Last March of the Ents

Discussion of personal LEGO Castle creations
Post Reply
User avatar
Bruce N H
Precentor of the Scriptorium
Posts: 6311
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:11 pm
Location: Middle Zealand
Contact:

Last March of the Ents

Post by Bruce N H »

Hey all,

If you're going to BrickCon this weekend, you'll be able to see this in person. Bruce Lowell, Alyse & Remi Gagne, and Brandon Griffith call themselves OneLug. They got together to create the Last March of the Ents.

Image
Image Image Image Image

Bruce
[url=http://comicbricks.blogspot.com/]ComicBricks[/url] [url=http://godbricks.blogspot.com/]GodBricks[/url] [url=http://microbricks.blogspot.com/]MicroBricks[/url] [url=http://minilandbricks.blogspot.com/]MinilandBricks[/url] [url=http://scibricks.blogspot.com/]SciBricks[/url] [url=http://vignettebricks.blogspot.com/]VignetteBricks[/url] [url=http://www.classic-castle.com/bricktales/]Brick Tales[/url]
User avatar
Blego7
Master Builder
Master Builder
Posts: 944
Joined: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:40 pm
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Contact:

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Blego7 »

Another great find Bruce! The size of this is truly spectacular. Very well done. Also the water technique that they used is spot on.
User avatar
Tower of Iron Will
Master
Posts: 1705
Joined: Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:47 am
Location: Fortress of the Lion Emperor

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Tower of Iron Will »

:twitch: :spin: Excellent, I couldn't say anything bad about this moc, this......is......so.....cool! Are these people regular members here? Wow, incredible!
-Tower
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely!

Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance.

The water that floats a ship is the same that sinks it.

My LEGO figures keep me from being evil, drat!!
User avatar
Tycho McKorley
Artisan
Posts: 259
Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:20 am
Location: Washington, DC, USA

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Tycho McKorley »

I saw this MOC earlier and thought that it was extraordinary. I think it also points to what seems to be a growing trending in the Lego community. Large group projects are no longer the sole domain of the Lego town and train folks. I have seen great group projects among the science fiction and fantasy creators as well.

I think the European Lego builders have been doing more collaboration for a while than their American counterparts but I think we're catching up on this end of the pond. :)
[url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Tycho123]My Brickshelf Folder[/url]
User avatar
Karrde
Bailiff
Posts: 335
Joined: Sat May 02, 2009 8:10 pm
Location: Snotingaham, Mercia

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Karrde »

Every now and then you see a creation that just makes you want to cry tears of joy. This is one of those for me.
User avatar
JoshWedin
Chevalier de Chèvre
Posts: 4995
Joined: Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:35 pm
Location: Pondering what you are pondering
Contact:

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by JoshWedin »

This is now assembled at BrickCon. I had time to watch a little as it was put together and then I spent some serious time last night taking in the details.

This is an incredible build. It's packed with tons of cool action details. The Ents are awesome and Orthanc is stunning.

Josh
AFOL and his money are easily parted.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak_brickster/8 ... hotostream][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/85336074 ... 2a10_t.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.Brothers-Brick.com]The Brothers Brick[/url]
User avatar
Athalus
Foot Soldier
Posts: 214
Joined: Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:28 am
Location: Fryslân, The Netherlands

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Athalus »

Amazing. This really make me want to go to BrickCon. It's huge! :twitch:
User avatar
dyntar
Foot Soldier
Posts: 246
Joined: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:05 pm
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by dyntar »

This is so awesome.. Wow i cant even imagine how many bits went into making this.

If I had to make a minor comment.. maybe the ents need a few more green bits... to make them a bit more treeish.

otherwise its so amazing I wish I could see this in person. :D
Elbadar
Artisan
Posts: 271
Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:27 am
Location: Location may vary

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Elbadar »

Simply amazing! Aside from the sheer size and near perfect duplication of Orthanc from the movies, I must say I'm very impressed with the water flow. I've seen people do small amounts of water like that (like streams and such) and thought it lackluster, but here as untamed floodwaters it it perfect. Everyone who took part in this build should be very proud of it.
Back to the front!
User avatar
legokilt
Bailiff
Posts: 335
Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:32 pm
Location: On a mountain wondering where the snow is.

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by legokilt »

That is probably one of if not the most amazing MOC I have ever seen! The ents are perfect, especially the burning one. The tower is amazing, just like the film. The water as mentioned is spectacular. There isn't one thing about this MOC that I could say anything negative about. I bow before those who built this.
Lego helps make history fun!
User avatar
Velliscig
Artisan
Posts: 285
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:15 am
Location: The Land of Corrupt Governors

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Velliscig »

This has to be the most insanely awesome build I've ever seen! I showed my LOTR-loving friends and we gasped at the size and complexity of this project.

The water effects struck me as being the most ingenious, besides the tower of course. The Ents look absolutely amazing though, might have to build one myself sometime. :D
User avatar
Fraslund
Robin Goodfellow
Posts: 337
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:54 pm
Location: Edmonds, Wa

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by Fraslund »

This blew me away when I saw it online and when I saw it in person at brickcon I was even more stunned. This is something you can litterly look at for an hour and keep finding new things. Amazing work!
User avatar
BiggerJim
Apprentice
Posts: 192
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:05 am
Location: Puyallup, Wa
Contact:

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by BiggerJim »

Velliscig wrote:The Ents look absolutely amazing though, might have to build one myself sometime. :D
This was what impressed me most in person. Each one was a great MOC on it's own. Great work!!
[url=http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=biggerjim]My store[/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/biggerjim/]My Flickr[/url]
MOC's come and go....But sorting is forever.
User avatar
The Blue Knight
Merchant
Posts: 1362
Joined: Sun Feb 15, 2004 3:28 am
Location: Yamhill Country
Contact:

Re: Last March of the Ents

Post by The Blue Knight »

This truly is one of those builds that must be seen in person. The details are so many and intricate that they can't be fully appreciated in a picture. I was most pleased to be able to see it in the flesh. The tower is primarily SNOT, and it's sheen size is just jaw dropping. However I agree with Fras and BJim; the Ents really make it. They are hard enough to draw (remember the giant walking carrot from the 1978 version?) but to see them rendered like this was incredible! They each had personality, they even used black bricks to show the burnt part of the on-fire Ent. The builders were really copol too, each willing to answer the same question again and again.
'
Men who lie, merely hide the truth; but men who tell half-lies, have forgotten where they put it--Samuel Clemens
Post Reply