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Hi all,
I present Cliffton Castle:
 (pic=link to
gallery) deeplinks at bottom of post : )
Cliffton Castle, known locally as the ‘Castle of Three Trees’ (all
right, there are six trees if you want to be picky...), is an outpost of the
great Black Knight Empire. It serves primarily as a heavily fortified beacon
post
but also has a small harbour front
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Its name comes from Cliffton Lodge which once dominated the clifftop
before the gradually expanding fortifications displaced it.
Pics of the 20 odd interiors (with some location references) can be
found here
And if you’re really interested, my faviorite small details are in this
folder (pic=link) 
Please let me know what you think... I normally include a few fun
details but this time I can only offer you the chance to spot two cunning Wolf
Pack raiders...
Thanks for looking and God Bless,
Nathan
ohh... a few deeplinks:
street,
apple seller,
Wayfarer’s Inn interior, and
another street.
.Pirates because of the building style and warf...
.loc.in because that is where the MOC currently resides...
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd wrote:
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(pic=link
to gallery) deeplinks at bottom of post : )
Cliffton Castle, known locally as the ‘Castle of Three Trees’ (all
right, there are six trees if you want to be picky...), is an outpost of the
great Black Knight Empire. It serves primarily as a heavily fortified beacon
post.
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Very nice work. An impressive build. The landscaping and how the castle is built
around it is excellent.
I’m not too sure about this house. An interesting color scheme. I really like these
guys working.
Clever use of the
island baseplate.
Thanks for sharing.
Jason Spears | BrickShelf Gallery | MichLUG | CLB
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Spears wrote:
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Very nice work. An impressive build. The landscaping and how the castle is
built around it is excellent.
I’m not too sure about
this house. An
interesting color scheme. I really like these
guys working.
Clever use of the
island baseplate.
Thanks for sharing.
Jason Spears
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Thanks! I am glad you appreciated the landscaping (I alwys consider it my best
work...) I’m sorry the oar maker isn’t to your taste...One, or two colours too
many? : ) Actually I really needed it to lighten the whole MOC and focus the eye
into the cove to make it feel larger... I am also quite proud of the men
working... As to the island baseplate... I’ve been waiting to do that for
ages...
God Bless,
Nathan
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"Nathan Todd" <njt@london.com> writes:
> I present Cliffton Castle:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=132453
> Pics of the 20 odd interiors (with some location references) can be
> found <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=132475 here>
I like it a lot. The big thing for me is the feel of a living community.
The variety of structures helps there as does the landscaping. The town on
a hill feel is very effective.
Good interiors too, but I couldn't satisfy one of my favorite pastimes of
trying to figure out how a minifig gets everywhere. :-)
--
Experience should guide us, not rule us.
Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM
http://www.GraySage.COM/cg/
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Thanks! I am glad you appreciated the landscaping (I alwys consider it my
best work...) I’m sorry the
oar maker isn’t to
your taste...One, or two colours too many? : ) Actually I really needed it to
lighten the whole MOC and focus the eye into the cove to make it feel larger.
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It’s just my opinion, so I don’t know how much it matters, but yeah, it seems
like it has too many colors. Right now it has white, blue, yellow, black, and
green (oh and brown details and a red sign). I think that if you replaced the
white on the first floor with black and made the roof all blue, it would look
nice. Not sure about the windows and door being green. I’d be curious to see
those in blue. (Unfortunately, I don’t think the windows you used come in blue,
or at least aren’t very commmon.)
But, hey that’s just how I would do things, if you dig a more colorful building,
then great!
Jason Spears | BrickShelf Gallery | MichLUG | CLB
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Spears wrote:
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It’s just my opinion, so I don’t know how much it matters, but yeah, it seems
like it has too many colors. Right now it has white, blue, yellow, black, and
green (oh and brown details and a red sign). I think that if you replaced the
white on the first floor with black and made the roof all blue, it would look
nice. Not sure about the windows and door being green. I’d be curious to see
those in blue. (Unfortunately, I don’t think the windows you used come in
blue, or at least aren’t very commmon.)
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Good points... I tried a blue roof originally (no pics unfortunately...) and it
did look better on the building (as did taking away some yellow) but it made the
pier loose influence on the whole MOC so I went for loud for the sake of the
overall...
Thanks and God Bless,
Nathan
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In lugnet.castle, Chris Gray wrote:
> "Nathan Todd" <njt@london.com> writes:
>
> > I present Cliffton Castle:
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> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=132453
>
> > Pics of the 20 odd interiors (with some location references) can be
> > found <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=132475 here>
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> I like it a lot. The big thing for me is the feel of a living community.
