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Put on your boots and coat, bringing a sword might be handy as well and join us on a journey through Middle Earth to experience lots of adventures!

The Rules -Entries must be posted by midnight EET, October 31st, 2014 November 2nd! -A max. Of Two entries per member, per category. -Entries should be new and never posted anywhere previously. -All entries are to include only real LEGO. No clone brands, no 3rd party parts, and no digital entries allowed. -Decals will be allowed if you have made them yourself, but no cutting, sculpting or modifying parts. -Entries are to be placed in their own entry topic in the History forum. -The title of the topic should begin with "MEC Category X: <name of the entry>" - A link of your MEC entry needs to be posted in the Entry Thread: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=100813 -The entry post (first post in your entry topic) may be edited at any time up to the end of the contest, so feel free to make improvements if you wish. -Entries are to consist of no more than 6 posted pictures of 800x600 or smaller resolution but may also include a link to a folder of additional images of any size. -We reserve the rights to change rules if necessary and the rights to disqualify any entry that does not follow these rules. The Categories: Category A. The Missing Set The last part of The Hobbit Movie is coming out soon. And that will be the end of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit LEGO line. But no worries, awaken the designer in yourself and create the set you have always wanted. -No more than around 2000 parts. -You are creating a set, so remember no illegal techniques! It has to look like a set LEGO could produce and sell! Category B. The Age of Men Sauron is defeated and the Elves are gone. How does the Age of Men look like? Do the Elves return, do Ents take over? Everything is possible! -Use your imagination, no size limitations whatsoever. Just show us what you got! Category C. There and Back Again. Use a chapter of Bilbo's book or add one, showing him on one of his many adventures! -Size restrictions are 16 by 16 studs with minimal overhang. Winners and Prize Pool The winners will be determined by both Judging and voting. A top 5 of each category will be determined by Judging and the winners by a voting system! Of course we'll be having amazing prizes. Like the new The Hobbit sets, but there's more! Runner ups will be getting prizes as well. And there will be a raffle among the entries! So start building and have fun with this!

MEC entry thread Post a link of your entry in here! A: MEC Category A: UCS Style Ent: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101099 MEC Category A: Westfold Escape MEC Category A http://www.eurobrick...51#entry2029578 MEC Category A: Inside Mt. Doom: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101531 MEC Category A: Battle of Osgiliath MEC Category A: Osgiliath Ruins http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101660 MEC Category A: Black Rider in the Shire http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101770 MEC Category A: Vingilot - Ship of Earendil http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101774 MEC Cat. A - Tom Bombadil's House - http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101776 MEC category A: The Trolls http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101792 MEC category A: The Long-expected Party http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101812 MEC Category A: Bilbo's 111th Birthday MEC Category A: Mordor Army Siege http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101892 MEC Category A: The Watcher in the Water: http://www.eurobrick...=0#entry2043119 MEC Category A: The Prancing Pony: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101917 MEC Category A: Doors of Durin MEC Category A: Battle at the Black gate strategy board game http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101941 MEC Category A: Minas Morgul The Witch King's Lair MEC Category A: Bilbo master thief: The Arkenstone MEC category A: Roasted dwarves http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101994 MEC Category A: 79005 Rhosgobel MEC Category A: A Shortcut to Mushrooms MEC Category A: Balrog Encounter http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102041 MEC Category A: The Keep of Helm's Deep - http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102042 category A "meduseld" http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102031 MEC Category A: The Black Rider Chase http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102051 MEC Category A: Durin's Bane: http://www.eurobrick...=0#entry2046160 Folding Micro Bag End http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102082 B: MEC Category B: The River Gate of Osgiliath http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101067 Mec category B : The fall of Dol Guldur : http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101183 MEC Category B: Pippin and the Barrow Downs MEC Category B: Elves' New Pass-time http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101529 MEC Category B: Travelers' Inn MEC Category B: Celebrations http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101663 MEC Category B: Oblivious http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101664 MEC Category B: Retaking Moria MEC Category B: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101759 MEC Category B: A Feast in the Hall of Minas Tirith http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101784 MEC Category B: Last Orc Camp http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101790 MEC Categroy B: White Tree of Gondor MEC Category B: Bear Cave Encounter MEC Catagory B: The Final Fall of Dol Guldur - http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101978 MEC Category B: Hobbiton Open-air Museum MEC Category B : The Age of Men : http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101985 MEC Category B: Battle of Dunland > http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101989 MEC B: Middle Earth Museum: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102012 MEC Category B: gandalf's Retreat http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102018 MEC Category B: Back in Hobbiton MEC Category B: Fimbrethil's Return category B "White shores" http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101912 MEC Category B: Hunted Down http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102055 MEC Category B: The Hobbit Cottage http://www.eurobrick...=0#entry2046161 MEC Category B: Siege of Karna http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102071 C: MEC Category C: The Back Door to Erebor http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=100906 MEC Category C: Silent Shadows http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=100941 MEC Category C: Dwarf Soup Anyone? http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101056 MEC Category C: The dawn will take you all! http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101102 MEC Category C: The Road Goes Ever On MEC Category C: Riddles in the Dark http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101301 MEC Category C: Elven party http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101502 MEC Category C: Dangers in Mirkwood http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101522 MEC Category C: Entering Mirkwood MEC Category C: Escaping Goblin Town http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101627 MEC Category C: The Ring Goes South MEC Category C: Bullroarer Took http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101659 MEC Cat. C - Barrels Out Of Bond - http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101662 MEC Category C: Flies and Spiders MEC C: Inside Information MEC C: An Unexpected Party MEC Category C: "Farewell, King under the Mountain" MEC Category C: The Clouds Burst MEC Category C: "Flies and Spiders" MEC Category C: The Wrath of Smaug MEC Category C : The Troll Cave MEC Cat. C - Sneaky Little Hobbitses - http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101889 Category C: On the Doorstep http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101901 MEC Category C: 79022 Mount Doom http://www.eurobrick...=0#entry2043548 MEC Category C: A Hobbit's Adventure MEC Category C: Dragon Fire And Ruin http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101956 MEC Category C: Erebor http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101962 MEC Catagory C: Entering Erebor - http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101979 MEC Category C: Mirkwood Entanglement MEC Category C: Unfinished Tales MEC Category C: Barrel Diver MEC Category C: Bilbo on the Loose MEC category C: Fire And Water http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101998 MEC Category C: Getting a Breath of Fresh Air http://www.eurobrick...16#entry2045403 category C "wargs" http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102030 MEC Category C: Mirkwood Prison MEC: Category C MEC Category C: The Battle of Five Armies http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102075 Erebor http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=102081

