The medieval stonemasons are back at it!

This build features a group of medieval stonemasons, led by the master builder, busy at work building an impressive gothic cathedral. This build was inspired by my submission to the BrickLink Designer Program Series 1: "The Medieval Stonemasons Guild". This idea has continued to develop across almost all 9 Series of BDP. I've done a complete redesign for this most recent series. The new build uses more advanced building techniques and nicer parts use, as my building skills have improved over these last several years.

Numbers of AFOLs around the world have done brilliant cathedral builds. However, many of these builds have extremely high part counts (20k+, or more). For many Castle fans it is not reasonable to obtain such a massive cathedral to add to their medieval displays. The goal of the build is to create an impressive and grand structure that can be added as a centerpiece to many medieval villages and towns, while also keeping the part count and cost lower, thereby increasing accessibility. Additionally, the "in-progress" scene adds some motion and dynamism.

The build features a working treadwheel crane (the first time I've designed one), and a build-site oven/kiln that has some motion features (turn the bellows and the smoke on top rotates). There are 6 minifigs busy at work, beautiful stained glass, unique pillars of several sizes, scaffolding, interesting shapes, textures and details allowed by technic elements, and much tracery.

I hope you enjoy this build and I hope it inspires your Castle adventures!