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by fuzzy » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:23 pm
if thats detailed, wait for my next one!!!
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
little darling, it seems like years since its been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and i say its all right
little darling, it seems like years since its been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and i say its all right
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by The dark tide » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:52 pm
Hey ZIGGY!If you wanna see my fell beast then you can go a few topics down from this one.Please check it out 
.Good entry Fry slayer.i like your use of the dragons and such.I only have one.
.Good entry Fry slayer.i like your use of the dragons and such.I only have one.- The dark tide
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by JoshWedin » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:11 pm
I have updated the contest's MOCpage and all your entries should be listed. If I missed your entry, please let me know (via PM).
I also have one request: Can we try a little harder to keep this thread on topic? It is seven pages already and getting hard to navigate. The more off-topic threads there are, the more likely I am to miss an entry. If you feel a need to share something, chat with a specific person (or correct them), or want to point out MOCs not involved in the contest, please use a Private Message or other thread. Remember, this thread is for posting entries in the contest or for commenting on same.
Thanks,
Josh
I also have one request: Can we try a little harder to keep this thread on topic? It is seven pages already and getting hard to navigate. The more off-topic threads there are, the more likely I am to miss an entry. If you feel a need to share something, chat with a specific person (or correct them), or want to point out MOCs not involved in the contest, please use a Private Message or other thread. Remember, this thread is for posting entries in the contest or for commenting on same.
Thanks,
Josh
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by CAI » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:12 pm
Good Evening,
I enjoyed building and photographing this.
Discription:
The river divides lands of the Black Falcons and Crusaders.
The bridge is contested. Two Lords closest to the bridge have agreed the winner of this battle controls the bridge and any tolls associated with it. The battle begins when the Knights square off.
Crusaders
Black Falcons
The Lords discuss the rules of the battle. One being that they are to battle alone, only to be challenged when one of them has fallen.
About to begin
More pics when it's moderated. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=174883
Cheers.
I enjoyed building and photographing this.
Discription:
The river divides lands of the Black Falcons and Crusaders.
The bridge is contested. Two Lords closest to the bridge have agreed the winner of this battle controls the bridge and any tolls associated with it. The battle begins when the Knights square off.
Crusaders
Black Falcons
The Lords discuss the rules of the battle. One being that they are to battle alone, only to be challenged when one of them has fallen.
About to begin
More pics when it's moderated. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=174883
Cheers.
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by Jim » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:28 pm
Nice Battle Chad 
It is compact and focused (easy to understand for me). I hope the Crusaders win, they don't seen to get the respect that the Falcons receive. I guess I have to wait for the folder to be moderated to find out.
Jim
It is compact and focused (easy to understand for me). I hope the Crusaders win, they don't seen to get the respect that the Falcons receive. I guess I have to wait for the folder to be moderated to find out.
Jim
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by CAI » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:49 pm
Thanks, you can view them though from 01 ..15
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/ ... ttle01.jpg
I didn't show a winner, it's still on my desk on the last pose. I'll flip a coin and post more.
Cheers.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/ ... ttle01.jpg
I didn't show a winner, it's still on my desk on the last pose. I'll flip a coin and post more.
Cheers.
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by Lord_Of_The_LEGO » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:15 am
Cool battle! I like the bridge, especially with the goblin hiding beneath. The terrain is pretty good, too.
-- Nathan, who has procrastinated long enough and has finally begun work on his entry...
-- Nathan, who has procrastinated long enough and has finally begun work on his entry...
In the process of converting to Flickr.
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by Jansen » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:44 am
ZIGGY! I made the devil/imp by painting a monkey red and glueing viking horns to its head and glueing red dragon wings to its back. I used hot glue for the imp and the minotaur.
P.S. Fryslayer, your entries are awesome!
P.S. Fryslayer, your entries are awesome!
