Maxim I

I fear that it will be no pirates for 2013 (except then the corsair ship of LOTR, the rebellion soldier and the tiny soldier of the CMF). But I am pretty sure there will be a new wave of POTC in 2014 (but probably second half)

It's already looking really fantastic! My only question is what are you going to use in those almost square windows?

I hoped to be ready around this time of the year But after my gatehouse, I already knew it would take much longer. I want to make it as complete and perfect as possible, so I guess it will take at least one more year, but probably 2... Not only time is a factor, but also money. Like I said to KAI NRG, I am always surprised how many bricks some MOC's cosume. But the reason I don't mind the delay is because I started with this without having any experience of decent MOC'ing. Nowadays, every MOC I make has some trials in it so I can see if it would work for the city or not. (for example, notice the difference in rocks between "Everlast" and "Chapter II", the difference in water between the teaser and "Elemental surprise in Ghuba-ya Biashara", and so many more little things). I am also planning to start using some technics in it in the future (like for example Ecclesiastes also did with those birds). But that's for much later So, I hoped to end the first year with a supreme apotheosis by presenting a giant MOC behind my wall (so my city), but it will be a giant MOC in front of my wall (a battle)

Haha, these pigs made me laugh If possible I would recommend to finish your rocks a bit more, but otherwise, already a great entry!

Originally: Sci-fi'ed: It was fun to make this one

Is he called Evil Monkneyvel ? Great job on the bike!!

Great job on using not every day pieces! (like the visors, droid legs, .... ! I only wonder what those green things are

Wow, I like it!! The lime green colour give the city a futuristic touch, so great job

there are tons of trans 1x1 one plates in it I thought I had a lot (around 4k), but I quickly discovered that I need a lot more in the future for my harbor

teaser There are 180 dark tan 6x12 plates on their way to here, hope they will arrive soon

Wow, this is already amazing!! Are the buildings inspired by medieval Hungarian architecture? Also great new tower! edit: @Soccerkid, you beat me with some seconds!

Decent house and great MOC!! Maybe some more interior would be nice as you have one wall open I really love your custom minifigs!!

If you're looking for an eastern looking palace, click the first image of my signature

Allright, I withdraw my opinion...

Yup, but the only minifig you had 2 times was Jack Sparrow, who was in every set they released... Also, the cc was an addition for the QAR (I got them both and tested it)... edit: I think there was also a zombified crewmember in both sets, but he was easily modified to another crewmember. When you would have 2 times Saruman, you can't do nothing with the second one...

Great job on Galadriel! Also nice to see that every picture has a different set-up!

Nice little MOC! I love the effect of the water, but my only remark is also here: it's kind of strange that the trans blue plate lays highter than the neighbouring plates

Haha luckily for me that was indeed for my tower

If it was a reply to my post: Chapter III is just the prelude for Challenge VI If it was a general remark: I have 5 MOC's in mind (or maybe 4 and one as epilogue) Not all of them will be 48x48 (now I think about it, maybe none will)

After months of searching, we finally found Lloth! Read all about in here: The Quest of The Alleenridders - Chapter II As you can read and probably already heard, Valsharess (the ex-drow queen) is pillaging and conquering the South East of Kaliphlin under the banner of the Mage Revolword! It won't be long before she will besiege Mpya Stedor! With an enormous army, she will not stop before the Glorious City will be sacked... If she succeed in that plan, it means one of the strongest cities in Historica has fallen (I don't have to show you my wall I suppose, for these who never saw it, look to my signature). And many cities will surrender theirself in the hope to avoid the same! Too bad for my beloved city, all the knights of the neighbouring cities have to defend their own cities and it will take too long to send reinforcements out of Petraea or other cities, so all Mpya Stedor can hope for is that Lord Damaximus will arrive in time to rescue the city! Will Lord Damaximus and his Alleenridders be on time to rescue the city, or will the city be a ruin, forcing other cities to surrender to Victor Revolword? If Lord Damaximus fails, will he take revenge, planning every detail in the fortress of Everlast? Will the everlasting allies of Lord Damaximus (Ximus, Amenor and Atlarka) send troops to help Historica? A lot of questions, so after reading Chapter II, get yourself excited for the answers in an upcomming Chapter III in 2 weeks!!!! (Out of story) Seriously, Chapter III will have an epic scene!! * At the moment of speaking, the base is already around 80x180 and will be expanded soon to something like (probably) 120x180 * First time I guess you will see my gatehouse, wall and tower all together! * A quick guess says there will be more than 300 soldiers involved! * Also some brickbuilt monsters (elements) are attended to the Gala!

