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We are pleased to announce that Stonebarrow Keep is now complete.
I got lazy, so there’s no webpage to visit, just pre-mod pictures and a post-mod
gallery.
This Keep, located in Northern Ikros, is the head of power for the Stormcrow
Legion, and home to their leader, whom has yet to recieve a name, who wears the
armor I got from Jeff Byrd.
Stonebarrow Keep boasts a dungeon, treasure vault, great hall w/ fireplace,
bedroom for the Lord of the Manor, bunk room for the troops, as well as being
made of almost entirely 2x4 light grey bricks.
The terrain itself is almost entirely made from 2x4 dark grey and black bricks,
and splits in two, taking part of the dungeon with it. The keep, aside from the
dungeon, lifts off the terrain in one piece, and comes apart in several places
allowing full access to all levels.
Look out also for the Dwarven gold mine inside the terrain walls behind the
Keep. Here are some pre-mod deep links:
Overview:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow01.jpg
Inside the Great Hall:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow18.jpg
A prisoner whatches his accomplice enter the cell next to him:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow25.jpg
And of course the post-mod gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=55016
PLUKWYT!!
--Anthony and Christina
The Kingdom of Ikros
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One word: INCREDIBLE.
I've been lurking here for a while and I've seen very few rivals and fewer
equals to this work of art.
Now just ship it over here so I can use it in my upcoming film, okay? ;-)
~Mike
At 11:18 PM 8/27/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> We are pleased to announce that Stonebarrow Keep is now complete.
>
> I got lazy, so there's no webpage to visit, just pre-mod pictures and a
> post-mod
> gallery.
>
> This Keep, located in Northern Ikros, is the head of power for the Stormcrow
> Legion, and home to their leader, whom has yet to recieve a name, who
> wears the
> armor I got from Jeff Byrd.
>
> Stonebarrow Keep boasts a dungeon, treasure vault, great hall w/ fireplace,
> bedroom for the Lord of the Manor, bunk room for the troops, as well as being
> made of almost entirely 2x4 light grey bricks.
>
> The terrain itself is almost entirely made from 2x4 dark grey and black
> bricks,
> and splits in two, taking part of the dungeon with it. The keep, aside
> from the
> dungeon, lifts off the terrain in one piece, and comes apart in several places
> allowing full access to all levels.
>
> Look out also for the Dwarven gold mine inside the terrain walls behind the
> Keep. Here are some pre-mod deep links:
>
> Overview:¬
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow01.jpg>
>
> Inside the Great Hall:¬
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow18.jpg>
>
> A prisoner whatches his accomplice enter the cell next to him:¬
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow25.jpg>
>
> [And of course the post-mod gallery:]¬
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=55016>
>
> PLUKWYT!!
>
> --Anthony and Christina
>
> <http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros The Kingdom of Ikros>
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Thorn <buachaille@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
> One word: INCREDIBLE.
>
> I've been lurking here for a while and I've seen very few rivals and fewer
> equals to this work of art.
>
> Now just ship it over here so I can use it in my upcoming film, okay? ;-)
>
> ~Mike
>
>
Hey Mike-
Thanks for the compliments. We worked really hard on it even though it only took
us about a week. We are happy that this MOC was what caused you to come out of
the shadows. :)
We can't ship it, but you are welcome to come over. :) Actually, right now we
aren't sure how easy this MOC will be to travel, we are planning on taking to
our next TEXLug Meeting in October.
Thanks for the reply!
~ Christina
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Wow guys this moc is really amazing. I love the asymetrical castle, but mostly
the exterior landscaping. I’ve always said that setting is just as key as the
moc itself, and this is proof. The trees and the bridges are excellent, and of
course the water feature. The only thing I would do differently is to maybe add
some plates to the outside landscaping, to take away some of the harsh elevation
changes. But this is just a small thing, you’ve done a fine job. I have to say
that I almost prefer the earlier pre-folliage version. Something about that
stark dark gray rock looked volcanic and suitably opressive. The castle itself
is very well excecuted, and the fact that you can separate at every level for
viewing is awesome. Oh, I almost forgot the escape tunnel (if thats what it
is), an awesome detail that made me laugh. This has to be one of my all time
favorite castle scenes. Again, kudos on a job well done. -Keith
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In lugnet.castle, Keith Goldman wrote:
> Wow guys this moc is really amazing. I love the asymetrical castle, but
> mostly the exterior landscaping. I've always said that setting is just as
> key as the moc itself, and this is proof. The trees and the bridges are
> excellent, and of course the water feature.
Thanks for your compliments Keith. We began the project with little plan and a
few tubs of bricks. When we started the only thing we knew is that we wanted a
wall and "stone" around the dungeon. The rest was almost random brick laying.
