lot tour for Lonsdale Manor [royalty]
Every King needs a castle, right? So here's the home of the Lonsdale family. I call it Lonsdale Manor even though it's not actually a manor, but it's set in the future so whatever. 8|
Anyway, this house is one I built in drips and drabs so it took at least three days to put together, probably more. It's also a stunning example of why I don't like big houses. WHAT DO YOU PUT IN ALL THAT EMPTY SPACE??
But I quite like the finished product.
The Castle, a two-story affair, comes with its own garden.
It took me two days to get the layout right and fill it out with stuff, but I rather like the finished product.
Around the back we have the family greenhouse which is responsible for providing the royal household's food. Most of what the peasants farm is put towards the military/rations, so this is theirs. Isabelle (the household servant) is responsible for tending it. Behind the greenhouse is Isabelle's home. It's fairly spartan, but she's really only there to sleep or the like.
You can also see a wind turbine. My rule is that a household requires either a turbine or solar panels to have electricity. If they don't have that, they have candles and the like. (idk how I'll work fridges into that, but peasants will eat fresh food anyways, so...)
As for the castle itself, here is the layout:
The lower floor has the Throne Room, a library (admittedly a rather small one, King Rudolph is not any great scholar), kitchen and grand dining room as well as access to the garden.
You can see that the front door is all glass-and-white, which is deliberate. It's meant to be all 'open and inviting', or something. There's an open archway into the Throne Room, which I really quite like. There's a lot of empty space there, but the peasants do need room to stand. Most of the time it will only be Rudolph holding court in there, but there's a seat for Matilda too.
This is the Library. Like I said before, not particularly big or fancy. I'm sure that if a University is opened later, there'll be a proper library there. This is also where Rudolph holds counsel, listens to propositions, and all that stuff. It's not heavily furnished; he needs room to run from assassins.
The kitchen is one of Isabelle's domains. It's not very large but it is kitted out appropriately. There is a table there, but it's really just for her to eat at, or for feeding any sproglets that come along.
The dining room is where meals with guests are to take place, and Matilda will dine with Rudolph in the evenings. It was one of those rooms where you sit, and you sit, and you stare at it and curse the dimensions because nothing is going to look good and you haven't anything to MAKE it look good... then you go, 'oh what if I add this object' and BAM, the room is perfect.
Then there is the upper floor. (I wanted to have a double staircase leading there but it was hard to fit in, so there's just a single.)
This floor contains the King's chambers and the Queen's chambers, bedrooms for heirs, and a bridge to the tower.
I'm pleased with how the bedrooms came out. I didn't have enough room to do them in the style of antechambers and stuff, like Edinburgh Castle has, but I'm happy enough for now that they have separate sleeping spaces/bathrooms. The bathrooms of course have no windows because they're royalty and that level of privacy is required.
The only room decorated on this side is the one that is for the first heir. The other is empty, but will become a bedroom for the heir, and when the spare is born they will take that first room.
The tower is really just a decorative piece, there for building aesthetics. I like the hidey spot on the top floor though, and it's a nice way to get from the chambers to the garden discreetly. c:
Now I just have to move in the Lonsdale family, and then... build... four more houses. :< Do you know why BACCs and stuff like that start off with so few households? so you don't have to friggen build them all. Oh well. Lie in the bed you made.
Anyway, this house is one I built in drips and drabs so it took at least three days to put together, probably more. It's also a stunning example of why I don't like big houses. WHAT DO YOU PUT IN ALL THAT EMPTY SPACE??
But I quite like the finished product.
The Castle, a two-story affair, comes with its own garden.
It took me two days to get the layout right and fill it out with stuff, but I rather like the finished product.
Around the back we have the family greenhouse which is responsible for providing the royal household's food. Most of what the peasants farm is put towards the military/rations, so this is theirs. Isabelle (the household servant) is responsible for tending it. Behind the greenhouse is Isabelle's home. It's fairly spartan, but she's really only there to sleep or the like.
You can also see a wind turbine. My rule is that a household requires either a turbine or solar panels to have electricity. If they don't have that, they have candles and the like. (idk how I'll work fridges into that, but peasants will eat fresh food anyways, so...)
As for the castle itself, here is the layout:
The lower floor has the Throne Room, a library (admittedly a rather small one, King Rudolph is not any great scholar), kitchen and grand dining room as well as access to the garden.
You can see that the front door is all glass-and-white, which is deliberate. It's meant to be all 'open and inviting', or something. There's an open archway into the Throne Room, which I really quite like. There's a lot of empty space there, but the peasants do need room to stand. Most of the time it will only be Rudolph holding court in there, but there's a seat for Matilda too.
This is the Library. Like I said before, not particularly big or fancy. I'm sure that if a University is opened later, there'll be a proper library there. This is also where Rudolph holds counsel, listens to propositions, and all that stuff. It's not heavily furnished; he needs room to run from assassins.
The kitchen is one of Isabelle's domains. It's not very large but it is kitted out appropriately. There is a table there, but it's really just for her to eat at, or for feeding any sproglets that come along.
The dining room is where meals with guests are to take place, and Matilda will dine with Rudolph in the evenings. It was one of those rooms where you sit, and you sit, and you stare at it and curse the dimensions because nothing is going to look good and you haven't anything to MAKE it look good... then you go, 'oh what if I add this object' and BAM, the room is perfect.
Then there is the upper floor. (I wanted to have a double staircase leading there but it was hard to fit in, so there's just a single.)
This floor contains the King's chambers and the Queen's chambers, bedrooms for heirs, and a bridge to the tower.
I'm pleased with how the bedrooms came out. I didn't have enough room to do them in the style of antechambers and stuff, like Edinburgh Castle has, but I'm happy enough for now that they have separate sleeping spaces/bathrooms. The bathrooms of course have no windows because they're royalty and that level of privacy is required.
The only room decorated on this side is the one that is for the first heir. The other is empty, but will become a bedroom for the heir, and when the spare is born they will take that first room.
The tower is really just a decorative piece, there for building aesthetics. I like the hidey spot on the top floor though, and it's a nice way to get from the chambers to the garden discreetly. c:
Now I just have to move in the Lonsdale family, and then... build... four more houses. :< Do you know why BACCs and stuff like that start off with so few households? so you don't have to friggen build them all. Oh well. Lie in the bed you made.