I created this castle about a year ago today. It was started about last October or November and wasn't finished until February or March. If you're wondering what the texture pack is, it is called the
Fantasy Texture Pack.
West Side Castle (Front)
The main entrance into the castle is through the gates seen in the first photo on the far left (between the two towers). It has a fully operational gate that can be opened and shut by pulling a switch. The gate measures 12 blocks high by 9 blocks wide. The gate is able to work using a complex system of pistons that push the iron bars up from the ground to open it and then uses more pistons to push the gate down from the top to shut.
Special thanks to Duckfan87, who created the iron gate entrance and made it fully operational. A link to his YouTube channel will be at the bottom of the page.
East Side Castle (Back)
The back side of the castle overlooks a natural bay. Much of the structure is built into the seafloor. The East Side includes a ship docked in the port of the castle. The ship's sails show the red shield, representing the force of good. The red shield is from the texture pack, so I did not come up with the red shield idea.
Castle Courtyard
The courtyard is where you can enter any section of the castle. The greenery and decorations took some time to design. All of the trees in the courtyard are artificially made, meaning that they were all made by hand and not grown from saplings.
The Castle Ballroom
The ballroom is the biggest room in the castle, standing 4 stories tall (32 blocks tall). It includes an orchestra pit where a symphony can play waltzes. The ceiling has a giant dome with glowstone placed behind glass to give it the extra golden color. The floor has plenty of dance space and even has concessions on the side.
The Castle Foyer
The foyer is the first thing people would see of castle as they walked in. The curved platform standing in from of the columns is where the king would give his speeches as the people would stand below.
The Castle Throne Hall
Most people would refer to this as the "Throne Room" but a hall describes it a little better because of its size. The whole hall is shaped like a giant plus. The big circular windows are on all four ends of the intersection and are the same circular windows you can see from the outside.
The Castle Library
The library is found at the very top of the castle and has a passage to get onto the roof. Here people have access to good enchantment areas and even some relaxing spots for reading a book or two.
Castle Interior
The castle includes many other rooms other than the ones that are posted on this blog, but here are just some of the areas inside the castle. The first picture is of an outdoor hallway on the South side of the castle. The second picture is of a living area and the third picture is of the entrance to a hallway.
Underground Secret Passageways
What's a castle that doesn't have secret passages in it? This castle has a total of 4 secret passageways in it, all for different purposes. The first picture below is of a bridge leading to a nether portal and a seemingly bottomless pit below. The second picture is the jail cells are kept and where the entrance to the sewers is.
If you like this castle, please comment about it. I will have more posts of builds like this in the near future so come check them out. If you want to see the video to this castle on YouTube, click on the link below.
Click here to see on YouTube
Special thanks to all the people who helped make the castle which include:
WizadKat06
jackdabeast54
Edcer1
Duckfan87
Alpha Apolo17
The link to Duckfan87's channel is below.
Click here to visit Duckfan87's YouTube channel
