Hi all,
Well this is my first post and also my first (and in the short term last, it took too long!) post-dark ages MOC, Haidos Castle.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=187675
Some deeplinks:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ognom ... idos05.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ognom ... idos02.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ognom ... idos03.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ognom ... idos08.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ognom ... idos23.jpg
And for those who are interested, a few making-of shots:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=192772
Haidos took around 8 months to build, it's kind of a large scale combination of the King's Castle, the Black Falcon Fortress and the Black Knight's Castle (the King's castle was my first major castle, i must have been around 6 at the time so it obviously has a special place in my heart).
Thanks to everyone who's posted their MOCs - had a really great time going back over all the old posts and got some great ideas and inspiration in the process.
While i think of it, just a couple of things i discovered re. photographing a model like this:
1) outside on a cloudy but not too gloomy day worked the best for me, and
2) get a tripod!! not too expensive and it made life so much easier (not too mention you just can't get some types of shots without one)
Chris