The water feature was an after-thought on my part that helped save on bricks.
> The only thing I would do
> differently is to maybe add some plates to the outside landscaping, to take
> away some of the harsh elevation changes. But this is just a small thing,
> you've done a fine job.
Believe it or not, we did add some plates, but we didn't have many so it isn't
all that noticable. Many are in green on the higher elevations and blue in the
stream.
> I have to say that I almost prefer the earlier
> pre-folliage version. Something about that stark dark gray rock looked
> volcanic and suitably opressive.
We might have added more trees if they hadn't been tied up in other things
Anthony has built for his story. As it is we raided some of those things to add
to this as much as we did.
> The castle itself is very well excecuted,
> and the fact that you can separate at every level for viewing is awesome.
> Oh, I almost forgot the escape tunnel (if thats what it is), an awesome
> detail that made me laugh. This has to be one of my all time favorite castle
> scenes. Again, kudos on a job well done. -Keith
The ability to pull apart the keep as well as seperate the floors will make
traveling with it easier (we hope) as well as any pictures Anthony may take if
he uses this keep in his story. No, it isn't an excape tunnel, its actually an
added feature (easter egg) that we thought up together to make that wall a
little more interesting, thought an excape tunnel would have been just as cool.
Thanks again for the praise.
~ Christina
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
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We are pleased to announce that Stonebarrow Keep is now complete.
I got lazy, so there’s no webpage to visit, just pre-mod pictures and a
post-mod gallery.
This Keep, located in Northern Ikros, is the head of power for the Stormcrow
Legion, and home to their leader, whom has yet to recieve a name, who wears
the armor I got from Jeff Byrd.
Stonebarrow Keep boasts a dungeon, treasure vault, great hall w/ fireplace,
bedroom for the Lord of the Manor, bunk room for the troops, as well as being
made of almost entirely 2x4 light grey bricks.
The terrain itself is almost entirely made from 2x4 dark grey and black
bricks, and splits in two, taking part of the dungeon with it. The keep,
aside from the dungeon, lifts off the terrain in one piece, and comes apart
in several places allowing full access to all levels.
Look out also for the Dwarven gold mine inside the terrain walls behind the
Keep. Here are some pre-mod deep links:
Overview:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow01.jpg
Inside the Great Hall:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow18.jpg
A prisoner whatches his accomplice enter the cell next to him:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow25.jpg
And of course the post-mod gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=55016
PLUKWYT!!
--Anthony and Christina
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Anthony,
Hey, this is a real cool MOC, it’s been moderated, so it’s nice to see the whole
thing. Does the keep owner know about the burrowing dwarves underneath?
A-and what’s the story on the classic space man, some kind of hole in the
space-time continuum?
Thanks,
George
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In lugnet.castle, George Haberberger wrote:
-SNIP-
>
> Anthony,
>
> Hey, this is a real cool MOC, it's been moderated, so it's nice to see the
> whole thing. Does the keep owner know about the burrowing dwarves underneath?
>
> A-and what's the story on the classic space man, some kind of hole in the
> space-time continuum?
>
> Thanks,
>
> George
Well George, we suspect that the keep owner doesn't know about it, but wonders
what the strange tapping noises are at night. :)
As for the space man, the story is too long and complex to type out here (it was
just a joke).
Thanks for your reply.
~ Christina
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Anthony:
The castle is quite nice. I particularly like the inset windows.
And boy, those are some chunky looking trees nearby. Maybe you could have used
some green slopes on the trees and some grey tiles on the bridges? I couldn’t
decide whether I liked it as is or if I thought it needed some stud hiding. As
someone else noted, there’s an interesting primitive quality to it.
Those griffin heads are rather like a different MOC we’ve seen lately aren’t
they? I liked their inclusion here as an architectural motif. It allowed a
resonance with the birds atop the tower.
BTW, who is your co-builder here? Has this person been introduced before and I
just missed it? I’d also be curious to know who built what and how the work
progressed. Anything you can relate about the collaboration would be good to
know.
-- Hop-Frog
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Marchetti wrote:
> Anthony:
>
> The castle is quite nice. I particularly like the inset windows.
>
> And boy, those are some chunky looking trees nearby. Maybe you could have
> used some green slopes on the trees and some grey tiles on the bridges? I
> couldn't decide whether I liked it as is or if I thought it needed some stud
> hiding. As someone else noted, there's an interesting primitive quality to
> it.
Yeah, maybe we should have added slopes to the trees, but we felt it looked a
little more natural without them, after all most trees aren't smooth. As for the
bridges, I don't think we had enough grey tiles to cover even one bridge with
them.
> Those griffin heads are rather like a different MOC we've seen lately aren't
> they? I liked their inclusion here as an architectural motif. It allowed a
> resonance with the birds atop the tower.
