Project description :
Welcome back to the middle ages with this project "the Castle in the Forest".
I'm very proud to present to you this beautiful forestmen castle. This model has almost 2000 parts and is build in three sections. Each part is inspired by one of the forestmen sets from the 90s.
The model has a lot of play features : it has a gate door that opens, a secret escape passage through a fake fire place, there is a trapdoor. Many parts open up to allow you to get inside.
There many details inside : a bed, tables, a cooking place, many candles and lots of extra weapons to defend your castle !
The model has 6 minifigures : 3 forestmen, 1 peasant and 2 black falcon knights.
There are also some animals included : an owl, a horse, a bird and a frog.
Check out my YouTube video to see how everything works !
This model will come with some stickers. One of the stickers is placed inside the castle and it represents a painting of a forestmen with his bow. This is an homage to my first and favourite forestmen minifigure. On his face I added a small beard like I have myself.
I really want to give a big thanks to Nick Royer, the designer of the "space troopers" project. Nick has done an awesome job helping me with the designs of the stickers. Don't forget to check out his project !
About the designer :
I'm Daniel VAN ZONNEVELD, I am 37 years old and I live in France.
Around the age of 4 I discovered the Lego bricks and very quickly it became my favourite hobby.
In the early 90s I got a small set with 6 castle minifigures including my first 2 forestmen. When I got those I knew I had found my favourite minifigures. Especially the forestmen with the yellow plume who had a bow and arrow.
I wanted to find more forestmen sets, but at that time these sets were already retiring. I could get my hands on only one other forestmen set. Since then, I hoped that the forestmen theme would one day return...
A dream I didn’t really expect to come true. But not only it is really coming true, I'm designing the set myself to make it come true. That's just beyond words !
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