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7419: Dragon Fortress
7419: Dragon fortress
The wait is finally over. And the Orient Expedition comes to an end.
Dragon Fortress was probably one of the most complex builds in terms of detailing. The structure itself is relatively simple.
The main inspiration came from the Tuancheng Fortress in terms of the base and style. Using a lot of the architecture and colours to make the dragon fortress.
I so wished mecabricks had the printed tiles from the Chinese New year sets. It would have added the perfect amount of detail around the columns.
I ditched the colours of the original set and added more greens, blues and gold. Which is more real world accurate.
The interior is somewhat detailed. The main hall features two vases and a mysterious jade chest.
Up above sits the armoury, where the golden helmet sits.
I did include the wheelhouses in this revamp. The unlocking feature is different to the original. It's just two latches that move when you rotate the wheels and then take the statue section out.
Speaking of statues, the guardian is indeed a terracotta warrior (a little real world reference there).
And after unlocking the doors we finally get to see the golden dragon. Originally I had made a smaller version that used the same head as this one. But it was a bit too skinny, so I made a slightly larger version that fits in there if you move the tail in.
The golden dragon of course had to be a Chinese dragon design. There's a lot of mixel joints involved but I think it turned out well. Speaking of gold I actually switched to the metallic gold colour for this set as it looks a lot more vibrant than the pearl gold.
The half track is a hybrid of a few of my old expedition vehicles. In a nice dark green.
And that truly is the end of the Adventurers revamp series. I'm glad to see it's had such positive feedback and I hope this final set did not disappoint
7419: Dragon Fortress
7419: Dragon fortress
The wait is finally over. And the Orient Expedition comes to an end.
Dragon Fortress was probably one of the most complex builds in terms of detailing. The structure itself is relatively simple.
The main inspiration came from the Tuancheng Fortress in terms of the base and style. Using a lot of the architecture and colours to make the dragon fortress.
I so wished mecabricks had the printed tiles from the Chinese New year sets. It would have added the perfect amount of detail around the columns.
I ditched the colours of the original set and added more greens, blues and gold. Which is more real world accurate.
The interior is somewhat detailed. The main hall features two vases and a mysterious jade chest.
Up above sits the armoury, where the golden helmet sits.
I did include the wheelhouses in this revamp. The unlocking feature is different to the original. It's just two latches that move when you rotate the wheels and then take the statue section out.
Speaking of statues, the guardian is indeed a terracotta warrior (a little real world reference there).
And after unlocking the doors we finally get to see the golden dragon. Originally I had made a smaller version that used the same head as this one. But it was a bit too skinny, so I made a slightly larger version that fits in there if you move the tail in.
The golden dragon of course had to be a Chinese dragon design. There's a lot of mixel joints involved but I think it turned out well. Speaking of gold I actually switched to the metallic gold colour for this set as it looks a lot more vibrant than the pearl gold.
The half track is a hybrid of a few of my old expedition vehicles. In a nice dark green.
And that truly is the end of the Adventurers revamp series. I'm glad to see it's had such positive feedback and I hope this final set did not disappoint