[CaTC] Siegenomicon

[JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)]

(Pronounced as Siege-Nomicon)

"Millennia has passed since the great wars of kingdoms. Peace has been established and kept among the denizens... Or so they thought.

There are rumors that dark knights of old are on the rise, roaming unseen, re-summoned by sinister forces and responsible for various vanishings of entire towns. Many brave knights and adventurers has been dispatched to investigate. None has ever returned alive or with their sanity.

 Deep within castle walls, Kings and Queens of various kingdoms has formed a secret band of warriors, granting them the art of siege and defense. They are the King's Flame and they will not rest until every dark being responsible has been vanquished for they are the kingdoms' last line of defense and final strike!"

 

Greeting! This is my entry to Eurobrick's Create a Theme Contest : Siegenomicon. A story about a band of warriors using siege machines to fight against the Old Knights, undead warriors from past evil factions summoned by a mysterious cabal.

Initially the theme started as an original take on a Masters of the Universe-esque theme but eventually the direction pivoted to more of a traditional castle fantasy theme with additional elements from Dungeon and Dragons, Heroica, World of Warcraft added in to the mix. You can say Siegenomicon is kind of a "Legacy" theme.

The setting of this world takes place in a reality where all events (with the exception of Nexo Knights, because I haven't worked out on how that could fit in yet.) from various Lego castle themes has happened. Hence why most individuals from the enemy faction are throwbacks to past villainous factions such as the Rogue Knights from Knights' Kingdom II, Dragon Knights from 2010's Kingdoms, the Trolls from Fantasy Era Castle or Goblins from Heroica. According to rare crazed survivors' fractured accounts - a single Old Knight is borderline impossible to deal with. Only magical fire will have the best chance of dispatching them and even then, it's still not a fair fight.

The heroes - The King's Flame is a secret division comprised of Adventurers, Paladins, Mercenaries, Knights and Mages. They also are comprised of various races such as Orcs, Elves, Dragon-People etc. as most warring factions has settled down and united for peace. Most members will always use a Siegebow, mentally controlled giant crossbow ballistas imbued with unique fire magics necessary to counter the Old Knights. Combined with resilience, out of the box thinking, warped belief, crazed perceptions and intense training to mastery, can The King's Flame stand a proper chance against the rising threat.

So yeah, here are the set I've made.

 

Lower Price Point set - $15. The Orc Mage's Ballista. 77 parts (according to Stud.io) and 2 Minifigures.

As mysterious obelisks has been erected in various forest, Akarab the Orc Mage must investigate. Unfortunately, obelisks always comes with a guardian each, the older they are the more powerful they will be. And this one is guarded by quite a relic of the past - an undead Rogue Knight, former servant of the legendary Vladek.

Even armed with twin flamethrowers, will Akarab still stand a chance against the Rogue Knight? It's no common knowledge that battling an Old Knight is never a fair fight. (The obelisk charges its guardian with additional strength. You can imagine the Rogue Knight being strong enough to charge through the ballista to shreds which is pretty scary.)

Fortunately, Rogue Knights in the past has never met an orc.

 

 

 

High Price Point Set - $120. Siege of the Dark Abyss. 1036 parts (according to Stud.io) 5 minifigures.

The ultimate unfair battle. Just as one against an Old Knight is already an unfair fight, a double tag team fighting two Old Knights is just as unfair. When that duo happens to be a Green Dragon Knight and a Goblin Guardian, warriors from the era of Kingdoms and Heroics, the fight is going to be really unfair as it gets. With a single-minded order of "none shall pass".

As the war gets horrendously dire, it is imperative that secrets must be uncovered and investigated at the source! Thelma, Paladin of the Cedric Family and Supreme Commander of The King's Flame must direct an all out siege to draw out the Fortress' guardians and brute-force the gates open to allow Ridon, the Thief of the East to sneak in and infiltrate.

If by some fortuitous luck the mission is successful, you can say for sure that's when things gets really bad. Not much has been known about the secret cabal that brewing this threat. So if the Count of the Frightening Stars and the Countess of the Enchanting Moon, two members of the cabal reveals themselves, whatever's in the fortress must've been too valueble to fall into The King's Flame hands. And they're not going to let anyone getting this far escape.

