Sigolf Brimabane

Interesting idea! Too bad it never made it into a real theme :) Your version of it is cool!

Wow this is great! I'd love to see some more pictures when you can finally put it together with the official model :)

Thanks! Unfortunately that means there'll be no way of getting it for a fair price :( For example the Swedish price for the Council of Elrond on S@H is equivalent of $76. Luckily it is cheaper elsewhere.

Only 3 Elrond?! ;_; I haven't gotten a single polybag :(((( Me and my brother just ordered the Pirate Ship Ambush, Battle of the Black Gate and Council of Elrond. Gonna be fun to build :) I wonder, will the Tower of Orthanc be exclusive to Lego Stores or Legos official page or will it be sold at other stores too? There are no official Lego stores in Sweden I believe.

Reminds me of Age of Empires :D Great ^^

Awesome build! :D Now I want an ent too x)

What a neat tower :) Welcome!

First of all, this is part of the backstory of my Historica character Sigólfr Brímabani, but I don't know if I should post it in GOH because I have no Mitgardian flags on the pictures... I give some of my own verses in Swedish with a poor English translation which I try to translate as close to the original as possible, thus forsaking the beauty of the metre in which it is originally written. Enjoy: There reigned a king far up North where the land is covered in thick snow and the mountains grow tall. His name was Sigvaldr and he was stout and strong. Of all things in the world, he loved nothing and no one more than his only daughter, the fair Sighrist. Her mother had died when a huntsman accidentally shot her in the wold. This is what the scops and scalds sing of Sighrist: Mer fager står att finna ej kona uppå jord än Sigvalds ädla dotter, den vackra i från nord. Hon flinkast var i sysslor och skön var hennes röst, ett guldsmycke där hängde uppå det hvälvda bröst. Uppå den ljusa kinden var rodnad uti hyn och bjärta blicken lyste klarblå liksom skyn; å pannan locken faller ett hårsvall utav gull, ett hår så skönt och vackert som moderns utav Ull [More fair cannot be found a woman upon earth] [than Sigvalds noble daughter the beautiful from the North] [in work she was most nimble and beauty spake her voice] [there hung a golden necklace upon her arched chest.] [upon her light cheek was a blush in her hue] [and her bright gaze shone clear blue like the sky] [her locks fall on her forehead as strands of woven gold] [her hair is as fair and beautiful as that of the mother of Ull] A dragon that lay in deep abode in a den in the Western mountains and fells, came to hear of the beautiful princess, thanks to the tidings of a squirrel who used to bring him news. The dragon's name was Brime (Flare/Flame). Brime had almost all the treasures a dragon could wish for, but one he missed. A fair princess. The dragon thread upon his finger his hame-shifting (shape-shifting) ring and stole in the night to king Sigvald's castle and breached the carven wooden gates. With the ring he could change himself into the shape of a young man at will. This part of the story is told even today, and this is how the scalds sing it in our modern tongue: Then Brími flew, the mighty stark, to wise king Sigvald's strong bulwark to catch the maid; (the dragon raid), his firebrands never missed their mark. He breached the gate of carven wood, and there against him many stood a fearless knight of strength and might, but scratch nor scathe him no one could. 'Twas ere in kingdom never known in all that land of Sigvald's own, that dragon came in ghastly hame to look upon king Sigvald's throne. And maiden Sighrist mighty fair with rosen cheek and golden hair (her eyes were blue and white her hue) was bound and brought to dragon's lair. The dragon in his claws did fang the fairest maid of whom scalds sang, away then flew who flames did spew with booty rich; up high he sprang. The king was devastated, yet he sent heralds to the neighbouring kings and to pursue the dragon he sent his finest warriors. No one survived the dragon's flames. Though now had a young warrior heard of the beast's deed. This young warrior was called Sigolf. He rode out to seek the dragon's lair and save the princess. He first rode to Sigvald's castle, where he got food and mead. He met there an old man of great wisdom. The grey-clad old man