The Maestro

Great work legofin, the room contains some great detail bet I love the map the most. Great story, can't wait for the next part.

Nice build Puvel, it gives off a great atmosphere. Those stalls are excellent.

Built for Nocturnus minichallange III category B this time set in Mitgardia: Brofendur's Kitchen I unfortunately ran out of time for category a and b due to working on a very, very awesome build...

A build for Nocturnus minichallange III category B built in your frigid, cold lands: Brofendurs Kitchen

Category B entry: Brofendurs Kitchen

Sibard Harthsol trudged through the miserable morning snow. The sun was rising over the tall Mitgardian peaks, painting the fields golden. Despite the beautiful scene that lay before him, Harthsol's thoughts were as damp as his boots. He was beginning to believe that his master (the mighty and true ruler of all Historica Lord Raavage) had lead him on a wild goose chase. Sending him to this barren, cold, miserable land to die alone. He tried to remember his masters command but he could only gather fragments. Something about dwarves and pies. Harthsol shrugged his shoulders, anything would be better than this bloody snow, what he would give to be back at home in the swamp with a good barrel of rum. His thoughts started to wander until he spotted a spire of smoke. Hoping that it meant the end of his journey he headed towards it. When he had finally reached his destination he found out it was in fact a small dwarven village. Before he had even passed through the gates a booming voice met him. "Welcome captain Harthsol, to the beautiful village of Awsder." A large (for dwarven standards) dwarf strode towards Harthsol. He was built like a barrel, his long red plaited beard fell over his chest plate. He pulled Harthsol into a hug and gave him a pat on the back, leaving Harthsol winded. "Come in, come in, My name Is Brofendur Fuhnt and I am honored to have a man of Lord Raavage in my village. I am sure that our pies will exceed your standard, after all, we all know Mitgardians make the best pie." Harthsol laughed in his head, Mitgardians and pies? The thought was hilarious, yet Harthsol replied with a nod and followed him into the village, wondering what sort of 'pies' the dwarves had conjured up. Brofendur lead him on a winding path, through rows of crooked houses. As they walked Brofendur continued to ramble on about how to make the best pies, although Harthsol was too tired to listen to what properties fyhe root possesses. "Fhye root can make the pastry extremely flame proof..." Harthsol checked the sun, about midday he guessed. "...which can certainly help when a pie is being heated..." A pub caught Harthsol's attention, well he know where he would be spending the.. "...by a dragon" That stopped Sibard Harthsol in his tracks. "A dragon?" Harthsol spluttered "yes a dragon, i'll show you" Brofendur told him as if it were not at all unusual. He lead Harthsol to a small balcony over a large pit, and sure enough there was a dragon. Its black scales glinting in the sunlight. Dwarves milled around the working area, carrying ingredients and working on new recipes. Brofendur saw the nervous look on Harthsol's face and laughed. "You don't have to be scared of her, we have guards keeping her at bay at all times" "With those little toothpicks?!?" Harthsol asked, terrified. "oh well, better that then nothing eh, anyway she's a vegetarian so you've got nothing to fear" I sighed, it wasn't the most relaxing thought but it was more comforting know that you weren't going to be eaten any time soon. "so why do you need a dragon?" Harthsol questioned, wondering why in the world they had a dragon. Well the bigger the pie, the bigger the oven. And since we make very big pies we needed a very big oven. so I thought 'why not use a dragon?', so we did." Brofendur told me. "would you like to try some?" Harthsol felt his stomach rumble, "Of course" he replied, his mouth dribbling already. A fresh pie, recently cooked hung on a crane. It was lowered and then eventually carried by six dwarves up to us. Brofendur cut a large slice and offered it to Harthsol which he greedily accepted. The pie was the best he had had in a long while, stuffed full of meat and cooked to perfection. "This Is amazing" Harthsol managed through bites of pie, "but you know this is a enchanted pumpkin pie contest, not a meat pie contest right?" "Of course" Brofendur replied, "we added a little bit of pumpkin for flavoring and as for being 'enchanted' I guess there is a little magic in the making so..." "Eh" Harthsol shrugged his shoulders "good enough for my standards, anyway, I doubt they care that much." "Well that's good because I almost thought I might have to bribe yo..." "Now before we finish up here I need you to answer a couple of questions" Harthsol interrupted "first off, where are the ingredients from?" As our mountain is too cold to grow ingredients we order only the finest pastry from the furthest reaches of Kaliphin. As for the meat, That comes from the most tender beef farms of the isolated isles of Isaile, located in eastern Avalonia." "Good, good, what about your work place condition?" "We keep a clean work area with a nonalcoholic policy" Brofendur told me proudly. The work place looked clean enough but Harthsol did not think the nonalcoholic policy was enforced enough by the look of the drunk sagged behind a couple of barrels. "Well thank you for your time Mr Fuhnt, I will tell my lord to expect you at the official judging of the pies and long live Lord Raavage." "Thank you captain and long live Lord Raavage, the true king of all Historica." Brofendur's kitchen by Jed cameron, on Flickr Brofedur's Kitchen Brofendur's kitchen by Jed cameron, on Flickr Brofendur and Harthsol on the balcony and Kaliphin merchants. Brofendur's kitchen by Jed cameron, on Flickr The dragon (with light brick on) A lot of Blood (not really), sweat and tears went into this. It is by far my most complex moc yet and really really dodgy. You see, this moc took a little fall off my desk. When I put the chunks back together I found: A. the base was uneven and the whole thing was on a slight lean. B. I couldn't stack the bricks tightly together since it would risk breaking the rock work. Despite this I carried on and eventually built my best moc yet (In my opinion). This week (about a month ago now) has also been incredibly busy for me, With my show I was in ending, school finishing for the holidays and my birthday (10 years with Lego :D). As always c&c welcomed and hope you enjoy. Sorry I had to use a sheet, it was too big for my normal layout.

