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Here's an MOC I made of Robert Gibb's Hougoumont. Hougoumont farm was garrisoned by the British at the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon's army attacked it, intending to draw Wellington's troops there. More and more French soliders were sent to capture it, and fierce fighting ensued. At one stage, one of the gates were broken down, and the French attempted to breach the walls. The French engaged the British in hand-to-hand combat, but the British, in desperation, managed to shut the gates, leaving some poor Frenchmen inside, who were massacred. Here's the painting by Robert Gibb: ...And here's mine: Some more views: The full view: Who's painting in the middle of battle? :-D I couldn't find any pics of Robert Gibb, so I just made an artistic looking minifig: Enjoy! X-D

Well, I'm adding a group of post-apoc pirates, who'll have a rather tattered and junky looking pirate ship, and the guerilla faction has a cannon wagon thing, although I don't really like the look of it. Thanks, iamded.

A very nice MOC. Add a few more barrels, and dropped rifles, and it'll be perfect *sweet* I especially love your decals, and I like how that last one goes down the legs *wub*

Thanks, Bonaparte, glad you like it *sweet* Thanks, woody. Good idea too. I'll be doing a few more of these too.

Thanks everyone *sweet* I've resized my photoshopped image, might resize the rest when I don't have exams

This is basically a continuation of the thread, How Much New Castle Have You Bought?, but here you can show us photos of your collection! I tried to get some photos taken of mine today, but my camera ran out of batteries, so I'll have some up in a few days.

Thanks Bonaparte, I've fixed all of the images. Thanks again *sweet* And yes, the hat is made from an old microphone head. I then stuck a bandana into the hollow part so that it can be properly worn. I think it's a little too big, but I'm still happy with it. Oh, that's a snowtrooper torso :-$ I didn't want to use a plain white torso, as I wanted to still show a kind of uniform beneath the snow. That's the closest torso I had to what I was looking for..

A very nice bunch you've got there. I especially like your minifig (I love that head :-$ ). Although it is good, I can't help but feel something's missing... Great job, anyway *sweet* *y* BTW, nice photoshopping and photography *wub*

To start with I must say that both of these are brilliant *wub* ... which means another tough choice |-/ MOC #1: I love all the techniques you've used, aspecially the wizard hat as water and the plumes as blood *wub* The dog and the BBQ are very nice too. In fact, everything's great! MOC#2: Now this one has a great spooky-tattered look, I love the atmosphere *wub* I can never get enough of that brick technique either, it's great. In the end, I voted for MOC 2, as I feel it is more halloween-related and I love the spooky old building, as well as the lantern.

I've made some more vignettes for a skellie-mafia. Is it ok if I post them now, or should I wait until the contest is over? :-$

Thanks, everyone *sweet* Yeah, but I was making it more literal X-D Thanks, although I did have a link in the original post. Thanks. As you might have been able to see, two of the redcoats don't have the right torso :-$, but I'm planning on buying some more *y* Once again, thanks everyone *wub*

Thanks, everyone! You could leave a few skellies in with your castle sets. I'd imagine Orcs would be useful aswell for your post-apoc world, as some sort of aliens or mutants *sweet*

Thanks, iamded *wub* Thanks, IS! And yes, I'll add some enemies. Right now I'm working on a guerilla army to face them *sweet*

Indeed, that last shot is beautiful with the sunset and the silhouette (?) *wub* Once again, excellent work! *y* *y* *y*

Once again Apache, great pics! I love the angles you take, and the way you make it look as if we're right in the action! I especially like your second and fifth pics *wub*

Nice entry, iamded! I love how you've got Batbrick dangling upside down in a web :-D

Yeah, but it would be great. They could make a horse without a head so that a minifig could be attached, or make a bull head mould *wub* PS- how does my avatar look? :-$

Ok, I'll start up a topic tomorrow..

It was a toss-up between the Emperor's Ship and the Viking Ship. The Emperor's Ship is a very nice small ship, and it was sold at a very good price. Plus it's a good way to build up a nice Chinese army, as well as tophats, rubies, barrels and telescopes, not to mention the nice sail and flag included. The Viking Ship is very nice, comes with a decent number of gold-hungry Vikings, and comes at a reasonably cheap price. The Serpent is good too, and I love the dragon head at the front (I forgot the name of that part of the ship :-$ ). I've always loved the look of longboats, with the shields and oars, and the big sail, and this comes with all of it. The little bar in the middle is the icing on the cake *wub* In the end, I voted for the Viking ship, mostly since it is a larger boat :-$

At least, thats the excuse Dwaves use... X-D

Well, trolls basically are orcs :-/ I'd say the evil army in an elves theme would be either dark elves or evil humans. Mabye if we're lucky, we could get minotaurs, centaurs or cyclopses *wub*

Wow, that's a magnificent ship you've got there, Tony *wub* I'd better watch out when I go off sailing X-D The detail on your ship is amazing, and it's good to see your figurehead again *wub* So which faction will be manning this beauty? I assume it's an imperial one... Once again, a wonderful job!

Wow! Nice find, Piranha *wub* The Batman sets were hugely overpriced here, and I missed out on them, so I'll probably be getting the ones with Mr Freeze and Penguin, as they sound cheap and I love those figs *wub* I think they should release some buildings for Batman rather than vehicles, though. As for Star Wars, I'll be getting a few of those (that is, depending on how much money I have left from buying Indiana Jones and Castle in January and April :-( ). Hopefully the Death Star and AT-TE will be good.

No problem :-) I think of them more as just a smaller version of a normal pie, really :-$

Perhaps we could start up a thread with photos of everyone's 2007 Castle collection. I'd love to see everyone's armies *wub*