LordDan Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) Mage paced through an isolated part of Historica, going this way and that. Any observer could clearly have told that he was lost, but there was no one around. Mage: I can’t believe i am lost! These directions clearly said to turn left at the huge snowy pile and go past the spooky cliffside. I did that! He threw his map away in disgust. Mage: Well now I’m truly lost. I don’t even know where in Historica I am now, probably Mitgardia or Nocturnus by the looks of it. Ugggh, he moaned. Dan better not find out about this or I am going to hear about it forever! (In a mocking voice) “ The all powerful mage, lost in the middle of nowhere, helpless. He can’t even find his way to Avalonia, nevermind finding our expedition.” He walked on for a while, wandering around in no particular direction, until he spotted a solid black castle in the distance. fortress in the distance by lorddan413, on Flickr He knew going to a very uninviting and clearly hostile fortress was probably not wise, but he had no other options. Mage sensed that this there was something evil going on at this castle. “If the inhabitants of this castle are evil, he thought, then at least something good will have come out of this. An idea raced through his mind. “I will tell everyone that this was intentional. I clearly knew there was something evil happening here and I was in the area and I set out intending to stop it!” A while later Mage had nearly reached the fortress. He walked across the flat black ground in front of the castle, towards the raised gate, when he saw two vicious looking men run towards him with weapons drawn. Guard 1: Stop right there! Mage continued walking forward. By that time the guards had nearly reached him. Guard 2: (to guard 1) Don’t bother. I say we just kill him and save ourselves the trouble! Guard 1 nodded and they both rushed Mage. Mage pulled his hilt out of his cloak and quickly dispatched both the guards. guard fight 1 by lorddan413, on Flickr Guard fight 2 by lorddan413, on Flickr Mage walked farther towards the castle when another guard saw him. This guard walked forward, confidently, with his flail in his hand,. He had clearly not seen Mage defeat the other guards. Guard 3: Hey, you there! What are you doing in here? Mage stopped walking. Guard 3: How did you get past the other guards? (Snickering to himself) Were they sleeping on the job again? Guard fight 3 part 1 by lorddan413, on Flickr Guard fight 3 part 2.1 by lorddan413, on Flickr guard fight 3 part 3 by lorddan413, on Flickr Mage walked into a room deep in the castle. He had not seen any other guards yet, but as he walked into this room a guard, who had been standing in the shadows rushed forward. Guard 4.1 by lorddan413, on Flickr Guard 4.2 by lorddan413, on Flickr Mage could hear faint sounds, coming from somewhere below him. Tormented roars, of an animal, clearly in great pain echoed up the stairs. He could also hear voices not quite human, grunting and shouting, and harsh clanging. Mage crept as close as he dared to the stairs. “Work faster you lazy maggots!” barked a rough voice followed by the unmistakable crack of a whip. Agonized howling could be heard over the clamor. “ Hold down the beast!” bellowed another voice. “We need more metal over here” whined another voice. “ Whoever is down there must be making something,” thought Mage. “They clearly don’t intend to be friendly, and I imagine they are up to no good. I wonder why they have an animal down there,” he pondered.His thoughts were cut off by the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs. magic spear by lorddan413, on Flickr Mage quickly put his hilt into the folds of his cloak and hastily created an energy spear. castle battle part 1 by lorddan413, on Flickr An unsuspecting orc reached the top of the stairs, only to be stabbed by mage. The orc’s body tumbled back down the stairs, and then there was an uproar of angry voices shouting, and a pounding of feet climbing the stairs… castle battle part 2 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 3 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 4 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 5 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 6 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 7 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 8 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 9 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 10 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 11 by lorddan413, on Flickr castle battle part 12 by lorddan413, on Flickr More pictures on my flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/124945540@N08/ This is leading up to my Mount Up build Edit: I forgot to add these pictures overall moc 5 by lorddan413, on Flickr overall moc 1 by lorddan413, on Flickr and this Guard fight 3 part 2.2 by lorddan413, on Flickr Guard fight 3 part 3.3 by lorddan413, on Flickr overall moc 3 by lorddan413, on Flickr Edited July 5, 2014 by LordDan Quote
-Carson Haupt- Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 I love the dungeon crawling type feel to this! Quote
Lord Vladivus Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 Haha nice! Mage has a lightsaber at the end! Great feel to the story! Quote
Garmadon Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 Nice progression of builds, LordDan, I really like the micro-castle and the part with the third guard Some things that you could improve would be the backgrounds for the pics (most of the pics of the last build are missing white in the left corner, which could be fixed with more paper or in paint) and the ground in the scenes with the guards - it is a bit bare and could use some texture, maybe some dots or small plates or something. Also, the presentation could be improved a little by getting rid of the lines under the pictures (this: fortress in the distance by lorddan413, on Flickr). I'm looking forward to the rest of this story Quote
LordDan Posted July 5, 2014 Author Posted July 5, 2014 I love the dungeon crawling type feel to this! Haha I just added the pictures of the actual dungeon part of the build Haha nice! Mage has a lightsaber at the end! Great feel to the story! Well with that lightsaber hilt piece it was only a matter of time before he became a jedi Nice progression of builds, LordDan, I really like the micro-castle and the part with the third guard Some things that you could improve would be the backgrounds for the pics (most of the pics of the last build are missing white in the left corner, which could be fixed with more paper or in paint) and the ground in the scenes with the guards - it is a bit bare and could use some texture, maybe some dots or small plates or something. Also, the presentation could be improved a little by getting rid of the lines under the pictures (this: fortress in the distance by lorddan413, on Flickr). I'm looking forward to the rest of this story yeah I was pretty rushed and was a little careless with some of the photos Quote
Scaevola Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 Nice work, you really captured the black castle feel to the moc (especially the SNOTted floors). However, you do need a background for your photos. Also, I find it a little strange that you did not use landscaping while fighting most of the guards except for the third battle . Therefore, I think it would make more sense if you left it flat as you did for the others so as to show the black floor. In any case nice overall job, especially with the microscale castle. Quote
Tomsche Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 I really like this story! Maybe some small detailing on the `duel` pictures, but it is a great thing! Quote
LordDan Posted July 6, 2014 Author Posted July 6, 2014 Nice work, you really captured the black castle feel to the moc (especially the SNOTted floors). However, you do need a background for your photos. Also, I find it a little strange that you did not use landscaping while fighting most of the guards except for the third battle . Therefore, I think it would make more sense if you left it flat as you did for the others so as to show the black floor. In any case nice overall job, especially with the microscale castle. for the 3rd fight the ground was initially flat but after mage created a tree and grass and plants around the guard it is a full landscape. I had them be flat to really emphasize the change Quote
Scaevola Posted July 6, 2014 Posted July 6, 2014 Oh sorry then. I didn't catch that part of the story Quote
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