell all ur friends who like castles to join the group all it needs ismy approval which i will gladly give to somoene with amazing mocs like u.

totally epic! i love the whole thing! the castle design is really cool, and there are so many little details all over the place. awesome!

Very impressive, seems like the gigantic castle has lots of rooms. I love th design!

So I kick ideas around in my head a bit, then sit down with some engineering paper (graph paper) and do a floor plan to cement in my mind locations and proportions. I worked out the angle-offset system on a 32 x 32 base plate for reference. Specific features or complicated areas I will sketch on graph paper just because it is faster. For me these big castles evolve as I go - I redid several portions because what I thought would look nice was actually a terrible idea. Personally, I like having creative freedom with castles so I keep my plans and prep to a minimum. I'm sure everyone is different - happy MOCing.

This is beautiful! i'm commenting again to ask, how did you go about planning this! i'm an aspiring tfol and i really am curious how you planned and designed this!!

Fantastic and very impressive. I like the way you used old and new grey with old dirty yellowed grey and the tan pieces in the walls and floors. Amazing detail and funny scenes. A++++

very impressive - I especially like the way you sculpted the organic foundation of the castle in different sized grey sloping bricks. fantastic!

AMAZING CASTLE!!! There are so many details and stylings. Plus it is HUGE! So cool! You are a master.

never seen anything come close to authentic construction as this totally amazing !!

My 2 oldest sons & I LOVE this castle! So much detail- We spent a weekend coming back to discover all the little scenarios you've got going in your kingdom. So much fun!

Leave it to Shifu to ask about the katanas; they certainly peaked my interest. As for the build, I will leave the tips to Eggy, because there is nothing I could say to improve a thing! THIS is why it took me so long to even TRY a castle, masterpieces like this. Your sheer quantity of parts would be enough to make one jealous, but your talent is the coup de gras! Chris is right, gonna have to remember this one for the 2011 Mocies!~H

Beautiful! Absolutely sensational!

I was really worried about the number of discolored bricks I had along with the subtle changes Lego had made to the palate over time. But after I saw this fabulous castle, it went a long way towards silencing those fears.

Thank you Josh for the compliment and for posting this on the Brothers Brick!

This is outstanding, especially the court and the roof garden. Those details give a very nice milieu to the castle.

Awesome castle! I like most the different angles on the walls and buildings. I wish one day I could do something like this :'(

Very, very nice Castle. It's just been posted on The Brothers Brick. Sorry for the delay, I've been meaning to blog this for awhile. Well played, sir!

Wow this is amazing, there is so much to look at, im loving the natural looking curves.

Massive and detailed with little story lines running through the scenarios. I love how the building and the landscape come together.

Is there any pics from the inside? Would love to see the innards of this grand creation.

Beautiful. Such thought and detail everywhere you look. Absolutely a 10/10

Oh, and by the way, where did you get the blue katanas?

Holy Heck... That is the... uh... I... I uh.. I *clears throat* I, um. Wow. That is... just... incredible. The BEST castle I've seen thus far... how the HECK can you guys get so MANY LEGO's? Sheesh. This castle is EPIC. Seriously. 156.05673/5. xD. Anyway, this castle is amazing. GREAT work.

I must say that I am very surprised and also very pleased that you like my MOC. Considering your reputation with landscaping, rock work, and castles in general - it means a great deal. Thank you for the epic comment!

Those curved walls are the bomb!

wow this is the best castle i ever seen. i want do do one to, when i get the pieces:)you really inspire me.

Brilliant work. The angles you've set up in the design really add to the build. I have to say, the rocks are some of the finest studs-up rock landscaping I can recall ever having seen. They read just beautifully. It's times like these when I wish MOCpages would allow us to favorite specific MOCs. This is one I could come back to time and time again. Just fantastic!

this castle is about as awesome as Jesus and Chuck Norris combined! there is so many nice details and scenes, Im going to have to spend a few hours looking through all the picture thoroughly! great build.

One of the best castles I've ever seen! Very, very inspirational!!!

This is awesome!!! I wish I had the time and resources to do stuff like this. Keep up the amazing work!!

The sheer masterwork of this astounds me. A glorious creation.

PRO.

OMG!!!! When I saw this I almost exploded!! EPIC!!!!!

words cannot describe how epic this is. an overview of the whole thing would be nice though.

hey thatŽs a really amazing work, so many different details to find when lurking through all the pictures - but what is the one lady doing to the poor kitty on the round tower?

One of the best castles I have ever seen, and I dont mean just out of LEGO brick. >Eric

Huge and beautiful! I especially like the curved parts. :)

this has to be the best lego castle ever :o join my group called BRIKIDIA tnks

Impressive work! So many Fair Maidens, too. Great work!

Wow, this is a master piece ! I love the way it is integrated in the rocks. There are so many great details... I agree it is time to enlarge your working table. I was wondering: what is this "boat steering wheel" (sorry I'm french, don't know the english name) close to your sig fig ?

Wow this is mint! I like the fact that you used hinges to make the curved sections. Im glad that i had an accomplished castle builder comment on my Mage Tower. Thanks mate. Another fav goes on my list. ~Thoy

Woah this is exceptional! I mean truly phenomenal!! Amazing castle and It doesn't open up but it still has amazing detail and minifig activity!

Uuuuh, giant castle! I like castles!

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Ah, yes. Mud (sorry) has reminded me too add you to my favorite builders.

