Hradcanny Gatehouse

[soccerkid6]

Another build showing some of the great Dwarven city of Hradcanny. This particular build shows one of the gates into the underground sections of the city.

Jayan is originally from Hradcanny so he and Joktan have come to try and gather some dwarves willing to help fight the Hand outside of their city:

More pictures showing the interior here: http://www.brickbuilt.org/?p=602

Any C&C appreciated

Edited January 12, 2016 by soccerkid6

[Bighappysmiles]

Wow! That looks really good! I like how you built it into the side of the mountain! The roof is also very well done!

I would like to suggest one thing though, add some accents to the walls. The just gray walls look very monotone and I think it would improve the moc greatly just to incorporate differing colours.

I love all of your builds, they are very good! I can't wait to see some more!

[Infernum]

Whoa! Great work! I need to build some more! I love the snow, mountains and roof! The only thing I don't like is the border. I just think it looks a little wierd. Great work!

[soccerkid6]

Wow! That looks really good! I like how you built it into the side of the mountain! The roof is also very well done!

I would like to suggest one thing though, add some accents to the walls. The just gray walls look very monotone and I think it would improve the moc greatly just to incorporate differing colours.

I love all of your builds, they are very good! I can't wait to see some more!

Thanks, sometimes I like to do just one color walls, other times I do use accents

Whoa! Great work! I need to build some more! I love the snow, mountains and roof! The only thing I don't like is the border. I just think it looks a little wierd. Great work!

Thanks Infernum, the border is definitely out of the ordinary, but I kind of like it, I don't use that design often though

[Gideon]

Nice build, I really like to see more of the dwarven culture of Historica!

Contrary to Infernum, I really like the "icy" border you have created...feels very Mitgardian

The old dwarf is just perfect

[Nightstalker]

I like the use of the heroica axes as a gate decoration.

The snow layering is also seems pretty good as well!

Keep it up!

[Garmadon]

I agree with Gideon, I actually like that border a good deal. I like how you made the castle look like it was in the mountains, without making the mountains too tall I might have said this before, but I would suggest separating your light (and dark) bluish gray bricks from the older gray bricks (non-bluish ones), so that the wall is all the same color. Anyways, nice build, I enjoy the variety of pieces you used on the walls.

[Legonardo]

Nice one Soccerkid!

lots of dwarven builds recently, Im going to have to act fast to an idea done before anyone else does it

love it, keep em coming!

[Captain BeerBeard]

I like this as an entrance way. That is a cool idea storywise. I don't like the roof design so much though. I think your idea's with the stone work are superb. I will be posting a roof tutorial soon. Make sure to check it out.

[Str0ngbad]

I love how you avoided any arches on this build in favor of angles. In my mind, that is a staple of dwarven craftsmanship and it definitely works for this gate. Your snowscape is nice too. The cheese slopes and raised tiles make very effective drifts. I like your dwarf but I think that I would stick a cape on him to see if it would lessen how much those pauldrons seem to stick out. All in all a great build that I can take a few pointers from. I really hope you will turn out more dwarf stuff soon. It makes me very happy.

[Kayne]

Very cool SK! I agree with Beery though, that the roof doesn't feel quite natural with blend into the mountains, so it might be worth playing around with another transition at the top.

[soccerkid6]

Nice build, I really like to see more of the dwarven culture of Historica!

Contrary to Infernum, I really like the "icy" border you have created...feels very Mitgardian

The old dwarf is just perfect

Thanks, I really like the gandalf beards

I like the use of the heroica axes as a gate decoration.

The snow layering is also seems pretty good as well!

Keep it up!

Thanks, I've used those weapons as decorations before and think they work pretty well

I agree with Gideon, I actually like that border a good deal. I like how you made the castle look like it was in the mountains, without making the mountains too tall I might have said this before, but I would suggest separating your light (and dark) bluish gray bricks from the older gray bricks (non-bluish ones), so that the wall is all the same color. Anyways, nice build, I enjoy the variety of pieces you used on the walls.

