Winter Village: unwelcome visitors

[bertmarchal]

Hereby I present my entry for the Winter Village contest.

I had a lot of fun making this winter diorama, which happens to be my first MOC as well.

UG_1 by bert marchal, on Flickr

As you can see below, while attempting to expand the village, I soon hit the rocks.

Luckily, I found a small gate. Always having wondered what is going on just outside the village, I decided to take a peek on the other side.

UG_2 by bert marchal, on Flickr

The poor fellow I found there must have been on his way to the village, probably to visit family or friends.

..only to find his way blocked by a collapsed bridge, while nearing the end of his long journey. Frustrating!

Getting hungry, he somehow succeeded to catch a fish and decided to wait for help while having a provisional dinner in a nearby cave.

UG_5 by bert marchal, on Flickr

Soon however, the smells started to attract some unwelcome visitors.

UG_3 by bert marchal, on Flickr

And then the howling began...

The torches should keep them at bay for the moment, but night will be falling soon and they won't burn forever.

[Willworkfortoys]

It is a known fact the adorable huskies love fish! That man better move. Nice work! I like the creek and the broken bridge.

[Actor Builder]

This build has a lot of personality! It tells a really nice story without going overboard.

Great job!

[Kristof]

Hard to imagine these adorable huskies could harm the man :D This would have need some wolfs better. And what kind of tree is that to keek the green leafage in sucg deep winter? :D Otherwise it's interesting idea and the landscape is well executed. I don't think I like it better than some more conventional bulding based entries that would (in my opinion) better expand the existing series, though it's definitely a high quality model, especially for the first MOC of yours!