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by Histo-Sci » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:23 pm
Histo-Sci Entry #3: Castle Siege
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=174766
Hi there,
This castle I made recently and just took pictures of it. It is quite large, and there are two pages of pictures, 84 photos in all. The castle is on the left, and the good knights are rather "understaffed" so-to-speak, and they are much too few to provide an efficient garrison for this my largest castle ever, but who cares? The evil Vikings and barbarians (along with two Bull warriors and one Shadow Knight) are laying sudden siege to the castle, using their siege tower to try to mount the walls, and moving their trebuchet across wooden planks/bridges so that they can use it against the walls. This part of the diorama is sub-par--the trebuchet is too close to the castle to "fire" at it. Due to space constraints, I had to place the trebuchet closer to the castle than would be ideal, but I hope that this does not cause the judges to hate my scene! The trebuchet itself is fully working, and has wheels so it can move back and forth after flinging balls/projectiles (one has already been lobbed at the castle walls, only to go too far--see picture 59). I filled the counterbalance bucket with metal ballbearings. I DO NOT recommend this approach, as, when I was dismantling the diorama I found that the ballbearings had left rust marks on the legos--yikes! I was worried, but was able to get them off with some baking soda and elbow grease. Still, don't try this anyone! The water for the river was achieved by blue glossy scrapbooking paper. The stone bridge was made and designed by myself for this particular diorama. A catapult from set #8873 is being manned by a barbarian, with the Shadow Knight close by. In the water on the side of the bridges is a lone Viking rowing across the stream in order to do battle with his foe. Across the bridge, the Viking ballista from set #7017 is about to fire its spikes/spears at busy little unsuspecting knights. Attached to the ballista's front is a rope with a grappling hook at the end, and a barbarian (who I call "Beric" from G.A. Henty's book, Beric the Briton --see castle book thread) is attempting to mount the castle wall, but who will speedily be cut down by Sir Santis. On the side of the castle is the siege tower (sporting the catapult from set # 7019, the Viking Fortress) adorned with shields and animal horns and manned by Vikings, who are now giving battle to the defenders, who are having a hard time of it (But will undoubtedly prevail!). To the right of the siege tower is a ladder, which is being climbed by a Viking and a hooded pikeman (who is endeavoring to impale Sir Robert the Bruce, but will speedily be brained with Robert the Bruce's axe). To the immediate left of this, a barbarian warrior is being crushed by flaming timbers tossed down by a Dragon Knight (sporting the Rock Raiders character Axle's head). This idea I got from Henty's book The Young Carthaginian in the part about Hannibal's siege of Saguntum.
The castle itself is a mixture of fictional ideas of my own and historical fact. The front of the castle sports a forecastle, which was a section of a castle put in front of one inner gate with walls around it, and a frontal gate, or drawbridge as is seen here, is what the enemy must confront. If taken by storm or other methods of attack, the forecastle may be abandoned, causing the enemy to have to go back to square one. The knights manning the walls of the forecastle are able to retreat through wooden doors next to the walls (one of which--the left one from the castle's point of view--is open here, a crossbowman issuing forth). The drawbridge itself is not able to open at the moment of battle as the axe cart from set #4806 is propped up against it. One castle defender is pouring red-hot sand down on the fleeing Bull warrior who put the axe cart in its place.
To the left of the siege tower, William Wallace is in the process of throwing a spear at a Viking warrior (who I named "Sweyn", which is again a name from on of Henty's books, The Dragon and the Raven ). In front of Sweyn is a hinged door in the castle wall, which enables the catapults to sally out and assault the foe. The catapults are stored in a sort of alley so-to-speak, and to the left of this little alley is a door that (at least in your imagination) leads to the inner parts of the castle--the banquet hall, the bedchambers, etc. Above this door is King Leo's post, and behind him is a horde of gold and treasure. The wall opposite the door that opens into the alley is made so as to have a removable section, making it look as if invaders somehow battered their way through (which they indeed did in pictures 69-72). Now, in the middle of the castle (just behind the barred gate) is a large catapult, which thankfully does some damage to the enemy in pictures 73-74 utilizing Greek fire. The catapult is surrounded by barrels and crates filled with projectiles and stones for the catapult to lob at the enemy. To the sides of this catapult are the "stable" areas, really just fenced-off horse enclosure areas, and in the sides of the castle wall itself, below the parapets and on both the left and right walls, are apertures sporting cannon poking out. These cannon can swivel, and, to reload, a door is opened on the side of the wall which enables the muzzle to pass back into the castle's walls and be reloaded while still keeping the cannon operator in a safe spot (see picture 65).
