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In lugnet.build, John-Paul Enaje wrote:
> I've been working on my Ancients Theme for past 3 years. I was a Castle fan but
> after witnessing the gigantic castles made by other Lego fans I decided to out
> do them. So to go one better, I decided to make MOCs far larger than a castle,
> so I moved my Theme back to the time of the Ancients, where the armies that were
> fielded were far larger and the fortifications were far more massive, as in a
> fortified city-state. With that my Ancients Theme was born.
>
> Im still working on this Ancients Theme using mostly Star Wars Lego and Castle
> Theme minifigures. Due to its sheer size in terms of minifig army numbers (great
> for BrikWars) and huge buildings, its still far from being complete. The theme
> has all kinds of ancient structures as well as troops and civilians. I have
> about 22 different civilizations in this Ancients Theme, ranging from
> agricultural and trading civilizations near the seas and rivers to the
> hunting/herding tribes from the steppes of Central Asia.
>
> Although it touches on the daily lives of the ancients, it is also a Lord of the
> Rings like tale centering around the conflicts between whole civilizations. The
> story is part history, part mythology, with a dash of current world affairs
> mixed in. The names of the 22 civilzations are based on the names of
> city-states, or what the people called themselves, or what other
> peoples called a civilization, or regions or even a dynasty of a particular
> culture, and finally the name a of mythological civilization.
>
> Here are some examples:
> Hsia = Ancient Chinese dynasty
> Harappa = Ancient India's oldest city
> Shinar = what other peoples called the area of Babylonian culture aka Chaldeans
> Etruscans = peoples who lived in several city-states around the region
> we now call Central Italy, they predated the Romans
> Kahilawayan = name of a mythological culture in ancient Philippines, somewhat of
> an "Asian Atlantis" located in the western Pacific rim.
>
> I've been thinking about adding Atlantis itself into the theme at all. Perhaps
> as somewhat of a "rival super power" for the Kahilawayans. I'll base the Lego
> version using various sources about Atlantis from the original Greek, from
> ancient Indian religious sources, as well as various other accounts from other
> cultures, and even using Occult mythologies/legends about it.
>
> Anyhow I will make a website later on about the whole Ancients Theme
> that Im making.
>
> On to the Lego models!
> Here is the FIRST of the FOUR massive 3 feet and 4 inches tall Guard Tower for
> the Kahilawayan city-state.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=37106
>
> Its colored black and grey since the strucutres built using stone found in such
> tropical places in Southeast Asia like Angkor Wat, and Borobodur as well as
> other ruins in the region have this odd black and grey color to them. There is
> also a historial basis for this form of fortification since archaeologists found
> some 4,000 year old fortress ruins in the Philippine island of Luzon.
>
> Here are examples of what the troop types for Harappa (ancient India) and Sabah
> (ancient Arabia) look like. Both are heavy infantry types providing the bulk of
> their respective armies.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=60920
>
> The black robes used by Indian warriors was taken from a history based Indian
> movie I saw as well as books and internet sources. The same goes for Arabian
> soldiers, except that I used history-documentary sources as well.
Excellent! I also like to build fairly 'big.' I find trying to scale a
floorplan to actual minifig dimensions dictates a pretty large building.
So, if live anywhere near New Hampshire..well, my castle can whoop your castle
in a bit o' brickwars if you like. *laugh* Anyway, great MOCs!
Here is the link to my current effort (not nearly done)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=61128
Dave O'Hare
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