The stort is fantastic and the build is amazimg. I love the tiled floor and rafters and the stain glass gives it an amzing splash of colour. Im sure Lord Raavage will accept her offer, after the spider witch is so disgusti... I mean charming and breautiful.

Thanks sk, I tried to keep the building simmilar to tie them together more. The tavern sign were one of the first things I built as I know that every town needs a tavern Better late then never Exetrius, glad you liked it and I will try make the borders at ground level in the future . Thanks en_zoo, I never pay much attention to the story anyway so thats good to hear. Thanks Mypyromaxos, The wall texturing not the best but it will do.

Thanks LittleJohn, I love smoke like that and it should continue to appear in my mocs. Glad you like it blufiji, the shack was my favourite part as well.

Thanks en_zoo, I agree with you on the pikemen matter, unfourtuantly I only had one large sheild so oh well.

Great colours and architecture, those ball joint walls are amazing. Great story as well.

Great snow and rocks, love that sled.

Awesome creation, love thay tree Unfortuantly it came a bit too latr as I have just completed to mocs covered in snow oh well, i'll be prepared for next time.

The road is amazing, it lokks like somethin out of a picture , can't wait for that larger moc.

Well done to the winners, the two mocs were both of a outstanding standard. You guys defiently earned first place. Thanks again MassEditor for this amazing compition

Congrats to the amazing builders that won, they wete both out standing moc I had loads of fun building for this so thanks MassEditor for running it, its been a blast.

I agree, they are my favoirite too. Thanks Titus, I was try something new so im glad you liked it. I think everyone liked the forestmen, I tried to go into a bit more parts intensive cobblestone as there was not much and it work well. I think I was in such a rush I forgot, I actually had their bows sitting their ready, oh well Thanks Kai, the scattered stones and grasses were kind of used as a fill in for blank spaces, glad you like it.

Thanks Titus, yeah this is defiently my best tudor work to date, much better than my older style. Wow, I always hope to get great advice on builds but this is awesome. I've fixed everything now and it's ready for its second photo shoot. Thanks little John, I wanted to make this build bright and cherry to contrast with the alternate scene, the colours were a big help in that. Thanks Kai, that style of roof is defiently my best to date. Im glad you got the feeling I was trying to achieve, the building defiently steal the show

Wow this is great. As I said on flickr, the roof is amazing but the more I see this build the more I fall in love with the stone work. Great build overall

Welcome to not the best guild (Avalonia) and not the worst guild. Cannot wait for your builds

Great work already ecc , can't wait to see it finished .

I know I asked this question a while back but is this thread still valid? I just realise I've got a load of free builds that I need to regaster but I can't see anywhere else to do it besides in this thread, which should be closed by now(I think).

Now that war is approaching Eolas The Maestro has mustered a fine army of men, ready to rid his land of those blasted drow. Now that they are ready The Maestro has gathered a small representation of his army to strike fear into his opponents. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr The maestro in his war armour. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Foot soldiers and commander The back bone of the army, these soldiers and their commanders make up the majority of the army. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Archers Used to shoot down the opposition before the contact begins they are the second most popular troop. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr knight Knights are used to reinforce the front line, They are often found accompanying squadrons of foot soldiers. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Pike men Used at the very front line, pike men act as a spiky wall against the approaching army. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Light cavalry Useful for quick recon missions and ambushes they are trained to ride with as minimal weight as possible. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Heavy cavalry These tanks are used to break enemy lines and scatter weak formations. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Forest men Used to infiltrate areas where normal troops cannot reach they are silent and deadly enemies, chosen from only the best foot soldiers. Soldiers of Eolas by Jed cameron, on Flickr Guardsmen They are the only troop that was active all year round, they protect towns and villages and act as chaperones for high ranking officials. A friend lent me some minifigs and accessories so I decided to put them to good use and complete task one. I found building a small number of things for scenery and rearranging them for each shot worked well in this scenario as it was easier than building an entire moc for each different soldier. I don't think there is anything else to say so please tell me if im doing anything wrong, it's my first time posting a task. Hope you enjoy

I agree with all your points, im kind of trying (and probably failing miserably ) to copy a trend of stonework the other builders such as Derfel cadarn, legonardo, etc, etc although my stonework doesn't always come out right. Thanks Henjin, I love my details and they are often my favorite parts of the moc. I've been experimenting with that kind of smoke before and find it really effective. Glad you enjoy it Brandon, Eolas is always in need if more soldiers to fight against those blasted vermin Thanks sk, The target was actually inspired by one of the older ninjago set, I can't remember the name of it though. Ha, I agree with you there legofin, I was tempted to put the instructor a step closer to the target . I love that roof and will be using it in later builds. Thanks Titus for the kind words, this year has been a biggest improvement ever to think 9 months ago I was still truing to use rock work as stone work! But the years not over yet with loads more builds planned. Yeah that is defiantly one of my best uses of stone work.

As I promised here it is, sorry for the double post A heroes farewell Also here is my task one