CCC XIX - The band of the Wolf hideout

[the Inventor]

At the lake of the windy mountains, far up north, a lone tower stands to guard the hideout of the band of the Wolf.

After pillaging the villages down river, Asger looks as his men bring in the loot.

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2mUtNsq]The band of the Wolf hideout[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_inventor/]Ids[/url], on Flickr

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2mUtNp4]The band of the Wolf hideout - details[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_inventor/]Ids[/url], on Flickr

This was a very fun build, after building the crew and boat, I needed some kind of hideout next to the water. Then I build the tower to use as a base.
Then landscaping, and composition was build in 2 days, after having the tower and boat already complete for more than a week.

Originally planned for the "Over water!" category for the CCC XIX (the tower) but added and expanded it for Brickscalibur (with the boat, that was originally intended for a heist) to make it a hideout for the rogues and outlaws category because I don't see myself building a lot of MOCs in the time left for all these castle related contests at the same time.

[Bishons]

Cool how you did the double canoe! Also love the roof style and the bird on the top of the roof. One thing I don't understand is the orange on the sails.

[the Inventor]

Thanks, the boat connections was found in official sets ([url=https://brickset.com/sets/7016-1/Viking-Boat ... ern-Dragon]7016[/url] and [url=https://brickset.com/sets/79013-1/Lake-town-Chase]79013[/url]), I just improved a little bit upon it, and of course used black rowing boats.

Never seen striped (Viking) sails before?
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[mrcp6d]

I like what you did with those sails! The dragon head at the front of the boat is also well done.

[AK_Brickster]

This is a really great build! I'm partial to winter builds (For Garheim!) and you really achieved a chilly feel in this one. The water is a great color, and the snowy accents everywhere are generally well executed!

If I were going to give any constructive feedback, it would be that the combo of dark grey, light gray, and snow on the tower is a little too much visual texture. I would either go with more uniform stonework, or consolidate the snow bits into a few larger "snow drifts" on the tower, so that it's not quite so busy. That would give the whole scene something to visually anchor things. (LittleJohn's Everdell Castle entry is a good example of what I'm talking about)

Keep up the good work!

[the Inventor]

Thanks for the detailed comment AK_Brickster, I will try a different construction for the stonework of the tower next time I build something like this.

I can see that the snow is a bit busy, although it does happen a bit like that after some snow storms, next time I will try to balance it more.

[the Inventor]

I recently made a better picture of only the boat for this moc:
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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2noZJo7]Setting sail[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_inventor/]Ids de Jong[/url], on Flickr

[AK_Brickster]

Terrific little boat! Thanks for the updated picture