Sorrowful White Castle by dellta

Post by **Bruce N H** » Fri May 04, 2007 3:56 pm

Hey all,

Dellta has posted a unique fantasy castle with two faces:

Bruce

Post by **Athos** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:17 pm

I don't like it... way too creepy (reminds me of that termite commercial with the talking house, which also creeps me out).

Beyond the overall creepiness, it looks pretty cool.

Steve

Rusty Brick · Post by **Rusty Brick** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:02 pm

Its not really my style, and I agree with Athos that it is creepy. It is an interesting and unqiue--rather than the skull head on the castle, we have cloud like faces. I also liked the technique used for the stair case up the side of the castle.

Emp.Justinian · Post by **Emp.Justinian** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:06 pm

It's creepy and it's cooky mysterious and spooky it's altogether ooky the um, creepy face castle thingy. Well the person obviously put a great deal of work into this MOC. The building style is well done and refined, it's just that the subject matter seems decidedly mornful, the faces look realy depressing. I think that if the person used the same technique the castle would be very cool if only the facews were less mournful, if it was a dragon head or something it would be even cooler.

God speed

Emp.Justinian

smcginnis · Post by **smcginnis** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:14 pm

I really like the look of this, and the idea's quite interesting. The only thing I don't like is that this wouldn't stand up to a siege at all.

~smcginnis

leaf_of_lire · Post by **leaf_of_lire** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:22 pm

I don't like it. It's creepy and strange.

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:46 pm

Hmm, well however creep and however many foks don't like it I think it's very well-made!!! If it's getting this kind of reaction you know the creator had to have done something right. It's not often a LEGO MOC can actually freak people out, so its a great job to the creator!

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Fri May 04, 2007 7:48 pm

I think that it is creepy, and dare I say jibbly. However, if ever I saw a jibbly teeming with quality and artistic mastery, then it's here. Besides the creepy face, architectural details such as the stairs and the overall facade really make it a quality MOC.

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:03 pm

Too creepy for me. I think he should take the face off. Its a creative style, but there is something as too creative.

P.I

DARKspawn · Post by **DARKspawn** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:54 pm

Very interesting. Quite an impressive amount of scope to plan and build something like this. The colour really adds to it's oddness too. Sure it's weird but the vision is quite impressive. I don't think this was meant as a castle MOC, probably more of a display piece actually. I wouldn't say I love it, but it is very impressive. It "speaks" to me

...sorry

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Fri May 04, 2007 11:25 pm

There is a certain jibbliness factor at play here, isn't there? Overall I would say it could benefit from a visit by a Feung Siue master. (Pronounced "Fung Schway" I know what it means, but not how to spell it D'oh!)

This is something I never would have thought to do myself. The faces are rather plain, and two of them is kinda odd. One only, or one on each side I say. I'm pretty ambivilent aren't I? I think I would have liked it if there was only 1 face, and if it were more, well, integrated. By that I mean the face played a role in the architecture of the fort. I would also like to see something like this be more subtle, like making it visible from one angle, or with the light at a certain angle. It is rater unsettling though, and perhaps that was the goal. If so, mission accomplished.

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:21 am

It's a wonderful idea, but excecuted rather... poorly, I think. The faces are good, but there's so much room for more detail in them, especially considering SNOT. I'm not saying I could do better, but I'd love to see what an expert brick sculptor could do with this.

Maedhros · Post by **Maedhros** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:41 am

The Blue Knight wrote:There is a certain jibbliness factor at play here, isn't there? Overall I would say it could benefit from a visit by a Feung Siue master. (Pronounced "Fung Schway" I know what it means, but not how to spell it D'oh!)

Feng Shui.

Anyway, that has to be one of the coolest ideas I have seen, but unfortunately it isn't as well executed I think. The rest of the castle except the faces look really good though, I just think she/he have to work a bit more on the faces themselves.

The Blue Knight · Post by **The Blue Knight** » Sat May 05, 2007 4:17 pm

Maedhros wrote:
The Blue Knight wrote:There is a certain jibbliness factor at play here, isn't there? Overall I would say it could benefit from a visit by a Feung Siue master. (Pronounced "Fung Schway" I know what it means, but not how to spell it D'oh!)
Feng Shui.

Anyway, that has to be one of the coolest ideas I have seen, but unfortunately it isn't as well executed I think. The rest of the castle except the faces look really good though, I just think she/he have to work a bit more on the faces themselves.

Thank you for the Feng Shui assist. Also, I think you hit the nail on the head about this MOC. Idea: good. Execution: not so much.

Patron of the lego · Post by **Patron of the lego** » Sun May 06, 2007 5:57 pm

Um, it is detailed. But how did the faces get there?