Lord Aaron's Lomardic Castle

[Talin Agasan]

One of my first MOC's after my Dark Ages, was a simple idea of how neat it would be to build a castle on a rocky bank on a river base (like that from "Rocky River Retreat" (6552-1). I was provided with various interesting architectural black and gray pieces, so the castle was going to be semi-gothic too. I also had many large rocky pieces at my disposal, which is good, because if a castle is not built on good foundations, it'll fall.

This all meant that it would fit perfectly as part of Lord Aaron's famous castle in the land of Lomard, though I only realised that afterwards! Here's some pics; sadly they are very poor quality (excuse = dim lighting, weird flash, cheap camera, shaky hands):

From the left (note the ugly purple barbarian about to be run through by the weight of a warhorse and rider, and the cold hard steel of a Lomardic sword):

From the right (note the shields and the greenery decoration):

From the top-ish (note the crenelations and flowing capes):

From the front-ish (note the scary wizard w/o hat and the gargoyles and pillars):

From the ??? (note the blurring, off-colours, and stupid angle):

From the back (note the bleached drawbridge crank next the treasure chest, and the big castle doors, dungeon with well hidden, complementary trapdoor, and the guard protecting the lady very well hidden in the alcove):

Do not note the general dustiness, or the lack of substantial interior decoration (there is a fireplace - well hidden - and besides, I compensated for this lack in the appropriately extravagant interior of my Alchemist's Lab)...

Forgot to mention, the drawbridge works beautifully. Also, Lord Aaron is the blurry black blob near the gates.

Any comments or questions on this? I'm thinking about dusting it off and giving it a major overhaul soon, perhaps with expansion.

Edited March 20, 2009 by Talin Agasan

[soc399]

The pictures are a bit hard to make out (maybe try again on a white background), but I like the MOC. That river baseplate works great for a drawbridge, and I the 1x1 cylinders with the lion's head pieces look good. The trees built into the castle and made with black arch pieces brings me back to some of my favorite sets from the late '80s and early '90s. Keep up the good work!

[Asuka]

A nice little castle in some charming sinister style and with a fine use of that baseplate. The little white flowers´re a lovely detail too.

[Zorro]

I love the design of this castle, including a prison and all.

Good job, please show us more of your work.

[SWMAN]

Very nice, but I would suggest new and better pictures. The quality is kind of bad.

[Sir Dillon]

Nice castle Talin Agasan, but as mentioned, your pictures are not very good, which makes it hard to appreciate your creation.

There's some useful suggestions about photography and backdrops in our [Tutorial Index]. One suggestion would be to use something to support your camera. I've found LEGO bricks or books work well for this.

[Guss]

nice castle, too sad the pics are blurry^^ can you post a pic of it with the drawbridge in upper position?

[Talin Agasan]

nice castle, too sad the pics are blurry^^ can you post a pic of it with the drawbridge in upper position?

Thanks for the comments and the good advice everyone. Sadly, my camera has serious limitations (and my competency at using it, clearly!!). At least pictures in the day time are better. I probably won't have new pics for a while. When I do, I'll try to show the drawbridge up. The mechanism is really sweet. Need to borrow my brother's camera or something.

Thankfully, I used a better backdrop on my more recent work (Gelian Flagship).