Simon_S

Yeah, nice little MOC! That are some pretty cool figures :-). And the boat looks also good!

nice creature! I like how you blended differnt greens in there - that works really well. cool MOC! Brick on!

wow man, I lov ethat creature! It looks so scary! those black wings as flippers (is that the right word in english?) work well for it :-)

wow man you have a lot of viking figures. and that moving boat and water is awesome. such a cool MOC! Very nice :-). The architecture on that great hall is also very impressive - especially with that shield roof and all the nice details in the woodwork.

Wow man, this is so cool :-). I love the pointed roof. and the tudor style with the many many rounded maccaroni tiles looks awesome. the whole thing is really mitgardian - you captured the style of our guild so well. Congratulations on a fanstastic MOC and brick on!

Wow, this is such a masterpiece. The whole build is just full with fun details. I love the structure in the walls. Also using lbg plates and tiles incorporated in a dbg wall works really well and gives the feeling of larger bricks. I also like what you guys did with the triangular shield thingies - that works really well and looks so cool! The snow on the roof is so nicely done with many many different tooth and horn pieces. They work well. I was wondering if you guys tried to make them vertical on the angled roof on the right. It's a problem I've encountered myself... that an angled roof gives angled snow / icicles. It would be cooler if they would point straight down and not be angled like the roof... but I didn't come up with a cool solution yet. BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO on this incredible masterpiece! It looks awesome. And the forest is an awesome backdrop for that legendary building. Greetings, Simon

nice build! I like how it works together with the first one. you improved many things from the frist one... there are more details in the walls - I especially like the decorations over the arches. and then there are some small things like the chandles on the wall or the wood next to te fire place that make the scene come alive :-).

what a nice build! all the textures - in the wall, the roof and in the wooden sections work great. and the book shelves and the railings look also nice. great work!

nice build! the original also looked already very solid. but you gave it an awesome upgrade :-). I especially like that you kept in the lbg accents in the tower.

nice figs! the centaur is pretty cool. you have some very creative part usages here. that crazy mask is somehow scary but works well. and the castle-snowman is funny!

this is amazing! there are so many nice details. I like the gold buttons. and also the border of the dark brown clothing. very well done :D. of course the faces are also top notch. the eyes look nice and the overall sculping came out very well. congrats on a very nice build :D

nice work! I really like the combination of the nougat coloured way and the olive green trees. they work well combined with the more classical colours like normal green or tan and brown.

what a nice collection of dark orange hair pieces :-). the figs look great, you have some very cool and creative combinations which I've never seen this way before... especially the legs of hademar are remarkable :D

