ZCerberus

Greffen Bridge now up.

The Great Gatehouse of Albion is guarded by the Draconem River. Anyone wishing to cross the river must travel between two linked watchtowers (Castor and Pollux) and over Greffen Bridge. Front. I improved on previous border making so the border edges sit flush. Hooray! Back. Though you can't see it too easily in this shot, the wooden ramps that lead up to the watch tower doors are attached to a pivot so the can swing up towards the watchtowers to prevent enemies from easily accessing the watchtower doors in battle. 3/4 view. Ideally the bridge would be longer (and better looking!) but this was not possible due to the space and time restraints of BW. Marching army. You can see Triann Burress's trusted Lieutenant, Marshall Stampick overseeing the Mesodraconem's arrival. Designed to link with the Great Gatehouse of Albion (obviously!). I was inspired by the "harbor watchtowers" in Anno 1404. I took these shots while packing up the gatehouse for BW so I noticed a few things were not in perfect alignment (like the flags on the two towers or some of the supports under the wood battlements) but I didn't bother retaking the pictures for that! When this is linked to the Great Gatehouse of Albion, I wish the watchtowers were shorter (or the gatehouse was taller). I considered raising the gatehouse two or three bricks, but ultimately decided against it. The tower battlements on the gatehouse are still slightly taller than the battlements on the watchtowers, so I will just have to accept that as good enough. I didn't take any pictures of the bridge linked to the gatehouse for a few reasons 1) so there is something fun at Brickworld 2) it is too friggin' massive to get photos of in my setup. Hopefully some BW photos will get you your fix 3) it is a separate link from the Albion thread, so I wanted it to have its own topic. Gotta pack my clothes as I am leaving for Brickworld in about an hour!

There may or may not be light bricks in the caves as well. That was the idea! Stole half that from busboy, half from Ecclesiastes. Agreed. Too bad I only have 3 of them. Better find another Zane booster pack before the show! It was looking a little bland where I cut off the mountain, so I flipped the panels for a bit of intrigue. I am glad it worked! I like how it turned out overall. I also like the figs I made. My heart is in Avalonia, but I have a crush on Mitgardia!

This was the last, and I lost some sleep trying to get it done! I had to become a bit of a recluse, but at least all four guilds will have something... though Avalonia will still be the most represented. .I think it is my favorite to a degree as well. I am bringing Riverrun Watchtower as well and sadly it might be my least favorite. Riverrun is on a 32 x 32 baseplate though, so it is the mightiest! I borrowed the tower technique from another place, but I made a few MAJOR improvements to that design. It is quite sturdy and something I will use in the future. I KNEW I have to use the dark tan tiles because I have like 4 pick a brick cups of them, so I wanted to add some lighter colors and some different colors from the other builds to make this one unique. me too darkdragon has a build for each guild as well, so hopefully every guild will be well represented.

Representing your guild at Brickworld...

Representing your guild at Brickworld...

Come see it at Brickworld (all two of you from the upper mid-west who aren't already coming that is!)

Come see it at Brickworld! Again, thanks to the Mitgardians I shamelessly ripped off to make this, esp. Ecclesiastes and busboy.

Brickworld is this weekend and from your guilds- ISC, Si, darkdragon, rogueang, and ZC will all be in full attendance. I hope/know we will see a few more of you on Saturday or Sunday during the exhibition. We have some cool MOCs in the line up to get people jazzed about the Guilds! From what I know, vistors will be able to see... From Historica: Microscale Royal Tour backdrop (Si) From Kaliphlin: Watchtower of the Desert Plains (ZC) Kaliphlin Throne Room (darkdragon) From Mitgardia: Watchtower fo the Mountain Pass (ZC) Mitgardian Throne Room (darkdragon) (A MOC from Dan Church?) From Nocturnus: Watchtower of the Darklands (ZC) Nocturnus Throne Room (darkdragon) Dragon and rider (Hyler) From Avalonia River Run Watchtower (ZC) Throne Room of Avalonia (darkdragon) Albion Trade Hall (rogueang) Great Gatehouse of Albion with Greffin Bridge addition (ZC) And of course, don't forget the main EB collaborative display (that's right, the guilds are playing second fiddle to something even MORE massive)!