Thanks Garmadon, I sometimes use only bley or dark bley in a build, but usually prefer the slight color variation of using both

Nice one Soccerkid!

lots of dwarven builds recently, Im going to have to act fast to an idea done before anyone else does it

love it, keep em coming!

Thanks Legonardo, hope to see a dwarven build from you soon

I like this as an entrance way. That is a cool idea storywise. I don't like the roof design so much though. I think your idea's with the stone work are superb. I will be posting a roof tutorial soon. Make sure to check it out.

Thanks Captain! I will definitely check your tutorial out, the roof here was the part I was least sure about how to do...

I love how you avoided any arches on this build in favor of angles. In my mind, that is a staple of dwarven craftsmanship and it definitely works for this gate. Your snowscape is nice too. The cheese slopes and raised tiles make very effective drifts. I like your dwarf but I think that I would stick a cape on him to see if it would lessen how much those pauldrons seem to stick out. All in all a great build that I can take a few pointers from. I really hope you will turn out more dwarf stuff soon. It makes me very happy.

Thanks, I like to avoid using arches in dwarven builds as well. Glad you like the drifts, I would try a cape on him, but I don't have an appropriately colored short one currently

Very cool SK! I agree with Beery though, that the roof doesn't feel quite natural with blend into the mountains, so it might be worth playing around with another transition at the top.

Thanks Kayne, any ideas on what would be abetter solution for the roof?

[ZCerberus]

I like the bushes and this is very much your style.

You did a good job photoing the white as well.

To me is still seems like the build should be taller... I guess it is probably already pretty tall for dwarves, but for the full sized, it seems a bit stout!

[soccerkid6]

I like the bushes and this is very much your style.

You did a good job photoing the white as well.

To me is still seems like the build should be taller... I guess it is probably already pretty tall for dwarves, but for the full sized, it seems a bit stout!

Thanks Z, it does seem a bit stout, I was trying to make it seem very different than a normal gatehouse, might have taken it a bit far

[Kayne]

I'm not really sure.....I wonder if having the stone walls blend into the mountain might work. We always hear about the great dwarven craftsmanship, so I'm sure they could do it. The problem would be translating it into Lego! Don't get me wrong, the roof doesn't look bad, it just seems like something else might be better. What if the mountain came out with a ledge over the top of the fortress, so that they could fit together to look as if the fortress were carved right into the mountain?

[soccerkid6]

I'm not really sure.....I wonder if having the stone walls blend into the mountain might work. We always hear about the great dwarven craftsmanship, so I'm sure they could do it. The problem would be translating it into Lego! Don't get me wrong, the roof doesn't look bad, it just seems like something else might be better. What if the mountain came out with a ledge over the top of the fortress, so that they could fit together to look as if the fortress were carved right into the mountain?

That might work pretty well, I'll try it today

[soccerkid6]

Updated with cliffs for the roof:

Any opinions on the new version?

[kabel]

great stuff soccerkid, time for me to also make more dwarfen mocs! darn, so much to build, so little time ...

[soccerkid6]

great stuff soccerkid, time for me to also make more dwarfen mocs! darn, so much to build, so little time ...

Thanks, I know what you mean, my free-build barrage used quite a few ideas I had, but there's always so many more

[Kayne]

I do believe that I like that! Great job, I can't believe how quickly you added some changes!

[Gideon]

I really like the added cliffs, makes the whole build look more like something they have put up to improve something which used to be a simple cave entrance :)

[soccerkid6]

I do believe that I like that! Great job, I can't believe how quickly you added some changes!

Thanks for the suggestion! I think that you're right and this definitely adds to the dwarven feel

I really like the added cliffs, makes the whole build look more like something they have put up to improve something which used to be a simple cave entrance :)

Thanks Gideon, Kayne was right on with his suggestion

[Hyler Talliwell]

The updated version looks quite sturdy indeed. The windows here are really cool.

[soccerkid6]

The updated version looks quite sturdy indeed. The windows here are really cool.

Thanks, I've used that window design on another dwarven build before and liked the effect

[-Carson Haupt-]

I actually really like the mix of grey and bley.