My first micro-scale MOC: Drachenburg Castle

Discussion of personal LEGO Castle creations
User avatar
Sir Nelson
Old Wizard
Posts: 848
Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:15 pm
Location: On Wizard Island, of course
Contact:

My first micro-scale MOC: Drachenburg Castle

Post by Sir Nelson »

Here is my first micro-scale MOC: Drachenburg Castle

Image Click for Images

This is my entry to Robin Hood's Mini-Castle contest. Drachenburg is a castle on a hill that overlooks a small town. Dragons sometime visit the area, hence the name - and one has just arrived in the town to check things out. There is a small mill that is powered by the river. Also, a cart and horse is escaping from the town to the castle. (All on a 32x32 baseplate!) :) Enjoy!


(Note: This being my first micro-scale MOC, I now have a great appreciation for the style. I built this in less than a day, but my big hands kept destroying parts of it as I built it!) :P
Last edited by Sir Nelson on Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"Old Wizards never die, nor fade away. They just kind of operate behind the scenes and in the shadows... doing all of their weird and wonderful Wizardy things and whatnot."
User avatar
eNiGMa
Justiciar
Posts: 1842
Joined: Tue May 03, 2005 10:43 pm
Location: Taylorsville, Utah
Contact:

Post by eNiGMa »

:shock: That is easily one of the very best micro MOCs I have ever seen, in any theme! This seriously reminds me of so many fantasy novels, and your attention to color is perfect.
Nathan Cunningham
[url=http://sly-pig.blogspot.com]Blog[/url] | [url=https://www.facebook.com/nathan.cunningham.9]Facebook[/url] | [url=http://sly-pig.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html]MOCs[/url]
User avatar
Graynar
Gentleman
Posts: 763
Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:23 pm
Contact:

Post by Graynar »

That is truely a great mini master piece! Personally, I really like the water mill, that's very cool. The river going into the mountain is also great.

Good suff.

Graynar
User avatar
Dunechaser
Councilor
Posts: 1139
Joined: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:11 pm
Location: The United States of Seattle
Contact:

Post by Dunechaser »

Eh, not bad for a first try. :wink:

Seriously, though, I just saw this on Brickshelf and almost mistook it for a minifig-scale castle. Very nice! I like how you used the clips as crenellations.
-Andrew B.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/]Flickr[/url] | [url=http://www.brothers-brick.com/]The Brothers Brick[/url]
User avatar
Formendacil
Knight Templar
Knight Templar
Posts: 4162
Joined: Wed May 05, 2004 7:22 pm
Location: Ashland, MA
Contact:

Post by Formendacil »

Dunechaser wrote:Eh, not bad for a first try. :wink:

Seriously, though, I just saw this on Brickshelf and almost mistook it for a minifig-scale castle. Very nice! I like how you used the clips as crenellations.
Yes, whatever SOME people may say about clip crenelations looking a bit lame, they look awesome here. Of course, at this particular scale, your inhabitants wouldn't be a round 1x1...

Overall, an awesome job.
User avatar
Stone Goblin
Bailiff
Posts: 313
Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:29 pm
Location: In the Dark Forest

Post by Stone Goblin »

Awesome! :shock:
This looks like you will be the winner or at least a runner up in the contest.
Love the gears on the towers and watermill. The whole landscape has a very nice flow to it. Some very good house designs.
My MOCpages:[url]http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/2746[/url]

Our store(Peppermint Pig and I)
LibertyBRICK:[url]http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Stone_Goblin[/url]
User avatar
lil Jon
Merchant
Posts: 1248
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:38 am
Location: Top Bunk
Contact:

Post by lil Jon »

That is really inspiring. I might have to try building micro sometime.

I really have nothing new to add, sorry.

Great job!
It's a Christmas Miracle!
User avatar
Bruce N H
Precentor of the Scriptorium
Posts: 6311
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:11 pm
Location: Middle Zealand
Contact:

Post by Bruce N H »

Dang, Nelsosn, that's awesome. Dare I say that the landscaping is Itou-esque? I particularly like the dragon! :D The use of the gear is also very cool.

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
MaxiVisVires
Squire
Posts: 618
Joined: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:32 pm
Location: San Diego, CA If I was any closer to LEGOLand, I'd be living there
Contact:

Post by MaxiVisVires »

First try? This is amazing. By far one of the best micro scale castles I've seen to date. And wonderful job on the landscaping. :D
"The Wise Warrior, When he moves, Is never confused; When he acts, Is never at a loss."
[url=http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=kaylinda]Vis Vires Toys[/url] | [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.c ... xivisvires]My Brickshelf[/url]
User avatar
SavaTheAggie
Lord Sava of Aggie
Posts: 2419
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:36 am
Location: Houston
Contact:

Post by SavaTheAggie »

That tears it. I gotta get into this Micro scale thing.

This is just too cool. I'm definately stealing ideas, both phsycial techniques for a future Micro Scale creation, and design ideas for minifig scale MOCs.

I love the trees, especially the way you installed them. That might not be a new technique, but it's new to me!

The gears in the towers are supurb, makes me wish there was such an easy detail solution for Minifig scale.

Yup, I'm definately inspired. Now if I can just find all the parts I'll need...

--Anthony
[url=http://www.ikros.net][img]http://www.ikros.net/links/ikrosbuttonsmall.jpg[/img][/url]

Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
User avatar
Gumby
Steward
Posts: 574
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:33 pm
Location: Vancouver, BC

Post by Gumby »

Holy cow - micro scale is becoming more & more cool! Judging by your topic, I thought it was a micro version of Robin's castle. :oops: Hey, they're both Drachen-whatever!

Like Anthony, I really like the gears used as tower details, and the trees.
-Bryan
User avatar
TwoTonic Knight
TwoTonic of Many Colors
Posts: 1815
Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:33 pm
Location: The Lowest Pit of Megablocks

Post by TwoTonic Knight »

Brilliant execution. It shows what can be done with the micro-scale concept.
Redwine the Ribald: Stare long enough into the abyss...
Two-Tonic Tippler: ...and you spit into it.

[img]http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/corsair/C ... ippler.jpg[/img]
User avatar
Formendacil
Knight Templar
Knight Templar
Posts: 4162
Joined: Wed May 05, 2004 7:22 pm
Location: Ashland, MA
Contact:

Post by Formendacil »

Gumby wrote:Holy cow - micro scale is becoming more & more cool!
I've noticed that too...

In my (not-so) studied opinion, I think that Microscale building is this year's fad, where vignettes was last year's.
User avatar
Azaghal
Landlord
Posts: 952
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:23 pm
Location: Gabilzâram
Contact:

Post by Azaghal »

Formendacil wrote:In my (not-so) studied opinion, I think that Microscale building is this year's fad, where vignettes was last year's.
Quick, everybody get something ready to enter in the CCC3 Microscale category!!! :lol:

Seriously, though, you did a great job an this castle. The microtudor houses are cool, too.
User avatar
Morgan19
Artisan
Posts: 291
Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2005 2:51 pm
Location: Delaware

Post by Morgan19 »

Simply beautiful. Excellent work!! :P

m19
Post Reply