The final pictures depict the Viking boatman mentioned earlier, and he places his helmet on his head, fetches his axe, and, as he prepares to step out of the boat onto the shore, he hews down a small tree on the land in a show of ferocity and also to prepare himself for the rigors of battle.
Now, I hope that "summary" (more like thesis) wasn't too long! Hope everyone likes it and I hope everyone else does well in their building (as you all already have been) and in their winnings!
Histo-Sci
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=174766
Hi there,
This castle I made recently and just took pictures of it. It is quite large, and there are two pages of pictures, 84 photos in all. The castle is on the left, and the good knights are rather "understaffed" so-to-speak, and they are much too few to provide an efficient garrison for this my largest castle ever, but who cares? The evil Vikings and barbarians (along with two Bull warriors and one Shadow Knight) are laying sudden siege to the castle, using their siege tower to try to mount the walls, and moving their trebuchet across wooden planks/bridges so that they can use it against the walls. This part of the diorama is sub-par--the trebuchet is too close to the castle to "fire" at it. Due to space constraints, I had to place the trebuchet closer to the castle than would be ideal, but I hope that this does not cause the judges to hate my scene! The trebuchet itself is fully working, and has wheels so it can move back and forth after flinging balls/projectiles (one has already been lobbed at the castle walls, only to go too far--see picture 59). I filled the counterbalance bucket with metal ballbearings. I DO NOT recommend this approach, as, when I was dismantling the diorama I found that the ballbearings had left rust marks on the legos--yikes! I was worried, but was able to get them off with some baking soda and elbow grease. Still, don't try this anyone! The water for the river was achieved by blue glossy scrapbooking paper. The stone bridge was made and designed by myself for this particular diorama. A catapult from set #8873 is being manned by a barbarian, with the Shadow Knight close by. In the water on the side of the bridges is a lone Viking rowing across the stream in order to do battle with his foe. Across the bridge, the Viking ballista from set #7017 is about to fire its spikes/spears at busy little unsuspecting knights. Attached to the ballista's front is a rope with a grappling hook at the end, and a barbarian (who I call "Beric" from G.A. Henty's book, Beric the Briton --see castle book thread) is attempting to mount the castle wall, but who will speedily be cut down by Sir Santis. On the side of the castle is the siege tower (sporting the catapult from set # 7019, the Viking Fortress) adorned with shields and animal horns and manned by Vikings, who are now giving battle to the defenders, who are having a hard time of it (But will undoubtedly prevail!). To the right of the siege tower is a ladder, which is being climbed by a Viking and a hooded pikeman (who is endeavoring to impale Sir Robert the Bruce, but will speedily be brained with Robert the Bruce's axe). To the immediate left of this, a barbarian warrior is being crushed by flaming timbers tossed down by a Dragon Knight (sporting the Rock Raiders character Axle's head). This idea I got from Henty's book The Young Carthaginian in the part about Hannibal's siege of Saguntum.
The castle itself is a mixture of fictional ideas of my own and historical fact. The front of the castle sports a forecastle, which was a section of a castle put in front of one inner gate with walls around it, and a frontal gate, or drawbridge as is seen here, is what the enemy must confront. If taken by storm or other methods of attack, the forecastle may be abandoned, causing the enemy to have to go back to square one. The knights manning the walls of the forecastle are able to retreat through wooden doors next to the walls (one of which--the left one from the castle's point of view--is open here, a crossbowman issuing forth). The drawbridge itself is not able to open at the moment of battle as the axe cart from set #4806 is propped up against it. One castle defender is pouring red-hot sand down on the fleeing Bull warrior who put the axe cart in its place.
