Happy Veteran's Day!

Happy Veteran's Day! for all those hard working veteran's that risk there very lives so we can live in peace.

Live by the Sword Die by the Sword

In this moc, some knights are having a discussion on tactics on how to defeat the attacking army. This moc includes many weapons and shields. I think that this moc also shows the shield I made in a new light,  under this is a picture of my shield I made. 

Ruins of The Castle

In this moc (my own creation) I made a rounded tower. It takes many pieces to build circular towers, but the result is almost always extremely interesting. Also, another great technique for building castle walls is the antidote for the big grey wall syndrome. The antidote is using color to make LEGO towers much more interesting. Another technique used in this moc is terracing, see the world isn't quite flat, lot's of hills, valleys, and mountains, so I decided to make a small rise in the ground. All these techniques I explained are great and I think they should be used more often in mocs.

A Better Shield

I have been working on how to make better shields for my medieval army. This time I have got a great idea of how to make them better. Real medieval armies had many types of shields. Round shields are called bucklers, archers and other infantry mostly had these slung on their backs to make it easy to carry and protect themselves. Pavise shields were carried by crossbow men, because it protected them when they where reloading. Kite shields carried by most infantry, by far the most recognizable. Also, the "heater" shields were more suited when jousting and on horseback. I have created a different kind of shield, with an interesting design. 

Kingdoms Joust Set 10223 is about to be Released!

This set has not yet been realesed and will be released in January 2012. This set consits of 1,575 pieces, special features include six detailed rooms, two detailed tents, stained glass windows, also includes headgear, lances, and many weapons. This set looks great for any medieval collector, me included. This set is a bit pricy, in US curencey it is $119. The walls are built extremly well with great detail. Also, the house built into the wall is a nice detail added in. I think this is a great set, but a little high in price range, but good enough to be considered.
 

My New Monthly Model!

I made this monthly model of a medieval sword and shield. Most of you probably know about Lego.com's monthly mini model. This model is 14 pieces that are common to almost any LEGO builders building bin. You can make the sword and shield in almost any, if not any color. The pieces are starting with the tip of the sword, most literally in fact, is an 1x1x1/2 angular slope brick (grey), next up 4 1x1x1's (grey), then a 1x3 flat (grey), then 2 cylinders for the hilt, (again grey). Then for the shield,  2 angular bricks 1x2x1 (grey), then 2 1x4x1 bricks (grey), and finally 2 1x2. I hope you have fun building this monthly model!  

Many, Many, Minifigures!

There have been so many different minifigures inside the castle theme. To name a few Cedric the bull, Royal Knights, Lion Knights, Lord Vladek, Shadow Knights, and Warrior's of Bone. This is a picture of some of my minifigures that are in the castle theme. In this picture, there is also some LEGO minifigures of the separate series of minifgures, like the viking. Other minifgures are created by mixing the different people toghether. Like how I made a troll ( by mixing with cave woman's club, Frankenstein head, and a elf's body). These are only some of my LEGO castle people.

What Makes a LEGO Castle Good?

There are many things that cause the difference between good castles and bad castles. Good castles have many techniques used, some techniques are Micro scale, brick-built rocks, invisible bricks, terracing, and many, many many more. A good castle usually uses about two or three techniques on average, but castles can include as many as you feel are needed. Also, a good castle needs detail, consider adding one of the following, drawbridge, village, farm, animals, blacksmith, vegetation, or rocks. Castles come in both big and small, so even if you have few LEGOs you still can build a castle. The castle in the picture I built using three different techniques, Micro scale, brick-built rocks, and vegetation.

My LEGO Castle

My LEGO castle is right now under construction, it was a remodeled King's Castle Siege, with the Drawbridge Defense in the place where the entry gate was. Now, the castle has gotten at least twice as big over the years. I have also been able to make many, many, many more castles than just one. I have most of the new Kingdoms, and even some old castle sets, and quite a few remodeled sets. My castle is not like the picture, the picture is just one of my first castle sets ever. The picture above is King's Castle Siege. I suppose you don't want to hear me talk about my castles but what you can do to make yours even better!