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Herenbosch

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The Crusader fort at Herenbosch is visited by a strange messenger bringing unwelcome news.

About this creation

Front view of the fort, showing the hardpoints that were added to counter new siege strategies using cannons.

The spearhead shape of the hardpoints makes it hard for attackers to get a perpendicular shot on the walls with cannons, while allowing the defenders to have interlocking fields of fire.

Eventually the Crusaders garrisoning this castle hope to make a complete star-shape all around the castle to protect them from gunfire.

The back side of the castle, being raised on cliffs is to be upgraded last, solid rock is as good a defense as any.

The great hall is built on the highest part of the rocks.

A view of some of the buildings within the castle's walls.

A witch and a wizard decide to settle their differences with a challenging game of rock-paper-scissors. Well, their own version of it.

Some elaborately decorated windows in the thick solid stone wall of one of the buildings in the fort.

There's still a trebuchet on one of the hardpoints of the old wall, which has much smaller crenelations more suitable to position archers behind than cannons, like the new crenelations on the outer wall. This is the old part of the castle.

Some of the smaller civilian buildings.

The old chapel sticking out of a part of the great hall.

Front view of the chapel, also showing the statue in front of it.

Here's a good view of the wing plates to make the right angle for the walls without creating gaps in the wallwalks. This technique is used all over the castle with different sized wing plates for different angles.
It's all connected with hinge plates.

Top view of the new outer courtyard created between the new outer walls and the old inner walls.

Top view looking down on the inner courtyard (tiled) and the outer courtyard (grass).

Top view of the whole thing, showing the star shape of the front part of the castle.

The messenger and his two companions that are visiting the castle to bring their Emperor's terms: We will take this castle peacefully or by force.

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The Lego Animal (Jay Rhum)

February 1, 2012

Fantastic build!

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afolbook by baz

November 5, 2011

I don't know where to look first : ) I have to wonder where you started building this, was it planned or you kept adding bits? It looks cool

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justin dale

November 27, 2010

i really like the 2 square towers

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Mudskipper 4

September 30, 2010

Hey, good job on this castle creation! She looks of older styling, but well designed.

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Tom Simon

April 22, 2010

Might you be the lego wizard?

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Aliencat *

March 17, 2010

Thanks for all the great replies everyone :)

Quoting mathijs teunissen He man, Ik ben ook nederlands! Ik heb je wel eens ontmoet.Je was op LEGO world 2009 met je 'Town with subway' Ik ben een grote fan! He, heb je misschien wat instructies voor mij. Ik zou dat geweldig vinden. Mathijs Teunissen, Gouda

Hallo Mathijs, dat klopt, op LEGO World 2009 stond ik inderdaad met deze MOC: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/162509 Gaaf dat je hem gezien hebt en je dat herinnert. Ik sta sowieso elk jaar op LEGO World, dus kom straks in oktober ook even langs voor een praatje :) Wat voor instructies zou je nodig hebben? Ik denk voor iets groots als dit kasteel dat het ontzettend veel werk is om instructies te maken, waar ik de tijd niet voor heb, maar voor bepaalde delen ervan als je je afvraagt hoe het gemaakt is, wil ik daar best over uitweiden. Mijn e-mail adres vind je op mijn hoofdpagina hier op MOCpages als je vragen hebt of contact op wilt nemen. Groeten, Sebastiaan

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mathijs teunissen

March 16, 2010

He man, Ik ben ook nederlands! Ik heb je wel eens ontmoet.Je was op LEGO world 2009 met je 'Town with subway' Ik ben een grote fan! He, heb je misschien wat instructies voor mij. Ik zou dat geweldig vinden. Mathijs Teunissen, Gouda

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Jack Riveorput

January 8, 2010

:) This is inspiring.

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david drake

December 12, 2009

this is some top-notch design work you have here! I love the perfect joints you have all over the place, with no gaps. Nice job. Where is this?

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Super Guy

December 8, 2009

Haha W.O.W. dude i hope to aspire to this some day. :)

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Aleyd Lubeck

August 1, 2009

Simply Awesome!! Blown away...

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hopeso 009

May 9, 2009

VERY GOOD~~~ MASTER BUILDER you are

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legodac Theoneandonly

May 4, 2009

Wow, Wow, Wow, a Master builder I've met

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Mingo S.

April 28, 2009

Great design, everything in this creation is amazing!

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Alex Macdonald

April 26, 2009

wow.your creations are amazing i dont know how you do it.i rate all of your creations a 5

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Space Pirate

April 26, 2009

Wow, that's huge! I like the design of the wall, you don't see that very often, actually it's the first time I saw that made of Lego! ^^

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Aliencat *

April 11, 2009

Thanks a lot for the compliments, everyone! :) It's very much appreciated!

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Jackie Woods

April 10, 2009

I stumbled on this because I was searching for stone walls. Yours are great. Love the star. Great work.

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Sebeus I

March 31, 2009

Prachtig kasteel, ik vind vooral de vestingsmuren met de kanonnen leuk, schitterend werk.

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A&B Otters

February 21, 2009

Wow, this is great. Check out my MOCs. Oh wait, did someone say that already? Bummer!!!... Enough with the sarcasm (for now); all I can really say is that this is an absolutely wonderful creation. I LOVE the architecture of the fortress, your star design is really a unique touch... Your MOCs always have something extra special about them, keep it up!!!

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Giorgio Chronas

February 15, 2009

I liked this castle the first time I saw it (when it appeared at CCCVI). I knew this is a winner. By the way getting the pics cleaned must have been some work...

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Brian Marreel

February 1, 2009

Wow! Nice details! And the number one of CCCVI Castle :D!

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Ben Gibbons

January 21, 2009

Woah. Thats is cool. How'd you make the catapult. I'd really like to know how.

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James W.

January 19, 2009

very nice!

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Googoo The Great --CROWS ELITE-- VETERAN=-Neo Duke-=

January 17, 2009

wow that is kewl/ check out my mocs

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Marijn .M

January 9, 2009

My comment is already on CC... but eh. The best castle ever built! you beat sava's Ulmaris ;)

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Professor Eggplant

January 9, 2009

I already commented on this over at CC, but want to reiterate: nice mottling!

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Garth Danielson

January 8, 2009

Boy, you get a nice place and some nogoodnic has to come by and try to move on it. What a world. Nice place. When I was a boy we lived in Churchill and the old fort there used those hardpoints. My mother had an ashtray in it's original shape. I wonder what ever happened to that. Thanks for the inspiration. see ya. garth

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Bluesecrets .

January 8, 2009

As I said before, star castles are amazing! I love your details.