Castle Factions Reborn!

I received a request to make a custom Black Falcon using such things as the new MCN barrel helmet.  Last night I set to task and ended up recreating several factions.

Black Falcons

Close-up

The barrel helmet is from MCN, painted black, and has silver rub 'n buff put on the cross nasal and softly brushed over the whole thing to give it a weathered look.  It's a light coat and doesn't show well in the pictures, but better on the close-up.  The pauldrons are also from MCN/Brickforge.

The armsmen are using my favorite torso, spears from MCN, and the speckled viking helms go nicely with the overall look (matches the barrel helmet too!).

Forestmen

Knight front
Knight rear

The knight is wearing a Little Armory barrelhelmet that has been lightly brushed with gold rub 'n buff (also not shown well in the pics).  His cape is a custom print job of the forestman crest.  He is wearing a muscled cuirass reminiscent of the greco-roman style.

The armsmen use another of my favorite torsos, their helmets and falcatas are both from MCN.

Lion Knights

Knight detail

Truth be told, I HATE the crusaders and all of the "Lion" factions out there.  Never liked them.  But the helmet I made for the fleur-de-lis knights and ended up NOT using just called out to be used for the Lions.  The pauldrons are from MCN, and the torso is another favorite.  Don't know where the sword came from, but its not Lego.

The armsmen here I tried to rotate the dominant colors, red blue and gold.  I LOVE the gold viking helms here, they work well with the oblong shields and classic swords.

Ninja

I tried to make these the sneaky assasins they should be.  The torso for the lord is the black, blue, and gold samurai one with the corresponding gold leggings.  I made his naginata from all official pieces, no cutting or glue.

The armsmen use the Bib Fortuna breastplate from the SW line, and are armed with bows.  Take note:  NO CUSTOMIZATION, ALTERING, OR NON-LEGO PIECES USED HERE.

Samurai

The lord of this troop uses an adventurers torso, easy to get.  A samurai helmet with wings and gold horns.  The blade is from MCN, looks like a wicked katana.

The armsmen are simple, the hats are also from the adventurer line, samurai armor, and the grey balaclava head.

So, most of what I did was all official piece customization that any purist can appreciate and even borrow should they wish to spice up their lego world.  I know for sure that I will be using many of these designs as officers and "special" people in my army.

I apologize for the poor picture quality, dunno what was wrong but it didn't feel like cooperating today.