spaceman76 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 (edited) 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 March 1 by spaceman76 Quote
Grover Posted March 1 Posted March 1 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! Quote
EVE Posted March 1 Posted March 1 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. Quote
mokka Posted March 2 Posted March 2 (edited) What an awesome building with soo many beautiful details! I like the dynamic setting off the rectangular grid. The round towers and the gate arch are fantastic. The tiles make a very realistic texture of the stonework. My favourite is the X-shaped timber framing, done with the cheese slopes. The snotted wooden floors are great, too. The janitor is keeping the lawn impeccable (-: Will you add some weeds? Edited March 2 by mokka Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Absolutely fantastic, well worthy of a place on the frontpage! Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Amazing, the details are overwhelming, starting with the beautifully decorated diorama base. One of my favorite details is the wooden walkway with its flaws and natural color veins... brilliant! Quote
Jody Meyer Posted March 3 Posted March 3 this is just simply stunning, everything here is on point. Quote
jtooker Posted March 3 Posted March 3 This is an absolutely beautiful build! Thanks for the tower construction explanation. Quote
zoth33 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 This is gorgeous MOC from the colors used to the terrain everything just pops and looks fantastic. The texturing in the gatehouse and the round towers are really great. I like the vines it's a nice touch of plant life. The terrain is layered nicely and looks organic. The path, stream and rockwork all look great too. The Archway is nicely done and I like the use of orange colors in the wooden portion above the arch. Overall very impressive build. How long did this take you to make and did you use studio or just freefromed it? Quote
HibiscusDrive Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Castles/medieval aren't typically my thing, but this is absolutely PHENOMENAL. So much incredible detail all around. Also, I love that you didn't use blue for the stream. Everyone (myself included) uses blue for water, but that's not really accurate in many cases. Just another little detail in a build so full of detail. Excellent job! Quote
spaceman76 Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 On 3/22/2026 at 5:16 PM, zoth33 said: This is gorgeous MOC from the colors used to the terrain everything just pops and looks fantastic. The texturing in the gatehouse and the round towers are really great. I like the vines it's a nice touch of plant life. The terrain is layered nicely and looks organic. The path, stream and rockwork all look great too. The Archway is nicely done and I like the use of orange colors in the wooden portion above the arch. Overall very impressive build. How long did this take you to make and did you use studio or just freefromed it? Thank you for your kind words. I think it took me about 6 months to complete. Designing the round towers was quite demanding. But since the towers is just a shell without any supportive construction, I have to rebuild them. They didn’t keep their shape during transportation. Everything I build is free formed. No drawing or computer used Quote
zoth33 Posted Tuesday at 07:10 PM Posted Tuesday at 07:10 PM 4 hours ago, spaceman76 said: Thank you for your kind words. I think it took me about 6 months to complete. Designing the round towers was quite demanding. But since the towers is just a shell without any supportive construction, I have to rebuild them. They didn’t keep their shape during transportation. Everything I build is free formed. No drawing or computer used That's great that you did it free form. That's sucks that the towers didn't hold during transportation. Once again congrats on a very impressive build and hope to see more builds in the future. I'm in the process of readjusting my lego room and still have a lot of sorting to do then hopefully later this year I can start some of the projects I have in mind. Quote
spaceman76 Posted Tuesday at 08:21 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 08:21 PM 1 hour ago, zoth33 said: That's great that you did it free form. That's sucks that the towers didn't hold during transportation. Once again congrats on a very impressive build and hope to see more builds in the future. I'm in the process of readjusting my lego room and still have a lot of sorting to do then hopefully later this year I can start some of the projects I have in mind. The transport damage gave me the opportunity to enforce the towers. I knew that it was all a matter of time before this would happen. Thanks again. I am also getting my collection a makeover. Quote
TheLordOfBricks Posted Thursday at 10:41 PM Posted Thursday at 10:41 PM Fantastic work on this! The texturing of the walls and rooves are nicely done. I love the overall layout of the build, too! Quote
Seagull King of Vaughan Posted Friday at 04:30 PM Posted Friday at 04:30 PM A wonderful build! The walls and towers are great, and my favourite part is certainly the half-timbered gatehouse. The wedges forming the x are amazing, and I love the dark red roof colour! Quote
Kalais Posted yesterday at 05:08 AM Posted yesterday at 05:08 AM Amazing. Love the overall design. The foliage on the wall is great! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago How did you build the round towers? Could you add a picture? Quote
spaceman76 Posted 23 hours ago Author Posted 23 hours ago 25 minutes ago, Captain Braunsfeld said: How did you build the round towers? Could you add a picture? Yes, here is a picture inside the cylinder. I will soon post a better description and tutorial Quote
_TLG_ Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Cool, it includes so many nice details, and I like the round towers especially! Quote
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