The palette

Stone bricks everywhere, cobblestone and moss at the foot, cracked bricks higher up, dark slate roofs and red flags. A castle is one stone: the variety comes from weathering, and the red is saved for the flags and banners.

Techniques

• Walls, towers, keep
• Weathering from the ground up
• Parapets and battlements
• Cone roofs
• Moat and drawbridge
• Life inside

The steps

1. Foundations
2. Dig the moat
3. Moat banks and water
4. Curtain walls
5. Curtain walls
6. Curtain walls
7. Curtain walls
8. Curtain walls
9. Curtain walls
10. Curtain walls
11. Curtain walls
12. Wall plinth
13. Corner towers
14. Corner towers
15. Corner towers
16. Corner towers
17. Corner towers
18. Corner towers
19. Tower parapets
20. Tower parapets
21. Tower parapets
22. Tower roofs
23. Tower roofs
24. Tower roofs
25. Flags
26. Gatehouse
27. Gatehouse
28. Gatehouse
29. Portcullis and arms
30. Gatehouse battlements
31. Walkway and battlements
32. Keep: walls
33. Keep: walls
34. Keep: walls
35. Keep: walls
36. Keep: pilasters
37. Keep: floors
38. Keep: floors
39. Keep: inner walls
40. Keep: roof
41. Keep: roof
42. Keep: turrets and chimney
43. Keep: turrets and chimney
44. Great hall: long tables
45. Great hall: long tables
46. Great hall: long tables
47. Great hall: long tables
48. Great hall: fireplace
49. Great hall: fireplace
50. Great hall: chandeliers
51. Kitchen
52. Stairs to the first floor
53. Stairs to the first floor
54. Stairs to the first floor
55. Throne room: dais and thrones
56. Throne room: dais and thrones
57. Throne room: runner and banners
58. Throne room: runner and banners
59. Throne room: runner and banners
60. Throne room: chandelier
61. Lord's bedroom
62. Lord's bedroom
63. Courtyard paths
64. Well
65. Forge
66. Stables
67. Stairs to the walls
68. Lanterns and crates
69. Drawbridge
70. Road and lamps

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