Simon_S

Nice MOC, de Gothia! I love that you didn't use many colours (mainly dbley, dtan, lbley, etc.) and then did a dark red lake. And the tower in which we can see from behind is also lovely .

Great dragon Emma! Oh and the stroy is also cool

Stunning! I love the colours you used and all the small details. The flying snakes look awesome.

Very nice MOCs! You did an awesome job on them and we really can see the effort you put in it (especially on the detailed walls) . This surely is one of my favourite entries for this challenge!

Nice work Matthew! I somehow must have missed it, but it's definitely one of your better builds. I like how you used brown to break up the rock formations, and the wooden top of the castle also works great .

Thanks Infernum! Thank you Thanks mate! Thanks you SK! Thank you Cara. I tried to include every single chrome piece I found, so the dragon heads also had to be used somehow . I'm quite happy with the result.

Thanks Wedge! The rest of the build was also done rather fast Thanks Gunman! Thanks mate . And yes, the house is the first one of my large layout. Thanks Gideon!

Thank you rogueang . Thank you! The next two chapters are already up (challenge 1 entries), you'll always find a link at the end of a post . Btw. I deleted my MOCpages account because it's just too time consuming to be active on so many sites. Also, it's just not that attractive as it once was. I hope you can understand me somehow .

Chapter 1: The Little Vagabond Tavern Chapter 2: The Discovery of Nalderic Chapter 3: A Warm Welcome Challenge 1 (A): A Bad Nocty! So Simon passed the ring of fire and now arrived at the castle of the Genius Malignus. First it looked like nobody was there... Abruptly, a genie stood in front of him. Humius: "Hello, I'm Humius. What's your name and where are you from?" Simon: "I'm Simon and I come from... Nocturnus." Humius: "Of course you're from Nocturnus, but where in Nocturnus?" Simon: "Eeeh... it's a small village near the ring of fire..." Humius: "Very nice to meet you! You should get know my friends. Voltarius and Cartesius come to me! Here's an Avalonian!" Voltarius: "Welcome Simon of Nalderic. Nice to meet you!" Cartesius: "Welcome to the Castle of Lies. I'm the leader of the Genius Malignus. You must be very stupid or very strong that you've come here alone. So, what do you want here?" Simon: "Why did you know that I'm from Avalonia? I mean, I'm dressed like a Nocty, I wear a nocty armor and I carry a nocty weapon. I thought it would be impossible that someone recognizes me. Voltarius: "We're the Genius Malignus, didn't you know? A birdbrained man, called René, once did thought experiment. He imagined, that there would be a ghost from which comes all knowledge that the humans have. The only aim of this ghost is, to fool the humans. That's why he called us "malignus". But then René did something even more stupid. From our possible living he concluded our inevitable existence. And so he created us and now we're damned to live in oil lamps, wear purple shirts and have long hair. To say it short: We're ghosts, we know anything." Simon: "Wow, that sounds pretty crazy. An Elf called Remigias sent me to you. I'm looking for the Herba Absynthii. They captured my friends and if I don't bring him this herb, he'll keep them as prisoneers forever. Can you help me to get it?" Cartesius: "You seem pretty confident and we like that. But you have to know that we don't like Remigias at all. So what will we do now?" Simon: "Just help me to get my friends back, please!" Humius: "You convinced me. Let's go." Voltarius and Cartesius: "Wait for us, we'll accompany you. This cabbage only grows on one place, which still is controlled by the old regime." Simon: "I already killed a bad Nocty on the way here, so I have no problems doing that again. I will fight against Lord Ssilyrrlith. Will you help me?" All 3 genies: "Yes." Simon: "Look there, is this white one a Herba Absynthii?" Cartesius: "Yes it is, but there are two guards we need to get rid of. Voltarius: "They aren't humans, so we can't spook them. And killing would ethically viewed be totally incorrect. So there must be another way." Simon: "What about distracting them?" Humius: "Yes, that's a good idea. Look now, this will be awesome." Cartesius: "That was clever, my friend. Giving them some food and we already have our Herba Absynthii. But Simon, I forbid you to bring it to Remigias. Do you know what power this cabbage has? With it, you can easily free your friends and take the lead over Nalderic..." Voltarius: "So you're free to leave. We have to stay here and keep fighting against Lord Ssilyrrlith. I wish you best of luck!" To be continued...

