ProfessorChaos Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Hi! I am building this keep with great hall, cellars and tower since october. Will be some time till the third part of the hall, furniture, houses and outer wall are completed, so i decided to post some WIP pics. Hope it´s interesting so far. Edited January 7, 2013 by ProfessorChaos Quote
PassionateMOCNoob Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Wow! This looks very promissing and I already love the details on the ceiling and floors. The rocks and building style are great. Can't wait for the end result! Very inspiring work! One question: What shield is the one in the middle on the tower? It looks like a 12th century crusader shield or something? Is it custom made? Quote
ZCerberus Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 One question: What shield is the one in the middle on the tower? It looks like a 12th century crusader shield or something? Is it custom made? It's the shield from tower bridge. A very good start. The floor is superb. One note, the maximum size for pictures posted here is supposed to be 600 x 800 or 800 x 600 depending on if it is landscape. These are just barely larger than that. It is okay to leave these, but in the future, please keep them to 800 x 600 Quote
Brickington Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Really nice detail! However, the colors are a little all over the place. Other than that, incredible moc! Quote
Kayne Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 I think the entire build looks fantastic so far, but the interior of the great hall is by far the eye catcher! The floor and ceiling really set it off Quote
natesroom Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Where is that Great sword in the last picture from? I dont recall seeing that anywhere and i am not familiar with BrickArms or BrickForge if thats where its from Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Really nice MOC !! The floor of the great hall bothers me tough, maybe there is different colors for the same geometry (like the grey and green). Quote
gedren_y Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Epic. The details you have already are well spaced for the size. Keep going, I want more. Where is that Great sword in the last picture from? I dont recall seeing that anywhere and i am not familiar with BrickArms or BrickForge if thats where its from It is the BrickArms Claymore in Gunmetal. Quote
Mahtion Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) The great hall section with the pillars looks great! How did you make the delicate archways off the pillars? It looks like it goes from a 1 brick with a single round 1 x1 brick and then to three bricks wide. I would love to adapt that technique because it would make a perfect addition to Rivendell. I love the shot with the stained glass windows and the floor tiles. The ceiling tiles are a very nice touch. It is ways great to see realistic and unique interiors. How many bricks have you used so far? Edit: Nevermind I just found the inverted 1x3 slope 45 on bricklink. Had no idea this piece even existed. :-) Edited January 7, 2013 by Mahtion Quote
rpmac91 Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 The great hall section with the pillars looks great! How did you make the delicate archways off the pillars? It looks like it goes from a 1 brick with a single round 1 x1 brick and then to three bricks wide. I would love to adapt that technique because it would make a perfect addition to Rivendell. I believe it would be these pieces: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=2341 Very useful. Very nice structure, I agree with Brickington that the colors are all over the place, But if you tone it down just a bit, I think it will look great! Quote
jimmynick Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Great work; just keep what you're doing. The upside-down ceiling looks a little confused with regard to colours, but it's built well. The stained-glass windows are another highlight. I look forward to seeing the complete MOC, ProfessorChaos! Quote
Mark of Falworth Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Superb build! Looking forward to more! Quote
Vindicare Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 This is amazing! The details you captured with the piece usage, wow. That floor pattern is great. Keep it up, I can't wait to see it finished! Quote
ProfessorChaos Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks for all your constructive comments! As far as i can see all questions regarding specific parts have allready been answerded. I don´t know how many parts were used till now, my guess would be 3000+, amybe even 4000? Regarding the colours, I am thinking about some changes as some of you noted there are to many different ones. I will remove the orange brown pieces, not sure about the sand blue parts at the sides if these should also be replaced. I admit the colours on the ceiling are a little bit mixed up, will have look at this. (also depending on the parts i have at disposal) Maybe i put some more grey in the floor instead of dark red, but i currently wouldn´t remove the red alltogehther, as it should represent different kinds of colored marble. ( currently i plan to make it into a sort of throne room, where the most expensive building materials should be used) Quote
PassionateMOCNoob Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) It's the shield from tower bridge. That's one awesome shield. Never seen it before, but it looks like it can fit in with the crownies shields and/or knights. Regarding the colours, I am thinking about some changes as some of you noted there are to many different ones. I will remove the orange brown pieces, not sure about the sand blue parts at the sides if these should also be replaced. I admit the colours on the ceiling are a little bit mixed up, will have look at this. (also depending on the parts i have at disposal) Maybe i put some more grey in the floor instead of dark red, but i currently wouldn´t remove the red alltogehther, as it should represent different kinds of colored marble. ( currently i plan to make it into a sort of throne room, where the most expensive building materials should be used) I don't think there are too many colours, exept for the blue on the left side (3rd photo) because it does not seem necessary anyway (or use dark grey if you want to simulate the three-barred cross?). When you got the interior finished you can decide if there are too many colours or not. What I would do different is the use of the 'Helmsdeep green' (I don't know what to call it), because it seems like you use it more or less symetrical and I prefere it to be 'random build'. Edited January 8, 2013 by PassionateMOCNoob Quote
kibosh Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 LOVE that SNOT floor in the hall. A lot to love here. Can't wait to see more. I do, however, agree there are too many colors in some places. Not a fan of the multi-colored roofs. Quote
Wedge09 Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 (edited) Great work :thumbup: I really like how you made the tower and the side of the Hall with the street Edited January 8, 2013 by Wedge09 Quote
SirBlake Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 This is one incredible build! Aside from the multi-color roof, I like your use of color. It's much more brave than I would attempt, but it's working for me. Keep going! I can't wait to see how this turns out. Quote
mrcp6d Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 This is looking really good! Can't wait to see it finished. I'm with SirBlake on this one; I don't see any real problem with the interior, but the cheese wedge roof looks a bit odd in my opinion. Quote
ProfessorChaos Posted January 18, 2013 Author Posted January 18, 2013 Hi all! The cheese wedge roof should look better now. Also finished the second part of the hall (a small tower is still missing though) , you can take a first look here: Quote
large88 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Wow, that looks great! I like your floor and roof designs Quote
ProfessorChaos Posted January 21, 2013 Author Posted January 21, 2013 The interior is now finished, will now add houses and the city wall on the front side. Quote
Sandy Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Magnificent! I especially applaud the bold use of accent colors to break the grey monotony. The various architectural details are intriguing, as well, even though they somewhat hurt the cohesiveness of the building in general. Then again, this is a fantasy castle not set in any specific point in history, so it "being a bit all over the place" is understandable. Quote
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