First of all, a very late but still well meant to Mikey for winning this I have to admit that (seeing all the MOC's already made for this Guild) this is a very beautiful Guild Agains some old cows in the well: *looks to his own title* I can't promise that I'll enter something in the future, but probably I will (and modify it afterwards so it fits my city) I got a ton of colourfull bricks that I want to use so this will be perfect

Prelude: Chapter I After Chapter I, the Alleenridders dismounted from their horses when they arrived at the Rakath Mountains, to continue their quest by foot. The scouts of the I.A.M.S. marked the path so they could easily find the entrance, which let to the deepest places of Historica. From here on off, the Alleenridders had to be carefull, as the smallest mistake could mean the end of the quest… Somewhere where Lord Damaximus was sure nobody could watch it, he revealed to Lord Max Samu and Sir Emehci Ssdowa his plans to kill Lloth for eternity. To ensure the success of the plan, the other Alleenridders were left clueless. Chapter II of the Quest of the Alleenridders to eliminate Lloth and Valsharess After weeks of wandering deep inside the Rakath Mountains, hundreds of meters below the sea-level, the Alleenridders finally arrived at the place from where Lloth rules the underground and the undead people living there. Luckily for our heroes, the place was lit by a gigantic stream of lava traversing the enormous cave. The only way to reach the other side were some small cobblestones in the river of fire. Looking around, they could figure out that there was a kind of a fortress integrated into the cave, with a big entrance guarded by 2 heavy armoured skeletons. There were also some ghosts flying around, giving the whole place a very creepy atmosphere… Suddenly, a loud, female voice breaks the silence: “Hahahaha Damaximus, I couldn’t believe my ears when my spies told me that you were coming!!! I always found you a fool, but I never could imagine that you were stupid enough to face me a second time! How did you found me in this labyrinth?” (Lord Damaximus) “First of all Lloth, it’s still Lord Damaximus, as long as I still live. Second: thanks to Sir Abdu who is a Drow, so he has their special gift to navigate under the ground. And at last: Hi! ” Lloth looked around for a minute, still smiling (or something that supposed to be smiling) “Allright Lord Damaximus then, maybe the last time you’ll ever hear that! I see some other faces I have seen the last time we met. Are they all reckoning for revenge as well for the lost of their buddies? What a shame, they will all die together with you. Max Samu, or do I have to call you Lord Samu as well, I know you’re a clever guy, how could you have forgotten that I can’t be killed by an human being???” (Lord Samu): “Oh crap, I knew we forgot something Lord Damaximus! Well that’s that let’s go home…” (Lord Damaximus): “Wait… Where is Valsharess?” Lloth started to laugh hysterically. After some long minutes… “I am just an army dealer for her… Or better was, because she is gone. She left the Rakath Mountains with a huge army the moment you entered them… Now she is plundering every village south of Qarkyr on her way to Mpya Stedor.” (Lord Damaximus): “Hold on! She is going to Mpya Stedor???” (Lloth) “Oh yeah… And every day her forces are growing bigger and bigger and the places she has conquered are now all having the Banner of King Revolword the First! It’s just a matter of time before she will conquer one of the most invincible cities of Historica. The moment that city has been raized and destroyed, all other cities will be smart enough to surrender to Valsharess, who will marry King Revolword and become once again a Queen!” (Sir Ereh Ahn Roblaw): “Mpya Stedor will never fall! No human being can conquer it as its strongest defence is the desert and the bay!” (Lord Damaximus): “That’s indeed true and that’s why Valsharess came to here. For undead beings the desert is just the same as grass, snow, swamps, forests, everything else… They can walk through it and can carry the siege-machinery that humans can’t transport through the desert. I fear we have no time to lose if we want to rescue our city!” (Lloth) “You keep surprising me Lord Damaximus, but this time in a good way! As a show of my gratitude, I will let you and your knights die in an honourfull battle! And you have the honour to be my victim!” (Lord Damaximus) “Very well!! Sir Ssdowa, let’s switch weapons!” And so the battle started, being outnumbered, the Alleenridders had their hands full with skeletons and ghosts… But fear was not yet introduced to them, so they fought like lions… Lloth was striking magic missiles after magic missiles, but somehow they were always