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Hello! This is my third of 19 posts I will be doing, where I will be building my way through the Hobbit story, one chapter per post, I will do this over the course of the year...

Anyways, about the builds, these are three builds, that I wanted to do, and I felt like they best fit into the Rivendell chapter best, so I decided to build three builds, and put them in one post...

So, my first build is on an irregular baseplate, but it is roughly 36 x 52... Also, fun fact, of the colors that are showing minus the figs, there are only three colors total...

Here is my main pic:

[img]http://images.moc-pages.com/user_images/127 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]

Here are some pics of my first build:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
The ugly backside:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
Here is a pretty similar to the finished product WIP pic of my first build:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
So, my second build doesn't really have a baseplate, but it is roughly 39 x 16... Also, fun fact, of the colors that are showing minus the figs, there are only three colors total...

Here are some pics of my second build:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
Here are some WIP pics of my second build:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
And finally, my third build, which also doesn't have a baseplate, and is about 30 bricks wide... Also, only three colors, if you don't include the texturing on the map...

Here are some pics of my third build:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
Here are some WIP pics of my third build:
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
[img]http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/1271 ... SPLASH.jpg[/img]
I hope you enjoyed as much as I had fun building them!!!! My favorite is by far the second one, and I experimented with two different colors blended rockwork, all these have three different colors showing...

C&C Appreciated!

To God be the glory!

Very nice builds! The 2nd one is my personal favorite, I quite like the mixing of bley and dark bley rockwork. The SNOT staircase is nice too

Ooh, 3 new builds! I agree with John, that the platform/staircase is my favorite of the group. Lovely rockwork, nicely incorporated pathway and the SNOT round platform is excellent.
Good landscape for the first model, though the front center boulder does look a little bit like a facade depending on the angle. The final build has some really neat pillars, and another lovely stone ledge.

While the monotone colors work alright, I think some dark red/dark orange trees occasionally would really add to the Rivendell look for those models

LittleJohn wrote:Very nice builds! The 2nd one is my personal favorite, I quite like the mixing of bley and dark bley rockwork. The SNOT staircase is nice too

Thanks John!!!!! Yeah, I like the second best as well!!!!

soccerkid6 wrote:Ooh, 3 new builds! I agree with John, that the platform/staircase is my favorite of the group. Lovely rockwork, nicely incorporated pathway and the SNOT round platform is excellent.
Good landscape for the first model, though the front center boulder does look a little bit like a facade depending on the angle. The final build has some really neat pillars, and another lovely stone ledge.

While the monotone colors work alright, I think some dark red/dark orange trees occasionally would really add to the Rivendell look for those models

Thanks Isaac!!!!! Yeah, the boulders build was actually built first, and I kinda ran out of good pieces for bley rockwork... Yeah, I completely agree with the dk. orange tree thing, I wish I actually would have done that, I just didn't think of it...

Very cool. I agree that the stairwell is really cool. I also really like the way you did the boulders in the second one. In the final one, those doorposts are really nice, but the build itself feels unfinished. I think if you continued the cliff face up above the door a few inches and then photographed it to show an all-LEGO scene it would greatly improve the effect.

Bruce

Bruce N H wrote:Very cool. I agree that the stairwell is really cool. I also really like the way you did the boulders in the second one. In the final one, those doorposts are really nice, but the build itself feels unfinished. I think if you continued the cliff face up above the door a few inches and then photographed it to show an all-LEGO scene it would greatly improve the effect.

Bruce

Thanks Bruce!!!! Yeah, I actually completely ran out of "good" dk. bley rock slope pieces... Again, thanks!!!