[AoM: Gate II] Summer walk

[Puvel]

Mitgardians obviously love snow, but they're also happy to see nature come alive again in spring. Heading out without coming home looking like a snowman is just lovely sometimes.

 

Full build:

 

Hadn't really build thick foliage yet so wanted to give that a go. The wall technique was stolen from bruickbuilt.org

[Aurore]

Very nice! The wall looks really great, and so do the lush vegetation. And the minifig's happy expressions really add to the mood.

[Eoin Wallace]

Nice moc, the walls and building look good and the foliage is good too!

[zoth33]

Nice wall.  I like the use of the Nexo Knights shield piece.  The vegetation is nice and thick, I like how you the 3 leaf piece with the stem in the new leaf pieces.  Just enough flower pieces to add some color.  The path is good too.

[Grover]

Great job!  I really like the wooden framed stone.  The angled slats look good, and fit right in with the Neo shield pieces in brown.  The incorporation of the Mitgardian colors looks great too.  My favorite part of the build is the use of the new 1x1 corner pieces to make corners for a cheese slope roof.  I've always wondered how to pull that off, and it really looks good.  The overall colors look good, too, in terms of composition.  The only question that I have is if this is supposed to be the spring/summer in the north, is that an appropriate amount of vegetation?  It almost feels like a jungle to me with the density.  I am used to seeing a more sparsely foliated tundra appearance, although if this is southern Mitgardia, it may be quite appropriate.  Well done!

Edited February 10, 2020 by Grover

[Puvel]

On 2/4/2020 at 7:47 PM, Aurore said:

Very nice! The wall looks really great, and so do the lush vegetation. And the minifig's happy expressions really add to the mood.

Thanks! It was all about the vegetation so I'm happy it looks great!

On 2/4/2020 at 11:58 PM, Eoin Wallace said:

Nice moc, the walls and building look good and the foliage is good too!

Thanks! Yay for foliage :D

On 2/5/2020 at 1:51 AM, zoth33 said:

Nice wall.  I like the use of the Nexo Knights shield piece.  The vegetation is nice and thick, I like how you the 3 leaf piece with the stem in the new leaf pieces.  Just enough flower pieces to add some color.  The path is good too.

Thanks! Flowers were a late addition, it was a bit boring without them

On 2/10/2020 at 2:37 AM, Grover said:

Great job!  I really like the wooden framed stone.  The angled slats look good, and fit right in with the Neo shield pieces in brown.  The incorporation of the Mitgardian colors looks great too.  My favorite part of the build is the use of the new 1x1 corner pieces to make corners for a cheese slope roof.  I've always wondered how to pull that off, and it really looks good.  The overall colors look good, too, in terms of composition.  The only question that I have is if this is supposed to be the spring/summer in the north, is that an appropriate amount of vegetation?  It almost feels like a jungle to me with the density.  I am used to seeing a more sparsely foliated tundra appearance, although if this is southern Mitgardia, it may be quite appropriate.  Well done!

Thanks! Had a look at some summer tundra pictures and there were plenty with loads of grass and flowers, but yeah maybe not so many leaves. Ah well, maybe it's the very south of Mitgardia or the gate to a Mitgardian trade post somewhere more lush :D 

No worries though, my phase 3 is a proper Mitgardian snowscape! Just have to take pictures of it at some point  

[soccerkid6]

Super cool wall with the timber framing - especially how you handled the battlements
I didn't even realize it was based off our tutorial till I reached the end of the post

The irregular base looks very nice, and I love the spiked posts mostly hidden by the thick foliage