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Many thanks! Thank you for the suggestions! Would a proper spiral staircase feel appropriate, or should I add a new staircase alltogether in a different location? The front right tower is empty on the lower section, so by moving the stables a bit I could probably fit a staircase in there in sufficient fashion. A door is on the way! The timbered section is still missing the interior as I'm on a rather significant dark-brown parts-deficiency, as soon as that is sorted I'll be fixing both an interior and a door! Now that you say it, how could I forget about a well? I'll fix that right away.

Thank you! Considering the iconic status of the ghost it had to be featured somehow: and what better way than high up in the tallest tower?

Set 6047 is a classic. And the yellow and black color for the Tudor building most certainly found it’s inspiration there! I didn’t want any round towers here, had a few test runs with different techniques but I ended up preferring the more imposing look achieved by the squared of towers.

Where to begin? Mid-September I got my hands on the Lion Knights castle (10305). My first Castle set. While my love for all things vintage Lego I never quite got into the Castle line. However all the talk about the Lion Knights Castle had started to draw me in, and eventually I started seriously considering making the jump into the very fantastical world of Lego Castle. I did do a few smaller builds at first. But I knew I eventually wanted to try my hands at a proper castle, and when I had completed the Lion Knights Castle there was no going back: the Black Falcons needed a proper castle to bring some balance to the Kingdom I'm working on. I started working on this in late September, however this being my last semester at university my spare time was limited to say the least. But finally, just before Christmas its finally finished! Going into this project I knew there was quite a few things I wanted to archive: no Lego Castle set have been without great features. Therefor I had made it a priority to make sure this wasn't just a static build. The most obvious feature would be the drawbridge, all proper castles needs one of those. I went with chains rather than strings for the mechanism. While it looks great it does take up more space inside to make it run smoothly, so the middle part of the gatehouse is essentially dedicated to the winching system. I also needed an escape from the cellar, a feature I think one would rather quickly recognize from the Lion Knights Castle. It was just to good not to steal it for my own MOC. ;) Further features include being able to access the interior through the hinged wall-sections. Lastly the entire castle can split in the middle for easier access to the fully detailed courtyard. It also happens to be a big plus when moving it around. There was also a lot of consideration when choosing the color palette. I wanted the design to fit well next to the Lion Knights Castle while still maintaining a unique design. The result was to bring back the classic yellow Tudor style building, as featured in the original Black Falcons castle. Another big decision was to completely go for dark brown instead of reddish brown. An expensive but worthwhile decision in my mind. As this is my very first Castle I'd expect i have missed a few things here and there that the more seasoned Castle builder would have added. So please, all your suggestions are welcome!

The updated locomotive looks absolutely stunning.

What a wonderful build you've managed. Keeping the red/yellow color scheme is the right way to go. Had I done it myself I just know I would have strayed away to dark red and tan, which would have made for a less playful build. Extra points for the lit up passenger carriages as well!

Magnificent work. You really did manage a organic look and feel. The colors are perfect as well!

Many fine details can be found here. The candles and roof design is my personal favorites, excellent work!

Many thanks! I've always been a fan of utilizing studs as details. To many tiles and some character is lost.

It's a treat for us LOTR fans that they are available. Should Lego ever come out with something similar I will most likely replace them with that. Until then however they are staying! Thanks! Many thanks. I have the Barad Dur set and my intention was to have it built at the same time and take some really cool photos. Sadly I didn't have the time to finish it in time. But with some photoshop work in the future it should be doable. Thanks a lot!

Excellent work. Captured the RR-feel perfectly!

This project started in the beginning of summer. A summer that had a lot more in store than I would have thought, and that includes the planned wedding. Thus did this not only take quite some time to finish; finding time to take somewhat decent photos of it took even longer. Now we are here tho! My take on the Black gates of Mordor is finished and I'm most pleased with this build. I never thought I'd give this scene a go due to how reliant it is on having two substantiell armies. However I have over time managed to amass a fair amount of soldiers for both sides. The Orc army mainly consist of the classic Lego orcs with a few custom ones from Koruit. As for the army of men more custom Gondorian soldiers from Koruit can be found. These look absolutely incredible in my opinion and really elevates this MOC.The gate itself took some thinking to get the layout right. I wanted to have some notion of the mountains on erither side to be able to integrate the wall into the mountainsides. This I feel worked great! To get the right scale on the MOC I used the mouth of Sauron mount. The goal was for the gates to dwarf the figure on the horse once placed infront of it. While a gate cannot include to much functionality what I'm most pleased with is the hinge-mechanism I decided that allow the gate to open without leaving any big gaps on either side once closed. Overall I have to say that I'm most pleased with the outcome on this build.

Absolutely stunning work! The locomotive as well as the photography is top-notch.

Many thanks Elysiumfountain! Thank you! Yes you are onto me. For the doors two 1x4 trans clear tiles and two Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Rounded Bottom. Same for the round windows. It sits pretty well in the arch-pieces.

Haha oh I misunderstood! I'm clearly lacking in dragon-emoji knowledge.

Ohh not a fan I see!

Thank you! It's definitely a defining feature!

Many thanks!

Many thanks! I'm considering making instructions for it. However I must solve the attachment of the gears for the mouth. I initially used part #1745 but later realized that its not produced in dark tan. So for the time being the gears are floating in there, unless I use said part in LBG. A bit of a dilemma.

I feel confident building almost anything, except for creatures/animals. Thus trying my hands on a fell beast was uncharted territory for me. First of it has the wrong wings. My intentions are to use the wings lego used in their version of the fellbeast as soon as the new Balrog set releases as it uses the same wings so they will be become widely available. Other than the wings I feel the overall shaping is fairly decent. Further changes will be made once it's built in real bricks and it's easier to see the proportions. Tell me what you think.

Thank you!

Many thanks for the kind words! Thanks! I always loved the set but it looked a bit lost just standing on its own. Thank you!

Many thanks! As of right now its more additions to the original set than all-out modifications. In a few weeks the mods will become more apparent.

Let me present my Isengard MOC! After finishing the design in studio.io last year I’ve finally got to the point where I could build it in real bricks. It’s been quite the project coming in at 5 333 pieces. It features the Tower of Orthanc with surrounding gardens of Isengard. For the tower I have used Legos set from 2014, with an added level. Due to the size of the trees I knew I had to add to the height of the Tower. This resulted in a library being added in the middle section above the original throne room. This addition have given the tower better overall proportions. I’ve already started working on another level which will be added near the top. The base is constructed from wedge plates to achieve a nice round shape finished of with a black border around it as a nod to the ring of Isengard. As for the trees I opted for dark brown and dark green as this best represents old growth. They also vary in size and coverage in the canopy. For the gardens one detail remain to be added; a chain-link fence. Hopefully I will be able to order the parts I need in the coming days. Together it all makes for a highly detailed and massive display standing at a respectable 84cm tall.

Thanks! It's so it comes to together to form a narrow alley. When I take some interior photos I'll make sure to get one of those shots as well!