Research

To begin the project I had to do some research into castles to gain an initial idea of what I wanted to model and how I wanted to go about creating my very own castle.
After looking at a few castles I ended up steering towards Scottish castles, I feel these are the ones that look like some of the more traditional castles, with the square buildings and cylindrical spires. With choosing this type of castle I've also chosen a slightly easier job for myself, the general shapes within these castles are not very complex.

Below are a few examples of castles I've been looking at.

Castle of Mey

Glamis Castle

 



Alnwick Castle

 

 

 The castle I think I'm going to choose for the primary shape is Alnwick castle, for two reasons, firstly I think it's one of the most striking castles, it's size and shape is stunning. The second reason is because I have actually been there several times, I have primary research images taken on my phone which I can use when trying to capture some of the finer details.

Having said this I will probably use some elements of the other castles that I like such as the cylindrical towers and the multi-layered square sections.