Deserted Temple

ACPin · Post by **ACPin** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:52 pm

A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a deserted temple.

AC

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:08 pm

Both the creation, which is teeming with great architecture, and that tan tile collection, which is huge, are very impressive.

DARKspawn · Post by **DARKspawn** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:27 pm

That is a huge amount of tiles

I like the columns/statues too

Aliencat · Post by **Aliencat** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:16 pm

As said before, very impressive

Donut · Post by **Donut** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:21 pm

Wow this looks very nice. Great overall design and choice in the background.

Aragornn45 · Post by **Aragornn45** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:18 am

I have to agree, thats probably the biggest collection of tan tiles I've ever seen.

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:05 am

That is TOO MANY dark tan tiles.

YOu need to give some to me.

smcginnis · Post by **smcginnis** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:55 am

wunztwice wrote:That is TOO MANY dark tan tiles.

YOu need to give some to me.

Oh good, so somebody else noticed that they're dark tan.

Anyway, very nice temple. A whole one would be cool, but this is very nice.

And 'deserted' doesn't seem the right word... more like 'evacuated,' because it's still in pristine condition—more or less.

~smcginnis

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:12 pm

I really like how the Lion heads wear used on those obelisks. It those were human faces they would've made for a good Necromonger temple (ala Chronicles of Riddick).

Rusty Brick · Post by **Rusty Brick** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:31 pm

Ha ha! My first impression was : "wow, that's a lot of tan tiles" I guess we are all short on tiles!

The temple is very nicely done and I'm impressed at how well the backdrop fits in. However, I would have not guessed that a lone "Cowpack" kinight would have gone looking for this destered temple. I guess he has an inner spirituality I never recognized--or he just got lost.

Sir Nelson · Post by **Sir Nelson** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:29 am

ACPin wrote:A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a deserted temple.

Nice use of the dark tan tiles. However, I fail to see anything "eastern" about this MOC. Can you enlighten us?

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:58 am

I've never thought to use the lion heads like that... cool! It's been some time since I've looked at some of your MOCs, but this is as good as I've come to expect from you.

Very foreign indeed to the bull knight, and very cool... expansive and large like temple should be, and very desolate too. I think the sky background might be affect that.

All of those flat tiles... wonderful... and wonderful effect.

Nice use of the dark tan tiles. However, I fail to see anything "eastern" about this MOC. Can you enlighten us?

It reminds me of Persia, Sumeria, perhaps a Babylonian area? Or some of the middle eastern areas... not the far east, mind you, but the eastern hemisphere. Unless it's just his own world, in which case anything goes.

I'm not sure why, but it also reminds me of the old star trek, with Captain Kirk beaming to a planet that has a mysterious temple and no one seems to be around... of course, I've been watching too much old star trek lately, so it could be that. Heh heh heh.

The Shadow Knight · Post by **The Shadow Knight** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:11 pm

It is a great temple, which consists of many rare pieces! Great job!

Cajun · Post by **Cajun** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:45 pm

As with all your buildings this one has that nice clean design to it. I'm always impressed by how well your buildings come across in pictures.

For me I'd like to see half of it "ruined" just to give it that ancient flavor, but you guys know I'm into broken up buildings and such.

ACPin · Post by **ACPin** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:04 am

Thanks all for your comments/critiques.

There's really no backstory to this as I was just in the moment of building it as a PoC (Proof of Concept) much like the arena dome before it. The top of the pillars were inspired by the Chronicles of Riddick as JPinoy mentioned. The four lion heads have already been used in a similar fashion for a fountain.

Yes, it pays to know the Lego store staff when new stock comes in for the PaB as I got first dibs on those dark tan tiles when they arrived.

AC

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