Gideon Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) In order to establish dominance over the swamplands of Nocturnus, the Black Spire has established outposts on well defendable locations. As the swamp is filled with way too much entangled plants, the only way to reach the tower on this rock is by a wooden walkway. The commander of the tower Edit: I would like to claim the following UoP DoH credits for this build: Architecture: Advanced SNOT (for the stairs and for the base/cliffs with studs in all directions) Landscape design: Sideways rocks Hydrology: Still water Geography: Swamp Edited January 16, 2014 by kabel Quote
Gunman Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 brilliant moc... lovely colours... lovely.. well done Quote
HammerBro Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 The bridge is my favorite part, even though I don't know why. Great job with using the palisade bricks to add to the wall texture, would't have thought about that myself. This is just my opinion, but the sideways rocks look a little to uniform in roundness. I might just be looking at it a bit too critically, but well done on the build! Quote
MKJoshA Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Love the jumper-plate windows! Very nice smooth build. Quote
Gideon Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 brilliant moc... lovely colours... lovely.. well done Thanks! The bridge is my favorite part, even though I don't know why. Great job with using the palisade bricks to add to the wall texture, would't have thought about that myself. This is just my opinion, but the sideways rocks look a little to uniform in roundness. I might just be looking at it a bit too critically, but well done on the build! Thanks! This is my first real attempt at sideways rocks, so I appreciate all feedback. The idea was that the cliff should look organic and not as jagged as my usual studs up cliffs. But at the end I had to resort to "normal" cliffs on the back side to have some time to finish the tower, because the SNOT cliffs took forever to build... I actually spent at least four times as much time on the forward half of the cliff and stairs as I spent on the rest of the MOC combined Love the jumper-plate windows! Very nice smooth build. Thanks! I'm really glad I found out that those curved bricks fit perfectly in the new style 1x6 arches Quote
Kayne Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Wow, this looks great.....the baseplate is amazing. I wish I had that much Sand Green, that could come in handy! Quote
Gideon Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Wow, this looks great.....the baseplate is amazing. I wish I had that much Sand Green, that could come in handy! Thanks! It's my first attempt at SNOTed water, but I figured that sand green could look good as swamp water. Sadly, I did not notice until it was too late to rebuild the base that the old sand green 2x8 slopes I had used for parts of the water actually were in a slightly different hue. But I suppose that adds some mottling effect to the water Quote
Torgar Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Awesome job! I really like the colors you used for the tree, they complement the rest of the moc nicely. I also like the snot rocks with the stairs seemingly cut from the stone. Lets go Black Spire! Quote
Gideon Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) Awesome job! I really like the colors you used for the tree, they complement the rest of the moc nicely. I also like the snot rocks with the stairs seemingly cut from the stone. Lets go Black Spire! Thanks! The stairs were actually the original reason I had for the SNOT rocks (saw that technique long ago and have wanted to try it). For the Black Spire!! Edited January 16, 2014 by Gideon Quote
Infernum Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Woah! I think we have a winner! . Love this build! Great rockwork! Love the olive! Incredible architecture! Nice work Gideon! Quote
HammerBro Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Thanks! This is my first real attempt at sideways rocks, so I appreciate all feedback. The idea was that the cliff should look organic and not as jagged as my usual studs up cliffs. But at the end I had to resort to "normal" cliffs on the back side to have some time to finish the tower, because the SNOT cliffs took forever to build... I actually spent at least four times as much time on the forward half of the cliff and stairs as I spent on the rest of the MOC combined I know that feeling. Quote
Lord Vladivus Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Beautiful as ever Gideon! Love that tree especially! Quote
Simon_S Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Nice! I especially like your tan/dark red tree (already liked it in the monkey build) and the tower itself also looks great. I love all that arrow slits and that crazy skelleton head over the door. Also nice use of Caesars hair . Quote
soccerkid6 Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Fantastic texturing on the tower and your landscape fits perfectly in Nocturnus and looks incredible Great use of that prefab skull too Quote
qiadris Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Awesome! Excellent execution on the stairs, the colours and the door. Quote
Wedge09 Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 Awesome, simply awesome :thumbup: I love this tower Quote
mrcp6d Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 The color choices here are awesome and I really like the contrast of the tan (is that tan?) tree trunk running across the sideways rocks. Great MOC! Quote
Legonardo Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 those rocks are pretty cool, and the tan trunk is great, nice entry Quote
Kai NRG Posted January 18, 2014 Posted January 18, 2014 Sideways rocks are definitely time-consuming! I like the way you mixed them with the olive green though, really neat! And the sand green worked great for the swamp. Excellent job! I'll give you a +1 for all your claims! Quote
Thomas of Tortuga Posted January 18, 2014 Posted January 18, 2014 The color of the swamp looks really good! Quote
The Architect Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Great work Gideon the bridge and skull above the door are really good. The treetrunk is superb. Quote
Niku Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 One of my favorites for this round, it has a great texture and the rocks look natural, the vegetation gives a plus indeed and the little wood bridge is lovely. Quote
kabel Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Awesome sideways rocks, really looks like the tower was build on a skerry. I also like this autumn tree, seems like I have to get some of those colored leaves too. Maybe the stairs should have a different color though. Quote
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