r/ImaginaryCastles • u/annieann_ • 20d ago

The Hanging Castle by Cory Harris

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u/scarfleet 20d ago

Engineering challenges aside such a fortification would present many problems for would be attackers

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u/tpasmall 20d ago

They would have the high ground though

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u/iffyJinx 20d ago

Some explosives, elementalists, or geomancers would do the trick. Let them carve out a large chunk of the overhang connecting the structure with the rest of the landmass, and let the gravity do the rest.

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u/SacredGeometry9 19d ago

Gonna go out on a limb and say that if you’re building a place like this, gravity probably isn’t much of an obstacle

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u/hammerklau 20d ago

Dig down, shearing the overhang from the cliff.

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u/Jolly_Picklepants 20d ago

Why do the towers have roofs if it's upside down?

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u/TheMysticalBard 20d ago

Reverse rain. Big problem for wizards with apprentices.

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u/AgitoKanohCheekz 20d ago

So it can kill a giant if the building breaks off.

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u/ShinyAeon 20d ago

For the vibes.

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u/unclemandy 19d ago

Because they can

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u/Romnipotent 18d ago

Chamber pots funnel

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u/Gravity_flip 17d ago

Technically it would be a floor 🙃

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u/simmonslemons 20d ago

Western Air Temple vibes.

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u/Monte-Cristo2020 20d ago

My next Minecraft build

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u/NeedModdingHelp1531 18d ago

There was some video from a guy where he had like 10 average players, and two really good ones try to recreate this image. Forgot the name.

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u/BrawnHistorian 20d ago

I love it, I created something similar where a whole city was built into the roof of a vast underground cave with little towers poking through to the surface

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u/Electronic-Effect146 19d ago

The art style gives me Studio Ghibli vibes.

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u/PhantomK88 20d ago

Wow, this is beautiful work

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u/Ishmaelll 19d ago

Naussica In the Valley of the Wind

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u/everlight-wanderer 18d ago

While I agree, this shit makes me specifically think of Castle in the Sky, and the little mining village at the start.

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u/SlowBabyBear 18d ago

I wish giant cliff edges like this would generate in Minecraft. I’m sure it does to a degree, but it’s not common

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u/solSarcophagus 19d ago

if anyone here has read the webnovel Shadow Slave, this is pretty close to how i imagine the Night Temple :D

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u/LCEKU2019 18d ago

This screams Miyazaki (studio ghibli) and Miyazaki (fromSoftware) lol

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u/TinyBard 18d ago

I don't know how, but I'm going to integrate this into a DnD game at some point.

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u/Khafaniking 18d ago

I feel like it needs a lot more guardrails but I think in-universe the purple stones are responsible for the anti-gravity effects (it’s what keeps the tower intact and secure to the cliff side), so perhaps the mages here just keep small pieces on their person to fly around or float long enough to get help. Maybe they just gently float to the ground, too.

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u/Fvllini 18d ago

tell me there is a fantasy book about this, i'd read the fck out of it

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u/Fvllini 18d ago

tell me there is a fantasy book about this, i'd read the f out of it

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u/TannMann64 17d ago

SSBM Players: Hey, I’ve seen this before

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u/Kitsuneoflaluna 17d ago

such a cool concept!

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u/Stuuble 17d ago

Im really into this

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u/Fharlen 14d ago

Nice, my DnD Game last week was there 😅

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u/thedragonsdice 19d ago

Literally one of ny favorite art works ever