Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

I have completed the building of the Neuschwanstein Castle and I am currently working on the tutorial. In a couple of days I will be posting the full instructions on how you can make this castle. It will be just like my other paper castle in that you can download and print all the instructions and parts and then glue them to either cardboard or poster board and then build it.

This project has been a lot of fun. It is reasonably easy to make and it looks great.  It’s not an exact copy of the real Neuschwanstein castle but its a pretty good replilca. I simplified it for ease of building. To make it an exact replica would have made it a much more difficult project.

If you want to see more pics and keep track of the project so you can get the materials when they are done the page is here: Make a Paper Castle (Neuschwanstein)

You can also check out my earlier paper castle. It is a complete project that you can make and it is an easier project to do Make an easy paper castle.

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A lot of people really enjoyed my paper castle project. And a lot of people have asked me to make another paper castle. ( I have gotten a lot of email from people asking me to make another one and from what I can tell quite a few people made the first one) The first project was fun and making another one has been on my list for quite a while. Anyway, I have finally started making a second castle. This one is a bit more complex and interesting than the first one. It is definitely a bit more of a challenge. 

This new paper castle is the famous Neuschwanstein castle and I chose this one because it is just so remarkably beautiful. 

Yesterday I built a prototype mockup of the castle so I could get all the big details worked out. And hopefully today I will start making the official package along with all the artwork and instructions. I will make this into a complete package so it can be downloaded, printed out, and made by you at home if you want to make one.

Here is a picture of the first pass prototype. It’s looking pretty good and I think the next version is going to look absolutely fantastic; Neuschwanstein Castle is just such a perfect subject for a project like this.

If you want to make this paper castle keep tabs on my blog and I will let you know when the project is completed so you can download it and make it.

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I have been working on two new catapults. They are the Goblin (Small one) and the Ogre (large one). The Ogre is two feet long with a three foot throwing arm and the Goblin is ten inches long.

I will be posting complete tutorials on these onto my website in the coming days and I am designing the goblin for mass production so eventually I will be selling goblins as a kit.

The Ogre is kind of interesting in that it only took me two hours to make and it uses 2×3’s and a bungee cord. It’s not something that should be used indoors.

The Goblin has some nice little features about it like an system for adjusting the tension so you can get various strength settings. Developing a project like this for use as a product has been a fun experience for me because there it takes a lot of work to develop a product that is functional, fun and yet cost effective.

Here is a closer look at the goblin catapult:

I do have several projects already posted to my catapult subsite including a really small popsicle stick catapult and a mid-sized catapult called The Table Top Troll. Catapult Crazy . And here is my youtube video showing the Goblin and the Ogre

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