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Very nice project!

I'm not into the microscale, more of a classic 1980's castle fan, but man, this is clever build! Liked!

Very nice! Amazing tower and well built trees. That monster is really cool! :-)

@luckjes112 Man, gotta thank ya for this necro! What an amazing work by @The_Cook I'd otherwise miss! I really love this, and I'd like to make similar stuff, a retro builds in 1980's style. Shame that the old figs on BL are expensive and/or in a bad shape, namely the Crusaders' golden print. But no matter what, this one is pretty cool!

At least you'd have an excuse to buy the lego hippogriff! :-)

I like the possibilities of Rampart: in first phase you rely on centaurs supported by few elves, then the elves take over most of duties and pegasi support them against opposing shooters, then finally you may transition into dracogeddon (either thx to Tome of Fire Magic or due to captured spell towers). I think that Castle works the best because... well.. it's a Castle after all! But if I'd try to MOC some Rampart stuff, there are two possible routes: an oldschool, 1980's based, Forestmen builds (more like a "what if Robin Hood lived in Erathia"), or the more modern approach, more similar to LotR. Both have their merits, but I'd prefer the oldschool much more. I think that what you've done with the Castle theme is incredible, namely given the small-to-medium size of the build. It's easily distinguishable, cleverly and cleanly build, with several lovely details like the foliage or real machico... you know the word, and it sports SIX minifigs for a build of this size. I'd be interested in barracks, stables (I'd rather not imagine the number of horses, hehe!) and of course, tavern. Griffin cliffs could be also cool, I'm just a tiny little bit sceptic if they can be built with the same nostalgic feeling. Truly lovely job! edit: Man, you gave me a headache: should I play with lego, or should I play HoMM3? The agony of choices... ;-)

Man, i love Heroes III and Castle is my most favourite faction after Rampart. You made a great job, it's true to the original, and it's also really beautiful! I'd love to have such a set in my childhood, even though that would predate HoMM by roughly a decade. :-) If tlg started doing this kind of stuff (and namely if they'd buy a license for HoMM universe), I'd be one heck of a happy customer!

Very pretty, clean and oldschool style! Really cool!

Indeed a beautiful model, and yes, amazing photos! <3

This made my day! :-) And this immediatelly came to my mind! ;-) I think that it was daring and new at least in the context of lego, there was nothing like that even few years before this wave. (Except for the ghost minifig...)

Oh, yet another beautiful MOC! Such a clean, oldschool look! Very nice build, indeed!

Pretty cool! Lovely scene!

Wow, what a nice ship! The rigging is extraordinary!

@AmperZand Thanks a lot! The reason why I'm reluctnant to start my own factions, is because of the need for arms' switching, and it was something that I was pretty afraid of. But you are right that the factory machines must be much less gentle my my own hands.

Great info! I knew that there must be some way how to do this, otherwise there would be no Minifigure Torso Assemblies in existence, but I was afraid that lego has some special machine that does this in a more gentle way than a human can ever do by the hand. I'll try some old stuff, then I'll use the cmf Elf torsos and other cool stuff to design my own factons. Thanks again!

Good idea! But I'm afraid that the torso might crack. What are the experiences with this? I want to use some generic chainmail torsos and switch the arms for a different color, but I'm really afraid that the torsos won't withstand the force.

I agree on the versatility of the old torso, it's maybe the best what lego may offer. The new one... well, it's definitely versatile, as it isn't affiliated to any faction, my issue is that it's kinda unrealistic. I don't think there ever was a chainmail with a frontal fasting, at least I've never seen one.

Could the people citing the CMF19 always post the link, please? I'm having hard time google it out, it gives me all sorts of results, but never the correct line. Thanks. edit: for everyone's convenience... https://jaysbrickblog.com/2019/08/01/lego-minifigures-series-19-revealed-official-photos/ :-)

Are you on a small buildings rampage!? Another cool MOC! Hw is the smoke done? Is it a snake?

That's cool! In a sick way... :-D Maybe you could try making the casket a bit darker, so that it stands more against the walls?

Yeah, nice indeed! The shape of roof is insane! :-)

That's sad... I believe that most importantly you should think hard and long what now. I was in a similar position - not really lost the lego, but rather emerging from dark ages - and it's pretty easy to go astray with purchases. If you'd be able to make some kind of plans, some project ideas, this might guide and save you a lot of wasted time, money, and energy. For example, I'd buy bricks in bulk, because you need them, you need a lot of them, and there's not much sense in buysing them piecemeal, moreover if they are 2nd hand and thus may be damaged. Same goes for horses (and similar low-tier specialized stuff) that you may easily hoard form BL. Weaponry and helms can be quite easily obtained, even the older stuff. Minifigs and specialized items like shields and whatnot are the worst. Horse bardings, vintage shields in above-average condition, printed torsos, all the stuff that makes the distinct factions, is kinda harder to get, namely in solid condition. In your position I'd try to think out what exactly you need, and what timeline to follow. E.g. you can make a really decent 1980's Faction Wars with mere 40 figures, ten of each of the Crusader, BFs, F-men, and BKs. If you mix a few civilians here and there and a token female for each faction, you can have lively world with skirmishes, rural lfe, court intrigues, and whatever else. Sure, it will be a limited world, but you may always expand it. Unless you happen to lay your hands on some sort of must-buy (like someone selling a whole collection), I'd definitely wouldn't buy heaps of figs and stuff, mainly because they a) tend to suck qualitywise and b) are expensive. Yes, it's much more economical to buy six figs from one person and pay one postage, but you may acquire lots of figs as a "by-product", it just takes a patience, determination, and luck. Simply finishing every BL purchase by searchng through the respective seller's minifigs might yield good results. It's not reasonable to buy 1€ minifig and pay 4€ for postage fees, but if you already payed 30 bucks for bricks and the postage is cheap or even for free, why not throw a few figs, shields, heads, bardings, whatever else into the mix...? I wish you good luck! These stories are always saddening, even though we don't know each other. I would urge you to not make any hasty move. It's bad enough that you've lost everything, but it'll be even worse if the newly purchased stuff would either drain you financially or make you frustrated in years to come. After all, it's not meant for a few weeks of fun, but you're gonna build a collection that might give you pleasure for a lifetime. Rather make it a nice one from the very start! Cheers!

Yes, very nice MOC!

Well done, and an amazing choice of minifigs!

Cool and funny MOC!