Brickilla Posted September 28, 2011 I want to show you my last MOC: The Pit and the Pendulum. I have submitted it for Halloween Competition at Hispalug, the Spanish Lego Forums. It is a turning structure divided in 4 parts, each part shows a scene of “The Pit and the Pendulum” one of the most popular horror tales by Edgar Allan Poe. If you turn the MOC, the MOC tells you the story. GENERAL VIEW SCENE 1: THE PIT The main character is condemned to die by a Spanish Inquisition court. He knows that his destiny is to die, and also knows that his death will be cruel, but he is ignorant of when and how it will be. He is moved to a dark cell, without any light. The Death is watching … ’…the blackness of darkness supervened; all sensations appeared swallowed up in a mad rushing descent as of the soul into Hades. Then silence, and stillness, night were the universe (…)The agony of suspense grew at length intolerable, and I cautiously moved forward, with my arms extended, and my eyes straining from their sockets (…)I proceeded for many paces; but still all was blackness and vacancy.(…) I stumbled and fell.(…) . I put forward my arm, and shuddered to find that I had fallen at the very brink of a circular pit, whose extent, of course, I had no means of ascertaining at the moment (…). Another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more.’ SCENE 2: THE PENDULUM The main character is unconscious and when he wakes up, he finds that he is laid down on a kind of framework of wood , and he is tied. Now there is light and he can see an strange machine above him: a huge pendulum which ends in a razor. The Death is so close now … ’ … I prayed -- I wearied heaven with my prayer for its more speedy descent. (…)The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my length. I saw that the crescent was designed to cross the region of the heart. It would fray the serge of my robe -- it would return and repeat its operations -- again -- and again. Notwithstanding terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more) and the hissing vigor of its descent, sufficient to sunder these very walls of iron, still the fraying of my robe would be all that, for several minutes, it would accomplish.’ SCENE 3: THE BURNING WALLS Our character makes the rats break the ropes and in the last moment he gets away from Death. The Pendulum stops, but the Death doesn’t: The walls of the cell, made of iron, they start to burn and move ’… I shrank from the glowing metal to the centre of the cell. (…)At length for my seared and writhing body there was no longer an inch of foothold on the firm floor of the prison. I struggled no more, but the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long, and final scream of despair.’ SCENE 4: THE END In the last moment, when it seems that the Death is going to get its target, it is defeated. The French army arrive in Toledo and liberate Inquisition prisoners. ’… There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a thousand thunders! The fiery walls rushed back! An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss. It was that of General Lasalle. The French army had entered Toledo. The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies.’ More pictures and a video at my Flickrs gallery: [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickilla/sets/72157627627105285//[/url] I recommend you to read the complete tale, it takes no more thatn 10 minutes : http://www.online-literature.com/poe/40/ Hope you like it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yatkuu Posted December 1, 2011 The general idea of a "turning MOC" telling a tale is really good - I may have to try that one day. Your build is very good too - great job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
