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Sorcerer's tower on the left - I have an enchanting table setup there, as I'm typing this, I should probably sneak the nether portal somewhere in there too, I will probably spend hours spiraling a staircase down through the rock beneath the tower just to add something that will never be seen again, but that's just me... XD

Then you can see the two main walls stretching sideways from the main defensive wall, which actually has a really sweet interior with chandeliers and shit like that, I originally intended this to be the main cosy area of the castle, but then i thought it would be too easy to get a hold of the castle if the living area was so close to the entrance, so now I consider it a defensdive point inside out, but the chandeliers are still there, I spent too much time on them to tear them down, and they are functional, so...

The main wall has two levels for archers to shoot from, a lower level tucked away on the inside, protected from the elements, and one exposed, right behind the jagged edge of the wall.

There also is a shooting range and "to-be-training-ground" for men in arms right behind the main wall on the left side of the picture, and there is an intricate system of staircases and walkways behind the right half of the main wall, for people to get around and make different parts of the castle accessible on foot. There also is a platform thingy with a well somewhere back there, but I'm not sure whether it's visible or not, I only have a small picture to look at as I'm typing this XD

I also want to have a jousting place somewhere back there, I'll have to find a spot for it where people could watch this chivalrous event from an elevated area.

The owner of the castle would live in the tall towerhouse on the right, that's the last addition to this build. I was actually considering tearing the entire "block" down, it looked too plain and the surfaces were too big, but then i added the four lookout towers in the corners and the center "tower" to cap it off, and that helped immensely with integrating it into the build. I am now working on the interior of it, I am experimenting with archways and decorated cielings to add to the medieval feel of the inside and to emphasize the welth of the owner.

I am planning to have a storage area underneath the building in the right corner.

Also, I hate minecraft towers with ladders in them, so all towers in this castle have a propper staircase, with evenly spaced niches for torches in the walls. some are claustrophobic, some are quite spacious, but all the towers have staircases. There is not a single ladder used whatsoever. XD

The bridgetowers will probably be open on top defensive towers, even though I am debating putting roofs some of the towers in the back, but I am not sure yet.

I want this castle to be self- sufficient, so I will have to find a place for stables, inn/kitchen, smith and probably other craftsmen/providers, preferably inside the castle wall. I also want to fit a large-ish, but still moderately-sized church/cathedral in the far right corner, and probably a couple more towers in the back. I am debating wheether to add a farm section with lifestock and some modest field for crops on the inside of the wall, or whether this should be in tha plain on the other side of the river. I really want this castle to be self-sufficient, because my history class was full of castles getting starved into submission,. having the food outside the wall means no food when bad people come and burn all the things.... I am still uncertain how bold I want to be with the builds on the other side of the river where I'm planning to put a village eventually... or rather a small trading town with a rich district with a port for trading ships and houses of the merchants and nobility with a marker place, and then a poor district with small houses and fields and farms and craftsmen and things... the plain in question is not in view, because there is nothing there yet. XD

If you have any ideas for things I need to fit inside the castle wall, let me know in the comments, I can go quite a ways back to extend the castle towards the horizon. XD

I wanted to have a jail somewhere in there, and/or a medieval torture chamber, but I don't know where to put it, the only place where it would fit is under the main building on the right, which doesn't seem like that good of an idea actually, I already envisioned to have the storage area there, and I have a specific idea for the jail windows which I could not do there... so the only hopes for that is puting it in one of the back wall towers which are not in place yet.

i also wanted to sneak in a mine/quarry somewhere near by... I was thinking that the next time I am building a castle (I am a medieval/fantasy builder, I think vanilla minecraft lends itself for these sorts of builds, I am going to find a place with a nice ravine, have a mine there, with scaffolfing and stuff, maybe I should TNT a huge freaking chasm into the ground and have some fun with KABOOMing everything into smithereens, but I'll save this for the next time..., I have had enough TNT fun already, I had to custom-carve the river so the bridge actually makes sense... Yes, I actually built the entrance to the castle like twenty blocks above the ground, with the bridge extending into mid air... XD You can already see the town on the other side of the bridge is going to have a similar setup of "twin towers" with a bridge connecting to the castle. and there will be a moderately epic staircase leading up to it.

Over all, I quite like how tis castle is coming together, I only think I could have made it look much better if I actually knew what I was doing when I started... XD

It's quite an old build and many of the areas have been rebuilt several times, it doesn't have a solid style, as it became sort of a testing place for me, I am a kind of "build on the spot" builder, I have not made any plans whatsoever for this castle, it's also old as hell, I don't even remember when I started working on it and I have made little to no progress on it in the last months, because I lost inspiration.