Yeah, the griffin heads were a borrowed design from Onishi Shinji. After they
were added, we decided that the keep should be home to the Black Falcons, and it
went from there.
> BTW, who is your co-builder here? Has this person been introduced before and
> I just missed it? I'd also be curious to know who built what and how the
> work progressed. Anything you can relate about the collaboration would be
> good to know.
>
> -- Hop-Frog
The co-builder would be I, Anthony's fiancee. I have been mentioned in previous
posts now and again, but never contributed to anything Anthony has built quite
as much as I did this time. Though, as you will see here, I did contribite to
the LEGO Roadshow in Dallas.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=441674
In the past, I furnished the Dwarven Castle as well as built many of the rooms
that Anthony used to take pictures for his stories (Manly in Book One I
believe).
We started with the dungeon, which we built together. From there, we built up
the terrain around the keep, Anthony taking half and me taking the other while
we worked by ourselves to meet in the middle. I will let you guess which side I
ended up building. Work progressed well minus minor misunderstandings concerning
certain ideas. Anthony then built the rest of the keep solo and I furnished it
later on, then finishing off by adding green bricks and foliage on the terrain.
Thanks for your post.
~ Christina
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
!How very well done!
With such wonderful detail and feeling to it.
(the minining dwarf is an excellent inclusion)
This is a very Takeshi Itou-esk.
http://home.att.ne.jp/apple/hachi/ce_ga_le22a.htm
Your creation reminds me a bit of his South Volcano tower
during your initial construction phase, and like Keith said,
that stark drk.gray landscape was nice.
Oh, and good for you… it’s always nice to see a
Space fig jailed behind bars!!! And it’s especially
nice to see that you’ve captured a time-traveling
-Grand Admiral. (I’ll have to remember this, I will
be sure to include a beleaguered Space fig in my
torture-chamber the next time I create a MOC!)
Thanks so much for sharing,
--==Richard==--
P.S.
sometimes I wish there was a lugnet.excellent section just to showcase your
works!
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In lugnet.castle, Richard Noeckel wrote:
> !How very well done!
>
> With such wonderful detail and feeling to it.¬
> |(the minining dwarf is an excellent inclusion)|¬
Thanks Richard for all the compliements. We thought that the dwarf in the mine
would be a great addition to that wall and also make it much more interesting.
> This is a very Takeshi Itou-esk.¬
> <http://home.att.ne.jp/apple/hachi/ce_ga_le22a.htm>¬
> Your creation reminds me a bit of his [South Volcano tower]¬
> during your initial construction phase, and like Keith said,¬
> that stark drk.gray landscape was nice.
I have never seen his work before, until I looked at the above link. Anthony had
though and was after a certain similarity in the style of the terrain.
> Oh, and good for you? it?s always nice to see a¬
> _[Space] fig jailed behind bars_!!! And it?s especially¬
> nice to see that you?ve captured a time-traveling¬
> -Grand Admiral. (I'll have to remember this, I will¬
> be sure to include a beleaguered Space fig in my¬
> torture-chamber the next time I create a MOC!)¬
Yes, the space guy is right where he is supposed to be, locked up! :) I will try
to keep an eye on lugnet in the future to see more locked up/tortured space
figs.
>
>
> Thanks so much for sharing,
>
>
> [{--==Richard==--}]
>
>
>
>
>
> P.S.
> sometimes I wish there was a lugnet.excellent section just to showcase your
> works!
Although Anthony may not agree, I do. He has built many things that are great!
But of course, as his fiancee, I could be biased. ;)
Thanks again for your reply.
~ Christina
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
Well at least it looks like good company.
Space.
-Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks
“Adopt a fleebnork. They’re DYING!” -Sally Struthers
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In lugnet.castle, Mark Sandlin wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
>
> > A prisoner whatches his accomplice enter the cell next to him:¬
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow25.jpg>
>
> Well at least it looks like good company.
>
> Space.
>
> -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks
>
> <http://www.fleebnork.com/<http://www.fleebnork.com/gaanim.gif>>
>
> "Adopt a fleebnork. They're DYING!" -Sally Struthers
I don't see a lot of "space" in that prison cell. ;)
~ Christina
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
Number of BURPs used: 0
--Anthony
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
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Number of BURPs used: 0
--Anthony
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Hey Anthony,
I never got around to commenting on this when this first went up, but this is an
awesome MOC. I’m impressed that there are no BURPs; even when you can’t see any
BURPs in my larger creations, they’re almost always underneath playing a
structural role. How did you build up the ground without them? Is it more
solid or more hollow underneath?
I really like the landscaping on this. I generally use a lot of plates, which
gives a smoother slope, but the problem with that is that sometimes when I
photograph it you can’t really see the texture (unless I use a fig’s-eye-view
for my camera angle). Having an almost all brick landscape, you don’t seem to
run into that.
