New Keep: Stormwind keep

Discussion of personal LEGO Castle creations
Post Reply
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

New Keep: Stormwind keep

Post by Ristridin »

Heey all,
It has been I wile now since I have introduced a moc, but finally I have got a new one: Stormwind Keep (Warcraft name, not orriginal :roll: ). The foto`s aren`t that good, but I`ll think it will do:
Image

Gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=185380

Comments and compliments are welcome!
User avatar
footsteps
Tastes good with ketchup
Posts: 1680
Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:03 am
Location: Canada

Re: New Keep: Stormwind keep

Post by footsteps »

Ristridin wrote:Comments and compliments are welcome!
Okay, let's get the "not likes" out of the way. The tri-blade windmill doesn't work for me - should be four. And the housing should be a bit bigger (taller and wider).

And the "not sures": The partially hidden, but unguarded and unbarred cellar entrance. Makes me think of those critical weaknesses inherent in all the plans of evil 'geniuses'.

Now the "likes". Overall I like it.
- the landscaping is nicely 'messy'.
- the causeway and gatehouse.
- good interior layout (but it could use some decorating :wink: ).
- the chimney flue is consistent through all the levels. (I know, I know, but it means a lot to me).

Suggestions:
Each level could do with being maybe one (or two) bricks higher.
A little more contrasting colour on the outside -- not much, just a little.

Nice work all round. The kind of thing I aspire to build someday (after the move).

Alan
I'm a human BEING, not a human doing!
The two most important days of your life are the day you are born
and the day you discover why. (Donald Sensing)
One plus one equals three... for large values of one. (Bruce Fournier)
User avatar
Traveler
Reeve
Posts: 491
Joined: Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:42 pm

Post by Traveler »

Nice MOC!

I like your landscaping, especially the rocky outcroppings around the path leading up to the castle. I'm always impressed when a castle of this size is hinged.

I don't really like black castles, but as you modeled this one on a pre-existing castle it's all right by me. However, as Alan said, a little more contrast could help, it suffers a little from the big black wall syndrome.

Great work!
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Post by Ristridin »

Thanks both!
The tri-blade windmill doesn't work for me - should be four. And the housing should be a bit bigger (taller and wider).

The partially hidden, but unguarded and unbarred cellar entrance. Makes me think of those critical weaknesses inherent in all the plans of evil 'geniuses'.
I can argee with that, at the time I build the keep, I couldn`t find a good brick for the wind-blades :? . I am not going to change it now becouse I have plans for a new castle :lol: .

The reason why I build black castles is simply becouse I don`t have many grey bricks :cry:

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

Post by Bruce N H »

Hey Michiel,

Very nice. I particularly like the way you did the crenellations and the little bit across the water. As with Alan, I'm not a big fan of the windmill portion.

BTW, please check your private messages.

Also, large pic changed to clickable thumbnail.

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]
The dark tide
Gentleman
Posts: 734
Joined: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:10 pm
Location: I don't know where I am. WHERE AM I!

........................................

Post by The dark tide »

Nice, you dont see to many black castles these days. The design is very well done but I think the rooms should be higher. The landscaping is average but it doesnt take away from the MOC.
User avatar
smcginnis
Justiciar
Posts: 1868
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:00 pm
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Contact:

Post by smcginnis »

Nice castle, Ristridin. Unlike most people, I actually like black castles, maybe because I have a bright moniter, so it isn't too hard to see details for me.

This castle has the look of being sort of abandoned, or at least unused to warfare, like it's a swampy area that never gets invaded. It seems like it could be well defended if the plants around it were cleaned up a bit. The interior is quite nice too, with a bit of furnishing it would be quite comfortable looking. The only thing I don't really like would be, as most others, the windmill. It's a neat idea, but it needs another blade. Overall, really good castle.

~smcginnis
Learning French.

Say it "ESS-MICK-GIN-ISS", with a hard "G", as in "get".

I'm a Pumpkin.

[url=http://www.freerice.com/]Free Rice[/url]
User avatar
Ristridin
Bailiff
Posts: 334
Joined: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:25 pm
Location: Holland
Contact:

Post by Ristridin »

Thanks all,

The really castle needs a interieur and guards :)

Michiel
dJOLe_sk8
Artisan
Posts: 257
Joined: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:45 pm
Location: Triballia

Post by dJOLe_sk8 »

Wow...I actually like the mill you did...
Every civilian element someone built is welcome at mine...
truly you did a great job with that mill...and everything else is wonderful...
Just keep on MOCing...

Greetings from Serbia
User avatar
Athos
Councilor of the Realm
Posts: 4262
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:33 am
Location: Nevada
Contact:

Post by Athos »

I'm not real fond of the half-timbering all the way down to the base under the windmill. I'd confine that to the upper part only.

Other than that, it looks pretty good. It is still a bit monolithic, but when building with black that's what you get. I'd also maybe stick some window pieces in the windows.

I like the landscaping too.

Steve
[url=http://www.johnny-thunder.blogspot.com/]Travel with Johnny Thunder![/url]
User avatar
Remyth
Trade King
Posts: 1855
Joined: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:43 am
Location: At the corner of Nowhere Avenue and Not Close to Anything Street
Contact:

Post by Remyth »

Great MOC! I really like the landscaping. THe only thing that bugs my is that most windmills I've seen were 4-blaided.
Thomas Wunz <><

"A nameless, shapeless beast from the dark underside of Chat." - Josh Wedin

[url=http://flickr.com/photos/11381994@N00/]Flickr[/url]
Post Reply