`After a few months of training with the hunters, one day we where forced to go further from the village than ever before by a sudden landslide. After the landslide we found ourselves in a warm valley, unknown to me, where we could see spots of dry grass and flowers blooming amidst the snow. Karspart seemed nervous just like the other hunters, which I have never seen before. We stopped abruptly and all the hunters around me loaded an arrow into their bows while Karspart took out his sword. Karspart whispered to me to stay alert because the last time they came here the valley had belonged to  an outpost from Nocturnus. We stayed in this position for what seemed like an hour, fearing the worst. We heard nothing that alarmed us and Karspart gave a sign that we should get closer to what seemed to be a building in the middle of the valley. As we stepped forward we looked for any movement or any sound that could be dangerous. And as we went closer we saw more and more that the structure was broken and swords and shields lay scattered around covered with snow. We still did not dare to lower our guard because we knew it could be a trap. We searched the ruins thoroughly, but we found no sign of life. The whole thing seemed to be abandoned. But why? Late in the evening we finally returned to our village unharmed.

None of the hunters spoke about it and I did not want to say it out loud, but I think that the war is over. But if so, how long ago did it end? `

-Ronan

I had a very busy year with not much time to build or post, so as a consequence this build is a year old. I hope I will be able to build more this year and keep improving (because I am not really happy with the end result of this build)!

This is the first time I tried to edit the photo's.

 

Previous parts of the story:

1. Flockwood's forgery (intro)

2. Finding a profession

3. Finding a profession 2

4. With the hunters

 

 

I like your build, especially the broken wall with its curve.  The minifigure are dressed very well; I like the bow you created!  Great technique - I didn't even notice it at first.

My only suggestion would be to use some wedge plates around the patches of grass and a few more tiles and bows for the top of the snow, but these are nitpicky, overall the look of the MOC is good.

Neat little scene, I like what you did with the broken wall - great subtle curve.  

Glad to see you back building! The snow looks nice, though all of the studs makes it look trampled by lots of feet, which might not be what you were going for. But I agree with the others that that is a nice looking curved wall of ruins!

I like the black background.  It makes it seem like nighttime.  The choice of olive here works great for dormant grass.  The flowers are very nice and I like the dark brown barrel.  The brick built bow is awesome, too!  I would echo @jtooker with the wedge plates around the grass.  I really like the design of the ruins, although something about the snow on it seems unusual.  Maybe because the snow would cover everything and it's impossible to cover edges of tiles with partial plates and such, but you've done a good job based on the limitations of the media.  The curve of the wall is great!  Keep up the good work!

@jtooker @Henjin_Quilones Thank you both! The reason why I did not use any wedges for the patches of grass and also no tiles or smoother surfaces was because I used all of them in the base, but thank you for the suggestions I will definitely try to apply this in future builds.

@Kai NRG Thanks!

@Grover Thank you! I should have made the top of the wall better indeed, just as I should also have left out the medium nougat or the olive green and 1 of the grey colours in the wall when I look back at it.

Really nice snow scene! I especially like the SNOT angled snow base. I personally prefer snow to be mostly studless, but if you didn't have any more tiles then you have to work with what you have, and I think the end result still looks good and gives the feel of trampled snow as Henjin Quilones said.

Ruins are tough to do with LEGO.  These are quite well executed however!  Covering the top with snow I think definitely helps round off the jagged edges and corners you often seen with ruins in this MOC's stud footprint and I really like the effect.