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The story of Lord Mortis - Part 2 [Freebuild]

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Let me say beforehand that my picture taking qualities need improvement, just like the hardware... The first part of the photo's were taken with my very, very outdated digicam. Halfway in i got so fed up with it that i took the remaining pictures with my cell phone. Those ones are a bit darker and less sharp. This is part two, and if you are wondering where part one is... It's somewhere in the nocturnus thread, but i never made a separate topic due to the fact it was an incomplete build. I'll possibly remake part one in the future.

The Story of Lord Mortis - Part 2 - The road to Nocturnus

Prologue

After a avalonian graverobber awakened Lord Mortis by accident, the dark lord decided it was time again to rise. Taking the graverobber's horse and his blood, Mortis set out to nocturnus, looking to awake his servants. However, the tomb of lord mortis was in the southeast part of what these days is mitgardia. Traveling to the Kelra Labyrinths to enter nocturnus would take three days and would be too much of a risk for Lord Mortis. Being a vampire, he must seek shelter during the day and during that moment he is most vunerable. The shortest route would be one of the old mountain paths that lie in the northern part of the rakath mountains, in the past used as trade routes to port Wrath. Those paths were not commonly used because of the dangers that reside within these mountains, but due to the current state of afairs in the darklands more and more people are desperate enough to risk their lives in hope to reach mitgardia...

On one of these paths, we find three bandits. Lured by the possible valuables that the refugees have, they decided to set up shop on one of the trails.

By the looks of them they are either mummies, or leppars...

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Carg: Hey pops, how is the fish coming along?

Raghas: Well son, it looks to bake just nicely! It was a good thing the last sob we robbed had a bit of cooking oil on him.

Carg: Great. We were very lucky that Rigge cought that fish, im looking forward to a meal that isnt only bread this time.

Raghas: Haha, i agree with you on that one, son.

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Carg: Wait, i hear a horse coming! Rigge! Get to your position!

Rigge: Got it!

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Carg runs towards the oncoming traveler. With a raised voice he yells: He who goes there, halt! State your buisness here!

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Lord Mortis dismounts..

Lucius: I am just a simple traveler looking for a path into nocturnus, not looking to do any mischief to you or your company.

Carg: Into Nocturnus? Hrmph! Only a fool would want to go to nocturnus these days! But very well then, we will only let you pass if you pay us a toll!

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Lucius: I dont have any coin or gold on me, but i do have this sword...

Carg: Is that a threat? You would do wise to behold the head we put on a pike there.. That was the last bastard who threatened us!

You are outnumbered! If you value your life, i suggest you cough up some gold or turn around to try the Kelra Labyrinths!

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Rigge: That horse is worth something... Let's just kill the fool and take his horse!

Raghas: We will have none of that! Boys, put down your weapons!

Carg: What? Why? We can take this guy easy!

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Raghas: We are not going to kill an old friend of mine, that's why!

Lucius: Hah! Long time no see, Raghas Memnon!

Raghas: Lucius Mortis! You are a sight for sore eyes! How have you been, my friend?

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Raghas invites Lord Mortis for a simple meal together with his sons, and they talk for hours about all the things that have come to pass the last fivehundred years, and the current developments conserning the black spire..

Lucius: ...And then i sucked the guy dry, and took his horse. The scum never knew what hit him!

Raghas: Hahaha! Serves that bastard right! So, now that you are heading into nocturnus, where will you go to?

Lucius: I'll be traveling to Harbringers Haven to awaken some of my old men, and then off to Shadowmere to visit a friend.

Raghas: These mountains are quite dangerous when traveling alone. Please, let my son Carg escort you to Harbringers Haven...

Carg: But father, what about you and Rigge?

Raghas: Don't worry, we'll be just fine! Rigge is an excellent shot, and your old man can still swing a sword.

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After saying goodbye, Carg and Lord Mortis mount up and continue the mountain path into nocturnus...

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But one thing they failed to notice...

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Is that they are being watched....

To be continued.....

Well, i hoped you liked the story!

