The Occupied Ruin

[Tycho McKorley]

Last year Classic-Castle.com sponsored the 32x32 challenge. The idea was to inspire builders to create castles and other creations that fit on the classic 32x32 baseplate. The other day, as I was working on another MOC, I saw my entry to that challenge sitting on a work table ready to be ripped with pieces. I will be demolishing it for parts soon, but I thought I'd share it here before it disapperas.

Deep in the forest realms outside Amoricia, the former Lord Brund leads his band of renegades in opposition to the Brunthan Empire and their allies, the traitorous and oppressive Amorican lords. One of their primary hide-aways is deep in the forest in the midst of an old ruin. Rumor has it that it was built by Elves or other creatures of the Forest, but the treasures Lord Brund and his men have found inside the caves beneath the ruin indicate that it was once an important guard tower during the glory days of the Long and Glorious Imperium. Long since reclaimed by the forest, the Occupied Ruin is an ideal location for Lord Brund and his men to bide their time while they plan their next raid against the Bruntahn and other oppressors... (This is part of a larger story I'm working on that I'll be publishing someday)

Here are the pictures (note that the pictures are links):

I tried to make the edges of the cave "rough" to demonstrate that it's a cutaway from the mountain.

Here is a link to the Entire Gallery.

For those of you who would prefer Flikr, here's a link.

[Fires-storm]

Oh my, this is lovely! The detail on the waterfall is superb, and the ruin itself is excellent as well. I also like how you used classic foresters to populate it

[Hoboman]

Very well done. I love the little "cut away" on the back side. Nice touch. The overall presentation is also nice.

[Smack]

I really enjoyed looking at all the pics on your MOC. I like the snot water and waterfall and the cutaway as well. I hope you let us all see your finished story and any creations that go with it!

[lightningtiger]

Excellent creation 'Tycho' - beautiful waterfall, cool cutaway and great overgrown forest !

That wizard musy be working on a weed killing spell ?

Great work 'Tycho' and I'm a conformist! !

[Tycho McKorley]

Thank you all for the kind comments. I will certainly generate more for my story and post it as time passes.

[XimenaPaulina]

Wow, another wonderful creation Tycho! The waterfall is just amazingly done. And so are the other details, including the cutaway scene at the back.

[Tycho McKorley]

Thanks. It was my first attempt at a waterfall so I'm glad it meets the approval of other AFOLs. I like the cutaway scene too, but now that I look at it I see a critical flaw that really bothers me. That's always what happens with my MOCs of course. In the end I see things I don't like about them that make me want to try something new.

[RobinBobinTheGreat]

This is the great work!

I love waterfall and ruins

[Rick]

Nicely camouflaged forestmen hideout. I really like that it is situated on/under a waterfall. The SNOT-ed log bricks used as a floor is really inventive (it's probably a known technique, but this is the first time I notice it).

[Tycho McKorley]

The SNOT-ed log bricks used as a floor is really inventive (it's probably a known technique, but this is the first time I notice it).

As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. I have a very limited quantity of brown tiles (soon to be fixed thanks to Bricklink) and I didn't want to have floors with studs. So I did my best with what I had. In the end, I think it really works for the Forestmen because it gives their fort a more "rugged" feel that tiles wouldn't.