> The variety of structures helps there as does the landscaping. The town on
> a hill feel is very effective.
>
> Good interiors too, but I couldn't satisfy one of my favorite pastimes of
> trying to figure out how a minifig gets everywhere. :-)
Thanks for the comments! Rest assured there are stairs, doors, access
etc.. to everywhere, they just don't make for as interesting pics to the average
observer ; )
Thanks again and God Bless,
Nathan
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Hi all,
I present Cliffton Castle:
(pic=link
to gallery) deeplinks at bottom of post : )
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I’m not a castle guy, but this is very impressive. I like the inclusion of
water and trees as natural elements. The building style incorporating stone and
wood buildings is very nice. And of course the inclusion of all the little
details like depicting people in the streets puts it all over the top.
Very nicely done.
Jeff
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Hi all,
I present Cliffton Castle:
(pic=link
to gallery) deeplinks at bottom of post : )
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Hey Nathan, there is alot to like in here: aysmetrical castle, giant beacon,
water feature, sculpted terrain...and plenty of action to please the mainline
hot weather crowd. Excellent attention to detail throughout. My personal
favorites are the harbor...that rock jetty, and the dirt path that leads up to
the castle. Good stuff Nathan.
-Keith
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Findley wrote:
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I’m not a castle guy, but this is very impressive. I like the inclusion of
water and trees as natural elements. The building style incorporating stone
and wood buildings is very nice. And of course the inclusion of all the
little details like depicting people in the streets puts it all over the top.
Very nicely done.
Jeff
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Thanks much! Pleased to build something that can be appreciated across heavily
defended theme frontiers ; )
God Bless,
Nathan
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In lugnet.castle, Keith Goldman wrote:
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Hey Nathan, there is alot to like in here: aysmetrical castle, giant beacon,
water feature, sculpted terrain...and plenty of action to please the mainline
hot weather crowd. Excellent attention to detail throughout. My personal
favorites are the harbor...that rock jetty, and the dirt path that leads up
to the castle. Good stuff Nathan.
-Keith
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Thanks a lot... You pinned all my favs almost in the same order! Glad to see it
came across : )
God Bless,
Nathan
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Hi all,
I present Cliffton Castle:
(pic=link
to gallery) deeplinks at bottom of post : )
Cliffton Castle, known locally as the ‘Castle of Three Trees’ (all
right, there are six trees if you want to be picky...), is an outpost of the
great Black Knight Empire. It serves primarily as a heavily fortified beacon
post • -snip-
.Pirates because of the building style and warf...
.loc.in because that is where the MOC currently resides...
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Magnificent creation!
I love the beacon, the waterfront and the general cramped/busy-ness of the whole
settlement.
What you need, of course, is a really nice ship to park at that wharf! ;-)
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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In lugnet.castle, Nathan Todd wrote:
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Hi all,
I present Cliffton Castle:
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Nathan,
This rocks! Even though you took a lot of pictures, I’m finding it frustrating,
because of all that you included, I would just want to spend a very long time
looking at it in person.
It’s an incredible MOC, very well integrated, how long did it take you to build
it?
Thanks,
George
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In lugnet.castle, Richie Dulin wrote:
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Magnificent creation!
I love the beacon, the waterfront and the general cramped/busy-ness of the
whole settlement.
What you need, of course, is a really nice ship to park at that wharf! ;-)
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Thanks! Funny you would want to ruin it with a ship (LOL). I considerd this for
a while but it would have to be very small so as not to dwarf the dock and I am
not as skilled as ‘some’ in that department...
Thanks again and God Bless,
Nathan
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In lugnet.castle, George Haberberger wrote:
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Nathan,
This rocks! Even though you took a lot of pictures, I’m finding it
frustrating, because of all that you included, I would just want to spend a
very long time looking at it in person.
It’s an incredible MOC, very well integrated, how long did it take you to
build it?
Thanks,
George
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A lot of pics I know... but I found it frustrating to capture ‘being
there’... It definately looks better in person but you could say the same of
many MOCs.
Incidently, you replying makes me consider the greatness of Lugnet...
3 years ago I posted my first MOCs to .castle
http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=11832 and you replied... Since then with all
the great comments and inspiration Lugnet has helped me improve steadily.
Oh, it took just over a month and a half to complete...
Thanks and God Bless,
Nathan
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