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Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:47 am
by Avedis
Hello,
I'm new to this forum and would like to present you my "baby", the castle of Thanatos. I started the construction in November 2007. Since then much has changed, now I want to show you some pictures. Firstly here is my master piece, the throne room. As you can see I'm a great fan of chromed bricks. :)
As an appetizer:
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And now, this is (I hope that I translated the titles correctly into English):
His Sole and Most Highest Majesty Hyakinthos II. DeTanith, Hereditary Prince of Thanatos, Great-Emperor of the Avedish Reich
[original German: Seine Alleinige Allerhöchste Majestät Hyakinthos II. DeTanith, Erbfürst von Thanatos, Großkaiser des Avedischen Reiches]
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I don't want to flood the thread with all pics, more you can see on my blog http://lego-system.de/

Greets
Avedis

Re: Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:03 pm
by Brother Steven
That is a VERY nice castle!!! :shock: also, that's one impressive collection of chrome!! great job
welcome to CC! :D

Re: Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:25 pm
by soccerkid6
Very cool castle and I can see why you've been working on it 5 years, it's big! I like the color scheme, and the windows are really neat.
Welcom to the forum :D

Re: Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:55 am
by athronieth
That throne room is awesome. Do I see chrome gold bricks there? If so, are they custom?

Re: Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:33 am
by Avedis
Thanks for your kind words. :)

There are three types of chrome-gold bricks in the throne room.

Firstly there are the normal lego pieces (like the tiles 2x1 on the floor)
Secondly I have custom chromed bricks (the throne), they are more pale than the original. I bought them from Aurimax at bricklink.
And Thirdly I have real gilded and silver-plated bricks (the darker pieces like the crowns and the flags). I got them from ChromeBricks at bricklink. They are very expensive so I have only few of them but for the throne room the most expensive is barely good enough. :D

Greets

Re: Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:06 am
by Medieval Guy
Cool castle! I'm just curious if you knew this when you named the castle, but Thanatos is the Greek embodiment of Death.

Re: Castle of Thanatos

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:38 pm
by athronieth
Avedis wrote: There are three types of chrome-gold bricks in the throne room.

Firstly there are the normal lego pieces (like the tiles 2x1 on the floor)
Secondly I have custom chromed bricks (the throne), they are more pale than the original. I bought them from Aurimax at bricklink.
And Thirdly I have real gilded and silver-plated bricks (the darker pieces like the crowns and the flags). I got them from ChromeBricks at bricklink. They are very expensive so I have only few of them but for the throne room the most expensive is barely good enough. :D
For custom bricks the chrome quality looks good. Thanks for providing the bricklink sources. I will have to check them out.