taught him three times three songs that open locks, deafen pain and blunt the edges of swords. He also blessed Sigolf's sword, Garmbrand (Wolf/hound-blade), in which two victory runes were carved on the hilt, in honour of the warrior god Tiwaz. The old man told him of a dwarf who lived in a mound on the way to the dragon's mountain. He taught him secrets on how to enter the mound without disturbing the dwarf. There would he find an item most needful if he would slay a dragon. The next day Sigolf rode west to seek out the dragon, he rode for a whole day and night without food or rest until he came to a burial mound. By the mound he found a cow. He had been told to sacrifice the cow upon the entrance to the mound, so that the blood would drip into the grave, the realm of the dead. Upon sacrificing the cow, he hung his clothes on a branch of the tree and blew a golden horn, thus breaking the silence of the underworld and preparing the dead for his arrival. He was now disguised as the Father of the Chosen/Fallen (Valföðr). He followed further the instructions and clomb the tree to the top, where he saw some white flowers and a shimmering twig. He cut down the Golden Bough, the wand, with a golden sickle he had brought. This was his key. He was now ready to enter the mound. He sung a song of opening and spake the runes/secrets of the dead. This allowed him to enter the grave, which he did in silence, as a dead man. Inside he met the dwarf who told him many things of wisdom, he had come to Mímisbrunnr, the Well of Memory. This is said of his meeting with the dwarf, with whom he spake until dawn: Vid namn jag nämnes Lömsker, till yrke är jag smed, hur draken man kan dräpa därpå vet jag besked. Ut i den heta smedjan förrättar jag mitt värv; där har ett ting jag danat, som skyddar mot fördärv. Den best ej klinga biter, ty skyddas den av hud, som svärd förmår ej stinga; den hemska drakes skrud! Dess ande kraft besitter att smälta härdat berg, så råd utav mig tagen, ty råder Er en dvärg! I smedjan min jag hamrat en sköld så god och rund; den varder för sin herre till gagns i nödens stund, för inget den må bräcka och brinna skall den ej, förty jag ristat runor, nå, tagen I den? säg!" Ej kunde Sigolf avstå i från ett sådant bud från eld sig snart kan värja den son av mäktig gud, men krävde ut i gengäld den sluge lille smed en oansenlig guldring och drakblod blott en sked. Han följde mäster Lömsker till smedjans bälg och städ där dvärg med hammarn driver det blåa stål, därmed han tingestarne danar den dyrgrip och den brand och sköld och värn för kämpar med vid och järnskodd rand. Dit dvärgen gick att hämta den sköld han fordom smitt djupt under trädets rötter i stenens kalla mitt. Där lärde Sigolf runor och forntidshemlighet han visdom fann och kunskap som blott den gravgäst vet. [i go by the name of Sneaky, I work here as a smith] [i know of dragon-slaying, I know that best of all.] [inside the fiery smithy there craft I many things,] [i have an item crafted, that shields thee from thy death.] [The beast no blade may bite, forthy hard hide it hath,] [that swords may never sting, the dragon's gruesome shroud] [its breath hath mighty power enough to mountains melt,] [so take my wise council, for it cometh from a dwarf.] [in my smithy I have hammered a shield so good and round,] [it will its master aid and gain in hours of great need,] [for no thing may break it, and neither shall it burn] [for runes I have carved. What saist thou, yea or nay?] [sigolf could not abstain from such an offering] [from fire soon could shield him the son of a god,] [but wanted in return the cunning little smith] [a humble ring of gold and spoon of dragon's blood.] [He followed master Sneaky to the smithy's bellows and anvil] [there shapeth the dwarf the blue steel, with which] [he crafteth the objects, valuables and swords] [and wide shields and protection shod in iron for the fighters.] [Thither went the dwarf to fetch the shield he forged long ago] [deep under the roots of the tree, in the middle of the stone.] [There learned Sigolf runes and secrets of olden days] [he found wisdom and knowledge, that only the Grave-Guest knoweth.] When the day began to dawn, he got out with the shield raised above his head. He would now ride on to find the horrible creature, and free the maiden who was held prisoner by it.

