luther 2.06 - The Abduction

[Jojo]

Hello!




When Luther was summoned to the Reichstag (diet) of Worms, his sovereign prince obtained from the Emperor free passage for him. The man knew why he was doing this. At this diet the Emperor, as expected, imposed the Ban of the Empire upon Luther. Thus he was oulawed, and everybody was free to kill him whenever they got hold of him. This way Church and Emperor hoped to get rid of him once and for all.
And, as fate demanded, on his journey home Luther was attacked by a mob of highwaymen, as it seemed, and abducted to Wartburg Castle.

Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, found himself in a difficult situation. Being a subject to his emperor he certainly could not officially an outlaw, on the other side however, he was prepared to patronize his ablest theologian. So he ordered his own men to obduct Luther, lest anybody else was doing this.


And yes, this is a mini version of Wartburg Castle.




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Bye
Jojo

[footsteps]

And yes, this is a mini version of Wartburg Castle.

I must learn how to do mini MOCs. That is beautiful, Jojo.

Alan

[Bruce N H]

Great MOC, Jojo! I just blogged it on MicroBricks. BTW, you should definitely enter your Wartburg in the Mini Castle Contest - you've got about 13 hours or so before the deadline for entries.

Bruce

[CastleLord]

I just wanted to comment that i have been in Wartburg...I loved the nice castle.

CastleLord.

[Formendacil]

As a Catholic attending a Lutheran college, I've, uh... built up something of a reputation (only partially deserved) of being a virulent contra-Lutheran, so I'd never admit this there, but I got all giddy seeing that you had resumed your Reformation Day tradition, Jojo. This creation, as always, is both accurate-seeming in its portrayal of a historical event and a finely constructed, aesthetically pleasing MOC.

[Jojo]

Hello!

Thanks for the praise!

BTW, you should definitely enter your Wartburg in the Mini Castle Contest - you've got about 13 hours or so before the deadline for entries.

I can't. Its dimensions are larger than 32 studs.


Bye
Jojo

[plums_deify]

JoJo, I've missed your MOCs and creativity.

This is beautiful, as always.

[wunztwice]

Jojo!

It's great to see another MOC, and some activity form you! You've been missed.

I am quite glad to see a Reformation Day MOC from you as well. I've posted comments on your flickr, but thoguth I'd drop a line here too!

[Bruce N H]

Hey,

I was remiss in noting that I was also really happy to see you resume this tradition. I was afraid you'd run out of events from Luther's life that would make good MOCs. I looked up the real castle and this is a very faithful rendition. Good work.

Bruce

[Blueandwhite]

Great work as usual.

I really like your use of forced perspective to create a dramatic landscape. In particular, I like the way that you've used the cart and soldiers to separate the foreground from the midground and the pine trees to again create a linear division between the midground and the background. The end result is quite striking. Moreover, the excellent micro-scale model of Wartburg Castle is really something to behold.

Your Luthren series of MOCs has always been a favourite of mine and this great MOC is certainly keeping with that tradition.

[kris kelvin]

It`s fantastic mini castle, and the whole story is build on fantastic level.

I only ask you why you build so rare lately?

[Traveler]

Hey Jojo, great to see a MOC from you again. I love the tradition of Reformation Day MOCs that you started. I was going to make one myself, but I'm not in the same place as my LEGO right now.

And Bruce, speaking as one who has read several biographies of Luther, there's no shortage of pretty interesting events in his life that are MOCable (if that's a word)!

[Norro]

Brilliant to see one of my faviourite traditions resumed! Some stunning work in what I believe is a new scale for you? I always enjoy MOCs that capture the caricature of a building/scene in preference to the details.

God Bless,

Nathan

[MrTS]

Great effect Jojo. I really like the shot of the mini scale castle as background scenery! Also the mini scale castle looks really nice.

[Tower of Iron Will]

This is very pleasing to the eye, nicely done. I like the use of the small pine trees as big pine trees. It's also nice to see the history of Luther in bricks once again. Great job.
-Tower