Chapter 1: The Little Vagabond Tavern Chapter 2: The Discovery of Nalderic So after our five heroes discovered Nalderic and found out, that it's not inhabitated at all, they finally found a place to land... Thomas: "I think we should tell them that we take lead of the isle." Simon: "I'm sure you meaned that I take lead of it." Thomas: "Of course, of course." Franzisco: "So don't stand around and do nothing, Simon. Go now and tell them! I can also assist your first appearance before those barbarians with a song..." Sara: "No, please spare us!" Steven: "They don't look too happy that we are here... shall I kill them for you?" Simon: "That's not how a good king would do it. Now I will go to those uncultivated people and take lead over Nalderic. I will introduce new rules and new taxes! I will change everything how I want it! I finally will be king!" He went to the people... Farmer: "Yellow hands Straw for sale! Straw for sale!" Simon: "Listen folks! I, Simon of Nalderic, will from now be your new king..." BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG! Suddenly Simon and his friends got knocked down from the behind. Simon: "Where am I? What's going on here?" Remigias: "I am Remigias. I rule Nalderic. We don't want little parasitic bugs like you on this isle." Simon: "Where are my friends? You killed them! I will avenge their death!" Remigias: "Calm down, they're still alive. We captured them that you have a little incentive." Simon: "An incentive for what?" Remigias: "You want to become king, right? I'm already old and in 15 years, I won't be able to rule this isle for any longer. So I'm looking for a worthy follower of the throne. If you want to be king one day, you will have to bring me the Herba Absynthii. It's a cabbage that grows in the marshes in Nocturnus. To find it, you will need to meet the Genius Malignus, the most despiteful ghosts I know. Oh, and to get to them, you'll have to pass the ring of fire. When you succeed and return with the cabbage, we'll let your friend go. Good luck." Elf guard: "The Genius Malignus won't be happy to see an Avalonian in their dominion. Here are some other clothes, an other weapon and a new armor, so that they won't recognize you as a stranger. Good luck." To be continued... Challenge 1 (A): A Bad Nocty! Challenge 1 ©: The Genius Malignus

I agree that it can suck having a unique character in an army builder set. But I don't think that the Uruk-Hai army is a good example. The Eomer fig can easily be modified to a soldier and it's easy to incorporate him in a big army, while in the Cavalry Builder Set you get a Lone Ranger fig, of which you already have 5 and which can't be used in an army . So basically, I don't have a problem with unique figs in army builder sets, as long as they can be used in the same army as the standard soldiers.

Congrats mate! You deserved it .

The shape of the base is great! It's always nice to see how many details you put in such a small build!

The olive lime combo is great! I also like the angles in the wall and all the fancy stuff you put in there .

I did A, now I'm building for C and if I find time I will also enter B .

What an amazing MOC! I love the shape of the tower and the rocks are also very nice . Good luck in the contest!

Thank you! Thanks. Yeah, they work great as cheese . Thank you Kristel . Thanks. The antennas were a pain... they always kept falling down (minifigs can't hold them in their hands so they just rest there by gravity). But I think it was worth the effort

Hey Galaktet! I love to look to this build. It must be the third time I visited this topic, but I didn't comment before. There are so many nice details and piece usages. I also like the micro christmas tree . I hope that it works (why shouldn't it?) for the contest and wish you best of luck! Simon

Great work Emma! There are so many nice details and the use of ice cream for smoke is just great. I also like that you included some molded pine trees... with them, the whole scene fits more in the original winter sets, as we find them there also often. Good luck in the contest!

Very nice treehouse! The fountain looks also great .

Nice! Your castles get better any year. I already liked the one you came up last year, but this one is even better! Keep bricking

Thank you lightningtiger! Thank you . Thanks LEGO Family... I'm not sure how good melted ABS smells Thanks for the very kind words! Thanks eurotrash . Thanks man! Happy Holidays to you too. Thanks Wout . In the village we used to live, there actually was a small fondue and raclette bar, so this inspired me to build this. But this one is of course very clichéd and so not really realistic. Hey Simon! Thank you for the kind comment, it means a lot to me! The minifigs are almost always the problems in my builds, as I tend to sell them and buy bricks with the money, so I only have a very few compared to my overall amout of parts (~150 figs / ~50k parts). Have a merry Christmas! Simon Thank you wonderpuddle . Thank you, it's actually a pretty old technique already, but I think it still works in MOCs. Thank you. Who doesn't love to overdo everything possible in LEGO builds? Thank you King Aragorn

Hey Eurobrickers! I wasn't sure what to build for the "Expand the Winter Village Contest IV", I wasn't sure if I even build anything. But now, I'm proud to present you my *chauvinist * entry: Fondue Bar It consists out of two modules: First, the bar itself A detail shot of the vendor and the lettering on the bar: Second, a Family eating Fondue in front of it: The minifigs: Would a Winter Market be complete without a good Swiss Cheese-Fondue? I don't think so. The Fondue Bar also makes a nice addition to the original set, because of the colours used in it: In the original, we find a lot of dark red and dark blue, but only a few dark green . So in the end, it makes the original look more complete (sadly I don't have a pic of it). Thanks for looking and enjoy your holidays! Merry Christmas! Simon_S

Nice MOC! I love all the details and the angled 1x1 tiles on the wall look great . The only thing I'd change is the banner: It's a mix between Mitgardia (green+yellow) and Avalonia (dark green+green)...

Thanks mate Thank you. Did you already join one of the 4 guilds? I can only recommand it to you, you'll surely improve your building skills a lot! EDIT: Thanks again for the praise, but you shouldn't bring up older topics. By bumping them all new, who deserve to be seen by as many people as possible, get bumped down. Thanks Gunman. I really need to get now some more of those trans clear 1x2 bricks for making larger water sections .