The Enchanted tree tower

[ghoulrealm]

These are some details of the tower I plan on entering this for the latest classic castle contest ;-)

first we have our heros

I don't have much of a story, other than the squire is decent with the bo staff and is an expert thieve to deal with the traps and contraptions of the moc. ;-)

and the villains

I designed the evil wizard to what I thought was loosely based on the glimps I had of him from the small skeleton tower image. I've seen the higher definition image and other than the legs, they look almost identical 8-| I knew I wanted to stick with skelies regaurdless.

The brick beast is a gargoyle brought to life by evil >:-)

The prison chamber

the door is closed, but pull the lever swicth and

presto! The door is open. The gearing is pretty simple here, just two gears in the lower left corner. and a brace at the top helps keep it study.

Edited September 12, 2008 by ghoulrealm

[Asuka]

Wow. Your characters are lovely! Very nice ideas, like the shield of your hero or these

skeleton stump(er)s and that door mechanism. And that gargoyle.... Great! *y*

[Norro]

I think the tower needs a little more height. But a good start none the less.

God Bless,

Nathan

[ghoulrealm]

  Norro said:

I think the tower needs a little more height. But a good start none the less.

Done! I was thinking the same thing, it is 4 bricks taller now. That shot is mainly to show the door.

thanks anyway!

  Asuka said:

Wow. Your characters are lovely! Very nice ideas, like the shield of your hero or these

skeleton stump(er)s and that door mechanism. And that gargoyle.... Great! *y*

Thanks. Was there anything you didn't like? ;-) Don't get me wrong, I love your comments, but you say that you like pretty much everything a lot. :-D

Btw I like the origami avatar of yours in case I didn't say it before, and origami in general

here are a couple of cool index sites on that

Shaya's Origami Gallery

and

kazufujiatuo index

this one is in japanese, but there are pics.

[Mister Phes]

The tower is of a very nice design indeed Mr Ghoulrealms, but I'd have to agree with Mr Norro that it could use some more height.

Now I'm wondering how the heros and villains will integrate with this MOC? At the moment they seem rather peripheral by the way you've used text to link to their images.

[ghoulrealm]

  Mister Phes said:

Now I'm wondering how the heros and villains will integrate with this MOC? At the moment they seem rather peripheral by the way you've used text to link to their images.

everyone of the good side can fight the skelies.

The squire/thief will disarm traps and solve the puzzles.

The knight will be responsable for battling the gargoyle and releasing the princess(in the tower)

While the good wizard battles/distracts the evil wizard.

  Norro said:

I think the tower needs a little more height.

here is an updated photo of that

I don't know if I'm entirely happy with the top yet. still tinkering with it, but I cant make it much taller than that for weight reasons of the actual lego moc not to mention for realism sakes of having a stone tree house even though it is pure fantasy :-P

[Sir Dillon]

This is very cool. I love the gnarled tree look, and the face is sweet. I think it's kind of strange for the tower part to be on a branch sticking out like that, as opposed to being more in the middle. The various 'play features' are very clever as well.

I look forward to seeing this finished. :-)

[Asuka]

  ghoulrealm said:

Thanks. Was there anything you didn't like? ;-) Don't get me wrong, I love your comments, but you say that you like pretty much everything a lot. :-D

Btw I like the origami avatar of yours in case I didn't say it before, and origami in general

here are a couple of cool index sites on that

Shaya's Origami Gallery

and

kazufujiatuo index

this one is in japanese, but there are pics.

Well.... it doesn

[Khorne]

I love the last pic of your tower. It looks so beautifully evil there *wub* . I really like the design of your tower, it has a very Gothic look. Do you have more pics of your tree by coincidence ;-) ?

[zero1312]

I like where this is going!!! *wub* *y*

[Sir Dillon]

  KhoRne said:

I love the last pic of your tower. It looks so beautifully evil there *wub* . I really like the design of your tower, it has a very Gothic look. Do you have more pics of your tree by coincidence ;-) ?

You may have already seen them, but there's a couple in the gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=243234

[Khorne]

  Sir Dillon said:

You may have already seen them, but there's a couple in the gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=243234

I haven't seen those yet. Thanks, Dillon *y* ! That tree is really looking wicked sick 8-

[ghoulrealm]

  KhoRne said:

I bet the tan in it's mouth are the acces to the tower?

bridge up you can tell there is something odd by the key hole in the mouth area. If you insert a staff or spear it releases the bridge.

here I used a torch handle.

[Asuka]

What a beautiful idea! Classic! *y*

[Kahgarak]

Brilliant!You are too good for Lego!

[Wout]

I like this tree very much, It is very Fairytale/spooky/gothic. *knight* *skull*

And the secret entrance is very nice

[Mister Phes]

You're making good progress Mr Ghoulrealm!

I agree with Mr Wout, this MOC has a certain enchantment about it, but I guess that arises when you go and put a face right in the middle of a tree X-D

It is supposed to be a tree isn't it?

[Athos]

Very scary creation. The tree looks very good and the face fits into the tree scheme surprisingsly well. I think Lego should make a set like this.

Steve

[Hinckley]

  Mister Phes said:

You're making good progress Mr Ghoulrealm!

I agree with Mr Wout, this MOC has a certain enchantment about it, but I guess that arises when you go and put a face right in the middle of a tree X-D

It is supposed to be a tree isn't it?

This is great! It's really creative and I like it a lot!

[ghoulrealm]

I'm just checking in to let you all know I am still lurking around, but I hit one of my grey ages when I don't build too much. This means I didn't enter the Classic castle contest with this creation *sad* I will however be taking some more detailed photos of it some time after may 4th. And thankyou for all the enthusiastic responses so far.

[Sir Dillon]

I'm glad to see that you're still going to finish this. It's a great idea, and you've done well with it so far.