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The Pigeon Forge Parkway is usually very dense in traffic. Especially during holidays and weekends when the average speed is slower than if you were walking. But that is a testament to the popularity of the town which is filled with hundreds of shops and family orientated entertainment attractions. On this particular weekend, a classic car rally occurred with literally thousands of old cars and trucks filling the road and parking lots.
There are magnificent views in Valley Forge. As I have been discovering and recording its history, I have also been discovering its beauty. This particular place is a great place to go and watch the sun set. As you can see the sun has not yet set but is low in the sky. It lit the crest of the hill for a short time and I was lucky enought to be there when it did.
View On Black and discover it large for yourself!
Entry for Colossal Castle Contest XVI - Classic Castle Category. UPDATE: Delighted to say I got the top honourable mention for this build, coming second out of 17 amazing entries.
Unsettling forces were rising in the Knightly Realms. To the South, the Black Knights were waxing as a conquering faction and had already taken two of the southern Lion Knight’s mountain fortresses, claiming that the land had been rightfully theirs by law and blood. The Lion Knights had allied with the Black Falcons in response and soon the latter were moving through Lion lands in preparation for the whole sale invasion all were now expecting.
Ellyn, the famous landlady of a famous Guarded Inn near the recently taken southern castle Elsinore, had made a lucky escape with some of her soldier customers, along with a blacksmith. Together, they had made the journey north to the defended town of Barimoor, where the blacksmith had a brother. This brother had offered her a modest room in his house. She returned the favour first by repainting the run down old forge in colours that reminded her of home. Ever resourceful, she started serving drinks to his customers as they waited, and soon enough the three of them were doing a roaring trade together.
I'd been wanting to make a totally classic looking castle build for ages, so this seemed like the ideal opportunity. Since they never actually produced a classic tudor house with jettying back in the 80s, that's where I started. In some ways those original 80s/early 90s sets have never been surpassed for design. This build is a paean to my early castle sets, and Lego's wonderful printed panel pieces from that era, which though much maligned now, actually formed the bulk of all castle builds. Those red panels are genius because the lines are precisely one plate thick and they align perfectly with plates allowing you to create a seamless facade. Brilliant.
The rules say “In the style of” which I took to mean:
-Green baseplate
-Original 80s colours as far as possible. (I had to dip into my reddish brown stash, but I much prefer original brown as a shade and luckily had most of the pieces I needed).
-Extensive use of panel pieces for the bulk of the building
-As many studs exposed as possible, using almost exclusively conventional studs up building.
-Using mostly parts/moulds available in the 80s and early 90s. I only used 3 modern elements in total - all 3 in the anvils.
-Original weapons/tools/accessories and minifigures from lion knights/crusaders sets as stipulated (this was interesting - didn’t know for instance that lion knights had crossbows, but they did in set 6081). I couldn’t resist using my favourite classic curved doors which were in the first castle lego set I ever got - set 6034, still one of my favourites. They are also from 1990, but from a Black Knights set. But the Lion Knights set 6081 has the larger versions of the same doors so I didn’t feel too bad. I also used a Dragon Knights panel from 1993 to represent ornate ironwork... outrageous.
-SNOT only with period appropriate parts and in a very limited way - used here in the weather vane and for the vines.
-not too large, or too many pieces (though admittedly this is larger than any existing civilian set).
For Maitreya Body.
3 Rares - Gasmask, Bodice HUD and Pants HUD.
24 Commons.
Pants Include Tint HUD for Commons.
TP: The Arcade
I went to the Renaissance Faire in Fresno today hoping to get a few Christmas gifts and some interesting pictures. Our first stop was at the blacksmith near the entrance to the faire. He usually has some interesting pieces on display, and I found some metal dice that were a perfect gift for someone. I love taking pictures of fire and thought this would be a perfect photo opp to share. It's pretty cool to watch him taking the raw metal and turn it into something artistic and useful.
Dare you see a Soul at the "White Heat"?
Then crouch within the door -
Red - is the Fire's common tint -
But when the quickened Ore
Has sated Flame's conditions -
She quivers from the Forge
Without a color, but the Light
Of unannointed Blaze -
Least Village, boasts it's Blacksmith -
Whose Anvil's even ring
Stands symbol for the finer Forge
That soundless tugs - within -
Refining these impatient Ores
With Hammer, and with Blaze
Until the Designated Light
Repudiate the Forge -
Osi vedere un'Anima al "Calor Bianco"?
Allora rannicchiati dietro la porta -
Rossa - è la tinta comune del Fuoco -
Ma quando l'eccitato Metallo
Ha saziato la condizioni della Fiamma -
Lei esce fremendo dalla Fucina
Senza colore, tranne la Luce
Di una Vampa profana -
Il più piccolo Villaggio, vanta il suo Fabbro -
Della cui Incudine l'incessante tintinnio
Assurge a simbolo di una Fucina più sottile
Che senza suono batte - dentro -
Raffinando questi impazienti Metalli
Col Martello, e con la Vampa
Finché la Luce Designata
Ripudia la Fucina -
Emily Dickinson
New Estelle HUDPACK for 275L @ MIdnight Madness, featuriung new colours.
This weekend only. Also Free copy of the Bodysuit in 'Oil' when you come to the store and click the board.
Nothing but cool weather and rain today to provide the atmosphere for a morning shoot at Valley Forge. You could almost smell the burning wood from the fires in the camp. I love to be there on days like this.
There is a fair amount of grain here so I recommend this view:
#35 Tx! :)
Ruckle Farm (Provincial Park): "This is the farm's oldest outbuilding. Well over 100 years old, it was constructed between 1878 and 1880, and is one of the few forge buildings remaining from that period. Look at the log ends: they were cut and squared with an axe.
Henry Ruckle and his son, Daniel Henry, were both skilled blacksmiths, and many of the farm implements they used were made in this building."
Tyrant Outfit @ Fameshed
Includes Tunic & Pants.
Bracers: The Forge Iron Fist
Boots by: - Iroas - Arkoan.
William Bagnall 0-6-0 saddle tank 'Empress' raises the echoes of Cwm Afon on the sharp climb at Forge Level with a demonstration coal train on the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway on a windy 13th January 2019.
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This shot stems from my love of science fiction. I have visions of a large-eyed demented robot seeking to dominate its former masters. Help!
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30.3.2025.
An historic former forge and ironworks dating from the C17th.
The current layout dates mainly from the 1850's when the forge was used to make shafts and axles for railway wagons.
My entry to most photoshopped crew shot 2012. A rip off of Monster's teleport shot but he said I could do it so its ok plus its not as good as his (can see it here www.flickr.com/photos/mechanicalmonster/5407120661/in/set...)