Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Discussion of personal LEGO Castle creations
User avatar
Bruce N H
Precentor of the Scriptorium
Posts: 6311
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:11 pm
Location: Middle Zealand
Contact:

Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Bruce N H »

Hey all,

With the close of the CCC and as we wait for the results, it's time to bring back the monthly challenges. As with all challenges, this is not a contest - i.e. there are no rules, no judging and no prizes. It is simply a spur to build.

This month's challenge is to build something inspired by the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. This could be anything from a custom fig up to a full-scale Minas Tirith. You could draw on anything - books, movies, cartoons, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, whatever.

Play well,
Bruce
[url=http://comicbricks.blogspot.com/]ComicBricks[/url] [url=http://godbricks.blogspot.com/]GodBricks[/url] [url=http://microbricks.blogspot.com/]MicroBricks[/url] [url=http://minilandbricks.blogspot.com/]MinilandBricks[/url] [url=http://scibricks.blogspot.com/]SciBricks[/url] [url=http://vignettebricks.blogspot.com/]VignetteBricks[/url] [url=http://www.classic-castle.com/bricktales/]Brick Tales[/url]
User avatar
Heir of Black Falcon
Justiciar
Posts: 1966
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:37 pm
Location: Utah (I'm baaaack)

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Heir of Black Falcon »

I will have to think of something for sure...

Happy 118th Birthday to Professor Tolkien today!!!

Heir
There ain't nothin' girlie about a tunic...
User avatar
Legoorci
Apprentice
Posts: 166
Joined: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:41 pm
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Contact:

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Legoorci »

Yeah ! Thats a cool challenge !
I think I'll enter.
You can see my MoCs on [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/legoorci/]my Flickr Account[/url] and you can see them also on [url=http://legoorci.wordpress.com/]my Blog[/url] where you also can read the stories behind the MoCs...but in german.
User avatar
Blego7
Master Builder
Master Builder
Posts: 944
Joined: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:40 pm
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Contact:

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Blego7 »

Excellent topic. However due to time constrictions I may not be able to place an "entry".
Thanks for holding these though Bruce.
User avatar
pijani
Artisan
Posts: 274
Joined: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:44 pm
Location: Serbia

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by pijani »

finally ;)
I can't wait to see what people will build ;)
User avatar
Ye Olde Republic
Marquis of Brique
Posts: 1041
Joined: Sat Nov 22, 2003 1:50 am
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
Contact:

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Ye Olde Republic »

Did Tolkien write anything that isn't LOTR-like?
Trevor

Trust me, I think I'm funnier than you do.
Why do I have to add the word "minifig" to my spell checker every time I use it?!

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_republic/]flickr[/url]
[url=http://angrylegonerd.blogspot.com/]My blog[/url]
User avatar
Jacks100
Freeman
Posts: 78
Joined: Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:27 pm

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Jacks100 »

So I geuss I'll start this off,
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/246163

It's from the Hobbit, when Bard shoots Smaug.
It's also forced perspective.
~Ru
User avatar
boses
Man-At-Arms
Posts: 844
Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:22 pm

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by boses »

Ye Old Republic---

Tolkien wrote Roverandom, an excellent children"s tale...
"Life is a blooming miracle, all wrapped in a package of light, and the hands of God are ever strong for doing what He might..."
---brickshelf---

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=boses
Handar
Archer
Posts: 368
Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:41 pm

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Handar »

Ye Olde Republic wrote:Did Tolkien write anything that isn't LOTR-like?
How about Leaf by Niggle?
User avatar
Heir of Black Falcon
Justiciar
Posts: 1966
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:37 pm
Location: Utah (I'm baaaack)

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Heir of Black Falcon »

Sir Giles of Ham as well.

Translated Sir Gawain and th Green Knight and Beowulf

Heir
There ain't nothin' girlie about a tunic...
User avatar
JoshWedin
Chevalier de Chèvre
Posts: 4995
Joined: Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:35 pm
Location: Pondering what you are pondering
Contact:

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by JoshWedin »

Ye Olde Republic wrote:Did Tolkien write anything that isn't LOTR-like?
Next time you are at my house, remind me to show you my Tolkien shelf. There's lots that isn't LOTResque. ;)

Josh
AFOL and his money are easily parted.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak_brickster/8 ... hotostream][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/85336074 ... 2a10_t.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.Brothers-Brick.com]The Brothers Brick[/url]
Frank_Lloyd_Knight
Steward
Posts: 516
Joined: Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:53 am
Location: Corpus Christi

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by Frank_Lloyd_Knight »

Ye Olde Republic wrote:Did Tolkien write anything that isn't LOTR-like?
Off the top of my head, there were some stories he wrote for his children following the adventures of a little dog called Roverrandom. He also wrote a collection of tales about Santa Claus.
lordoftherings953
Gong Farmer
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:54 pm

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by lordoftherings953 »

I am a huge tolkien fan so I think I'll put up my auto reloading NXT and build one or two of the seven gates of Gondolin. Speaking of Tolkien, It is my dream to make helms deep out of legos so i was wondering if you guys think I should use light or dark grey(both are bluish vareties) I am only 15 so this is like a life long project but my concerns are the dark grey blending in with the rocks and the cost of getting all the dark grey when i am also getting light grey for normal castles. Thanks.
User avatar
pijani
Artisan
Posts: 274
Joined: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:44 pm
Location: Serbia

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by pijani »

lordoftherings953 wrote:I am a huge tolkien fan so I think I'll put up my auto reloading NXT and build one or two of the seven gates of Gondolin. Speaking of Tolkien, It is my dream to make helms deep out of legos so i was wondering if you guys think I should use light or dark grey(both are bluish vareties) I am only 15 so this is like a life long project but my concerns are the dark grey blending in with the rocks and the cost of getting all the dark grey when i am also getting light grey for normal castles. Thanks.
dear lotr953 :)
I do believe that any color will suffice, and dark and light grey will not blend together :) but my advice is to try to build NOW, this moment, if not whole Helm's Deep, then just entrance, or the wall
In any colors that you have
you will see, experience that you will get with building it will benefit you greatly when you build it later on, in years to come, when your Lego collection get bigger and the joy you will feel planning and building will be reword for itself ;)

Do not have enough grey bricks? Use red. Or yellow (or blue, but you could keep blue just for that little stream that was doom of Helm's Deep :). Improvise, and put wings on your imagination - i.e. it does not have to be the same as in the movie (book), you can add something, or remove some part :)

Here are examples of Lego built Helm's Deep: link and link

And here's example of the smaller one: link

And, at the end, here's one blue one: link

There, building will give you so much joy, even if you do not finish it, because shortage of bricks or time.
User avatar
turambar
Villein
Posts: 33
Joined: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:12 pm
Location: Amon obel

Re: Monthly challenge #6: Inspired by Tolkien

Post by turambar »

A small contribution to Tolkien MOC`s, a scene from my favorite tale Children of Hurin.

Hurin`s imprisonment
Image
Post Reply