absorbed by the shield that the guy who was representing Lord Damaximus was holding. Indeed, the guy who was representing Lord Damaximus… Because suddenly he jumped aside, piercing his Ximian Spear into Lloth… (Lloth) “How is this possible, I feel pain! How can you hurt me!! Tell me!!” The undeads looked stunned before they flew into the darkness. Sir Ssdowa opened the helmet of Lord Damaximus he was wearing… (Sir Ssdowa) “Because I am not completely an human! I am Emehci Ssdowa, son of your ex-husband, the demon Doliziss of Amenor and the human lady once called Vahn Ssdowa” Lord Damaximus (in the black armour of Sir Ssdowa) came closer and continued where Sir Ssdowa stopped: “You remember Vahn Ssdowa, don’t you Lloth? She was the reason we first met, already 16 years ago. You were furious when you heard your husband had betrayed you with an human being. And I was indeed a young man back then and our try to save her and the village she was living in was the greatest lost we ever would have. It was a disaster. We lost numerous brave knights. But without you noticed it, we had one small victory. We saved the child of Lady Vahn and teached him to become a famous gladiator so he could kill you slowly. Only Lord Max Samu and me knew who he really was… And we waited patiently for 16 long years to take revenge on you!” (Lloth) “And I just thought you were a fool….” (Lord Damaximus) “I’ll take your Golden Shield with me, I think I gonna need it in the upcoming battle to rescue my city! Knights, let’s get the hell out of here!” (Lord Kalores) “Lord Damaximus, on our way to here I saw a lot of interesting sculptures and wall paintings of mythically almost forgotten beasts and races. I want to stay some longer in here in the hope to discover more about them.” (Lord Damaximus) “Is no problem Lord Kalores, you are an Alleenridder now, so I have to give you this magic stone. Thanks to this, you can communicate with every other Alleenridder, where-ever you are! Please accept also 4 I.A.M.S.-members to accompany you and defend you in your search. Good luck!” (Lord Kalores) “Thank you! I hope to see you back in the future, so good luck with the rescue of your city!” (Lord Max Samu) “I hereby officially declare that Lord Mikel Kalores is the new master of Glax, Fleh, Zhax & Steefth Amenorslahv, now called Kaloreslahv. They will obey only you, fight for you and die for you as long as you live. If you die before them, they will belong to the House of Kalores till the end of their days. I also can tell you that honour and duty are the biggest achievements in their lives, so they will never try to betray you and you would disrespect them by offering them freedom. Good luck with them, they are one of the best members the I.A.M.S. has!” And so ended Chapter II of this Quest… To be continued with the final Chapter III – The battle of Mpya Stedor, also the prelude of Challenge VI – The End Notes: - Click here to see all the pictures that are left out, also 2 pictures of the MOC with only one minifig on it: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=509908 - You can also see the names of the heroes in that map - And for those who really looked to the folder and wonder how it comes that some of the knights are missing in the scene, that's because I worked with the minifigs I first found. If I put them all in it, it would become overly crowded - For more information about the Alleenridders (and that magical stone for example, check the GoH Wikia: C&C much welcome!

WOW!! I love how the wooden building is looking like a gigantic treehouse with the castle being an enormous tree! I also love tons of other details, to many to list here! :D

As I always had 2 or maximum 3 sets from a castle theme as kid, I had always around 5 soldiers from each faction (luckily always with a hero). So after some times, I started just collecting the heroes and made stories like the "Round Table" where every knight has it's own heraldry. When I was at the age I could buy Lego myself with the pocketmoney I received, Lego released the KKI and later the KKII. For me that was perfect as it was an easy way to expand my army of unique knights... So talking about heraldry, that was the best theme ever by TLG (I am sure that Gedren and I are not the only ones who has their favourite heraldry coming from this theme (mine is the silver dragon btw)). And to be honest, me and my lil brother had fun playing with the launchable knights on the rolling horses But I have to admit that the desing of the castle at that time was awfull (I never had the money to buy it myself, so finally, the design wasn't my problem back then)

Probably it will be one topic, otherwise there will be too many separated topics. What would be a gigantic mess