To the left of the siege tower, William Wallace is in the process of throwing a spear at a Viking warrior (who I named "Sweyn", which is again a name from on of Henty's books, The Dragon and the Raven ). In front of Sweyn is a hinged door in the castle wall, which enables the catapults to sally out and assault the foe. The catapults are stored in a sort of alley so-to-speak, and to the left of this little alley is a door that (at least in your imagination) leads to the inner parts of the castle--the banquet hall, the bedchambers, etc. Above this door is King Leo's post, and behind him is a horde of gold and treasure. The wall opposite the door that opens into the alley is made so as to have a removable section, making it look as if invaders somehow battered their way through (which they indeed did in pictures 69-72). Now, in the middle of the castle (just behind the barred gate) is a large catapult, which thankfully does some damage to the enemy in pictures 73-74 utilizing Greek fire. The catapult is surrounded by barrels and crates filled with projectiles and stones for the catapult to lob at the enemy. To the sides of this catapult are the "stable" areas, really just fenced-off horse enclosure areas, and in the sides of the castle wall itself, below the parapets and on both the left and right walls, are apertures sporting cannon poking out. These cannon can swivel, and, to reload, a door is opened on the side of the wall which enables the muzzle to pass back into the castle's walls and be reloaded while still keeping the cannon operator in a safe spot (see picture 65).
The final pictures depict the Viking boatman mentioned earlier, and he places his helmet on his head, fetches his axe, and, as he prepares to step out of the boat onto the shore, he hews down a small tree on the land in a show of ferocity and also to prepare himself for the rigors of battle.
Now, I hope that "summary" (more like thesis) wasn't too long! Hope everyone likes it and I hope everyone else does well in their building (as you all already have been) and in their winnings!
Histo-Sci
"...my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen." --Martin Luther
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by J_Chartowich » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:07 am
[quote="CAI"] Good Evening,
I enjoyed building and photographing this.
Discription:
The river divides lands of the Black Falcons and Crusaders.
The bridge is contested. Two Lords closest to the bridge have agreed the winner of this battle controls the bridge and any tolls associated with it. The battle begins when the Knights square off.
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle01.jpg]Crusaders[/url]
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle02.jpg]Black Falcons[/url]
The [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle06.jpg]Lords[/url] discuss the rules of the battle. One being that they are to battle alone, only to be challenged when one of them has fallen.
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle07.jpg]About to begin[/url]
More pics when it's moderated. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=174883
Cheers. [/quote]
NICE!! I really like all of the entries of this contest! Everyone's got GREAT ideas!
I enjoyed building and photographing this.
Discription:
The river divides lands of the Black Falcons and Crusaders.
The bridge is contested. Two Lords closest to the bridge have agreed the winner of this battle controls the bridge and any tolls associated with it. The battle begins when the Knights square off.
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle01.jpg]Crusaders[/url]
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle02.jpg]Black Falcons[/url]
The [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle06.jpg]Lords[/url] discuss the rules of the battle. One being that they are to battle alone, only to be challenged when one of them has fallen.
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Cyin/Battle/battle07.jpg]About to begin[/url]
More pics when it's moderated. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=174883
Cheers. [/quote]
NICE!! I really like all of the entries of this contest! Everyone's got GREAT ideas!
Josh
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by lord azreal » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:56 am
wait you can have more than 1 entry??
If you are reading this it means I have posted! - congratulate your find and remember this day
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by Peppermint Pig » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:15 pm
Interesting entries so far.
I too liked the goblin below the bridge.
I'm running out of time... ~12 days left and about 1/3 done.
I too liked the goblin below the bridge.
I'm running out of time... ~12 days left and about 1/3 done.
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by fuzzy » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:36 pm
The first is called battle of har wall
#2 gallery (when public) This one is called the hated necromancer. the green stuff is trodded on grass. Where did I get all the fire? harry potter. only good thing about the theme.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=175167
the people coming out of the ground are summoned souls.
#2 gallery (when public) This one is called the hated necromancer. the green stuff is trodded on grass. Where did I get all the fire? harry potter. only good thing about the theme.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=175167
the people coming out of the ground are summoned souls.
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
little darling, it seems like years since its been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and i say its all right
little darling, it seems like years since its been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and i say its all right
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