Red Dragon Firemaw MOC

LordZode · Post by **LordZode** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:00 pm

Here is my MOC of a Red Drake named "Firemaw".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/lordzode/LZ3.gif

Edit - Large image changed to a link. -Bruce

pkowalcz · Post by **pkowalcz** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:49 pm

Not to be rude... but isn't it the same dragon that you get in 7093? Photographing it without the rest of the set is IMHO a bit too little inventive to present it as your own MOC...

LordZode · Post by **LordZode** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:56 pm

pkowalcz wrote:Not to be rude... but isn't it the same dragon that you get in 7093? Photographing it without the rest of the set is IMHO a bit too little inventive to present it as your own MOC...

So what? Every MOC that someone posts here they had to get with a LEGO set.

I am proud to present my MOC of Firemaw and I'm sorry if you don't like it - and I think it is good to be inventive. How can you be too inventive?

That is what LEGO is about!

boses · Post by **boses** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:03 pm

What pkowalcz said is that your post was "too little inventive" in other words, taking an official design and claiming it to be your own does not seem to be very creative...Maybe you could take the existing sets you have and maybe mix them up, put the dragon wings on the the big gray skull from the tower or something....Thanks

LordZode · Post by **LordZode** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:12 pm

boses wrote:What pkowalcz said is that your post was "too little inventive" in other words, taking an official design and claiming it to be your own does not seem to be very creative...Maybe you could take the existing sets you have and maybe mix them up, put the dragon wings on the the big gray skull from the tower or something....Thanks

This is not a very warm welcome, I assumed this would be a welcome community to exchange tips, but instead I am shouted down because my MOC is not as complex as someone with a large collection.

I am sorry I will not post my MOC here again and bother you.

Odysseus · Post by **Odysseus** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:35 pm

Welcome to CC. Please do not take this as patronizing, but perhaps a definition of MOC would be useful. MOC stands for My Own Creation. I take that to mean that the end product is an original design, not a Lego Company design. The red dragon is a Lego creature, therefore most AFOLS (and other FOLS) will not agree that it is a MOC. If the dragon was brick-built, as are many fine creation by fellow forumite "boses", then it iwould be considered a MOC.

Jonathan

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:38 pm

A MOC is a creation that you maid from your OWN designs and hands. Perhaps this was just a little bit of confusion. I think people here were being a little too, offensive. I believe that you also should be a little less defensive.

Anyway, welcome to CC. Please don't get a bad impression just because of one little mix up. However, this would not qualify as a MOC, but a dragon taken right out of a box of a set. This is not very creative, as it was taken out of a box, and photographed. Sorry.

Now were past this, please enjoy the rest of your stay at the forum.

EDIT: Odysseus beat me to it.

P.I

LordZode · Post by **LordZode** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:49 pm

Sorry for the mix-up!

I thought "MOC" meant "An Online Photograph of some LEGO's"...

What does AFOLS and FOLS mean?

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:52 pm

AFOL- Adult Fan of Lego
TFOL- Teen Fan of Lego
KFOL- Kid fan of lego
MOC- My Own Creation
SNOT- Studs Not On Top
Greeble- Just Detail

Anything missing?

P.I

Post by **Bruce N H** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:17 pm

Those are the big ones. BURP (Big Ugly Rock Piece or Big Ugly Rock Pile) is also used a lot for these elments:

(Some people call the triangular one a LURP - Large Ugly Rock Piece)
A while ago, there was a movement among some to replace the term AFOL with ALE (Adult LEGO Enthusiast). IMO (in my opinion) it never really caught on. Also, check Shiri Dori's LEGO Acronym FAQ for other common abbreviations.

I would quibble with the definition of greeble. More than just any detail, greebling is the addition of a lot of meaningless small details to break up empty flat surfaces. The term goes back to the model makers for the original Star Wars movies.

Bruce