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MocOlympics Round 2: John Moffatt vs. Dan Church

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It's not the ultimate question, but it's pretty darn close.

About this creation

To Begin:
A link to the one, the only, MocOlympics Home Page!

Since The Illustrious Dan Church has yet to grace the internet his entry, the included link has been provided for your viewing pleasure.

And now, I suggest you click This Link for some context.

Without further ado, I bring you my entry for MocOlympics Round Two: The Hyborian Age!

Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?

The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.

Pictured: The open steppe, a fleet horse, a falcon at his wrist, and wind in his hair.

Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?

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To crush your enemies,

see them driven before you,

and to hear the lamentation of their women.

If the men in the tent are in fact the Mongols IMDB says they are, then the technical term for the structure is a Yurt. This is the whole of Build 1. I know I used the Samurai outfit. Humor me, okay? Good.

Build 2 without the figures. I tried for a bit of forced perspective with the horse, to a limited degree of success. The mountain range in the background was an after-thought, but I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Regrettably I couldn't find a good way to replicate the guy's awesome mustache in Miniland scale, but I think he turned out okay. That bloody falcon though.... I probably wasted an hour and a half trying to build a bird I didn't hate. I didn't succeed.

Another angle. It also took me about ten minutes to balance the thing on his arm. Interestingly enough, due to some twist of physics, it doesn't fall but explode off of the arm and fly five feet.

Here is the full diorama of the barbarian attack. I'm pretty happy with it, but I realized shortly after the point of no return that I left myself no good way to capture most of the action in one photograph.

Here's an enemy being crushed.

This picture is a little over-exposed, but it's dark in the hut and I wanted to capture the kid's expression as a shirtless, 6'3", axe-wielding maniac charges him.

I don't get the impression this poor fellow is going to be spared. Also, the one barbarian who remembered to put on a shirt before looting, killing, and burning.

The diorama without figs. Again, the spears were an after-thought but I like them sticking out of the ground as if they had been thrown at innocent children playing in the field right as the horde showed up. Hordes always ruin play-time.

Some razed maize.

Okay, that was terrible.

The enemies. Not really too much to say.

A shot of Conan and some generic barbarians. Fortunately for us, the sight of a band of shirtless lunatics covered in spikes has not struck fear in to the hearts of men for eons. Seriously, probably not since the early 1990's.

Regrettably I wasn't sure which judge to bribe this year, so I guess it will actually come down to legitimate competition. Best of luck Dan! (just not quite enough to beat me)

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Stuart Delahay

October 4, 2011

As much as I do love the Conan books, you've got the BEST line in the movie here for me. I can just here Arnult delivering "And hear the lamentation of there vimmin" right now. Great idea to mix scales, and nice builds too. Congrats on advancing!

Ant�nio Silva

October 2, 2011

Nice work!

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Dave Kaleta

October 2, 2011

Mr. Moffatt, What an epic match-up! Both you and Dan really brought it for this round. I really liked the way you mixed scales, very well done. You've already advanced to the next round, but my vote went to your opponent. ~Dave

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Mark Kelso

October 2, 2011

Oh, nice! You've got my vote. It was a close one as Dan put up a terrific entry as well. But not only were the multiple sets a great touch, but you did an excellent job of bringing the movie into this - which, for me, really puts it over the top. Great job throughout!

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Hans Dendauw NPD

October 2, 2011

Great from top to bottom. I think your forced perspective was quite effective and I love the figure you built. The burning crops was another favorite little gem. Best of luck with the judges!~H

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Lee Jones

October 1, 2011

A solid and mature build - well done. Lee.

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El Barto !

October 1, 2011

It's like watching the whole movie again, and I think your write up has more lines in it! But seriously, this has it all, excellent work. You've got my vote!

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Gabriel Thomson

October 1, 2011

Nice build! I think your forced perspective came out very well. :) Best of luck with your judges!

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John Moffatt

September 29, 2011

Quoting Dan Church Excellently done! Illustrious? Thank you for the complement, but i'm not sure I live up to such an adjective. My entry is coming along, but you'll probably have to wait until late Saturday to see it. Good luck, and may the best builder win!

You mean the tension is going to keep building until Saturday? My head might explode by then. ;)

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MortalSwordsman .

September 29, 2011

Wow what a great moc. I love the minifigs but my favourite is the large figure. Good luck :)

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Dan Church

September 29, 2011

Excellently done! Illustrious? Thank you for the complement, but i'm not sure I live up to such an adjective. My entry is coming along, but you'll probably have to wait until late Saturday to see it. Good luck, and may the best builder win!