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Here is one of Magnuz of Sweden's projects in Second Life.
Ravs Rof Castle is a white fairy-tale castle inspired from the Normandic tower castles in the 12th and 13th century, forming a tall body with four dominating corner towers. Also the interior is inspired from that time, and although many compromises have been made between authenticity, building economy and usability, this means it is not all that comfortable to live and navigate in. The castle is prominently located, overlooking neighbouring roads and seas.
Location
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honawan/191/211/106
Ravs Rof Castle is located in the north-eastern part of the sim Honawan, a region of the old southern continent of Second Life. It dominates the cross-roads leading south towards the sim Badger, west towards the sim Horseshoe and north-east towards the sims Tompson and Portage.
Background
I have always had an interest in old buidings, and when I did research for a web project back in 1999, where I needed a castle environment, I got a real fascination for medieval castles. Since then, I have made layouts for and virtual 3D models of several castles and castle environments, both for fun and as part of other projects, both own and others'. The choice of a Normandic tower castle from 12th-13th century was much because I wanted much interior space but didn't have much land or prims where and when I built it. This also meant many compromises when it came to structures like vaults, arches and windows. The construction work and all the mistakes I made during it really taught me most of what I know today about building and texturing in Second Life.
Construction
I acquired the land for the castle 2007-07-02 and set up a duplicate of a model of it I built in the sim Tamarack within a couple of days. Once finished, I discovered I had exhausted my supply of prims so I couldn't finish the interior. A new version solved that problem but instead became too heavy in textures. The third version was a compromise which solved both problems, but was difficult to navigate. I managed to add some more land and prims 2007-07-26, and 2007-08-20 - 2007-08-23, I built the present version of the castle on a nearby parcel of land, before moving it to it's present position. After that, only minor exterior adjustments and interior detailing have been made.
Future
The present castle is still hard to navigate, since I didn't take into consideration the 50% over-size required, owing to over-sized avatar and the camera management in Second Life. I am therefore pondering on building a new, scaled-up version from scratch, since I now have the land and prims available. Also, having learned to handle sculpted prims, I am thinking of using such to create more realistic vaults, arches and windows. This has low priority compared to my more science-oriented projects, however.
Documents
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Magnuz_007, 2007-07-05
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description: building, Magnuz of Sweden castle Ravs Rof in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_008, 2007-07-11
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description: building, Magnuz of Sweden castle Ravs Rof in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_015, 2007-08-29
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description: building, Magnuz of Sweden castle Ravs Rof in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_016, 2007-08-30
size: 1676x1006 px, 197 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_019, 2007-08-30
size: 1676x1006 px, 272 kB
description: building, Magnuz of Sweden castle Ravs Rof in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_020, 2007-08-30
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description: building, Magnuz of Sweden castle Ravs Rof in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_021, 2007-09-12
size: 1676x1006 px, 228 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_022, 2007-09-12
size: 1676x1006 px, 227 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_026, 2007-09-23
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description: avatar, Magnuz Binder as medieval lord 
Magnuz_027, 2007-09-23
size: 1676x1006 px, 246 kB
description: building, Magnuz of Sweden castle Ravs Rof in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_085, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 134 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by night from s.e. 
Magnuz_086, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 198 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by day from s.e. 
Magnuz_087, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 135 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by night from n.e. 
Magnuz_088, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 178 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by day from n.e. 
Magnuz_089, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 158 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by night from n.w. 
Magnuz_090, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 255 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by day from n.w. 
Magnuz_091, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 157 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by night from n.e. 
Magnuz_092, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 228 kB
description: view, the sim Honawan by day from n.e. 
Magnuz_097, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 226 kB
description: view, Normandic 13th century tower castle by Magnuz of Sweden in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_098, 2008-05-08
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description: view, Normandic 13th century tower castle by Magnuz of Sweden in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_099, 2008-05-08
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description: view, Normandic 13th century tower castle by Magnuz of Sweden in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_100, 2008-05-08
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description: view, Normandic 13th century tower castle by Magnuz of Sweden in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_101, 2008-05-08
size: 1676x1006 px, 227 kB
description: view, Greek Doric temple by Magnuz of Sweden in the sim Honawan 
Magnuz_102, 2008-05-08
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description: view, Greek Doric temple by Magnuz of Sweden in the sim Honawan
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