Wizard's tower

Michal H./gearcs · Post by **Michal H./gearcs** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:31 pm

Merlin and his guards are under attack. The undead army tries to get in the tower and kill Merlin.
This work were published by me about 2 months ago. I'll be grateful for any comment from you

Michal Herbolt/gearcs

link to Brickshelf gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=302507

Sir Dano · Post by **Sir Dano** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:43 pm

That is beautiful. I like the use of the ship steering wheel thingy as a chandelier.

Jansen · Post by **Jansen** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:51 pm

I remember seeing this on Brickshelf a while ago and thinking to myself, "Wow, that guy really made raised baseplates look awesome!" That has always been a tough thing to do and that tower is superb!

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:13 pm

There are some things I really like and a few things I dislike here.
Likes:
Great use of the raised baseplate
Use of the turret top piece as a balcony in the shorter tower
Wall details using clips and black 1x1 round plates in the shorter tower
Detailing around the windows in the taller tower
The little drawbridge between the towers
Dislikes:
The transitions between gray and tan are kind of jarring
Technic pin bricks by the windows on the top level of the taller tower

Bruce

The dark tide · Post by **The dark tide** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:09 pm

You have a nice moc here. I like what you have done with the small tower quite a bit. I'm not really a fan of the raised baseplate but I must say you make it look not so bad. Good work.

Blue Head · Post by **Blue Head** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:45 pm

wow... I could say so much... I like the skellie climbing tools, and I especially liked was the inside of the tower. I don't like, though, that no one is dying, not even a skellie. Other than that, it's beautiful.

kibosh · Post by **kibosh** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:01 pm

Wow. Just wow.

How did you make that brown ladder looking thing the skellies are climbing? I'd love to see a closer look at that!

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:54 pm

This is a great MOC. I really like the design of the tower, which looks almost like it's going to fall over its so tall. A great fantasy MOC, to be sure!

Avranor · Post by **Avranor** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:54 pm

This is great. The inside decor is very well done. I like the flag pole at the top of the big tower. I too, would like to know how you made the skellie ladder.

yaya · Post by **yaya** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:13 am

Wow, nicely built, great looking. I like your choice of color.

Voran_the_Scholar · Post by **Voran_the_Scholar** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:38 am

Wow...that is an incredible tower. I echo everything said before, but I'd also like to congratulate you on your excellent use of a very hard-to-use baseplate. I like the random feel the tower has. It's not just one straight, uniform chunk of rock. It really has a personality all its own. I love the little drawbridge spanning the towers. And I also would like to know how you constructed the ladder/stair the skellies are climbing. I have a guess, but I don't want to make a fool out of myself by being wrong. Well done.

paleotaur · Post by **paleotaur** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:49 am

Wow

How did you create exactly what I wanted most when I was thirteen?

Really, very inspiring tower man!

(though I do have to agree with Bruce that the tan kind of jups out a bit much)

Michal H./gearcs · Post by **Michal H./gearcs** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:24 am

Thaks all for comments!

Some of you wanted to know, how the skellie ladder is made... So it's not a ladder, but wooden stairs. This link is the new uploaded foto (when public) of it on the BL: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gearc ... 170081.jpg

kibosh · Post by **kibosh** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:52 pm

Michal H./gearcs wrote:So it's not a ladder, but wooden stairs. This link is the new uploaded foto (when public) of it on the BL: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gearc ... 170081.jpg

Ohhhhhhh.... Funny! From the reverse angle, it looked like a bunch of wooden slats sticking out from a cylindrical core. Now I see the core is a railing!

The old eyes playing tricks on me...

Still a very nice build!

Voran_the_Scholar · Post by **Voran_the_Scholar** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:10 pm

[quote="Michal H./gearcs"]Thaks all for comments!

Some of you wanted to know, how the skellie ladder is made... So it's not a ladder, but wooden stairs. This link is the new uploaded foto (when public) of it on the BL: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gearc ... 170081.jpg[/qute]

That's what I thought it was, but I just wanted to be sure. Thanks, Michal H./gearcs!

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