The LEGO Castle Book

The LEGO Castle Book

Build Your Own Mini Medieval World
by Jeff Friesen
August 2019, 208 pp.
ISBN-13: 
9781718500167
4-Color, Hardcover

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“This may just be the most beautiful LEGO book ever published. It really is stunning.”
Brickset

 

Filled with stunning photos, step-by-step instructions, and creative ideas for customization, The LEGO Castle Book shows you how to build mini castles complete with moats, drawbridges, gatehouses, and more! Build a castle using basic bricks or make one of the six master builds. Create your own medieval village with windmills, taverns, and chapels. Travel through the history of castle architecture and learn how to build walls, towers, gates, and keeps.

Whether your goal is to add realistic details like crenellations, turrets, and parapets to your designs or to create a believable medieval setting, you’ll find endless inspiration in The LEGO Castle Book.

Includes complete parts list and building instructions for 6 castle master builds:

  • Sleeping Dragon
  • Land’s End
  • River Gate
  • Winter Palace
  • Eight Arches
  • Mountain Kingdom
Author Bio 

Jeff Friesen is a world-renowned photographer and LEGO enthusiast. His LEGO Instagram (@jeff_works) has over 13,000 followers. Friesen is the author of LEGO Micro Cities (No Starch Press). He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Table of contents 

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

Reviews 

“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

"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