Definately better! I really like the tower over the prison, and the fig posing looks good. One thing to work on for the future would be the gate. I like the arches, but it is somewhat lacking the the actual door area. Overall, very nice.
Kelderic
Battling with college to try and prevent the dark age.
Not to seem rude, but you really need to resize your pictures. It is very annoying (not to mention hard if you have a slow computer) to view pictures that are four times the size of the screen. As a courtesy (not to mention a better chance of getting comments) you should resize them before posting them. It's not hard, just about every picture-viewing program can resize them, even Microsoft Paint.
Hmm. No really special techniques, but it doesn't have gaps, and is all a single color. Off ot a good start!
Actually, it is hard to appreciate your MOCs fully. I know this has already been said, but take the time to photograph your MOCs well. On the internet, a MOC is only as good as its representation.