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Hello from Germany, thanks to all of you for the replies. It is really good advice and I am really thankful for that. I did find some inspiration during my trip to Scandinavia. Here are a few examples from Sweden: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Foteviken3.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Foteviken1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Foteviken2.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Foteviken6.jpg But of course to put these images into a Lego-MOC, that is why I am here in your community. I wasn't sure if I am allowed to post MOC-Pictures of other peole. Greetings

Hello all, I hope I am here in the right categorie and such a post doesn't exist already. I want to introduce myself real fast. My name is Ragnar, I am 62 years old and I live in Germany, so please excuse potential misspelling. I promised my grandson who is 8 years old and actually living in the States to build an authentic and big Viking Scenario for a local Lego Contest. I started some researches on Lego Viking Sets and found the ones from 2005. I bought the Sets 7015, 7016, 7017, 7018, 7019, 7020 and also 7021, some extra Figures like Thor and Loki from the newer Sets "Marvel's The Avengers", nearly 40 other Viking Figures and some items like weapons, shields, etc. It took me nearly two month to get them all together - brandnew. I was a little bit surprised by the prices that I had to pay. It seems that Lego Sets are actually a good investment. I was a little bit disappointed that no buildings for a Viking-Village-Scenario were available, so I made more researches and found this MOC-Community with all these great ideas. My idea is to combine these original Sets with some Mythologie topics and of course with these own created buildings. So my questions are, how to start such a MOC? In my age the power of imagination is not that high anymore. Do I have to buy from every single available brown and grey Lego-Piece like 100 to get a start? Do I get a kind of construction manual from a helping hand, or is this forbidden as a "MOC-Member"? Greetings and in advance Thank You.