Classic-Castle.com

A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a deserted temple.



AC

Both the creation, which is teeming with great architecture, and that tan tile collection, which is huge, are very impressive.

That is a huge amount of tiles I like the columns/statues too

As said before, very impressive

Wow this looks very nice. Great overall design and choice in the background.

I have to agree, thats probably the biggest collection of tan tiles I've ever seen.

That is TOO MANY dark tan tiles.

YOu need to give some to me.

wunztwice wrote:That is TOO MANY dark tan tiles.

YOu need to give some to me.

Oh good, so somebody else noticed that they're dark tan.

Anyway, very nice temple. A whole one would be cool, but this is very nice.

And 'deserted' doesn't seem the right word... more like 'evacuated,' because it's still in pristine condition—more or less.

~smcginnis

I really like how the Lion heads wear used on those obelisks. It those were human faces they would've made for a good Necromonger temple (ala Chronicles of Riddick).

Ha ha! My first impression was : "wow, that's a lot of tan tiles" I guess we are all short on tiles!

The temple is very nicely done and I'm impressed at how well the backdrop fits in. However, I would have not guessed that a lone "Cowpack" kinight would have gone looking for this destered temple. I guess he has an inner spirituality I never recognized--or he just got lost.

ACPin wrote:A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a deserted temple.

Nice use of the dark tan tiles. However, I fail to see anything "eastern" about this MOC. Can you enlighten us?

I've never thought to use the lion heads like that... cool! It's been some time since I've looked at some of your MOCs, but this is as good as I've come to expect from you.

Very foreign indeed to the bull knight, and very cool... expansive and large like temple should be, and very desolate too. I think the sky background might be affect that.

All of those flat tiles... wonderful... and wonderful effect.

Nice use of the dark tan tiles. However, I fail to see anything "eastern" about this MOC. Can you enlighten us?

It reminds me of Persia, Sumeria, perhaps a Babylonian area? Or some of the middle eastern areas... not the far east, mind you, but the eastern hemisphere. Unless it's just his own world, in which case anything goes.

I'm not sure why, but it also reminds me of the old star trek, with Captain Kirk beaming to a planet that has a mysterious temple and no one seems to be around... of course, I've been watching too much old star trek lately, so it could be that. Heh heh heh.

It is a great temple, which consists of many rare pieces! Great job!

As with all your buildings this one has that nice clean design to it. I'm always impressed by how well your buildings come across in pictures.

For me I'd like to see half of it "ruined" just to give it that ancient flavor, but you guys know I'm into broken up buildings and such.

Thanks all for your comments/critiques.

There's really no backstory to this as I was just in the moment of building it as a PoC (Proof of Concept) much like the arena dome before it. The top of the pillars were inspired by the Chronicles of Riddick as JPinoy mentioned. The four lion heads have already been used in a similar fashion for a fountain.

Yes, it pays to know the Lego store staff when new stock comes in for the PaB as I got first dibs on those dark tan tiles when they arrived.

AC