John Cromwell

Thank you. I appreciate the feedback! Yeah, I like that idea, they complement each other nicely. See, my problem is that TLG never gave the Black Knights a torso strictly their own, they instead just used the generic chainmail and breastplate printings. For my humble little collection of Black Knights, I went through all the different designs Lego gave them and picked my favorite color scheme for what I thought would fill that roll best. I'll post a picture of them once I can get a picture with a smaller file size.

Well, I'm new here, so I guess I'll introduce myself. I am an avid fan of Lego, especially of what I like to call the 'Golden Age' i.e. the late 70's to early 90's. I don't have a favorite theme, Classic Castle and Pirates wage war over who gets to hold that title! Don't get me wrong I like the newer themes and licensed stuff Lego puts out nowadays, I just don't think they have the charm of the older System line. Which is funny, considering I'm too young to have experienced the glory of the System line. Oh, well, guess I'm just weird. Some of my other hobbies include playing classical guitar and cross-stitching.

Very nice armies ya'll! BaalTheBuilder, is the second pic the random army?

Yeah, that is my thinking as well. Well, that's were I disagree. I say that the power vacuum was filled by the Black Monarch's son, the guy with the white plumes in 6086 Black Knight's Castle, which, one an interesting side note, is the only Black Knight with the visored helm to not have a mustache. Further evidence he is the late king's young son. Maybe I didn't make it clear in my first post, but I think that the Dragon Master's soldiers and 'generals' could have been disgruntled Black Knights who were fed up with a boring job or low wages and were found by Majisto and offered a job, which explains the similarities in the shields. Becoming Majisto's loyal cronies, they would have no problem attacking their former brethren. And... in the second poster it clearly shows the new young king of the Black Knights leading an army to dislodge Majisto, but they failed. That's my opinion.

Those micro trees are positively adorable!

Nice use of the hero factory face! I like it!

Nice! I like it! Is it supposed to be a renovated peasants cottage from the Middle Ages?

Hello, my name is John Cromwell, the former Earl of Wolf. I have finally become a member or Eurobricks, after lurking for quite a while. For my first topic post, I wanted to share my opinion of the long-going dispute of whether the Black Knights and the Dragon Masters are the same. Now, as a huge Black Knights fan, I am going to be biased. There, you were warned! Are the Black Knights and the Dragon Masters the same faction? I have to answer that question with a "No, they are not", and here is why: The main reason (to my knowledge) why people claim the Black Knights and Dragon Masters are one and the same faction is the similarities in their shields: Dragon Masters: And the Black Knights: Both use the same print of a wyvren and both use similar colors: the Masters using green, red, and yellow, and the Knights using blue, red and yellow. However, the Dragon Masters use a red outline and the Black Knights use a blue, the same primary color of their dragon. That's basically where the similarities end. The Black Knights have been shown to attack the Dragon Masters and vice versa in official Lego catalogs such as here: And here: So... I'm not sure why the Dragon Masters and the Black Knights would attack each other if they were on the same team? Also, If you take a closer look at the top of the second image, the symbols for the two factions are different not just in color but in design as well. This also brings up something else. The Dragon Masters received 3 completely new torso designs and a new helm to boot: and the new helmet: I can understand the claim that both are the same faction if the Dragon Masters just re-used the chainmail, breastplate printings, and the visored helm of the Black Knights, but they didn't. Besides, the first catalogs states: "Here ye, Here ye, The Dragon Masters have arrived! Led by Majisto the Wizard and his glow-in-the-dark wand, they control the fierce flying dragons. Can the powerful Black Knights and the cunning Wolfpack stop their reign?" Now, I'm open to the idea that the Dragon Master's soldiers and 'generals' (the guys with the ostentatious helm and plumes) are disgruntled Black Knights who were fed up with a boring job or low wages and were found by Majisto and offered a job, but I don't like the fact that some people just combine the two and pretend they are one faction. My conclusion: Lego was just being lazy and re-used the same shield print with different colors. But I will never equip my Black Knights with DM shields. I'd love to see other people's opinions and why they think the factions are the same. P.S. If you read that whole article, thanks for listening to the mad rant of a Lego Classic Castle fan!

Impressive! I never would have thought to use hotdogs in architecture!

Wow, amazing build! I particularly like the scarecrow and the raven on his shoulder is a nice touch. Excellent!