Encounter

[Infernum]

My lord Victor,

We ambushed them in the ruins of the city of Mythros. They didn't expect any trouble on their return journey... well they were far from right. They found themselves ambushed, separated, and outnumbered. We had joined the elite guards of Cedrica, experienced, battle hardened veterans. Together with my elite troops and beserkers we were able to quickly overwhelm them. Don't expect trouble any time soon from the warriors of Arcium.

Your Servant,

Murthan

Overview of the scene. I was going for an Amon-hen style scene, with ruins, lots of bad guys, and only a few heros.

I love the ruins!

A beserker leader and two normal beserkers run into the fray!

The leader of the Cedricans, Rakthan Blade, duels sir Infernum.

Another soldier of Arcium, outnumbered.

Whole scene.

Figless.

The collectable minifigure Roman Commander makes a great Cedrican Warrior!

Hope you liked it!

Edited May 28, 2013 by Infernum

[-Carson Haupt-]

The textures are amazing! This is great. You captured the feel well.

[Mike S]

Nice build!

[kabel]

great moc infernum, my favourite of yours so far! sure hope your character has a chance to get out of there somehow! (where is the deux ex machina?)

[Alfadas]

Nice! It is very detailed, and I really love the berserker leader!

[soccerkid6]

You are definitely improving as a builder! This is my favorite from you so far, great work on the ruins and your figs are excellent. The only thing that bothers me is that a few of the figs seem to just be standing around, most are well-posed though. I'm a little confused as to why Cedrican guards are working with the Hand though, were they corrupted?

[Captain BeerBeard]

I have been thinking about making a moc with a lot of similarities to your moc. I'm offering you my completely honest opinion here. This is not a bad moc by any means but there is a lot of room for improvement. Like I said I have been thinking about a similar scene. I put a lot of thought into my mocs, usually. The different bricks around the arches are too much of a change from the actual arches. That's what I have been stressing over for my moc. I think if you used more standard 1x2 around the top of the arches you would get a much smoother transition in texture and show the age of the ruin better when placing the detailed bricks. Those arches are not the easiest piece to work into a ruin. The ground texture is a bit off with the 1x1 rounds. The pallisade bricks don't match well with "brick" bricks right next to each other. I'm glad you posted this because it really helped my thought process. Your going in the right direction with your building. I have a feeling your going to be an awesome builder if you stick with it.

[Infernum]

The textures are amazing! This is great. You captured the feel well.

Thanks! I think I've gotten pretty good with texture!

Nice build!

Thanks Masa!

great moc infernum, my favourite of yours so far! sure hope your character has a chance to get out of there somehow! (where is the deux ex machina?)

Thanks! Ha, ha! Me too!

Nice! It is very detailed, and I really love the berserker leader!

Thanks! He was originally Lurtz, I just gave him Captain Jack's hair.

You are definitely improving as a builder! This is my favorite from you so far, great work on the ruins and your figs are excellent. The only thing that bothers me is that a few of the figs seem to just be standing around, most are well-posed though. I'm a little confused as to why Cedrican guards are working with the Hand though, were they corrupted?

Thanks! I figured Victor would have had plenty of time to convince the Cedricans to join him.

I have been thinking about making a moc with a lot of similarities to your moc. I'm offering you my completely honest opinion here. This is not a bad moc by any means but there is a lot of room for improvement. Like I said I have been thinking about a similar scene. I put a lot of thought into my mocs, usually. The different bricks around the arches are too much of a change from the actual arches. That's what I have been stressing over for my moc. I think if you used more standard 1x2 around the top of the arches you would get a much smoother transition in texture and show the age of the ruin better when placing the detailed bricks. Those arches are not the easiest piece to work into a ruin. The ground texture is a bit off with the 1x1 rounds. The pallisade bricks don't match well with "brick" bricks right next to each other. I'm glad you posted this because it really helped my thought process. Your going in the right direction with your building. I have a feeling your going to be an awesome builder if you stick with it.

Thanks Beery! I really appreciate the constructive criticism! I agree about the arches now that I look at, they stand out compared to the texture of the rest of the MOC. The 1X1s were supposed to be a path, I just ran out of the studs to finish it. . When you say "pallisade bricks" do you mean the dark bley bricks or the light bley ones that look like shingles?

[Maxim I]

Really amazing ruin!! Maybe one of the walls is a bit too thick (4 studs ), but I really like the whole MOC!!

And really great custom soldiers of Cedrica!!! I love them!!!

[Gideon]

Great build, especially the minifig compositions!

The photography is well done, but maybe a bit too much light/overexposed in the middle of some of the pictures.

Considering that you seem to have used direct sunlight, I think however you've done a great job with the photography!

@CBB: Thanks for sharing your thoughts, it's helpful for the rest of us as well. I think arches in general are a bit hard to integrate, especially in heavy mottled walls like this.

Edited May 29, 2013 by Gideon

[Infernum]

Really amazing ruin!! Maybe one of the walls is a bit too thick (4 studs ), but I really like the whole MOC!!

And really great custom soldiers of Cedrica!!! I love them!!!

Thanks! The walls are onlly 3 studs thick, but better safe that sorry!

Great build, especially the minifig compositions!

The photography is well done, but maybe a bit too much light/overexposed in the middle of some of the pictures.

Considering that you seem to have used direct sunlight, I think however you've done a great job with the photography!

@CBB: Thanks for sharing your thoughts, it's helpful for the rest of us as well. I think arches in general are a bit hard to integrate, especially in heavy mottled walls like this.

Thanks! I think the over exposer might just be the editing. . I use an auto color thingy.

[Captain BeerBeard]

I was talking about the dark grey ones. They're also called log bricks.

Edited May 30, 2013 by Captain BeerBeard

[Infernum]

I was talking about the dark grey ones. They're also called log bricks.

Ah, OK. I actually like that combination, but everyone has their own opinions.

[Maxim I]

Ah, OK. I actually like that combination, but everyone has their own opinions.

I am not affraid to use them as well in my MOC's as it gives indeed a nice result.

But now I think about it, it doesn't really make a lot of sense when you have suddenly round bricks in a wall

Maybe one hidden in the wall somewhere is not a problem, but by using a lot of them, you can give a viewer the feeling that the wall was originally full of those bricks. And then he can find it struggling when he sees the 'brick'bricks for example

I am not sure if this is what CBB originally wanted to say, but it is what I concluded after some philosophing

[Infernum]

I am not affraid to use them as well in my MOC's as it gives indeed a nice result.

But now I think about it, it doesn't really make a lot of sense when you have suddenly round bricks in a wall

Maybe one hidden in the wall somewhere is not a problem, but by using a lot of them, you can give a viewer the feeling that the wall was originally full of those bricks. And then he can find it struggling when he sees the 'brick'bricks for example

I am not sure if this is what CBB originally wanted to say, but it is what I concluded after some philosophing

Interesting... I wanted those pieces to look like where the wall is damaged or weathered down. You know, kinda like a layer under the others that's eventually been uncovered by the other bricks falling off.