With Ridon's fate unknown, Thelma must hold out with all of her might alone until reinforcement arrives. One against two Old Knights is already extremely one-sided. With the addition of two cabal members and their dreadbeasts, combined with the fortress' automated defenses, this makes seven against one, an unprecedented odds for the history of The King's Flame. This is truly the most unfair fight yet.

Concept Ideas out of my head for further sets would include - 

• A set featuring a much bigger siege machine with a Dragon-People member of The King's Flame at the helm. He technically will be the heavy hitter of the group.
• A rolling base set for The King's Flame shaped as a vanguard's shield. Only used as a final resort as members of The King's Flame prefer to work clandestinely with guerilla warfare tactics.
• A huge golem-like beast owned by a higher-ranked member of the cabal.
• More throwbacks to past faction such as Trolls from Fantasy Castle, Wolfpack and Black Falcons.

 

The Minifigures (DISCLAIMER - this part has nothing to do with Category 2) 

This is just something extra I wanted to add. As mentioned, these are not intended to part of Cat 2 of the contest. 

 

The members of the cabal were always intended to be portrayed by CMF series 19  Fright Knight (Count of the Frightening Stars) and series 22 Night Protector (Countess of the Enchanting Moon). So far these two are my top favorites out of all of the CMF so I really want to incorporate them into the theme. Since Stud.io doesn't have the prints or the very parts themselves, I had to use placeholders for the cabal members which is why they looked pretty raw. 

While I've mentioned that there are more members of the cabal, I have no idea what they are going to be. Maybe if CMF cooks up another fantasy minifigure as cool as these two, another one will join the roster.

Edited September 26, 2022 by JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)

[Mandalorianknight]

Love that skull build, it's really nice!

[CrappyMocMaker]

The brick built animals look really cool!

[ExeSandbox]

 s i e g e 

 

 

[Lion King]

What a gret work!! I love it.

[JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)]

Apologies for the late replies, was working an adding the descriptions for the entry and it was also a busy day for me at the same time. But I appreciate all the replies!

19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Love that skull build, it's really nice!

Thanks! It all started with the skull build from Minecraft's Pirate Ship Adventures (21152), I did some modifications to the build and went ham with adding all the parts from there haha!

16 hours ago, CrappyMocMaker said:

The brick built animals look really cool!

I used Chima's legend beast as templates, and did some additional modifications and color overhauls to fit the main set. The vultures has more of a major modifications with the wings but I'm really happy with how wolf turned out. Glad you find them cool!

6 hours ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

What a gret work!! I love it.

Thanks! Glad you like it!

10 hours ago, ExeSandbox said:

 s i e g e 

 

 

 s i e g e r y 

Edited September 24, 2022 by JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)

[JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)]

So yeah, I've added all the description (may be a little over the top haha) and some additional the images that I've wanted to be in the post. So this entry can now be finally considered complete! Feel free to check them out if you want to.

And best of luck to everyone in the contest!

Edited September 26, 2022 by JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)

[Agent Kallus]

These are great, I'd definitely want to buy them if this was a real Lego theme.

On 9/23/2022 at 8:50 PM, JJ Tong (zfogshooterz) said:

The members of the cabal were always intended to be portrayed by CMF series 19  Fright Knight (Count of the Frightening Stars) and series 22 Night Protector (Countess of the Enchanting Moon).

I though those 2 looked like those 2.

[JJ Tong (zfogshooterz)]

3 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

These are great, I'd definitely want to buy them if this was a real Lego theme.

Thank you, glad to hear that! I have loved the medieval themes ever since I've entered Lego seriously in 2010, from watching the 2007 Castle stuffs in Adventures of Clutch Powers, exploring the Heroica website and playing the online game in 2011 to exploring the 90s castle themes a few years back. And I have also watch and rewatched Lego commercials (far more times than I should admit haha ). So a lot of these factors was mixed in to the soup that was the eventual direction for this theme to match what Lego could produce as best as I can make. 

BTW, I do also want to thank you for the direction that I went with Akrarab the Orc. I initially had no idea on what kind of character/minifigure should I do for the good guy in the small set. Your theme Edie and Wicker Witches Cat 2 entry (Specifically, Edie in her True Witch outfit and Clarissa the bloodwitch) was the inspiration that Akarab should be a mage. And I ended up really happy with the results.

So yeah again, thank you!