I have finally thought of something good! :D As some of you might know I am writing a lay, namely The Lay of Sigolf (Kvädet om Sigolf). So I might make a couple of small builds illustrating scenes from it and with a verse or two in Swedish (maybe with a little English "omkväde" thereto) to go along with it. It will count as backstory for Sigólfr :)

It feels a little funny that the capitol is called Valhöll (hall of the chosen/fallen/slain) haha x) Man I wish Sweden had more famous beer x) I really like the Swedish beers Falcon, Åbro and Mariestad though... As for cheese we just put it on our smörgås (buttergoose = sandwich) haha x) I had a very nice smoked bock yule brew from Iceland, it was called Jólabjór (Yule beer)... Eh as for LEGO... I hope I get some inspiration (and more parts) so I can build something... I just built a house out of my new MMV :) And the recent WIPs look nice! Kabel's tavern looks cosy, Sigólfr will have to visit it some time and have a few horns of mead and ale in good Mitgardian company :)

I bought Attack of the Wargs :) Despite the high price I love it! It looks better in real life than in photos! If only it had been either cheaper or come with more parts :/ The selection of parts in the set I think is awesome, though I want more ;___; The 3x3 plates are so cool :D And nice with much foilage, need much more of that...

That is indeed a table-top gaming mat :3

I bought another MMV :D And built a custom model of the parts :) Maybe I'll put it here on EB. Oh, and another forest maiden :) On monday I'll get Attack of the Wargs.

After seeing the figs in detail I have to say... The evil ones are worse than the bull knights... But the good guys look ok! :D I will definitely buy at least the smallest set.

The horror! The gore! Intense scenes! :D

The thing with going to battle naked was... well... it probably is a good feeling! And you know, it was honourable to die in battle, so the warriors had no need to fear death :D Therefore they needed no armour. And it is intimidating... Or maybe just shocking? I would probably be more disgusted than frightened though... Or I don't know, going to battle like that seems like messy stuff so I would probably mostly be scared. The berserkers were also supposed to have fought without armour (though with some clothing). There were also those specific Greeks (if I don't remember wrong) who only wore one shoe (although having armour) x) I don't remember exactly why, but I think it had to do with some god... So hmm, maybe I should make some naked warriors for Mitgardia? :D CMF Poseidon's torso is good for that x)

Some ancient warriors fought naked, though... Not the mediæval ones however x)

Thanks! :D It is a co-production ^^ Soccerkid6: Thanks a bunch! We took a picture with the helms we would wish to have, if you have them :D The green looks a bit not green... :/ But it is green x) I have black gloves on my fig and Erikur's fig has dark grey.

Thank you very much :D We are very pleased with the skull too x) We sarted with the skull just to see if we could make something (and the scarce white parts suficed just to make the skull), so we didn't expect it to turn out that good. If anyone has a better idea for the skull's horns though... it would be welcome ^^ Btw... Imagine the size of that wyrm if we would build the whole skeleton! x)

I might get the smallest set or the gate. I like the look of the good guys, except the shield :/ But maybe I should just buy another MMV...

I see now some holes in a technic piece on that gatehouse... Maybe it is for extending the wall of the castle or something like that?

This is more dragon-like: But yes, I can agree to some extent that dragons don't exist. Although they exist in the myths. And depending on what you read, you will have different opinions on dragons. Old paintings and carvings usually depict dragons as serpents and worms...

Well, according to etymology, they should look like worms/snakes: The English word dragon derives from Greek δράκων (drákōn), "dragon, serpent of huge size, water-snake". I guess this dragon is a more modern continental one, while my cultural preferencies make my associations more to serpent/worm than lizard/dinosaur.

Oh my Gods... That's one ugly dragon :( Why can't they make more dragons like the one from the Viking era? Dragons shouldn't be fat like that. They are supposed to be more worm-like. I hope, but in vain, that there will be a Lindorm once. I should have gotten the Viking era ship with Jörmungandr, and the fortress with Fafnir. Too bad I didn't have much own money back then x)

I think so too. The good minifigs look amazing! Only the shields are bleh... I love the colours but not the lion :/ I think maybe that these knights would look awesome with the white and blue Viking shield x) Or maybe with Boromir's shield :0 Something else than the lion shield at least and they would be great.