The Dragon of Hillfont Castle
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:20 pm
Well, a few weeks back I shared with the forum that right around the time I came out of my Dark Age, we purchased for my son the Duplo Dinosaur Valley set that had the fur pieces I've used in a couple of MOC's and also this cave-like baseplate:
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors. ... =31384&v=2
I had wanted to do something different/special with the baseplate since I first saw it, because I knew it would be terrific to site a castle on top of. So here's what I came up with:

Front (High res):http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gomur ... 0_5439.jpg
Rear: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gomur ... esized.jpg
The dragon was brick-built just by eye, and it came out ok I think. I couldn't resist putting our brave old Knight and his trusty squire in the MOC. Think that bow and arrow will do them any good?
Also, as per a previous conversation about crenellations, note the minimal use of them here as my ideas for how it could be done unobtrusively and still be unequivocally a fortress-like castle.
Gallery when modded: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=342367
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors. ... =31384&v=2
I had wanted to do something different/special with the baseplate since I first saw it, because I knew it would be terrific to site a castle on top of. So here's what I came up with:

Front (High res):http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gomur ... 0_5439.jpg
Rear: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Gomur ... esized.jpg
The dragon was brick-built just by eye, and it came out ok I think. I couldn't resist putting our brave old Knight and his trusty squire in the MOC. Think that bow and arrow will do them any good?
Also, as per a previous conversation about crenellations, note the minimal use of them here as my ideas for how it could be done unobtrusively and still be unequivocally a fortress-like castle.
Gallery when modded: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=342367