Chapter 1: A Mitgardian Adventure https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/191046-a-mitgardian-adventure/ Chapter 2: Meeting with Haldor, the Master Builder of Bridges https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/191588-meeting-with-haldor-the-master-builder-of-bridges/ Chapter 3: The Hideout https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192000-the-hideout/ Chapter 4: The Cake https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192047-the-cake/ Chapter 5: New Belynia https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192687-goh-10-b-new-belynia/ Chapter 6: Meet Hallad, the half frozen Berserk https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192959-goh-10c-meet-hallad-the-half-frozen-berserk/ After Simon met Hallad, he headed south towards Avalonia. There he knew he was looking for a Frog King which was living in a marsh. He should help him find a good wife so that he could inherit the sheep flock of his father. Simon had really no idea what to look for... so he asked many people on the way. Some laughed. Some were anxious. They never heard about a frog king. Such magic stuff intimidated them. But from time to time, he got a clue where to look. So he came nearer to that marsh every day... until he was deep in it. And it wasn't fun. He sunk deep. Everything was covered with dirt. His pants were full of mud! And he could literally feel the leeches creeping up his legs. Nauseous. He already wanted to turn back and give up... when he suddenly heard something... *Quack quack quack* "Was that a frog?" Went through his mind. "Was this maybe the Frog King im looking for?" But he couldn't see anything. The plants in the marsh were just way too high. And he sunk way too deep. But he heard that sound again... "Quack quack quack* So he followed it. And it got louder and louder. It should be just around the corner. And then, after a long walk through the mud he finally saw him: THE FROG KING!!!! He was happily sitting on a small podest, surrounded by many other frogs. There was only one difference between them. He was huge. Simon has never seen something like this before. This Frog King was taller than him. "Quack quack quack who are you?" Asked the Frog King. "I'm Simon, I come from far far away. From Mitgardia," he replied. "You come here into my swamp. This is my kingdom. And I am the Frog King. You should better show some respect." croaked the Frog King. Simon: "Excuse me, highness Frog King. I was hoping that you could help me." Frog King: "I help nobody quack quack quack but myself." Simon: "Mylord, there must be something that I could do for you... and in return, you could offer me your advice." Frog King: "My advice for quack a favour of a mitgardian quack quack warrior. I guess that's not to bad. Quack." Simon: "So do you agree?" He wasn't sure if it was a good deal, he proposed. That Frog King could barely speak, or could anybody really understand him. He couldn't finish a single sentence... he always had to ribbit. Still, he had to try it. But what favour would the Frog King demand? Frog King: "Yes I quack do." Oh that came quick. He must really need my help, Simon thought. So he replied: "And what can I do for you my highness?" Frog King: "Quack kiss me." No way. I can't do that. That's just ugly. That wet wobbly frog mouth. I can't kiss it. He said it again, but this time in a mandatory tone: KISS quack ME! Simon saw no way out. There was no back door. He slowly went to the Frog King and placed his hand on his cheek. It was all greasy but also rough in the same time. He closed his eyes, angled his head, leant forward... And he really did it. He kissed the Frog King. He made it! In that moment, something magical happened. Something like a whirlwind started to surround the frog king. Simon couldn't really remember how it all happend. But that Frog King was transformed in a beautiful princess. She stood right in front of Simon. And looked him in the eyes. She didn't look at all like that ugly Frog King. She was beautiful. Princess: "Thank you for saving me. You are such a courageous warrior." Simon found no words. He was looking for a wife. And now that princess stood in front of him. He was astonished by her beauty. Also, he (still) had no idea how to talk to a woman. And before he could say anything, she hugged him and kissed him. Simon just expirienced, what every soldier ever dreamed of. He stammered: "Do you... would you my princess... would you maybe want to be my princess... I mean my wife?" Princess: "How could I refuse my rescuer? I was a Frog King for the last decade. And I rather want to be on your side." So he took her hand and they went on their journey together. Now Simon found a woman for his life. He just needed to find a priest who could marry them... To be continued... Well the pictures on this one didn't turn out great. We have a new LEGO store in switzerland... finally, after so many years of waiting. And when I visited it there were these nice olive green plant pieces in the PaB wall. So I really wanted to use them for a MOC. But still I didn't have much time to do something crazy... and this build and story is the result of it ;-). I hope you enjoyed it. Have a nice day and brick on! Simon

Thank you :-). The Korg torso was the inspiration for making the berserk half frozen. I actually built this together with my wife (slowly turning her into an AFOL hehe ). The wall technique is something which seemed quite common to me... a lot of people use it nowadays. It was the first time I tried it out and it was so instable. I have much respect for people who use this. Also the bridge took quite some time. I would have liked to have it more curved (the tiles are hold together with flex tubes) but that somehow looked too comical. So I went for this more traditional style. Thanks for your kind words and merry Christmas! Simon

Thank you for the kind Words :-). The wheat field technique is very simple. The bricks are just placed upside down / inverted and then the round part of the technic connector is put in there... sometimes more sometimes less to get some variety. I was lazy in this part of the build so the bricks just really lay stud on stud in there. I didn't even care to put tiles in between or to build a 180 degree snot. since I just built this to display at home and for the pictures I thought that gravity would work enough in this case. Have a nice day and merry Christmas! Simon

Here's my entry for category c :-)

