[MOC] Along the Silk Road

[T-86(swebrickLUG)]

For the Pick your poison-category of Summer Joust 2025. I have built a caravan travelling along the Silk Road and passing by a small settlement.

My 3 out of the 5 criteria for the category:
• Overpopulation: 15 minifigures including;
Soldiers, settlers/farmers, merchants and one unlucky swimmer.

• Beaten Track: The caravan passing the settlement leave temporary tracks in the sand that will surely blow away fast.

• Unstable Load: A monkey stealing fruit sends some miss-placed barrels of a rooftop. 
 

 

Have som close-ups in this flickr-album if someone’s interested.

[zoth33]

This looks great.  I really like the inlays in the tower and the door is my favorite part.  The landscaping is really well done, the trees look good with the way you did the trunks.  Figs look great too, nice use of the Star Wars helmets.  

[Elysiumfountain]

I like the swimmer running away! Very well done on the whole build! :) 

[GeoBrick]

Beautiful detailing on the structures (including the underside of the bridge). I like how you put thought on the whole surroundings like the animal tracks or the use of those 2x2 round plates (or is it tiles?) for the palm tree trunks.
Had to look twice before I discovered the cause of the bather's terror. Nice easter egg there. 
Perhaps the one strange use of torso is the most left minifig: bearded woman, or feminine guy?

[T-86(swebrickLUG)]

On 7/4/2025 at 11:02 PM, zoth33 said:

This looks great.  I really like the inlays in the tower and the door is my favorite part.  The landscaping is really well done, the trees look good with the way you did the trunks.  Figs look great too, nice use of the Star Wars helmets.  

Thanks dude! Cant take credit for the tree-trunks. They are on oldie goldie by Full-Plate! Thanks again!
 

23 hours ago, Elysiumfountain said:

I like the swimmer running away! Very well done on the whole build! :) 

Thanks, yeah he’s having a hard time 😂 the idea for a swimmer actually came from lack of space on land for the 15th minifig. Its a bit too crowded as it is, but he got to go for a swim because of that.
 

 

21 hours ago, GeoBrick said:

Beautiful detailing on the structures (including the underside of the bridge). I like how you put thought on the whole surroundings like the animal tracks or the use of those 2x2 round plates (or is it tiles?) for the palm tree trunks.
Had to look twice before I discovered the cause of the bather's terror. Nice easter egg there. 
Perhaps the one strange use of torso is the most left minifig: bearded woman, or feminine guy?

Thanks for commenting and that you liked the build. 
 

W00t, hahaha! Great spotting, thats unintentional bearded woman haha. I just went for a torso I liked in the combo, never even realised it was for a female. But hey, I guess there were some bearded females on the silk road too! 

[Yperio_Bricks]

Very nice moc! My favorite part of the build is actually the building on the right with the enclosure and henhouse and of course with the  causing havoc on the roof  The door of that building also looks great!

And those imperial helmets from Star Wars come in handy!

Great job all around!

[T-86(swebrickLUG)]

2 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Very nice moc! My favorite part of the build is actually the building on the right with the enclosure and henhouse and of course with the  causing havoc on the roof  The door of that building also looks great!

And those imperial helmets from Star Wars come in handy!

Great job all around!

How nice to hear that you liked different details in the build! Im pleased with that dark brown-door, it looks pretty good! Take care man, hope all is well with you!

[hikouki]

Looks great! Would definitely buy the MOC instructions if available!

[T-86(swebrickLUG)]

4 hours ago, hikouki said:

Looks great! Would definitely buy the MOC instructions if available!

Hey, thanks! No instructions for this one Im afraid. But glad you liked it and took time to comment.

[Grover]

Gorgeous build!  A missed opportunity for Kaliphlin!   I've seen that palm trunk design before, but I think only a few people hit the PAB walls at the right time to be able to pull that off!  It looks good.  I'm undecided about the up and down palm leaves, although I understand there's not a lot of wiggle room there.  The upside down bush for dead leaves looks great!  I think you really hit the tone of the desert with the sun bleached, washed out color palette that Lego offers in the tans and nougats.  The water is fantastic and a great burst of color, like the clothing. I love your choice of olive and lavender for the plants along the water, and how you have gathered the plants around the water looks very natural, plus it suggests that the patch of flora unattached to the stream is likely a low spot that has water. The monkey stealing fruit is hilarious, and the camel tracks through the sand is brilliant. I wouldn't have thought to leave the studs open, but it draws attention to them and looks great.  The humor of the guy fleeing the gator and the little touches like the bird in the nest and the rat by the barrels is great. The clay fowl feeding bowls work well, and the iguana is great!  You have a lot of beautiful builds on Flickr!  Keep up the awesome work!

[T-86(swebrickLUG)]

Thanks @Groverfor your feedback on so many details and the build as a whole! Yeah I should probably have doubledipped it and sent my sigfig from Avalonia to Kaliphin or something, but too late now 😂take care buddy and thanks again, I really appreciate you commenting the build in this (as usual in your case) elaborate fashion! 

Edited July 13 by T-86(swebrickLUG)