The LEGO Castle Book
Build Your Own Mini Medieval World
Published on 27. August 2019
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-7185-0016-7 (ISBN)
Description
The LEGO Castle Book will show you how to build microscale-sized castles and miniature medieval realms. You'll learn a range of LEGO castle construction techniques, from basic to advanced, featuring designs from both real-world and fantasy castles. Jeff Friesen, author of the best-selling LEGO Micro Cities will show you how to customize your castles with towers and keeps, build landscapes featuring rolling hills and rivers, and bring villages to life with windmills, festival tents, and taverns.
Reviews / Votes
"It's really impressive to see what Jeff has done with some of these these builds. . . quite exciting, great to look at, very informative, and you should find a lot of inspiration from them."-Adam's Brick Junction
"This may just be the most beautiful LEGO book ever published. It really is stunning."
-Brickset
"Jeff's builds are beautifully presented not only in the images of complete creations but also for the instructions."
-BricksFanz
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Illustrations
190 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
889 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7185-0016-7 (9781718500167)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
08/2019
No Starch Press
€19.49
Available for download
Person
Jeff Friesen is an award-winning photographer and LEGO enthusiast whose work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. In 2017, he was awarded the Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year. He posts his popular LEGO photography on Instagram (@jeff_works). He is the author of LEGO Micro Cities (No Starch Press). Friesen lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: A History of Castles
Chapter 2: Building a Castle
Chapter 3: Castle Architecture
Chapter 4: Building a LEGO Castle
Chapter 5: Making a Medieval Village
Chapter 6: Sleeping Dragon
Chapter 7: Land's End
Chapter 8: River Gate
Chapter 9: Winter Palace
Chapter 10: Eight Arches
Chapter 11: Mountain Kingdom
Chapter 1: A History of Castles
Chapter 2: Building a Castle
Chapter 3: Castle Architecture
Chapter 4: Building a LEGO Castle
Chapter 5: Making a Medieval Village
Chapter 6: Sleeping Dragon
Chapter 7: Land's End
Chapter 8: River Gate
Chapter 9: Winter Palace
Chapter 10: Eight Arches
Chapter 11: Mountain Kingdom