Chapter 1: A Mitgardian Adventure https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/191046-a-mitgardian-adventure/ Chapter 2: Meeting with Haldor, the Master Builder of Bridges https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/191588-meeting-with-haldor-the-master-builder-of-bridges/ Chapter 3: The Hideout https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192000-the-hideout/ Chapter 4: The Cake https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192047-the-cake/ Chapter 5: New Belynia https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192687-goh-10-b-new-belynia/ So this is my entry to the Celebrating Historica Contest category C: Miscellaneous After Simon, Ingrid and Stephan got out of trouble in New Belynia, he continued his journey and headed north. He heard a legend about a half frozen berserk who was living all alone in the cold. He figured out that he could learn a lot from him about how to survive in difficult situations. So he decided to seek him. As Ingrid indicated, she stayed in New Belynia and followed the prince who brought peace and justice for the poor. Stephan also left Simon, he went south. He always had his raven with him. And the raven always told him where to go. One day he suddenly flew away in a southward direction. So Stephan and Simon also split up and Stephan went his own path. Simon was alone. He walked and walked and walked... and it was getting colder and colder. In every village he asked people about this legend. And they always told him the same thing: "You're not here yet. You have go deeper in the icescapes." So he continued... until he one day saw a small lonesome hut behind a frozen marsh. It all looked very old, like it was frozen since centuries. "I must have missed the half frozen berserk. It's way too cold up here. If he really lives here, he must be all frozen.", Simon thought. But then he noticed that there were signs of life within the ice: A small wooden bridge led over the marsh. and behind it was some smoke coming out of the chimney of the hut. And was that the barking of a dog? No, that's not possible. Still Simon wanted to check it out. So he went over the bridge. Althought everything was frozen and hard as stone, his knees started wobbling. They became wiggly like a good mitgardian blueberry pudding. He was so afraid of that bridge. "I bet nobody crossed that bridge in the last ten years." he feared. But then he took all his courage together and crossed it. When he arrived at the hut he couldn't believe his eyes. There he stood with his barking husky. Hallad, the half frozen berserk. This man is a living legend. How could he survive up here? And wasn't the lonesome life totally boring? Simon startet noticing all the bones laying around in the snow. He couldn't see them first, but then he saw them. He was so frightened. Would Hallad eat him and then throw his bones in the snow to scare off other travelers? He just stood there. His blue half frozen body didn't move an inch. Is he even alive? Simon waved him and cried: "Hello my name is Simon. Who are you? Are you Hallad the half frozen berserk?" Hallad: "Hallad I am." Simon was somehow relieved that Hallad lived and that he finally found him. But somehow he also hoped that he would be all frozen and that he could just turn away and leave. He asked timidly: "Are you going to eat me?" Hallad: "Hallad is not eating humans. Do not be afraid." Simon: "Where are the bones from?" Hallad: "Chicken." Simon: "Oh I see. Look Hallad, I'm here for your advice. I'm going to inherit the sheep flock of my father and I have to prove my dignity that I'm worthy as heir. You are like a living legend. People look up to you. Maybe you can tell me what I can do to get the reputation I'm looking for." Hallad: "You need a beautiful wife. I suggest you head south and ask the frog king. He can help you." Simon: "The frog king?" Hallad: "Yes the frog king. I have to leave now and make a larger fire that I won't get totally frozen. That once happend to me and I stayed that way for over a year until a friendly wanderer came who defrosted me with a lovely warming fire. I don't want to expirience that again. So goodbye and good luck on your journey." Simon: "Wait Hallad, where can I find the frog king?" Hallad: "South. Avalonia. In a marsh. But not in a frozen one. Goodbye. Hallad is leaving now." He went back into his hut. Simon had no idea where to find the frog king. It could be anywhere in Avalonia. But he had no other choice... he left, looking for the frog king. To be continued...

Thank you :D. The mountain is also way bigger than the last one. I remember how I was short on parts when I built the first one... now my dbg parts also run out, but the whole thing is much larger. Also, in the previous version the backside of the mountain was just a plain gray wall - now it has the dwarves mine in it :D. Thank you :D: Looking forward to that comment ;-). It's hard to take pictures / show all the details of such a large build. Thank you :D. Thanks :D. I like builds with variety, so I don't like doing the same roof rechnique for 5 houses and try to do something different with every house ;-). Thank you very much Grover. I really appreciate a comment like this. Crazy! I've rarely read something so encouraging as what you just wrote. I love that you took the time to look at all the details and to point them out. Thank you! Also, you are totally right about the waterfall. Even some friends wo aren't AFOLs noticed that. Since the first person said it it bothers me too hahaha.

Thank you for the kind words :D. The original Castle was actually a bit larger than this one (though not highter). I intended to go for a simpler / cleaner style with this castle instead of just copy what I did with the old one. So I built like something quite different from the original (also by using old grey bricks). What makes it look similar for me is especially the angled timbered house in the front and almost everything else is changed. Thank you :D. It means a lot to hear these kind words from you. You should totally build something for the guilds too . I remember back in the days, the guilds were the place to be where so many great builders showed of. And also a place of inspiration... And now it's just so quiet around here. Let's change that again . The storytelling was actually difficult in this one... I had an idea how I wanted to continue with the journey of my sigfig and there was also the idea of building for this category in the contest. so combining these two interests was difficutl at some times. thank you :D. the tudor crosses where a pain - especially in the castle. They were difficult because I also wanted them to be visible in the interiors... that meant that there was no support in the back. The haven doesn't have an interior, so the X were much easier there.

