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[Kidiri]

Acropolis, anyone? For details about the individual building plans, browse Wikipedia and Google.

[Othob Rithol]

quote:Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>That looks very complex...   Certainly a contender for those who are more insane than most.  You wouldn't happen to know where to get the layout of it, would you?  It might be a bit difficult to build from that picture alone.</STRONG>

I have a small figurine of the castle that I could use, but I will do some digging for the lay out. Google Earth would give an accurate representation, since the castle does not have extensive works underground/there is not a lot of the castle that overlaps. However, there is a rather extreme change in elevation which would be mostly lost.

Here are some more resources:

here

and here

The second has a copy of the actual tour pamphlet, with a really good side view. From that you can see that the castle is large enough to be a complete fortress, with no real underground areas other than mines/quarries.

Several other Scottish castles might be of interest as well.

The Rhine Valley is of course synonymous with castles. You can find a short list  here.

I have tried several times to make my entrance/trade area like Die Pfalz but usually abandon due to the river flow lag.

The castles of spain offer some really good examples of both Spanish and Moorish architecture. The Spanish styles are particularly good for DF as right angles are common.

Another good challenge might be to use a map that like 2x10 or more and build a Great Wall.

Failed to mention: English Castles (Leeds, St Michael's)Japanese Castles (but the embellishment is impossible to recreate), Russian, Korean, French, Templar, Arabian etc etc etc.

[ April 07, 2008: Message edited by: Othob Rithol ]

[AlienChickenPie]

I started planning a monolithic fortress, to be carved out of a limestone mountain. The solution to the detail problem I mentioned earlier was to make things bigger without making the spaces bigger than necessary. All walls are 2-wide (which makes sense, as an engraving on one side shouldn't show up on the other. This is even more important considering I'm going to treat engravings as statues) and there's an empty ghost floor between actual used floors. This way, detail can be carved into the outer walls freely, and the building can reach an impressive size.

[Hypcso]

I still haven't tried to make a castle grounded in reality ( too much work ). But my latest limestone monstrosity of over 50k stones ( not counting the entire lower level, which I made out of mountain and then channeled out the entire mountain around it to give the illusion that it was built ) about qualifies I think =P

[Nesoo]

I can't remember if it had a name or not, but the Druid keep from Terry Brooks' various Shannara series would probably work. Heavily forested. Lots of secret passages and winding hallways. Hidden bolt holes. I even vaguely recall a giant furnace room that heated the whole place. I don't remember the specifics (just something about a pit of fire), but you could probably use a giant chamber with magma at the bottom to replicate it.

[ April 07, 2008: Message edited by: Nesoo ]

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

Was it Paranor? There is a book in my local library that shows a detailed illustration of the castle. It looks amazing, I think its called The world of shannara.

[Nesoo]

Yes, that's the name.