Jousting

[brickie]

When the Kingdoms' Joust set was released, I was impressed by the images on the box and set about making a moving joust.

I 'copied' the graphic on the front of the box complete with strings, motor and gears.

The Mk 1 version worked but I was told that it was completely wrong as the knights were on the wrong sides and had their shields in the wrong hands.

A little research soon showed the errors of my ways [ and the lego box ].

After much trial and error, the final version was shown at the Brisbane Model Train Show in May.

Edited June 18, 2012 by brickie

[soccerkid6]

Cool idea! Looks like it works well

[MCNwakeboard]

Very cool! Does the green knight always win? Would be great if you can post larger pictures of the castle.

[brickie]

Very cool! Does the green knight always win? Would be great if you can post larger pictures of the castle.

Thanks for the kind words; and also 'soccerkid6'.

I had it ' arranged' so that the white knight would win. This worked most times.

The only time I went 'outside' to take a video of it, my 'mates' moved the lances so the 'evil' knight won.

Here is a photo of part of the castle.

More images are available on the BLTG website.

[Niku]

Nice display.

[turtleman2020]

Looks good and it works too

[Hive]

Innovatively done, nice job!

What really caught my eyes though is your smallish castle, which I'm really loving. I had no idea those colors could look so good in a castle, as I think the sand green roofs used in the HP theme throws those structures off somewhat. Do you have more pictures of your layout? I'd like to see more.

[HawkLord]

Agreed, that Castle has some great coloring to it. Very creative find.

[Combee]

That's awesome! I love the king's carriage train

[brickie]

Innovatively done, nice job!

I had no idea those colors could look so good in a castle, as I think the sand green roofs used in the HP theme throws those structures off somewhat. Do you have more pictures of your layout? I'd like to see more.

Thanks for the kind comments.

Initially I used the HP green but it didn't seem 'right'.

I also wanted to have an 'evil' castle for the dragon knights and a 'good' castle for the Royal knights.

Thus the colouring changed to red.

There is a movie of the Brisbane LEGO Train Group's display at

My link

[Vindicare]

Very nice! Even a motorized carriage, old school monorail tracks, definite for that.

Edited June 19, 2012 by Legocrazy81

[Hive]

There is a movie of the Brisbane LEGO Train Group's display at

My link

Thanks for the link, some great stuff there. Amazing display by you guys, I'm in awe.

[lego_legis_legere]

You are such a genius ! Instead of a train under the christmas tree, now there will be a medieval joust !

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very nice mechanisms!

I like the carriage on the monorail!

[Ecclesiastes]

This is awesome! Love it, very well executed. I think I'm going to borrow your idea some day!

[tikicult]

I like the carriage on the monorail track!

[brickie]

I like the carriage on the monorail track!

Thank you all for the positive feedback.

Like the knights jousting, I couldn't let the King sit still in his Royal carriage; it had to move.

Monorail track was ideal as it would fit inside the train track of our display.

Of course, the carriage is 8 studs wide in parts so it is sitting precariously on a 4 stud wide base.

When you are charging the battery before the second day of the show and you trip over the power cord, the King suddenly found 'freedom'. An hour later it was back together but I'm sure that it is not the same a when I built it at home.