So I have heard. I look forward to seeing your creation.

Fair enough, but I used dark tan on the Nocturnus build and it will be used alot in the Kaliphlin build. Plus with having to finish the Kaliphlin build I don't think I will have time. I might have time to get a few photos of the Mitgardian tower though!

Friends of Mitgardia, I humbly request I be allowed to bring a MOC to represent you at BrickWorld! Behold, a Mitgardian watchtower, the design of which is largely lifted from your works already on here! (esp. busboy489 and Ecclesiastes, but everyone else to some degree as well) I may be able to get some better pics before BrickWorld. If not, I am sure there will be some photos then! EDIT: This picture made me move the top of the tower up two more bricks. I think it is a little better now!

I might find a way. I am leaving for Brickworld in just a few days and I wanted to make sure all the guilds were represented. Nocturnus had no official attendee except ISC and he is traveling from Australia and is contributing to other builds. Mitgardia has dark dragon as a rep (S-o-T can't make it) but she is making a build for all FOUR guilds, so I thought a Mitgardian tower would be good to have there as well. Oh, yeah about that... I may get a chance to snap some better pics (not at 12:00 AM when it is pitch black outside and NOT with my camera phone) before Brickworld of this one as well, but no promises. I tried to make it as "Mitgardian" as possible, so I blatantly stole most of the design from busboy and Ecclesiastes. Thanks guys! Now we have watchtowers for 3 of 4 guilds... I guess Kaliphlin is up next... this will be tough to make in two nights!

Good call Beery

I said what I meant and I meant what I said.

Thanks everyone. It was fun to be someone else for a day! Mitgardian tower is up next. Thank you in advance for all the Mitgardians I am about to blatantly copy!

That sounds like a member title to me...

Lord Burress, The great Nocturnus General, Lord Grimm and his Grimm guard passed through the Mesodraconem embassy, Rossen Manor, this afternoon with news of the rise of a Drow tower not far from the Avalonian border. He reported that his scout, the wolf, Manson Rankis, reported seeing two Drow Skull Reavers lurking about the structure. What's more, Manson reports the tower seemed to push out of the ground from nothing! Even though the threat of war with the Elementals looms, the Drow threat was too close to Rossen to ignore. I traveled with General Grimm and the Rossen Elite guard to the Drow tower. We surrounded the tower and demanded the Skull Reavers give themselves up. Though Grimm did not notice, I caught a glimpse of a third occupant at the tower and though I only saw him for a second, I would recognize his face and armor anywhere... it was Aarod Baine himself! The Skull Reavers put up little resistance when we stormed the tower and we searched the tower high and low, but could not find any evidence of Aarod. Skull Reavers are normally very deadly foe, I could not help but feel they and the tower itself may have been nothing more than a distraction for something more sinister. I need not to remind you of the horrors our lands faced under the House of Baine. What's more I had always believed Aarod was killed at Eli's Rock, if he lives and seeks an alliance with Drow, the Elementals may not be the only troubles our lands face. Your humble servant, Bishop Kronely Avalonian Heroes: Bishop Kronely and the Rossen Manor Elite Guard Nocturnus Allies: General Grimm, Manson Rankis and the Grimm Guard Enemies" Skull Reavers (defeated) Aarod Baine (escaped) I built this for Brickworld since Nocturnus seemed a little under represented since ISC had to travel all that way from down under. Full credit for the banner to S-o-T of course!

Sweet. Great work with the bricks on the floor Love the sand green and reddish brown color combo too. Awesome work!

I heard this crazy rumor that LEGO is reconfigurable and if you don't like the placement of something, you can just move it. WHAT?!? Mind blown.

I guess they didn't read the "detour ahead" sign. Surprising considering the soldiers are from Mesodraconem. It is supposed to have the best schools in the land!

Another thought... People often don't get past the first post in a thread. I would "edit" your first post to give the updated picture there as well.

A watch tower from Mitgardia would be most welcome!

BrickWorld teaser redux... Looks like I need some more light blue on the backside there...

Great job man. I LOVE it!