Shore battery St. Henrietta

[Horry]

Hello again,

When I re-organised my bricks yesterday night, I had the idea to toy a bit with those old Lego-castle elements. This is what I finished three O'clock in the mornin':

The old shore battery of St. Henrietta, a fictional small island in the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 150 years old and has seen better days. The island is a frequent venue of the HMS Centaur while patroling the ocean and scouting for pirates, Frenchmen and other dodgy folks. It is manned by a small group of British soldiers and guard the bay with the harbour.

Nothin' special but it was fun buildin' it and I thought I'd share it with you. The design is quite boxy but that's intentional this time as shore batteries of that time tended to be build as stable as possible.

St. Henrietta 01 von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

St. Henrietta 02 von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

St.Henrietta Storm von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

St.Henrietta Storm 01 von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

St.Henrietta Storm 02 von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

St. Henrietta 03 von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

[Cherno]

A good, solic construction. Maybe some single grey bricks here and there would help break up the vast blackness of the fortress walls ;)

The sprinkled water to simulate a rainstorm is a really cool idea. I hope to see that one more often in the future by other MOCers as well! It's not always sunny weather in the Caribbean

[Admiral Croissant]

I don't know much about forts, but this seems like a good one to me.

Not too special but very decent and sturdy.

I also like the edited picture. Perhaps you could also add falling rain on the close-ups but that's just an idea.

Well done It seems easy to defend and that's important.

[Brig. Brick]

great one, congrats

love this photo editing

St.Henrietta Storm von HMSCentaur auf Flickr

it's reminds me of what I imagined of "Chateu d' IF" from Montecristo: dark, spooky and seriously impressive

[Aalak]

When I re-organised my bricks yesterday night, I had the idea to toy a bit with those old Lego-castle elements. This is what I finished three O'clock in the mornin':

:pir-laugh: :pir-laugh:

Thank you that I'm not the only one who does thinks like that... "Let's sort some stuff ... oh let's play around with it, ... oh, didn't the sun just go down, why is ist mornin' allready...

It's a nice MOC from a lot of castle pieces... could be improved here and there, but it's a solid build and a nice night's work!

The photo-editing is nice. Did you spray the bricks with water after the building?

[Horry]

yes, I used a spray flask. Afterwards I put it on the balcony into the sun and it needed about two seconds to get dry again

I thought it would be nice to build something pirates-related that is not supposed to be in the Caribbean.

Edited April 29, 2011 by Horry