Nordana Castle, Great Hall

[Gideon]

Nordana castle is located in Avalonia and is the ancient seat of the earls of Norshire, from which Sir Gideon the half-elf has his human blood through his mother (as described in my character intro).

This is the eastern tower and great hall of Nordana Castle. The great hall stands on the same place as the ancient wooden hall of the earls of Norshire, who later built the stone castle on the site. Sometimes the castle still is refered to by it's old name 'Nordana Hall'.

Other modules of the same castle:

South Tower

Gatehouse

North Tower

Great hall.

Eastern tower.

Great hall, front and statue.

Entrance to cellar underneath great hall (inspired by a similar cellar under half the great hall of Conwy castle).

The Master-at-Arms yelling at the troops.

A servant is going down to the well to fetch more water to the kitchen.

Stacking supplies due to the rumors of upcoming conflict within Avalonia.

Stained glass window, detail.

Together with the north tower.

For this build, I'd like to claim the following University of Petraea credits:

- General building: Stained glass

- Anthropology: Life in Avalonia

Fourth and final module for my Swebrick Medieval community build castle, adapted for the Guilds of Historica setting.

Edit: Picture of the whole castle finally uploaded.

Edit 2: Moved pictures of the whole castle to the top of the post since ZC linked to this topic (thank you!) from the frontpage.

Edited February 17, 2014 by Gideon

[Infernum]

Wow! Thus might be my favorite section! I love the rockwork and architecture!

[HammerBro]

The red roof looks great! The attention to detail is mind-blowing, just amazing work! I particularly like the decoration of 1x2 and 1x3 tiles on the door.

[Gideon]

Thanks!

I'm angry at myself for not noticing that one of the merlons (on the small protruding platform) wasn't attached properly. Fortunately I had a couple of good shots of the module where it was not visible but it limited the camera angles.

As this was originally not intended to be displayed by itself, I had to do some quite extensive editing on the first picture. Can anyone notice where I did it?

[MKJoshA]

I love the statue, the red roof, and the stairs coming off the ramparts. This is as amazing as the rest!

[IenjoyLego89]

Its just amazing! Well done Gideon, can't wait to see all the modules together

[StickFig]

The great hall made me think immediately of the chapel at Coburg Castle. Really nice build.

[TheUtilityBelt]

I love all the Nordana builds youve done! I wish I had more bricks. Could you do a shot with all of 'em together?

[gedren_y]

UoP DoH +1 on both credits, as always. Any more parts?

[Gideon]

Nope, that was finally all four parts. Now I just need to finish some pictures of the whole castle

[TheUtilityBelt]

UoP DoH +1 on both credits. Love the ramparts and tree!

[Lord Vladivus]

This is amazing! Excellent build! Love the stairs down to the cellar, and the red roof provides a cunning focal point for the build! Looking forward to seeing all four together!

[Kai NRG]

Excellent job! +1 for your UP credits, the landscaping outside the wall is particularly good!

[mrcp6d]

I'm digging those doors a lot. The dark brown/reddish brown works well.

[DrColossus]

This is great stuff. I've loved all the modules so far but this is one I would want to live in.

If you don't mind teaching a technique, can I ask about the stained glass? Looks like trans studs pushed through a fence. If so, how is the fence attached behind the wall?

[Rogue Angel]

All of your modules have been incredible, and this is my favorite section as well. I love everything about it and all the little details. Any chance of seeing this at Brickworld?

[Alfadas]

I like this section the best! Great detailing, it is just amazing. Excellent work!

[robuko]

Beautiful. As always your presentation and photography are exceptional, the minifig choices are fantastic. I like particularly the restrained colour use, the doors (will remember that one for future usage!) and the stairs. +1 UoP both claims.

[narbilu]

What a great build... the detail is fantastic and still so clean and serene. I might hire your stoneworker and architect for the castle I was planning. You are defenately ready for the upcoming Drows.

[Yooha]

Oh, there are 4 of them! All of them looks great, maybe this is my favourite. That soldier as he leans back when his superoir yells to him :)

[Kayne]

Very cool again, I really wish I had seen this in person! +1 for both claims

[Torgar]

Awesome great hall, the red roof is really nice. The scale of the build with this level of detail is really impressive.

[Gideon]

Thank you!

If you don't mind teaching a technique, can I ask about the stained glass? Looks like trans studs pushed through a fence. If so, how is the fence attached behind the wall?

You are correct that these are transparent pieces put in the lattice. On some windows I used 8x8 plates with grille, which I simply attached to bricks with studs on the sides. On the smaller windows I used fences, which I attached to headlight bricks if I remember correctly (might have been 1x1 with stud on the side also).

All of your modules have been incredible, and this is my favorite section as well. I love everything about it and all the little details. Any chance of seeing this at Brickworld?

Sorry, I can't see any way I would get this all the way to the far side of the Atlantic and back...

But it's going to be on display at Bella Center in Copenhagen Thursday-Sunday this week at the fanzone on Lego World 2014

I'll be there myself Saturday and Sunday, anyone else going there?

Beautiful. As always your presentation and photography are exceptional, the minifig choices are fantastic. I like particularly the restrained colour use, the doors (will remember that one for future usage!) and the stairs. +1 UoP both claims.

I like that door technique quite a lot as you might have noticed

A lot of this castle was built using the same techniques many times, as I didn't have time to experiment with new techniques for different parts. I tried to vary the arrow slits somewhat, but as you can see I quite fell in love with those cross-shaped ones with 1x1 and 1x2 cheese slopes.

Oh, there are 4 of them! All of them looks great, maybe this is my favourite. That soldier as he leans back when his superoir yells to him :)

It's actually one castle which I just divided into modules to be able to transport it to the exhibitions. But I photographed them as four separate builds so that the angles and details obscured by the other modules should be possible to see. Photographing builds of that moderate size is also way easier, as I don't have to do almost any post-processing except correcting color balance and contrast.

Very cool again, I really wish I had seen this in person! +1 for both claims

It's not torn down yet! If I can live without these bricks for another year I might keep this castle intact a while longer, to be able to include it in our next iteration of our Swebrick Medieval CB. I also have some ideas for improvements, especially the original idea was to include more buildings on the courtyard which I didn't have time to build (the tree was a way to fill in that gap). But I suppose you still would have to come to Sweden or Denmark to see it then too

[Gunman]

What a beauty overall... Lovely Castle Great detail everywhere.... Lovely colour sheme... I really like the statue. Great attention to detail... You rock

[janatale]

The servant going down to the well is an awesome picture! The rocky steps look incredible, the picture quality is great and based on the minifigure's posing and details, I can just feel how difficult his task is. I love all the details of this build and from the minifigures. It really makes the build come alive.