ZCerberus Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 This guy is largely inspired by the 'Grond' from the Lord of the Rings. It is my Viking Battering Ram Don't I make a great hand model? j/k Quote
Asuka Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Very nice use of that wolfhead! *y* I like it, but maybe you could add some plates to build an improved roof to shelter your ram operators.... Quote
dillthepill Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Like your bull MOC, it is very good. The wolf's head makes it even cooler. Quote
ZCerberus Posted February 7, 2007 Author Posted February 7, 2007 Very nice use of that wolfhead! *y* I like it, but maybe you could add some plates to build an improved roof to shelter your ram operators.... Yes, probably so, but I was out of old brown plates! |-/ It would also be harder to see the ram itself which was one of the features of the MOC! The body of the ram isn't all that good looking though, so maybe seeing the head would be enough. Like your bull MOC, it is very good. The wolf's head makes it even cooler. Thanks *y* Quote
Athos Posted February 7, 2007 Posted February 7, 2007 Its a little too technic-y for my tastes, though I'm not sure how else you could do it, without heavy reliance on technic bricks. Maybe if you closed up the sides, it wouldn't be so noticable. Steve Quote
Berry Syedow Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 I'm surprised this MOC didn't receive more replies... This is my favorite of your viking collection, ZCerberus. The use of the head on the end of the battering ram is very inventive! I also don't feel the technic bricks detract too much from the realism of the model. (Did the Vikings ever build a battering ram in the first place? :-P ) I don't suppose you'll be spending more time building castley stuff in the future? Quote
ghoulrealm Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 I believe this is my favorite of all your siege equipment as well! Lord of the Rings was the first thing I thought of when I seen the wolf head ;-) And in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings I think you need a Norse troll to man it. anything to get more monster/creature mocs :-P Quote
Hun Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 As others have said, this one is your best Viking work yet. I think being Technic-y is not a problem here, this goes very well with the Viking line. I was thinking of using the Fenris head for a battering ram myself, but I don't suppose I could make a better one. Congrats! Quote
ZCerberus Posted February 16, 2007 Author Posted February 16, 2007 None got a lot of attention. Maybe because I posted so many, everyone just wanted to comment on one. I personally like the 'Bull' and the 'Double Engine' best, even if they are highly unrealistic. The Viking line from LEGO® was in general very 'technic-y', so I didn't really think much of it. As I said before, I am not sure Vikings used ANY siege engines, so realism wasn't the goal, expansion of the LEGO® viking feel, playability and a 'coolness' factor were. Quote
Capn Frank Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 I believe this is my favorite of all your siege equipment as well! Lord of the Rings was the first thing I thought of when I seen the wolf head ;-) And in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings I think you need a Norse troll to man it. anything to get more monster/creature mocs :-P i agree with ghoulrealm this one's my fav siege weapon of Z viking MOCs as well. Go LotR's *y* maybe a Norse giant on it :-P Quote
Tordenskjold Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 i dont know for sure, but the vikings was raiders, the use the same tactics as the commandoes during ww2 used. And a battering ram is used to end a siege, and that seemed a bit odd to me. it was nore easy for them to just go to the next town or place wich havent a fortress and take what they wanted there instead of laying siege to a fortified town. but on the other hand, here in norway history tells about several sieges, and then i pretty sure they thought about siegse weapons as one of the ways of getting past the walls/gates. they wasnt stupid and quickly picked up teqnic's from the countrys they visited ,eeh robbed :) but one thing you all get wrong is the horns on the helmets. We didnt use that kind of helmets. only one single helmet with horns on have ever been found. no painting/ drawings or other marks from that period show any use of that. guess the europeans thought we was enough scary sight without the horns :) Quote
ZCerberus Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 i dont know for sure, but the vikings was raiders, the use the same tactics as the commandoes during ww2 used. And a battering ram is used to end a siege, and that seemed a bit odd to me. it was nore easy for them to just go to the next town or place wich havent a fortress and take what they wanted there instead of laying siege to a fortified town. but on the other hand, here in norway history tells about several sieges, and then i pretty sure they thought about siegse weapons as one of the ways of getting past the walls/gates. they wasnt stupid and quickly picked up teqnic's from the countrys they visited ,eeh robbed :) but one thing you all get wrong is the horns on the helmets. We didnt use that kind of helmets. only one single helmet with horns on have ever been found. no painting/ drawings or other marks from that period show any use of that. guess the europeans thought we was enough scary sight without the horns :) Well I tried to find some history books with information on Viking weapons and siege weapons, and none had anything! They always talked about long boats and that was about it. Yes, every history book on Vikings ever have mentioned that the horns are not realistic. This is LEGO® though, so it is okay to imagine them more as 'fantasy' Vikings as opposed to real Vikings! Also, I am from the state of Minnesota in the USA. We have a large Scandinavian population. I am of Norwegian and German descent, so I really liked the idea of the Viking line, even if it wasn't very realistic, at least it was fun! Quote
Tordenskjold Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Of corse it was fun :-D thats why i like that theme :) i guess the forestmen in the castle heme didnt look like the real forestmen either, but they look cool too :-) do you know from wich part of norway your forefathers came from? Quote
ZCerberus Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 do you know from wich part of norway your forefathers came from? Not off the top of my head. Alot of people from Minnesota have either Norweign or German ancestors, I happen to have both. My grandmother might know of a region, but after you have lived in the US for more than three or four generations, you usually just say your ancestry is from a country without knowing much about them! We still eat lutefisk and leftse for major holidays when my grandmother cooks. Well, technically she cooks the lutefisk, I never actually eat it!! Quote
El Bucanero Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Mr Z. I really like your viking MOCs, they look very official(with official I mean like an official LEGO set) The black barrel from this picture just catched my eye. Can you please tell from what set it is? Quote
ZCerberus Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 Mr Z. I really like your viking MOCs, they look very official(with official I mean like an official LEGO set)The black barrel from this picture just catched my eye. Can you please tell from what set it is? It is from an OLD shuttle set! I think they were parts of a set of boosters... this is it I think! I think they are pretty easy to come across on BL, but they haven't made them in black since that set! Quote
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