In the King's Court

[soccerkid6]

My third build for Round 5 of The Tourney at MOCpages. Largely inspired by Bentoft's interiors. The bley/tan colorscheme is something I've wanted to do for a while, and I'm quite pleased with how it looks. The large stained glass windows were an interesting challenge, as they're tilted to give each stained panel more of a diamond shape.

You should be able to spot at least one familiar face in this build

William Marshall earned the favour of four successive kings in England, by his loyal service. He rose to become one of the most influential and powerful men in England, by the end of his life.



More pictures: http://brickbuilt.org/2015/Court.php
Feedback appreciated

[Justin M]

Wonderful! I adore that stain glass technique!

[LittleJohn]

Beautiful build! I love the stained glass behind each seat and the scribes' spot is excellent!
Great floor pattern too

[AK_Brickster]

You've got a lot of really great building techniques in this one. The tilted stained glass, the SNOT tan tiles on the wall (which look awesome, btw), and the tricky combination of SNOT and studs-up construction that I saw in at least one spot in the arched doorway to the left of the Queen. The mosaic floor pattern is really cool, too.

Great job sneaking in a cameo of Bruce!

One thing I didn't care for was that a lot of the nobles were in full armor. I would like to see them in more comfortable attire, the King especially. I also didn't like that the two men-at-arms guarding the King and Queen didn't have matching helms. (of course, my quibbles are with the minifigures, right? ). The stained glass behind each seat in the noble's gallery was a nice touch. It let a lot of much-needed light into that section. I'm sure lighting that area was really difficult, but if there was a way to get a little more light in there, that would have been a slight improvement.

The loft with the scribes was pretty neat as well. I liked the stack of letters that the one scribe was carrying. Good idea there.

[Reekardoo]

great techniques!

[soccerkid6]

@Justin M: Thanks Justin, I've wanted to try this technique for a long time, and I'm quite happy with the effect

@LittleJohn: Thanks John!

@AK_Brickster: Thanks AK, I've had Bruce's sigfig head for a while and have been waiting for a suitable location...
Good point about the armor, I hadn't thought of that. The two men at arms were supposed to both have Eomer helms, I didn't catch that they were different until you pointed it out

@Reekardo: Thanks!

[Graham Gidman]

Very nice!