The Village Gatehouse

[spaceman76]

In the north forest regions in Scotland lives King Cuthred peacefully as a Lion Knight. He has taking the oath to protect and serve the Lion Knight generation that has been passed over for many decades. He lives here peacefully with no threats. Even the Forest Men seems to enjoy the Kings way, that anyone should be able to have a good life. 
 

It has been a while since I last posted any Lego moc here. But here it is in its pride and glory. To begin with, the round towers was the first thing I build. The cylinder contains 24 small links that combined makes a ring. The links are connected tó eachother with the 1x2 plates with round ends. These plates a fantastic when bulings round, but you have to have a wide cylinder to avoid gaps. The gatehouse colors is dark tan and medium nougat, combined with dark brown todur beams. The walls on the house is build vertically and clipped on a bar on the inside. This gives an opportunity to place a 1x1 brick with stud on the side, where I can put the diagonal beam onto. The landscape is primarily green and is elevated in many levels, using wedge plates as edge for each step. The buling is nested into an angled frame, using 2x4 right wedge plates. When it’s stands like this, it adds a lot of dynamic to the overall impression. On the right side a small stream flows. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by spaceman76

[Grover]

This build is phenomenal.  I absolutely love it.  Round towers aren't that common in Lego, and I've seen very few in gatehouses.  They are tricky to make look good, and you do a superb job here with the flanking towers. The machicolations at the top are very nice, and your wooden tower top with the rounded slopes is fantastic.  I was surprised at how well the lego mini legs work on the corbeling there, but they have a nice feel and decor to them.  I love the incorporation of the dark tan as well. It not only goes well with the LBG and the olive vegetation (including those rare olive colored old school stalks!), but it is very reminiscent of the Scottish castles with a pink-reddish hue. I am not familiar with the geology of Scotland, but I assume the stone there bears some of that coloration. It's too bad Lego doesn't still make sand red, but it looks great nonetheless.  The dark red works surprisingly well with the olive, and I think helps lend to that reddish hue as well.  

The detail on the Tudor sections of the gatehouse is fantastic, and I thoroughly appreciate the SNOT plates to provide texture without going overboard on the greebling, and the mosaic cheese wedges are very clean and nice.  The tile outline of the gatehouse door is very well done, and helps color block the archway a bit.  As a gatehouse, I was curious if there was a portcullis or some doors on the back, as I see an entrance archway but no actual gate.  The dark red/reddish brown rooftop of two slopes looks great, and the dark brown (as rare and annoying as it is to procure) provides a fantastic contrast with these colors.  I love your choice of the 80s mini torsos with the new lion shields, as the bright primary colors really pop against the more natural and neutral darker colors behind it.  

The natural landscape is gorgeous! I love the subtle plate height differences, and the off-grid placement looks wonderful. And three cheers for using trans black tiling for the stream!  I am a fan of that color for such water (although I am many times shouted down by fans of the trans light blue) and think it looks very natural.  I am somewhat concerned for the castle flooding since it appears that the stream is held by a natural rock levy on both sides!  The flexible stem trees with studs out for bark is very nice, and I love the little archery practice the forestmen are taking at the corner of the build!

Thank you for sharing here.  I look forward to seeing more of your work!

[EVE]

I absolutely love all the textures going on in this build, particularly the tower. The minifig legs as decorative masonry are an especially nice touch.