Here's my entry for category B: Old but Gold

NEW BELYNIA This is my entry to the celebrating guilds of historica, final contest, category B "Old but gold". As you might know, I've had a long time in which I didn't build anything... also I didn't lurk around. I just thought that was it and I didn't really expect to come back to that hobby again... but now I'm here and when I saw that category I knew that would be a lot of fun. I decided to build Belynia, the first build that I brought to a convention. It was exhibited at SteinCHenwelt 2014, organized by SwissLUG. Now almost 10 years passed since then, and there's a lot to improve about this build. Here's the original one: You can see more pictures of the old one in my flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjTtv9B3 I tried to improve this by making the buildings more clean. They don't have that many different textures as the original and so the buildings look pretty clean. I tried to include some details, footprints and even minifigure placing from the first build. Also, the first build was placed in Avalonia, so I "mitgaridified" it. Can you spot the simmilarities between the two builds? Let me know in the comments - that would be cool. Here is a link to the flickr album for more photos: https://flickr.com/photos/buurli_burri/albums/72177720303805456 I also wanted to use this build for my ongoing story, so here you go ;-). Chapter 1: A Mitgardian Adventure https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/191046-a-mitgardian-adventure/ Chapter 2: Meeting with Haldor, the Master Builder of Bridges https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/191588-meeting-with-haldor-the-master-builder-of-bridges/ Chapter 3: The Hideout https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192000-the-hideout/ Chapter 4: The Cake https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/192047-the-cake/ ... Simon, Ingrid and Stephan were still on the run. Simon knew that he had to prove his innocence and that he needed to show the world that Haldor was the bad guy. So they looked at the map he still had and they went to the castle... Stephan: Do they know who we are? Do they know that their allies are chasing us? Simon: I don't think... not yet. Otherwise we couldn't have walked through that village without that the soldiers followed us. They didn't recognize us. Ingrid: Not yet. It won't take long until messengers or soldiers arrive. We should use our time before they find out who we are. Stephan: You are right. We should just try to get into the castle by looking friendly. He made a weird grimace. Ingrid: Good morning Soldiers. Guards: Stop! What are you looking for? Simon: We want to talk to the ruler of New Belynia Guards: He's in the tower, you're allowed to pass. Simon to Stephan and Ingrid: This all feels so familiar. I think I have been here before. I know these buildings. I've seen this small pond in front of the castle. I just can't remember when. I guess it must have been in a different life... Ingrid: Stop being so sentimental. We have a mission to complete. I think the best thing would be to split up. Stephan: I agree. Simon, you should meet the prince and talk to him. Ask him why they have built this caslte. Ingrid, you go and look in the house in the front. Search for anything suspicious. And I will do the same with the house in the back. We will meet here outside of the castle in one hour. Simon, he subtly lowered his voice to sound more serious: Good day. My name is Maximilian. I'm a wealthy businessman from the northern shore of Mitgardia. I'm here to seek your advice. Prince Harald: I'm Prince Harald. And this with the blue robe is my brother Prince Hendrik. What are you looking for exactly? Simon: I see that you've made a lot of money. I only have a small sheep business and not much assets. But I would like to expand my business... how can I start this? Those three, Harald, Hendrik and Simon talked a lot about money. Simon looked around in the tower. He noticed how much gold they have. And it wasn't cast to coins but looked like it was in its natural state. How is it possible that somebody has so much gold and silver he asked himself. In the meantime, Ingrid visited the house in the front with the beautiful blue and yellow banner on it. There she found a true berserk. Ingrid: Wow, you look so strong. Are you working out? Frans: I don't work out. I fight. In battles. I also don't talk. I hit. With my axe. Ingrid: Oh I see. Your axe looks very sharp. Where are all these helmets from? And this silver? Is this your prey from the many fights? Frans: Frans doesn't like to talk. You go away now, stranger. And without finding out more, Ingrid had to leave the house. But she wondered: Why does he have three dwarven helmets? There has never been a war between dwarves and humans right? As Stephan came closer to the house in the back, he could already smell it: roasted chicken! Carefully he peeked through the door. There were two beautiful rich ladies. And they had so much food. More than they could ever eat without their corsets exploding. They talked in a language that was way too difficult for Stephan to understand. But what he saw was impressive: They live in abundance. He had seen enough. He left. Some time later, the three met again. Simon: They have gold. So much gold! Ingrid: And silver! Stephan: And food! Simon: Could you find out, where it comes from? It's not yet cast into coins... I have no idea where it could come from. But there must be a mine or something near this castle. Ingrid screamed: I know it! I had a flash of inspiration. I met Frans and he didn't want to say