This is my biggest moc up to date, 48x48 studs and i wanted depth, so it also has some height to it!

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I had to use dark orange bricks for the back because i had those in obundance, this whole build has been quite the challenge to not run out of certain bricks before completion... (had to Bricklink dark bley wedges like two times, and i allready had alot!)

Total view:

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Some details:

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Somehow just all rock seemed too dull, but a gateway too grand for this moc... I've opted a guard tower too... Could not think of something good. This was what i came up with, sort of a LOTR ripp-off, on a smaller scale and no water. :grin: The tree was also added to break up the all-rock-ness and following Lord Derfel Cadarn's tree building guide i made a wonderfull tree right off the bat! Unfortunatly it did not fit the moc that well, so i had to adapt. The result however, i like very much.

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At first i wanted to go with a bandit camp with campfire, but who needs a fire if you have loads of hot molten lava? So running short on black slopes, my pet shop modular had it's roof gone all of a sudden. :devil:

My rock technique could use some snot in there, but due to the 3D-ish build i did not dare to try yet. Did try some new things like the lava and tree building, and its a massive 48x48 studs!

Cast:

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From left to right:

Rigge

Raghas

Carg

I'm happy with this build, i sure hope you enjoyed reading this topic, and C&C Welcome!

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Exceptional landscaping, especially with the curved path.

About how many tall slopes did you end up using? I always find estimating brick needs to be very difficult...

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Awesome landscaping. You make it look easy. Especially with the bold choice to include dark green, which I think most of us wouldn't try because of the balancing act of how much is too much etc. Great work.

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That is a huge number of parts! A very effective and quite subtle build. This is the sort of thing I am terrible at and hate building, but you have totally mastered it at the first go. I feel like all that amazing Rock and path effort should have something grander as its Apex, it's very restrained of you and generous to the source material to keep it so plain. Great build.

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Very nice, you surely put a lot of work in all the rocks. I like the mix of dark grey, dark bley and some dark green accents. That works great.

I'm very jealous on all that dark orange... best LEGO colour ever, but I still don't have a lot of it.

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Top notch rockwork and landscaping mate! With a bit better photography it would look like a gem! Excellent job.

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Thank you all for all those awesome comments! :blush:

Exceptional landscaping, especially with the curved path.

About how many tall slopes did you end up using? I always find estimating brick needs to be very difficult...

I have absolutely no idea... During the build i ran out of slopes, so i did what every sane afol would do - Bricklink some more! :laugh:

Nearing completion i did start to break a sweat, because i was running out again...

Awesome landscaping. You make it look easy. Especially with the bold choice to include dark green, which I think most of us wouldn't try because of the balancing act of how much is too much etc. Great work.

The reason for dark green is also that Slope 65 2 x 1 x 2 does not exist in dark grey. Also in some LOTR sets it is used to mimic moss covered rock, so i figured i'd mix them in. Also a selection of old dark grey was mixed in to break the dark bluish grey color.

That is a huge number of parts! A very effective and quite subtle build. This is the sort of thing I am terrible at and hate building, but you have totally mastered it at the first go. I feel like all that amazing Rock and path effort should have something grander as its Apex, it's very restrained of you and generous to the source material to keep it so plain. Great build.

I haven't thought about that, but you are totally right!

Very nice, you surely put a lot of work in all the rocks. I like the mix of dark grey, dark bley and some dark green accents. That works great.

I'm very jealous on all that dark orange... best LEGO colour ever, but I still don't have a lot of it.

It's from the town hall set 10224, and what i've used isn't even half the amount that comes with the set! Also lots of light bluish grey bricks too.

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Very nice mountain path, I really like how the whole build is rising towards the back as it gives a very believable mountain look. Nice to see some mountain mummies again, its been too long!

10224 is such a great parts pack! I picked up a second one just for the parts :wink:

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Very nice mountain path, I really like how the whole build is rising towards the back as it gives a very believable mountain look. Nice to see some mountain mummies again, its been too long!