Lots of nice details in this like the SNOT-y griffin(?) heads by the gate, the
dwarf underground (was this inspired by Dave Eaton’s MOC at Brickfest? if so,
you build awfully fast), LOL at the space figs thrown in the dungeon, the
block-y trees (I’ll have to try that), the way you use arches to inset the
windows and gates (I’ll definitely use that), the fruit trees. All over this is
a gorgeous creation. Thanks for sharing.
Bruce
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
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We are pleased to announce that Stonebarrow Keep is now complete.
I got lazy, so there’s no webpage to visit, just pre-mod pictures and a
post-mod gallery.
This Keep, located in Northern Ikros, is the head of power for the Stormcrow
Legion, and home to their leader, whom has yet to recieve a name, who wears
the armor I got from Jeff Byrd.
Stonebarrow Keep boasts a dungeon, treasure vault, great hall w/ fireplace,
bedroom for the Lord of the Manor, bunk room for the troops, as well as being
made of almost entirely 2x4 light grey bricks.
The terrain itself is almost entirely made from 2x4 dark grey and black
bricks, and splits in two, taking part of the dungeon with it. The keep,
aside from the dungeon, lifts off the terrain in one piece, and comes apart
in several places allowing full access to all levels.
Look out also for the Dwarven gold mine inside the terrain walls behind the
Keep. Here are some pre-mod deep links:
Overview:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow01.jpg
Inside the Great Hall:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow18.jpg
A prisoner whatches his accomplice enter the cell next to him:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/stonebarrow/stonebarrow25.jpg
And of course the post-mod gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=55016
PLUKWYT!!
--Anthony and Christina
The Kingdom of Ikros
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Ok this i one of your greastes Mocs yet. They just get better and better.
The prision is awsome.
The hall is very cool.
The dwarf in a mine is just a little perk witch makes it that muck better.
The forts exterior is great.
But the landscape rocks. Those bridges are soooo nice.
I still say the dwarf castle is your #1 possible rivaled by the new village.
This is very impressive and one of your best works yet.
Ps
Thanks for the help with my castle I appriciate it.
Dan Ravenda
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In lugnet.castle, Daniel Ravenda wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
> > PLUKWYT!!
> >
> > --Anthony and Christina
> >
> > <http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros The Kingdom of Ikros>
>
>
> Ok this i one of your greastes Mocs yet. They just get better and better.
>
> The prision is awsome.
> The hall is very cool.
> The dwarf in a mine is just a little perk witch makes it that muck better.
> The forts exterior is great.
> But the landscape rocks. Those bridges are soooo nice.
> I still say the dwarf castle is your #1 possible rivaled by the new village.
> This is very impressive and one of your best works yet.
>
>
> Ps
> Thanks for the help with my castle I appriciate it.
>
> Dan Ravenda
Thanks for all of your complements concerning the Keep.
The bridges were developed by merging both of our ideas together. Glad you liked
our MOC. Anthony and I don't feel the same about the Dwarven Castle.
Thanks again for your post.
~Christina
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
Hi Anthony,
There’s not much new that I can add that hasn’t already been said in praise of
your MOC, so I’ll take a different approach and ask a question :)
How long do you keep your MOCs assembled? Do you take them apart once you’ve
photographed them, or do they go on display for a while (and for how long)?
Alan
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In lugnet.castle, Alan Findlay wrote:
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava wrote:
Hi Anthony,
There’s not much new that I can add that hasn’t already been said in praise
of your MOC, so I’ll take a different approach and ask a question :)
How long do you keep your MOCs assembled? Do you take them apart once you’ve
photographed them, or do they go on display for a while (and for how long)?
Alan
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First I’d like to apologize for being absent for so long here in .castle. I’ve
been busy with a project, and figured I should just let things ride out. After
all, I didn’t have anything else to say :)
I’m glad you liked our creation Alan, I’ll try my best to answer your question
:)
Oops, questions :)
I keep my MOCs assembled until I have documented them and either used them in my
story or have ruled out using them in my story. Typically a MOC of mine will
stay together on average of 3 months. The dragons I have yet to take apart,
with the exception of Formeathan, as I obviously re-created him. The Dragon
Temple is about to be taken apart, and Dahyart is still standing.
The life span of a MOC for me is directly related to how proud I am of them.
The dragons haven’t been disassembled yet because I am very proud of them.
However, their life time is running thin. Ever since I redid Formeathan, I’ve
become more and more embarressed at my other dragons because of their poor
construction. I will soon be taking the three apart, with the exception of
their heads, right after I finish creating the last one in LDraw.
Well, now that I’ve gone all long winded, I’ll end it there :)
Thanks for the reply!
--Anthony
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