Colossal Castle

[Angeli]

We don;t know the name of the island.
We don;t know the fraction this city calls their own
We don;t know the masters, the dreams or the desires of soldiers defending it
But we know the cries of the beaten, plea for mercy, and smell of burning towers  - and we have returned

This island is just a stepping stone on our way to Nocturnus, where we will unite enslave all the warring fractions, and then march to the green and awefull West

After a decade of gathering our strenght, stealing, buying or crafting new weapons and armor, after years of scouting the land that become complacent during our absence - we have returned
Hunderds of wariors, bests, siege machinery, and new castles that we were building in silence

And we are here to declare war to whole Historica, but first, let's mold Nocturnus into one big fist that will smash the others - let us take what is rightfully ours - power over dark land of Nocturnus!
 

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Drow are back ;)
And we start big with this 8x4 48x48 diorama of  Drow sacking an (I would think) Mitgardian outpost? They don;t build them as good as in the past :)
This diorama is 2.1 m tall, it has several thousand minifigs in it, and my favorite detail are Schreder helmets (from Teenage Ninja Mutant Thurtles), as I got hundreds of them in a pbb box, anbd decided to use them sooner or later on Elvish army - they do look amazing with capes and quirrels or samurai armor

I also had a lot of Chima saberthoot tiger banners that fit in nicely in diorama, as I had it for years without real oportunity to use them

In truth, ever since my first exhibit I desired to make a diorama where a thousand soldiers would clash :) and even before, as a kid, my desire was to take all of my minifigs, firefighters, spacemen, pirates etc and put on them same helmet, armor, sword and shield and make them unified army

Truth be told, for December 2021 I am planning 24x12 diorama with 10.000 unified soldiers trying to sack a 3m tall castle, but let's wait, as it could become LOTR diorama easily, depending on the mood and general feeling of the day I start building :)

In the build itself, I wanted to wall it off from all sides, but reazlied that I need to keep one side open so visitors can see what is happening inside
Also, I wanted two tall towers on front, but deadline was close, I was out of bricks, so I improvise with two gold areas. Those towers would have had strips led in them, and a broken gate

Here are few pictures:

 

[zoth33]

That is a very impressive build.  I like all the arches along the wall and on the towers, gives the build a nice flow throughout.  The tree and garden are a nice touch.  Your drow army is massive.  

[Kai NRG]

This is pretty colossal!  Quite the swarm of soldiers and lovely pink flowers along the border of the river.  Some very nice architectural patterns on the castle too!

[Garmadon]

The drow are back, with a bang!  And a ton of them!    Really nice work, Angeli, the white lines on that tower are superb!  The pink leaves actually remarkably well with the rest of the color-scheme, and the outer walls and towers are great as well 

[neonic]

It's colossal indeed 
It's not really the 'standard' kind of castle. Especially like those archy figures on the towers and wall. Looks a bit arabic. Like the colors too, that black and white looks good with those golden pieces. And the trees... fits well with the other 'odd' colors. Nice creation.
Maybe stupid question but ... no front door?

[Grover]

Awesome to see the drow return!  That's a heck of a lot of figs, too!  Love the tree in the middle of the courtyard.

[Exetrius]

I'll echo what the others said about the colours: it all works surprisingly well! Also, the white bits on the architecture look especially good to me. And the trees, river and flowers really help to break up the 'stiffness' of the heavy architecture, and breath some more life into the scene. Great build!