I'm curious to see when I finish it though, if I ever finish it XD

It doesn't matter whether I'm gonnal like the final result, it's been a good creative outlet and it helped me to become better in minecraft building, so I hope I'll be able to pull something a bit more structured and hopefuly more epic-looking the next time I decide to build something

enough pointless ranting XD

If you are specifically interested in seeing any particular part of this thing, let me know in the comments

Description
Sorcerer's tower on the left - I have an enchanting table setup there, as I'm typing this, I should probably sneak the nether portal somewhere in there too, I will probably spend hours spiraling a staircase down through the rock beneath the tower just to add something that will never be seen again, but that's just me... XD

Then you can see the two main walls stretching sideways from the main defensive wall, which actually has a really sweet interior with chandeliers and shit like that, I originally intended this to be the main cosy area of the castle, but then i thought it would be too easy to get a hold of the castle if the living area was so close to the entrance, so now I consider it a defensdive point inside out, but the chandeliers are still there, I spent too much time on them to tear them down, and they are functional, so...

The main wall has two levels for archers to shoot from, a lower level tucked away on the inside, protected from the elements, and one exposed, right behind the jagged edge of the wall.

There also is a shooting range and "to-be-training-ground" for men in arms right behind the main wall on the left side of the picture, and there is an intricate system of staircases and walkways behind the right half of the main wall, for people to get around and make different parts of the castle accessible on foot. There also is a platform thingy with a well somewhere back there, but I'm not sure whether it's visible or not, I only have a small picture to look at as I'm typing this XD

I also want to have a jousting place somewhere back there, I'll have to find a spot for it where people could watch this chivalrous event from an elevated area.

The owner of the castle would live in the tall towerhouse on the right, that's the last addition to this build. I was actually considering tearing the entire "block" down, it looked too plain and the surfaces were too big, but then i added the four lookout towers in the corners and the center "tower" to cap it off, and that helped immensely with integrating it into the build. I am now working on the interior of it, I am experimenting with archways and decorated cielings to add to the medieval feel of the inside and to emphasize the welth of the owner.

I am planning to have a storage area underneath the building in the right corner.

Also, I hate minecraft towers with ladders in them, so all towers in this castle have a propper staircase, with evenly spaced niches for torches in the walls. some are claustrophobic, some are quite spacious, but all the towers have staircases. There is not a single ladder used whatsoever. XD

The bridgetowers will probably be open on top defensive towers, even though I am debating putting roofs some of the towers in the back, but I am not sure yet.

I want this castle to be self- sufficient, so I will have to find a place for stables, inn/kitchen, smith and probably other craftsmen/providers, preferably inside the castle wall. I also want to fit a large-ish, but still moderately-sized church/cathedral in the far right corner, and probably a couple more towers in the back. I am debating wheether to add a farm section with lifestock and some modest field for crops on the inside of the wall, or whether this should be in tha plain on the other side of the river. I really want this castle to be self-sufficient, because my history class was full of castles getting starved into submission,. having the food outside the wall means no food when bad people come and burn all the things.... I am still uncertain how bold I want to be with the builds on the other side of the river where I'm planning to put a village eventually... or rather a small trading town with a rich district with a port for trading ships and houses of the merchants and nobility with a marker place, and then a poor district with small houses and fields and farms and craftsmen and things... the plain in question is not in view, because there is nothing there yet. XD

If you have any ideas for things I need to fit inside the castle wall, let me know in the comments, I can go quite a ways back to extend the castle towards the horizon. XD

I wanted to have a jail somewhere in there, and/or a medieval torture chamber, but I don't know where to put it, the only place where it would fit is under the main building on the right, which doesn't seem like that good of an idea actually, I already envisioned to have the storage area there, and I have a specific idea for the jail windows which I could not do there... so the only hopes for that is puting it in one of the back wall towers which are not in place yet.

i also wanted to sneak in a mine/quarry somewhere near by... I was thinking that the next time I am building a castle (I am a medieval/fantasy builder, I think vanilla minecraft lends itself for these sorts of builds, I am going to find a place with a nice ravine, have a mine there, with scaffolfing and stuff, maybe I should TNT a huge freaking chasm into the ground and have some fun with KABOOMing everything into smithereens, but I'll save this for the next time..., I have had enough TNT fun already, I had to custom-carve the river so the bridge actually makes sense... Yes, I actually built the entrance to the castle like twenty blocks above the ground, with the bridge extending into mid air... XD You can already see the town on the other side of the bridge is going to have a similar setup of "twin towers" with a bridge connecting to the castle. and there will be a moderately epic staircase leading up to it.

Over all, I quite like how tis castle is coming together, I only think I could have made it look much better if I actually knew what I was doing when I started... XD

It's quite an old build and many of the areas have been rebuilt several times, it doesn't have a solid style, as it became sort of a testing place for me, I am a kind of "build on the spot" builder, I have not made any plans whatsoever for this castle, it's also old as hell, I don't even remember when I started working on it and I have made little to no progress on it in the last months, because I lost inspiration.

I'm curious to see when I finish it though, if I ever finish it XD

It doesn't matter whether I'm gonnal like the final result, it's been a good creative outlet and it helped me to become better in minecraft building, so I hope I'll be able to pull something a bit more structured and hopefuly more epic-looking the next time I decide to build something

enough pointless ranting XD

If you are specifically interested in seeing any particular part of this thing, let me know in the comments