Castle Builders' Page

1. Joe Vigliotti from Pennsylvania Joe has been a very enthusiastic castle builder since August 2001. He began with a rendition of the Fortified Bridge over the River Monnow in Monmouth, Wales, followed by the Keep at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northumberland, England. As he turns out castles, he promises he's also doing his homework. You can email him at GIJOE163@aol.com.


Monnow Bridge from the front.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne was completed in Sept. 2001 & was much larger.	Next came Hermitage in the Scottish Borders.	Joe's fourth castle was Ballytarsna in southern Ireland.


Then Joe built massive Castle Rising in England.	Here's Joe's sixth, Burg Leibenstein in Germany.	And then Ashford Castle in County Mayo, Ireland.	Joe would be about 25 in 2010 - I wonder what he's doing these days...

2. Jeremy Folkman from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jeremy just got inspired to build castles in March 2001. His first castle, the Duke of Albany's powerful Castle Doune in Stirlingshire, Scotland, can be seen below. If his wife doesn't murder him for taking out a second mortgage to buy plastic building blocks, you can expect great things from him! [Only kidding, of course!] Needless to say, this's not Jeremy sitting in the courtyard at Doune, but Alycia is much cuter and I couldn't resist. A new addition is due in May and it's NOT more Lego bricks! You can email him at jfolkman@ptigroup.com.


Jeremy followed my plan, substu=ituting brown roofs	and changing the courtyard buildings.	Second project: Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders	Powerful and forbidding... yet hospitable - great work!


Jeremy's striking third castle is Corgarff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.	The star-shaped courtyard was added in 1748.	Jermey's model of Criccieth Castle in Wales was completed...	...in February 2004, with Alycia and"new addition" Tristan.

3. Corey Gehman from Phoenix, Arizona Corey has just gotten back into Lego building in March 2002 after a twenty year hiatus. The stimulus was a robotic tape stacker he saw at a friend's home, but before he could start the project, he became intrigued with Lego castle possibilities. His model of Castle Rising in England, completed May 12, 2002 was his first project. He's also finished models of Bolton and Bunratty. He also sees skyscrapers and sees them built in Lego! You can email him at cgehman@cox.net and also see his models at http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=25732.


Corey's model of Castle Rising is an excellent first project!	His model of Bolton Castle has very interesting battlements.	Corey is still building with his Lego, but his projects have changed: here's his clocktower.	His Riberview Manor oozes southern hospitality!

4. Stephen Wroble from Michigan Stephen is a middle aged college professor who teaches art history as well as "interactive computer graphics", which he translates as "game design". His wife Karen is a writer and political analyst. Stephen's website is at http://www.swroble.com/Castles/Castles.html. It's filled with great games and graphics, as you would expect. Please visit his website, and if you are inclined, email him at swroble@swroble.com. Steve's website currently features 18 castles, but all the new ones seem to be computer generated.


Stephen' would probably say his fanciful project titled Castle Caeran...	...derives from the Brittonic. "caer" for hill or fort, but I personally believe he...	...named the very livable model in honor of his wife, Karen!


Stephen's beautiful castle in black is named Wroford.	Modelled after Orford Castle in Suffolk, England..	...it's unusual shape kept me from trying to build it!


His most recent model is the picturesque Aughnanure,...	...located near Loch Corrib in County Galway, Ireland.	I admire his dramatic use of black Lego in his castles...	...while I use mine mainly for infrastructure!

5. Daniel Vallauri from southern France Dan is a 34 year old Private Banker in Monte Carlo. He lives nearby, but is Italian by birth. A self described "Legohaulic" whose English is obviously excellent, he undertook one of the most famous and largest (!) castles in the world for his first project, the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria!! Fifteen months in the building (and waiting for orders of white Lego - like me with Neuschwanstein), the Krak was completed on October 7, 2010. You won't believe it! His second project is Belvoir Castle in Israel, another famous Hospitaler castle from the Crusades. It received second place in the Classic Castle Contest this year. The winner was very nice, but Dan was robbed! You can email him at danielvallauri@hotmail.fr.


Here's Dan last year just as his labor of love got underway.	Here's Dan's model from the southwest - similar to the view in the photograph	The south view of the completed fortress.	The next pictures are...


Here is the general view of the completed fortress.	Supplies are checked before they're allowed to enter the castle!	The King of Jerusalem holds emergency court in the throne room...	while a thief confronts his fate.


snapshots of the impressive...	defenses of the castle,...	wonderfully recreated by Dan.	Se magnifique!! I can't wait for Belvoir!


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