Bull's Eye (Prelude)

[dathil]

Davok: "Long before the rise of Raavage, in the days after Revolword's defeat, a messenger arrived at the Bull's Eye, in these days not more than a mere outpost for our compagny"

Bull's Eye by David de Rijke, on Flickr

"The messenger, no one remembers anything of what he looked like, demanded to speak with the present highest in rank, which happend to be the Bull's second in command, me. It appeared to be confidential, so we sat together in the higher room of the tower"

Bull's Eye by David de Rijke, on Flickr

"To make a long story short: Some high guy wanted to hire us. The messenger seemed to say 'Victor' at a given point, but stopped abrupt and looked scared for a moment. Well, to the point. Our mission: Falconstone to the south gave hospitality to a stranger that was brought there under heavy escort. They seem to not know the danger of this man. Our client told us how this man has escaped the sack of the Dark Wizard's, and that he is a dangerous wizard himself. Those falcons wouldn't believe us, I can tell in advance. They never have been keen to see logic... We have to siege Falconstone, and kill this man. The reward? Bigger than you can ever dream off."

Bull's Eye by David de Rijke, on Flickr

Bull's Eye by David de Rijke, on Flickr

(Here we go... A long way to go, and the story is already paving its path in my mind. Where this will end, I don't know :D)

(This is a quite old build, and I have great news: got a new camera and new adjustments to my room that will be used for my next build :D)

(The guy with the kanjiclub torso is the younger version of my sigfig, Davok ^^)

(oh my god... while trying to play with revolword's name, I discovered its origin ONLY NOW... quite a slow catch)

[Alfadas]

Very nice MOC! Really love the snow on the rocks! And the ?old grey? looks really good in the walls. Overall a very cool build! 

[dathil]

Just now, Alfadas said:

And the ?old grey? looks really good in the walls.

Discolored bley ^^ taken over for almost nothing via 'marktplaats'

[Alfadas]

Just now, dathil said:

Discolored bley ^^ taken over for almost nothing via 'marktplaats'

Really? Discolored? Well, it's from marktplaats, so everything is possible I guess. Anyway, it looks awesome!

[Henjin_Quilones]

I like the use of the ball joint sockets on the tower, and the tower as a whole. Your use of BURPs for the cliffs is nicely masked with additional dark grey and snow, creating a typically Mitgardian scene. I think it would look better with a different treatment for the water, as the baseplate is a little too studdy, but it still works. Nicely done!

[TitusV]

Nice build! I really like the tower, but the rockwork is nice as well. And great to hear you have a new camera  

[Merc4Hire]

This is a sweet build! I also like the tower and the bottom water/rock section adds very nice variation to the scene. 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wow, beautiful winter scene!

The snow and the sea are epic together

[LittleJohn]

Excellent work, dathil! The stone texturing, rockwork and snow are very well done, and the sand green/RB sections add some nice color to the build
Very creative use of mixel joints too

[dathil]

On 21-1-2017 at 10:28 PM, Alfadas said:

Really? Discolored? Well, it's from marktplaats, so everything is possible I guess. Anyway, it looks awesome!

Yeah, some sides of the bricks are almost yellow. I'm gonna try some method on cleaning it, and otherwise I will have filler material ^^

On 21-1-2017 at 10:44 PM, Henjin_Quilones said:

I like the use of the ball joint sockets on the tower, and the tower as a whole. Your use of BURPs for the cliffs is nicely masked with additional dark grey and snow, creating a typically Mitgardian scene. I think it would look better with a different treatment for the water, as the baseplate is a little too studdy, but it still works. Nicely done!

Thanks! the ball joints were a tryout from a few loose pieces I achieved at Lego World. I am still working on the technique because I really like the look of them. My next build uses more of them :D For the water I originally wanted to add trans-clear pieces, but I did not make it with the parts I had. Also I liked this color!

On 21-1-2017 at 11:24 PM, TitusV said:

Nice build! I really like the tower, but the rockwork is nice as well. And great to hear you have a new camera  

Thanks! Can't wait to put it to use :)

17 hours ago, Merc4Hire said:

This is a sweet build! I also like the tower and the bottom water/rock section adds very nice variation to the scene. 

Thank you! I try to include some water in almost every of my builds ^^

15 hours ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Wow, beautiful winter scene!

The snow and the sea are epic together

Thank you! The snow technique is quite borrowed from SK though, I gained a lot of these pieces through a lucky PaB

3 hours ago, LittleJohn said:

Excellent work, dathil! The stone texturing, rockwork and snow are very well done, and the sand green/RB sections add some nice color to the build
Very creative use of mixel joints too

Thanks:) I liked working with the sand green but actually think the parts on the main tower should have been recessed by a half stud to emphasize the wooden pillars.

[halixon]

That tower is amazing. Love the detail on it.

[Grover]

I like the texture and the feel of the piece!  The color scheme works well for the northern, snowy lands, I think.  I like the story, too, great job!

[Blufiji]

Though I am not a fan of the BURPS, I am a fan of the hints of sand green in the tower, as wellas the snow layering.

[soccerkid6]

Great Mitgardian outpost! The ball joint use is really neat in the stonework Wonderful wintry landscape with the rocks, snow, and tree too

And the winding path up from the dock works nicely

[Umbra-Manis]

The contrast between the wooden (I presume) and stone sections is great!