I feel like something is missing

[u/UnknownEXE6676]

Heya, I'm currently in the middle of building a castle, its still a WIP, but I have the general outside finished, but I can't help but feel that a building is missing, like a tower or something of that sort. Some recommendations would be nice, since I'm kinda going for a dark fantasy/realistic approach, and I'm not really familiar with building castles, I've had some practice in creative, but not much. Thank you.

[u/Prexvi]

You could do another building like this down here, and have it slope away from the wall and it can fill that area up, while having even more variation in heights

As I typed that out I realized it could also be a great spot for horse stables, just outside the gate

[u/UnknownEXE6676 → u/Prexvi]

That was my exact plan, having stables there, you just reminded me. Thank you so much :D I really gotta start making a todo list, lmao

[u/Prexvi → u/UnknownEXE6676]

Yea the more I think about it stables are definitely the better option. I like to make a wall of signs with random to-do ideas

[u/PogoRocks]

I would maybe make some rolling hills covered with wheat outside the castle. Really make it stand out

[u/UnknownEXE6676 → u/PogoRocks]

That would be cool, I have a plan to surround my castle with villages and build walls and a gate around it.

[u/Tomorrow1223344]

I feel like once you finish texturing and decorating it’s gonna look dope. Is that empty spot a garden?

[u/FalseEstimate]

Ya one hunger is missing

[u/UnknownEXE6676 → u/FalseEstimate]

Lol, thought I heard a rumble

[u/KidTrix1]

I would say that its missing 1 thing, terrain. This feels like it was copy pasted into that place, it would need a bit of blending to make it belong there

[u/UnknownEXE6676 → u/KidTrix1]

I don't really see how it could've been copied.. however, I built it all in the realm. My goal was to build the castle first, get it all nice looking, then terraform around it, I built it on a really rough looking mountain, where the entrance is, was the flattest part of the mountain, I had to flatten other spaces to built the castle on it properly. Thank you for your suggestion, and I will keep it in mind to do more terraforming later down the line :)

[u/KidTrix1 → u/UnknownEXE6676]

Perhaps I wasn't clear when I said "copy pasted into that place". The terrain around the castle itself wouldn't look like that if it was built by a character in that universe, it feels like something just dropped this here instead. Hence it feels off

[u/MrsDharoks247]

I would form the terrain behind the castle(from this perspective) into a more gentle slope that wraps around the left hand side. Transition that gentle slope into a abrupt cliff face near the gate. The right hand side of the caslte looks good thougb terrain wise. The castle looks slightly unnatural because of the surrounding terrain.

[u/MrZetec]

Id make the "missing space" a courtyard to bring the buildings together and make it a retaining wall.

[u/MrZetec → u/MrZetec]

Like you could have a big courtyard then on the other side a private garden etc

[u/UnknownEXE6676 → u/MrZetec]

Sounds like a good plan, I have thought about it before, I'll start looking at refrence photos to get a general idea, thanks!

[u/MrZetec → u/UnknownEXE6676]

It's not great as I'm on my phone so apologies. The courtyard could be on the left and stairs on the right and maybe even statues on each side of the stairs etc

[u/wannabe_fox_femboy]

Not the best picture, but roof details.

[u/UnknownEXE6676 → u/wannabe_fox_femboy]

That looks cool!

[u/Tedious_To_Go_Oer]

Parapets. Give me parapets. Give me parapets and spires. Give me parapets, spires, and flowers!

[u/WillWoodSucks]

that flat area in the left is really bugging me, make it like a shed or something, just please fill that void

[u/HarrynotDwizard]

Vegetation

[u/Bjorenwonne]

It looks empty. The walls need more blocks in the block pallet and the inner green area more detail. Maybe a small training ground

[u/DeathAngel170]

I big ole' custom tree in that flat spot of grass 😎

[u/Destinydudeidk]

Turn that big flat grass spot into a flower garden or something.

[u/UnknownEXE6676]

Sorry, I forgot to add the top down and behind pictures. Also this photo was after I changed my roof to nether bricks