I commented on this once already, but hey, how can I avoid commenting on it again? It's such a brilliant build, with wonderful details and architecture. You are fast becoming one of my most inspirational castle builders, not to mention one of my favorites. Great work!

One Word- AWESOME!!

coool!

speechless..

that is very good, very very good, very very very good... very very- *Annoyed voice* "we get the picture"

White Ninja no! You have so much to live for! Like this incredible castle. Great job.

Nice pictures. You should try making that out of Leg-OMIGOD! (please tell me you get the joke ):D I love the stairway in the entrance to the mine. The rocks are delicious (I didn't mean that how it sounded) and the castle itself is ASTOUNDING! The miniature waterfall is adorable, too. What did you use for the fishnet? This is definitely my favorite medieval themed build on MOCpages. I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.~MinifigManiac

I look forward to your post! I think you perceive the heart of the problem, I'm using a cannon point and shoot, not a high quality camera.

That curved wall looks fantastic. Nicely done!

Will do Phipson! This MOC is every bit deserving of the praise it's getting. Awesome curved tecniques on the walls and keep, and the amount of activity in the build is perfect! Keep it Up!

Holy son of a... Ok, someone needs to remind me of this thing when next year's MOCie awards roll around. Congratulations! ~ Chris.

I'd recommend a better camera in that case. I had the same problem when I had the Canon S4IS. However, with the S95 or with a DSLR, you can shoot in lower light conditions and get much better pictures. I also ended up getting a tripod which helped increase exposure times without blur - which if you set with manual aperature you can maximize your cameras ability. When I do pictures, I dont use any drop-cloths. Just photoshop afterwards. This is a bit of a chore, so most people just buy poster boards. Obviously a giant build like this one and the ones I typically do are much bigger than a posterboard. I'm currently working on a photography based build, so the topic is on my mind and is probably why i'm bringing this up on this one.

Thanks Eggy - I do appreciate your comments! Waterfall....hmm....yea, hopefully next time around. I agree that the trickling spring isn't a waterfall. I think when I have a little more space I will be able to create some kind of light box sheet thingy for better photos. For these I had 3 lamps on and the 'flash' effect would be the afternoon sun from the window. I will definitely try and improve on the photos for the next one.

And I dont consider the 1 brick wide trickling stream as a waterfall! needs to be at least 8 wide to count.

Excellent castle. Loads of great things going on and originality. I think you are doing yourself a dis-service by using a flash and not taking the time to make the presentation at par as the quality of the build. while it takes a few minutes more, you will have a better recollection of the build in a year. BTW, you forgot to put in a waterfall.

Very, very inspiring

The detail on the inside is Amazing!!!!

Brilliant!!!!!

This is amazing.

So...you like my Jade Katanas eh? So do I! Bricklink calls the color dark turquoise, and they only come in this odd set called Swamp, #8509. I don't have the set; I think I payed 50 cents for both of them. :)

Beautiful, for me the best part is cave passage.

Very impressive, this might sound odd but the most interesting detail I think is the grass on the rock in the first picture (not including main) I really like how you did that, great job

This MOC is a labor of love! Gorgeous! The castle's walls seamlessly blend with the rock work. And there are just too many other details to admire. Lastly, diggin' the ninja with aquamarine katanas (which set are they from?)! XD

I'm speachless, this is really stunning, very beautiful, powerful and funny! Keep bricking!

Thanks Sith Sera. Actually there is a dungeon under the whole thing, one of the pics shows a prisoner being led out. Adding an underwater portion to a castle is on my list of things to do tho!

I really like the way you did the curved wall. It's simple but I had never thought about using the 1x4 hinges that way. Usually, I used them to create the more commonly see octogonal tower.

Epic! awesome! incredible! i want one. no castle is without a dungueon thou! if you wanted to, you could easily add a underwater world to it

WOW, if only I had so much lego to use. Now that is quite something! (you are now one of my fav builders)

Thank you for the generous comments!

Beautiful. Just beautiful and simply epic. This is certainly one of the best castle Mocs I have ever seen. The rounded tower is glorious, the rocks are amazing, and it's loaded with details. Now I know what it is to want.

anything with round walls gets my vote, and you'v done a fantastic job here. so many other details to look at, great build.

My - oh - my. so much to comment on. All i can say at first is wow. The resources that castle-builders usually have at their hands usually astounds me, but this is no mere bile of bricks. There are a few subtle and not-so-subtle techniques I'd like to comment on. Firstly, I'm liking the use of off-angle walls. Secondly, the rounded towers are done very nicely with the (i assume) 1 x 4 hinges. i also like the overall openness of the courtyard and the castle overall. The addition of the white ninja made me chuckle. One bit of positive criticism i have for you is that the positioning of the archer wall may want to be adjusted. it just seems odd to me at least that archers would face the ocean. Still though, an awesome MOC and great castle, very compact, many details in a (relatively) small package. -Bourne

this is the most amazing castle i have ever seen.

You've got a great and very large castle here. I really like the technique you used for the round keep tower.

: O WOW...

:O amazing! i wish i had the pieces and the skill to make something like this! how do you make rounded towers, btw? great job here, absolutly marvelous!

Awesome

mermaid nnniiicccceee.

Oh. My. Gosh.

Wow perhaps one of the best castles of the year. The angle is really catching my eye. I love the rock work as well. Great and stunning build.