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It’s fall now in Ikros. The leaves are turning and the fields are being reaped.
Queen Alyia has just overseen final construction of the new castle at Lake
Halcyon. During her father Ulmerad’s rule over Ikros, the original Halcyon
Castle was destroyed in a great battle between the Ikrosian forces and those of
the Necromancer Ethelred. The nearby village of Halcyon Lake and the surrounded
farmland have remained unguarded ever since. But now, through her public works
projects, Halcyon Castle has been rebuilt, bigger and better than ever.
The castle sits in Lake Halcyon on a large man made rock hill, built over the
original Halcyon Castle foundation. The Castle once again serves its purpose as
the Royal Family’s summer home, and though it does not share all the comforts of
Illana Castle in Ikros’ Capital, it is still a grand fortress with all the
necessities.
Teaser picture:
Post mod Main Gallery can be found
HERE.
Post mod Castle Detail Gallery can be found
HERE.
Post mod
Courtyard Gallery can be found
HERE.
Post mod Village
Detail Gallery can be found
HERE.
Halycon Castle features:
1. Gatehouse: with Portcullis and four archer loops in the causeway and those
little holes that you pour oil through above it.
2. A total of 22 archer loops
throughout the castle itself.
3. A Royal bedchamber with fireplace and privey.
4. A guest room with fireplace.
5. A great hall with large fireplace.
6. Jail cell on third floor in the tower in the keep.
7. An Oubliette opening on the second floor of the keep (It’s a shaft with a
trap door you throw people down and forget about them, the word is modified
french for ‘to forget’)
8. A wine cellar with trellice and barrel stack, the
cellar is two bricks lower than the other parts of the first floor.
9. A rear
entrance to the keep from the outside, guarded by another port cullis, leading
to a boat dock.
10. a Forestair
11. Every location on the castle is accessible
by stairs or ladder.
12. The castle is fully modular. The curtain walls are
only attached to the towers by the flared tower bases and the baseplates they
sit on. The towers and keep have been built upon baseplates, which all sit upon
a tile/brick support structure inside the hill. The hill comes apart in it’s 4
48x48 large grey baseplate components, none of which are permanently connected
together.
Halcyon Castle’s Courtyard features:
1. Stable
2. Barracks with
3. Kitchen
4. Smokehouse
5. Rose Arbor
6. Well
Halcyon Village features:
1. Gustav’s Post Mill
2. Blacksmith
3. Wheelwright
4. Baker
5. Milkmaid and Jersey Cow (with barn accessory)
6. Beekeeper and Beehives
7. Wheat harvest with scythes
8. Vineyard
9. Well
10. Modular terrain
This is bar none my best Castle MOC I’ve ever created (I count Formeathan 2.0 as
a Fantasy MOC). I am extremely proud of the final product. Pictures do not do
it justice.
I have had a lot of help with this creation. Whether it be through inspiration
or direct comments, I thank everyone invovled, but especially my fiancee’
Christina, who not only put up with me through this whole thing, but also built
parts of it as well (including furnishing all the furnished buildings)!
Enjoy, and LMKWYT!
--Anthony (and Christina)
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| (...) That is an amazing MOC. The castle is amazing, the village is amazing, it's all amazing. Well done. I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures. I really like how you did the terrain too. Lots of wonderful MOC's in the village, and lots of (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Anthony, Wonderful as usual, it pains me that I can't see this in person and spend a few hours really appreciating the details. An Aggie, huh? I was just in Houston, and a friend was talking about the Aggie Mafia and how it helps. Thanks, (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Snippage (...) Wow. Fantastic detail. I love that the buildings are set at different angles and I love the "chicks" :0). The stable in particular caught my attention. Very nice. All in all a great build!! Mike (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote: (URL) Really nice work Anthony! Such an elegant idea, I'm surprised no one has done it before. Really nice execution. Attn LEGO: look what you can do with regular old bricks. Kids would love it (and parents (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Well done Anthony and Christina. This design is truly overwhelming. There are too many details to mention them all, so I'll just say that those autumn trees are wonderful, and the rest of the design is in keeping with them. I especially like your (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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