Lego story #052: Vikings! (Part 3 of 6)

The Chieftain's longhouse.

Now we come to the second building of the Viking Village.

 

Bag 4 lays the foundation. Flames flicker in a firepit in the middle of the longhouse.

Bag 5. Here's the backwall, with a gold fence cleverly turned vertical to serve as a window.

Small torches flank the doorframe, which has an intricate sea serpent design.

Bag 6. What's a Viking hall without a good feast?

Unfortunately, after finishing the longhouse, we can no longer have this side view of the interior. It's inconvenient to remove the side wall (as I did for the photo above), because we'd have to pry a bunch of pieces off.

To play with minifigures inside, you're supposed to remove the roof instead. 

The Chieftain has his own cup, gold instead of the usual silver.

Behind the firepit, a shield, spear, and axe are mounted on the wall. There are four Viking shields in total within this set--two are held by minifigures and two are part of the buildings. It's nice that we get no less than four of these beautiful shields.

Antlers as window decor. I read somewhere that Vikings used antlers as material for making many tools and accessories.

Bag 7. Posh red-and-white banners make the Chieftain's chair seem even more like a throne.

The gold pieces embedded within these gable ends (triangle-shaped walls formed by a sloping roof) are flower pieces.

Finally, bag 8. The roof. At the very top are two gold sausage pieces, repurposed as horns.

The completed longhouse. 

The Chieftain stands watch--though that should be the job of the Archer, who patrols along the Watchtower and rope bridge. That's for our next post!