Man, that was more work than I thought it would be, lol. Still not 100% done, but good enough to get started. I left a little monument to Eric's first love. ;)
Eventually, we'll probably want to replace all the courtyard / ground tiles with the same type of block so it looks pretty. The exterior wall now needs to be built. Should go 4 cobble high with the ramparts made of the half-stone blocks (recipe = three cobble across the crafting table) in the old school every-other block is higher/lower castle. The wall should be 4 units thick, so we have a walkway on the top wide enough to pass each other. :)
Then, TORCHES. MILLIONS OF TORCHES, lol.