Castle of the Purple Wizards

[WesternOutlaw]

Just came across this very nice castle on Brickshelf. The actual name appears to be Purple Hills, but I'll call it the Castle of the Purple Wizards. This is very well done, and I have not seen this much purple used in a castle before.

Take a look:

Entire gallery: Purple Castle

[Hinckley]

my favorite detail is that the scarecrow isn't working...

[Brick Miner]

wow, that color palette works surprisingly well for the castle theme... i have to say this is great !!!

- BrickMiner

[Shakar]

I love it! Not only it is huge, but it is extremely well done and uses a surprisingly good colour palette. The only thing that I'm not sure about is how the part with the big tower is placed diagonally. I don't know, it just doesn't look good to me.

Shakar

[Starwars4J]

I LOVE this. Not only for the colors, or the scale and scope, or even the high level of detail and creative building techniques! I love it for the technique used for roof tiling *wub*

[Asuka]

Yep, this one is a real architectonical masterpiece, especially with that north west tower.

It

[Peoples_General]

One of the best looking Castles I've seen!

Tons of purple there.

[Bonaparte]

This is a very nice castle and a great find.

But if this were mine, I would replace the purple by black or red.

[WesternOutlaw]

I'm not a big fan of purple, but I think that it really sets this castle apart from others. The purple is very unique and captures the eye. With black or red, it would look a lot like other large castles.

Playmobil just came out with a new Barbarian Castle sub-theme (at least in the last year). The theme also uses purple:

[Bonaparte]

I'm not a big fan of purple, but I think that it really sets this castle apart from others. The purple is very unique and captures the eye. With black or red, it would look a lot like other large castles.

The purple certainly doesn't look bad on this castle. That's not the problem.

But I like everything to be "historical correct". Of course, this is just a personal preference of me.

And I can not image a castle with purple roofs :-D

[Wout]

Oy yeah, I saw this castle one or two years ago on Brickshelf.

It's very good.

[zero1312]

Now that's a great creation. It really looks like a super-rare exclusive set, it's just that good. *y*

[Brick Miner]

But I like everything to be "historical correct". Of course, this is just a personal preference of me.

talk about taking all the fun out of it :-P ;-)

besides, wizards aren

[WesternOutlaw]

I think that the only set I have with purple pieces is the Harry Potter Bus.

[Athos]

I know I've seen this before, but it still looks great. I love that unusual color.

Steve

[Sir Dillon]

I've seen this a few times before, it's quite impressive. I actually really like the use of purple in the creation. I think it fits well with the wizards. There are also some really cool designs and shapes throughout.

[optimus-convoy]

Beautiful,

The purple really makes this stand out among other castle MOCs.

Nicely detailed too. :-)

[Minifig Lecturer]

I never saw this colour scheme used before but I must say it is impressive. And yes, the scarecrow is funny :-D

[Brainbox]

I've just noticed the pigs. Ha ha, cute.

The purple stands out, but isn't glaring. It seems almost magical, which obviously compliments the wizards. And I like purple.

And it might be really obvious, but where's the scarecrow? I can't see it.

[Sir Dillon]

And it might be really obvious, but where's the scarecrow? I can't see it.

Here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=985096

[Starwars4J]

I've just noticed the pigs. Ha ha, cute.

The purple stands out, but isn't glaring. It seems almost magical, which obviously compliments the wizards. And I like purple.

And it might be really obvious, but where's the scarecrow? I can't see it.

[Brainbox]

Ah, thanks. Not sure how I missed that.

Pretty funny, but I guess I knew what was coming seeing as how other people have commented and I've just sat here thinking "What scarecrow? Where?"

[Nothing]

I remember seeing this on Brickshelf like two years ago when I randomly searched prple. It is quite amazing, but that minifig is way too overused in the MOC.