Sir James takes a beach detour for Bandit treasure

[runmymouth]

Sir James was at a local village on his travels and the villagers told him of these orcs and goblins that were preying upon travelers and villagers alike. Being the knightly man he was decided he should go check out the disturbance. Sir James sets off with his entourage to head to the area that these bandit orc and goblins were at.

His sword was telling him he was an idiot the entire way for listening to lowely villagers, it did not have a high opinion of peasants. Sir James threatned to "King Arthur" the sword if it didn't shut up. The sword just rasped back at Sir James and said it would just come out and start smacking Sir James until he could catch it. His loyal companion dogs were not of very much help at the beach as they were easily distracted by running in the water and chasing crabs.

Sir James saw some movement on the beach ahead and went to check it out. Only to be surprised by a small band of orcs and goblins.

He happened to notice it looked like they had a fair amount of treasure and it might make a nice prize for a joust tournament.

Will Sir James defeat these foes? Will the foes best Sir James? Will the dogs be of any use in the fight? Will the squire pee himself again instead of firing his bow? Tune in next time to the adventures of Sir James.

Alright next time couldn't wait. Sir James easily handles the bandits and dispatches them. The loyal companion dogs were of no use, and his squire Robert shot his bow and then pissed himself and the horse. Someone has a lot of horse cleaning to do now.

Someone even caught a crab

Robert feels so ashamed

[Mutant Orc]

I stumbled across this- I was slightly baffled at first but it cheered me up nonetheless- Thank you.

[SkaForHire]

HAHA. I like the dogs being so useless. I also like the chaotic nature of the water.

[Captain Settle]

I like the sea! But the ground is a bit flat. Perhaps put down more plates to give an uneven terrain look.

[Mike S]

Funny story! Also nice use of the clear bricks to use as the border to "contain" the sea.

[runmymouth]

I stumbled across this- I was slightly baffled at first but it cheered me up nonetheless- Thank you.

I am glad it cheered you up :)

HAHA. I like the dogs being so useless. I also like the chaotic nature of the water.

I mold them after my dogs being useless at anything other than getting into trouble.

I like the sea! But the ground is a bit flat. Perhaps put down more plates to give an uneven terrain look.

I do agree that it needs more bricks and plates in tan, unfortunatly I am very short in those pieces to make it look good. I am slowly aquiring more bricks but my #1 focus for bricks at the moment is to finish my joust base (building 4 bricks up all in black) then base plates on top to finish off the base so that I can snap together at the base and have the joust pieces not snap together so I can do more moc work. I have lots of bricks from sets but I have not focused on one type of sets until now and most of my bricks are tied up in models I have not disaseembled. Do you have recommended best to start with bricks or plates for instant better looking sand effects?

Funny story! Also nice use of the clear bricks to use as the border to "contain" the sea.

I saw someone do that with a river a few days ago and I liked the idea.

[NiL_FisK_Urd]

This story is great, i laughed at lot because of the dogs and the squire

[soccerkid6]

I like the water and the crab is a great touch For the scene before the battle I would have tried to put the figs in action poses though, right now they all look like they're just standing looking at each other.

Good posing in the after battle scene though

[runmymouth]

This story is great, i laughed at lot because of the dogs and the squire

Thanks :)

I like the water and the crab is a great touch For the scene before the battle I would have tried to put the figs in action poses though, right now they all look like they're just standing looking at each other.

Good posing in the after battle scene though

Like make them in mid swing at each other? I could do that. I am still working on my posing of mini figures for shots.

[de Gothia]

A great little story and a fine looking moc!

Some tips:

Try not cut your pics so much as in the first pic. I understand that you want to show the dogs but try to show the whole moc first and not cutting the head of your heroes! ;)

As SK says, the minifigs should have some movement. The dead orcs should not have their weapons up in the sky..? Right now it feels just like you have put them down from their fighting pose. The swords and axes could be lying in the sand etc.

Try taking your photos outside from a bookshelf. A great backdrop for sure but the light is really lacking in the pics.

These are just tips of what you easily could improve even if you don´t have such a great lego pile.

Keep the moc´s coming! =)

[runmymouth]

A great little story and a fine looking moc!

Some tips:

Try not cut your pics so much as in the first pic. I understand that you want to show the dogs but try to show the whole moc first and not cutting the head of your heroes! ;)

As SK says, the minifigs should have some movement. The dead orcs should not have their weapons up in the sky..? Right now it feels just like you have put them down from their fighting pose. The swords and axes could be lying in the sand etc.

Try taking your photos outside from a bookshelf. A great backdrop for sure but the light is really lacking in the pics.

These are just tips of what you easily could improve even if you don´t have such a great lego pile.

Keep the moc´s coming! =)

Thanks for the tips. They all sound like great advice and I will try to fix those for the next moc I do.