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The next installment in my "Entrance to the Caves" series is now finished:

Forgotten Beacon



I'm really quite proud of this model. There is a lot of detail, a new curved tower technique, and some fairly impressive caves...



Also, the accompanying story page is now available:

NTbricks.com/Tales.html

And in case you missed the beginning:



Comments are appreciated!

God Bless,

Nathan

Wow. VERY impressive. I like your details. (i did miss the other, so thanks for the link to that as well. That MOC vas awesome).
I also like the fact that it is so huge. You really get the feeling that this is a large mountain with many secrets.

Norro wrote: I'm really quite proud of this model.

And you should be because it`s fantastic work. Large but very well detailed.
Good work Norro .

That is impressive! I love the cave and the look of the snow and rocks. The tower is neat as well. I have never had good luck with round towers yet but everytime I see these I want to give it a new try (someday I will get it down!). Nice work. The story going on is cool as well, a explore/adventure feel.

Heir

Great work, Nathan. That's a very interesting tower design, too.

I have been waiting realy ong for this! A worthy continuation of the Entrance to the Caves I dare say. Your skill at landscaping is quite spectacular, and that tower is really good of course.

So, will we have to wait as long for the next one?

That's very nice! I saw that beacon tower in a picture on your webside, and i wondered which MOC it was from. Great landscaping and rockwork

Excellent stuff- the scale and amount of slopes on the hillside is incredible, but I love the interior and the cave system. I like how you've handled the water too.

Great site too- pics loaded fast and it was all a lot better than Brickshelf.

I love your MOC's! They always have such realistic detail.

Thanks all!

Maedhros wrote:I have been waiting really long for this! A worthy continuation of the Entrance to the Caves I dare say.

Thanks for the vote of confidence! Most of that wait was caused by wanting to put a site up first ; )

Maedhros wrote: So, will we have to wait as long for the next one? ;)

Whisper it quietly, but it's almost finished. Though I should warn that it it much, much smaller...

DNL wrote:That's very nice! I saw that beacon tower in a picture on your webside, and i wondered which MOC it was from.

I couldn't resist using it amongst the artwork. Cheers for noticing!

RichardAM wrote:Great site too- pics loaded fast and it was all a lot better than Brickshelf. :wink:

That was the genral motivation behind the upgrade ; ) Thanks much though!

God Bless and thanks again all,

Nathan

Hey Nathan,

This looks fantastic. I particularly like the cave bits. The snowscaping, while massive and impressive, is a bit more one-note to me. Very cool tower idea. How many wedges went into that? Is it just friction that holds the columns of wedges together? Is the tower attached at the bottom somehow?

BTW, sorry I haven't had a chance yet to go through the whole site and give you some feedback, but my initial glance through it leaves me very impressed.

Bruce

Epic stuff Nathan!
This is quickly becoming legendary already, following in the footsteps of your Entrace to the Caves.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! I love it!

CastleLord.

Definately a very high level of creativity with this MOC. I like how the snow is uneven on the top layer. The caves are very nice, especially the water. Great Job!
-Tower

Cheers all!

To update the Qs:

Bruce N H wrote: The snowscaping, while massive and impressive, is a bit more one-note to me.

Intentionally, I'll hasten to add ; ) I really wanted the caves and beacon to stand out in contrast to a barren snow scape...

Bruce N H wrote: Very cool tower idea. How many wedges went into that? Is it just friction that holds the columns of wedges together? Is the tower attached at the bottom somehow?

The tower is attached via the tried and true 1x1 round plates amidst tiles method, and yes the columns are held together by friction. I can't remember the exact number of wedges, but it is more than 20 per layer... annoyingly hard to obtain as well... ; )

Bruce N H wrote: BTW, sorry I haven't had a chance yet to go through the whole site and give you some feedback, but my initial glance through it leaves me very impressed.

No worries, I appreciate your impressions/thoughts more than a detailed list of my errors ; )

Aliencat wrote:Epic stuff Nathan!
This is quickly becoming legendary already, following in the footsteps of your Entrace to the Caves.

Thanks a million! Much appreciated, especially from yourself...

God Bless,

Nathan