[MOC] Cronan's Country Keep

[LegoMyMamma]

Built on top of an old mine, this castley structure hides a dark dungeon beneath and behind the steps over flowing waters.

Combo/ReBuild: Built using only parts from Goblin King's Fortress #41188 and Crystal Mine #41177.

Water flows from the old mine cave under the Keep's steps -- with remnants of its past crystal days.

From his throne room, Cronan activates the dark portal below to capture an arch enemy into his Dungeon.

Who was sucked into the Dungeon through the portal?
It's Farran - the earth Elf!

The portal's power also pulled the baby earth dragon Floria into this dark underground hole.

Farran is strapped onto a stretching rack -- all Cronan has to do is turn the crank with the grey knob and ... "aarrrghh!"

He had a secret passage behind the fireplace built-in, so he could escape with coin and jewels.

His faithful Shadow bird can use magic to see objects moving on the map near the Keep ... nothing gets by without notice.

We can see the baby dragon is chained too!!

Poor Farran has been stretched and still doesn't know what secrets Cronan wants!

The entrance gate is kept locked.

Can anyone help free Farran before the crazy knob cranks the chains even more?

 

 

 

[Kristel]

Great build and story to go with it.  Love how you've done the steps and the throne!

[Grey Magistrate]

Really cool!  I like the steps and water best of all, and I like the details in the mini-dungeon.

[LegoMyMamma]

  On 11/1/2018 at 8:17 PM, Kristel said:

Great build and story to go with it.  Love how you've done the steps and the throne!

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Thank you, I'd like to build similar steps in more detail in a proper castle creation ... some day ;-)

  On 11/2/2018 at 2:34 AM, Grey Magistrate said:

Really cool!  I like the steps and water best of all, and I like the details in the mini-dungeon.

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Thanks, it really is a "mini" dungeon, isn't it; hard to see (and photograph) all the details.  So many other evil ideas had to be cut during creation. :-)

[Euphorine]

Very nice !

[rodiziorobs]

I love alt-builds, I think being limited to the pieces at hand forces some creative decisions, and those steps are reaaaallly cool. Makes me think of Fallingwater (the house/museum) but in a fantasy castle way.

The dungeon is a bit crammed in there though, that's the downside of alt-builds

[LegoMyMamma]

  On 11/12/2018 at 6:19 AM, Euphorine said:

Very nice !

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Thank you!

  On 11/15/2018 at 4:24 AM, rodiziorobs said:

I love alt-builds, I think being limited to the pieces at hand forces some creative decisions, and those steps are reaaaallly cool. Makes me think of Fallingwater (the house/museum) but in a fantasy castle way.

The dungeon is a bit crammed in there though, that's the downside of alt-builds

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I agree about forcing our 3D-minds to think of a solution with bricks on the table.  A Fallingwater Castle would be awesome!  Thanks for the idea :-)

The dungeon originally had a goblin in there doing the torturing () -- yet it was too cramped.  I spent time making the "rack" chains actually function, yet it was hard to capture in photos.  Turning the Technic crank mechanism wraps the green trans chain around it, but the whole thing had to be attached to the ceiling (floor of Keep), which hid it too much.  Best view of the cave/dungeon is from under the steps -- which originally were meant to 'swing' out of the way.

Definitely lessons for me for future Dungeons ;-)

 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Lovely little diorama full of details!

Nice use of colors!

[LegoMyMamma]

  On 11/26/2018 at 10:08 PM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Lovely little diorama full of details!

Nice use of colors!

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Thank you!  It's always a challenge to balance the colors when using parts from only one or 2 sets ... I do love Spring Yellowish Green though!