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Yeah, that Romans vs. Egyptians line got my kids (8 and 11 year old boys) really crazy, the eventually spend their pocket money to get all of them since I don't buy them any Playmobil sets myself! And often enough it's Playmobil that borrows ideas from Lego.

Well, I guess it‘s more of a gutt feeling because of Elves getting so many waves. Personally I really liked where Kingdoms was going, with those civilian sets of which I bought mutiples then. Just consider how expensive the goat has become. And then it got cut short because of Lotr with a lot of potential left. So I don’t think Classic European middle ages castle is dead. Playmobil is still selling castles like crazy and my kids went there because Lego doesnt have good castles. The thing is just that castle deserves the attention other themes got! Castle 2013 failed because it was done in a rush, designed without any love for the topic.

I'd suggest that this was because it was really dark in tone and not catered towards kids. Seems like Elves does well because it's good humored and of course well designed. Those goblins are really cute evil guys after all. And, let's forget about the prices Lego asks for licensed themes either!

Honestly, I really like this one the best so far. Quite a shame I can't come to Antwerpen to celebrate our Western layout together! But, I'm already working on new modules that will go on display next year!

Oh man, this is really gorgeous, kinda hard to say what to like in particular, since all of this looks really nice. What really kills the beast though is the roof! What a great idea!

Great creation, it's missing all the tourists though that usually crowd that street there ... ;-)

The fort itselft is great, but I'm not sure why you did the walkways in dark tan instead of brown. Also I think your ground could still use a little detailing. And btw, my entire Western stuff is now at Maxim's and is wayting to get united with your stuff on BMA!

nice snot rocks, exactly my taste! However, I guess I would have preferred pics over a vid!

Neat little town but adding a few more closeups of the town would have been great!

Haha, Western mocs all the way! Great stuff to be seen here, great wagon, main building and path! However, the shack seems a little out of place when compared to the rest.

Western Moc Index is done, if you still find mocs I haven't mentioned, feel free to add them in the respective thread

There is a collection of roof building techniques in the index section!

You may also refer to all the other tutorials in the index section, for instance the tree building tutorial

I really like, quite similar to something I'm still building right now ... Anyway, hope the rumors of Steens demise are not true and that you will find him in or near Thorshaven ...

alright, so this is the beginning of a Western Index, feel free to add links to mocs I havn't listed yet. I will later add them to the front post and once it's clomplete, I'll fix this topic on the index list.

Wow, great Western layout, I really like a lot of the buildings. Mind if I borrow some ideas for my layout?

Niku, there is actually nothing to see! You should try to fix the links!

I tend to buy Elves sets occasionally, mostly for ladscaping pieces. All the friendsy pieces are actually used for sub structures you can' t see afterwards. Heck, I even use Duplo for that. So in the end I just need to get rid of the minidolls, anyone interested ?

well thanks for the encouragement here. As for "old school", I'd rather prefer my way of building to be called realistic rather than that. You know, people in the middle ages actually did know how to build straight angles. And in my hometown most medieval houses look straight and in fact not as bend, crooked and twisted as all those "new School" houses that are build in the DC fashion these days. When you look at these pictures from my hometown (North German/Lower Saxon style half timbered houses) you can see nothing weird looking about it. And actually this is what is influencing my way of building caslte mocs the most. And this is how I try to imagine "castle era" houses in Lego: vs. what DC is building: So while I do admit that DC's style and technique are far superiour to what I build, I'd like to claim that my stuff looks just as boring as the original. So why don't we call the way of caslte mocing realistic style vs, fantasy style instead of old vs. new school?

As a father of a 10 and a 7 year old son I'd like to confirm that kids are interested in castle stuff. Heck, due to a lack of LEGO castles, they went on to buy a €150 playmobil castle with their combined savings. And without me telling them my feelings about Nexo Knights, they have decided on their own to give it the name "Nexo Scheiss" (Nexo Shit). I can honestly say I didn't influence them that way, well maybe just a little bit with all my castle, pirate and western mocs ...

maybe it's not even Steen under that mask, who knows ... *whistles GoT intro tune*

well thanks for the positive feedback on only half a moc. To give you an idead of what I'm actually working, let me show you guys this wip shot ...

Who shaved Steen? Is that an Avalonian tradition? True Mitgardians are burried with their beards on!! Other than that, lot's of amazing stuff. Amazing to see, how you've developed since I introduced you to the secrets of snoting 1,5 years ago. I kinda hate it though when my students surpass me in their abilities ...

found time to build a little something again ...

Well, Steen Larsson had been waiting, had been hiding in a castle leagues away from where evil was happening, had survived the elemental war, had survived the Algus, had fallen in love and married a beautiful woman, had fathered a son, had had enough of war ... Off to battle one last time! left at home his wife and son, will Steen ever return? sorry, was planning to build something real big, but didn't have the time to finish, so I guess that all you'll get to see at this point is this. It's actually meant as an addition to Titus story and runs outside the contest.