where the silver comes from. But he had three dwarven helmets as trophies in his room. They must have allied dwarves who gave it to them. Stephan: No dwarf would ever give away his gold. If it comes from the dwarves, they must have taken it away from them brutally. Ingid: But you can't just defeat the dwarves in a battle... they are way stronger than we humans and everybody knows it. Simon: Wasn't there a small cave behind the haven? I have the feeling that this could be the solution for our mistery. Stephan: That's impossible! They enslaved the dwarves and now they have to work for the humans. To make them even richer than they already are. Simon: Now we know. That's why Haldor built this castle here. It's not about controlling the villages of the region. It's all about the dwarves and about the gold. Ingrid: But why aren't they fighting? They could easily overpower those few soldiers and take the whole castle. Stephan: Because they are drunk. Haven't you seen and smelled the distillery in front of the mine? Ingrid: I'm going to take a look. She sneaked up and looked in the house. There she could see a pot full of blueberries. And right next to it a pretty huge distillation kettle. Ingrid was very excited as she came back: It's right. Stephan was right. They have build a distillery. And they make schnaps out of the blueberries. It's so clever. You can find those blueberries everywhere in Mitgardia. And everybody ate too much of them as a child and that's why many grown up men don't like them anymore. But when you make schnaps out of them, you can... Simon: You can easily get a whole dwarves tribe addicted. And once they were addicted, they couldn't live without that blueberry schnaps. Stephan: That's so mean. They knew the weak point of the dwarves and now they are all slaves. Simon: But not only the dwarves. Have you seen the humans at the dock? Simon: They also have a problem with blueberry schnaps. They are also addicted. It seems like that alcohol has destroyed the whole culture of this village. We have to do something against it, and I also have an idea... Stephan: Let's burn down everything! We storm the castle. And burn the distillery and all the schnaps. Ingrid: Yes let's burn it! Simon: No, that wouldn't help much. We need a long-term solution. You remember, we still have that good old wine with us. It is like a magic bottle. Whoever drinks of it, will do whatever we say to them. We could change the mind of those two princes, Harald and Hendrik. Stephan: That sounds good. And if it doesn't work, we can still kill them. I watch from the back and I'm prepared for everything. And with this great detailed plan, our three heroes went back to the castle. They came to the princes... Prince Hendrik: It's you again. What do you want? I think I've wasted enough time with you. Prince Harald: Go away, low-income earner! Simon: We've got a gift for you, prince. I wanted to thank you for your advice you gave me earlier. It's a great bottle, which aged for many years. As they drunk from the wine, their eyes started to turn rapidly. They looked very confused. Their whole bodies started shaking. Hendrik: What should we do? Harald: Please give us your order. Simon: Prince Harald, prince Hendrik. From now on, you will free the dwarves. You will no longer produce blueberry schnaps. You will no longer enslave anyone, be it humans or dwarves. You will take care of the widows and orphans. You will share all your wealth. And this castle will no longer be a military base, but a refuge for the homeless. Hendrik: As you wish, milord. Surprised by what just happend, the three heroes left the castle. While leaving, Stephan whispered to Ingrid: Crazy, it worked! I wouldn't have expected that. Ingrid: Yes. I'm curious how this place will look in a few years. I bet this is going to be the most peaceful village in whole Mitgardia. Imagine a ruler who really does what Simon commanded. A ruler who doesn't oppress his people, but cares for them. One who takes care for the poor. A king who's not making war, but peace. That would be a great king. I would surely follow him... As she was talking, many soldiers appeared. Soldier: Stop! Halt! No step further! From all sides, soldiers surrounded them. They had no chance and dropped their weapons. Their persecutors have catched up. They finally found them. Is this the end? Will Simon and his friends die now? Then they heard a voice from the castle walls: "Let them go! They are innocent..." Prince Harald cried. He explained them everything what was going on and that Simon made him a better prince. He gave order to stop looking for those three. So they finally could be free again and visit every place they wanted. This was Simons chance to set out for his home. But first, he needed to prove his dignity to inherit his fathers flock. To be continued... Here is a link to the flickr album for more photos: https://flickr.com/photos/buurli_burri/albums/72177720303805456 Thanks for looking and reading ;-). Edit: Forgot to give credits... credit for the tree design to full plate (https://fullplatebuilds.com/2018/04/14/spruce-tutorial/). And the staggered roof is something that I've done many times. But I've never done it as good as Sean and Steph Mayo ;-) (https://flickr.com/photos/legocy/19464267321/in/dateposted/) Edit 2: Here some more detailed pictures of it ;-). I thought I add these since many cool things haven't been shown by the ones I could include in the story.

nice :D. welcome to the guilds!

wow thats a very nice boat. the curves look awesome! and the landscaping is also beautiful! great first freebuild, it's nice to have you here at the guilds :D.