How to Make a Lego Castle

Want to make a Lego Castle? Using LEGO castle kits is the conventional way to build a Lego castle, but making one from your own design is an even more rewarding project. Original Lego castles vary in design, construction and details and are as unique as the hobbyists who build them. The best way to learn how to make a LEGO castle is simply to work with Lego bricks and continue to improve your designs. For Lego novices, here are some basic Lego castle building tips.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Large Collection of Lego bricks and pieces
• Imagination and creativity
• Time

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   Decide on a LEGO castle design. You can sketch the castle design and layout before you begin to build, or simply start construction with an idea in mind and tweak it as you go. To make an original LEGO castle, you can modify existing LEGO castle kits or create one completely from scratch. Look at pictures of castles for ideas.

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   Construct the Lego castle, using a large enough platform to give you room to make the castle and a scene around the base. Gather your Lego bricks and build your original castle. It's really an art, so there is no specific step-by-step when it comes to the particulars of building your Lego castle.

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   Build the interior floors and add accessories as you build the castle. It's usually easier to build an entire floor at once (interior and exterior) before moving to the next story; often, this is the only feasible method.

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   Add to the detail of your Lego castle interior as ideas come to you. Read up on castle life for inspiration.

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   Lego castle scene

   Create action scenes in your Lego castle; for example, Lego soldiers pouring boiling oil on intruding armies.

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   Lego castle landscaping

   Make a landscape scene and include animals, such as a cow or horse, outside the Lego castle on the platform piece. Use trees and shrubbery pieces to make the exterior as realistic as the inside of your Lego castle.

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   See resources, below, for LEGO designs, books, sites, castle sets and more.

Tips & Warnings

• Join the forums at Classic Castle online to meet other MOC Lego castle builders.
• Create a photo gallery album on Brickshelf to store your Lego castle pics for others to see.
• See resources, below, for LEGO castle sets.
• Lego castles are addicting, and can be expensive when you buy vintage and classic Lego castle pieces online. You've been warned!

Resources

• Lego Books
• Lego Castle Sets
• Lego Knight's Kingdom King's Castle 10176
• Lego Castle Sets and Lots on eBay
• George's Brickshelf Gallery
• The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (Illustrated)
• Classic Castle Lego Castle Site

[Meri]

on 3/4/2009 What a fun article! We have a huge Rubbermaid bin in the basement with the kids Legos in it. Cheap Entertainment.

[ScarlettOHairy]

on 2/21/2009 This is great! My grandson is OBSESSED with all things Lego. He reads instructions online when he's not building. And he's only 5. I think in a few years he'll be designing for Lego! 5*

[bossypants]

on 11/30/2008 Had to read this because my uncle and I used to build Lego buildings. It was soooooo long ago, there were no "kits," just bricks! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[prism]

on 11/27/2008 Great information! My kid is really into Lego's. Amazing what can be made with them. When it comes to castles they are all so cool and unique!