Looking forward to check this beauty out!

This was also one of my favorite sets as a kid. Actually the whole western line was. So most excellent job on the re-make!

Now and then an Afol's memories drift back to childhood. And remembering those fun sets can result in a re-make. Just like Swan Dutchman did with set 6761. And he did it in a wonderful way! Check out more photo's in History Forum!

Maxim, bit late to the party, but i should be able to come to brickmania!

Love the landscaping in this as well! Also nice base and figs! And above all, it's good to show that you don't always have to build Nocturnus things although it's your home guild!

Good to see something in bricks now! I agree on the fig, the beard does suit him very well. The anvil looks a bit out of place though, so I also think that should be a brick build one.

This is truly eye candy! The color scheme is brilliant and I'm especially fond of the roof!

The last three years I've been promoting GoH in Skearbeak. And this year Rolli and Jonas are joining, so I hope it will be awesome

Why 4x3 leaves in purple?! We need those in Dark Green first!

Noted! As I enjoy building figs even more than MOC's! CMF GoH contest.........

We've seen some of Pate-keetongu's dwarves on the frontpage already. But he finally completed all of them, so feast your eyes on the whole bunch! Check out more photo's in History Forum!

Still working on it;)

Exactly! If I were you I'd just put the advice given to good use! And I must agree with most of the things said above. Like you said yourself, you've made it in just 10 minutes. Which I can't take serious either. Take your time with this one. You got two months and you're already posting a "prototype" within the first three hours. If you browse the other subforums you can get some more inspiration and you can also see that none of them are grainy like the one you've made. And about Paint.net. I use it all the time. It's really powerful enough to create an awesome banner!

I'll take yours back than!

GoH Banner Design Contest We are in need of a new banner for our beloved Guilds of Historica Forum and we are giving you all a change to design one! So put your bricks aside, not for too long of course, and put your artistic skills to good use! The 'rules' are as follows: 1. Banners should include the EB logo and preferably (not mandatory) as well as our slogan. 1.1 Logo examples, resized and padded properly, one should be placed in the first 140px of your banner. Feel free to make adjustments to the brick colour if you think it would be appropriate. 1.2 The font can vary depending on the theme of the banner, but the slogan has always been the same. Eurobricks Uniting LEGO® Fans Around the World 2. Banners need to be saved as PNG files to avoid jpeg compression. Source files should be kept along the way if possible. Keeping those files allows for potential future adjustments. 3. We tend to use 800x100px or 900x100px for banners and backgrounds, but 1000x100px would also be acceptable. The banner and the background must be the same size and able to be displayed seamlessly, meaning that the background fits on the end of the banner and can be repeated with itself if necessary. The easiest way to achieve this is to make sure that the banner and background pattern start and end with matching patterns, like the example below. In this case, the background would actually be displayed 2 times on an average monitor. Here is how it looks next to the banner. Here is how it looks next to itself. For a user with a screen resolution that is over 1600 wide, this would mean that the banner would appear, followed by the background and another part of the background. 4. Post your banner and background in this topic before November 1st. 5. Max. two entries per member. And you can only submit if you're a contributing member! 6.The winner will be determined by popular vote! Show us what you got and your banner could be shining on top of the forum!

Definitely, as it's done amazingly well. I admire the patience you'll need for this stuff!

I do get that it's frustrating to see your beloved forum being overflown by posts that are derailing the general topic. And I can see your not the only one who's thinking like that. But as Behemoth said, he'll adapt. So let's leave it at that for now and stop with this negative vibe. Enjoy the Guilds as we always have done. Challenge III is almost up, so Behemoth can show us how he's going to put everyone's advice to good use!

It's good to have story up like this. But it seems all a bit to advanced to me. It almost sounds a little steam-punkish. I would really like to see that you did start building instead of talking about buying bricks. Or better start with just figs, like this: (I'm pretty sure these guys will kick The Grustrag Three's megablocks. ) When you've done that. Start with little vignettes, and you really don't need a lot of bricks to do so: I really don't get why people waste money on brickforge stuff.