Heh, that's a decent place to build a house. My Guest House is built into a hill just like that. And all the stone from hollowing it out has been rather helpful in building my castle.

And I know I don't need a reason to post pics, I was just trying to keep a semblance of flow to the thread :C

Woo, the outer shell is basically complete. Need to fix the 'droopy' corners on the tops of the turrets, and sort out the ramparts on the first tower, but more or less done.

Next I'm going to add a gate/portcullis stylee bit (don'[t know how yet) and then build a house and stuff inside the castle walls. Then dig out all the sand around it and have just one entry point (although i already have a couple of underwater emergency exits...)

Time for sleep.

Aye, took me the best part of a (real world, not game) day to get enough sand and coal to build my greenhouse. Time well spent, I'm sure you'll agree.

Minecraft is like Morrowind crossed with lego. I am soooooo addicted it.