10224 is such a great parts pack! I picked up a second one just for the parts :wink:

Thank you. I think we will see these mummies back in future mocs aswell, since Raghas is a old friend of Lord Mortis..

Such a great build, the rockwork is exceptional and I like the gate at the top :classic:

Thanks! The gate was a last minute decision because all the rockwork was too overpowering. Had to break it up and a gate or guardtower would be to grand, so i made two statues forming a gateway.

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Awesome build Jorrith, this is some really cool rockwork and storytelling! Man that path is really something else, wonderful elevation changes and great variety in the rockwork. I totally understand the trouble of ordering slopes for mountain building, you think you got too much then find out you got way too little and have to order some more. I've been asked how many dark bley slopes I have and the answer is always the same: not enough! In any case, as much as I enjoy this build it is the story which really makes this top notch, IMO. I'm really enjoying Lord Mortis' story and look forward to seeing where it goes. Your builds and storytelling is an awesome contribution to Nocturnus, if I may say so!

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Very nice build Jorrith! Th curvy mountain path looks really good, and I like the statues guarding the path. Also, the one guy cooking a fish over the lava is funny. :classic:

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This is exactly how I envisioned my CH build for Nocturnus (it came out totally different though!) and I love that you nailed it so darn good! The height and deep in the moc is just wow! My favourite thing is how you placed the bush near the rocks, looks so good when see it in front!

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Awesome build Jorrith, this is some really cool rockwork and storytelling! Man that path is really something else, wonderful elevation changes and great variety in the rockwork. I totally understand the trouble of ordering slopes for mountain building, you think you got too much then find out you got way too little and have to order some more. I've been asked how many dark bley slopes I have and the answer is always the same: not enough! In any case, as much as I enjoy this build it is the story which really makes this top notch, IMO. I'm really enjoying Lord Mortis' story and look forward to seeing where it goes. Your builds and storytelling is an awesome contribution to Nocturnus, if I may say so!

Thank you! I must admit that i have been looking at your rockwork for inspiration. The story was a bit troublesome due to the fact that english isn't my native language, so it's sometimes hard to find the correct words. Even though writing the story beforehand sure helps, and during posting it i only had to polish up a few things.

Very nice build Jorrith! Th curvy mountain path looks really good, and I like the statues guarding the path. Also, the one guy cooking a fish over the lava is funny. :classic:

Well i thought about making a campfire first, but nocturnus has lava everywhere so why would they build a fire if they can use the lava?

This is exactly how I envisioned my CH build for Nocturnus (it came out totally different though!) and I love that you nailed it so darn good! The height and deep in the moc is just wow! My favourite thing is how you placed the bush near the rocks, looks so good when see it in front!

Now that you mention it... Yeah that looks really good. The height and depth was something i wanted to train myself in, building on a baseplate does give the tendency to build flat, and a landscape isn't allways like that.

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This is about how i did the base of the moc... I made the pathway first, meandering to the top and filled the rockwork in later. Also lateron i decided to go for a more barren look and removed all the green plants.

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This is very very good! The rockwork is great, very real with the dark green patches, the pathway is also fantastically done! The overall look of the build is awesome! And the story is great to! :sweet:

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Wow. My jealousy is as abundant as Lord Mortis' thirst for blood! I love how gradual your path works it's way up, and yet the build is still soooo tall! I've always wanted to build something of this scale but lack the pieces necessary. Keep up the fantastic work!

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This is very very good! The rockwork is great, very real with the dark green patches, the pathway is also fantastically done! The overall look of the build is awesome! And the story is great to! :sweet:

Thank you!

Wow. My jealousy is as abundant as Lord Mortis' thirst for blood! I love how gradual your path works it's way up, and yet the build is still soooo tall! I've always wanted to build something of this scale but lack the pieces necessary. Keep up the fantastic work!

I know the feeling all too well... It's very frustrating to not have all the parts needed to build what you want. Last year, when i was just out of my dark ages, it happened very often! Thank you for the compliment!

The slope on the path looks really good, as does the rockwork. Also, the "not a gateway, sorta LOTR" section is a really nice touch :wink:

Thanks!

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