Grover

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  1. I always love seeing your builds! You have a great eye for detail and color, and I enjoy seeing what creative new uses for parts you have. The color scheme here with the white, tan, gold, and light purple are outstanding. I love the mirror! The use of the car doors for rolls of fabric is outstanding, and the dresses with false head boosted just a stud off the floor really sell them as dresses on a mannequin and not just a random minifig body hanging around. The stickered microscale bricks look great for small detail! The brick built vase and flowers are also fantastic. Well done!
  2. I put zeros for everything and wrote "I see TLG is headed back to the marketing strategies that led them to near bankruptcy 25 years ago." We want Lego because it is high quality, high tolerance brick (though even that seems to be changing), not because it has "Lego" branded on it like Gucci.
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    GoH 11: Cattle market outside Faeril

    What a beautiful build! I love the scale of it. The sheer number of trees and greenery are great. I also enjoy the incorporation of the new sand green limbs and that you kept them at ground level to separate the understory brush through the color blocking of the various green shades. Very clever. The birch trees are really well done. I can imagine replacing all the limb elements in this with the flame yellow orange, dark orange, and dark red and making spectacular fall scene with the birch trees and understory! The brick built cows are great, and I enjoy the mini leading one with a carrot. One of my favorite aspects of this build is the detail on the canopies of the vendor stalls. The red and white in particular looks great, and the subtlety of the fringe under the blue one plus the cut corners really look sharp. A couple of the minis have torsos that have a little too modern of prints for my taste, but that's pretty minor. The seagull on the stall is fun, and I think that the black background is pretty decent here. Usually lighter backgrounds make the build pop a bit more, and in this case it gives the impression of nighttime. The pictures are a little dark, but not bad, and if you're going for more shadowy, highly shaded forest, this definitely grabs that aesthetic. Great work! Look forward to more!
  4. Grover

    GOH 11: Il Porto Nascosto

    Funny, the first thing I thought when I saw that was "Manarola"! I would say that it is excellent news to bring to mind the inspiration material just by looking at it! This is a lovely build. I like the bold colors, the use of space (tall tower, fisher spilling forward), the angles of the buildings to one another, and the detail in the scene. The individual mini introductions is great and gives us a close look at them, which is very nice. I particularly liked the choice of captain cockatrice's torso, head, and hair, which I think really go well together. The texture on the stone docks is good, giving an aged feel but without being overly textured with gratuitous greebling. The brick built shutters are very nice too, and really help keep the build to a smaller scale. The various plants (grass, vines, etc.) growing on the corners and in all the cracks in the walkway help lend a sense of the maritime climate to the build. Well done!
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    GoH 11: The herbalist’s cart

    Great build! Love how you have packed so many details into a small build like that. The round windows on the back of the wagon, the opening awning, the use of those new pagoda style roof corners, and all the decorative corners from the slopes plus the gold accents are really oustanding. I particularly like the dragons heads on the custom horse harness! I love the idea of the herbalist selling normal plants, and even though he's not a black market dealer, he still has some rare herbs he can sell to nobility under the table, due to the fact that he's an expert in herbology. Very clever. The irregular base is nice too, and it's nice to see a thicker base like you have. Those pink flowers really go well with the olive leaves, and I think you chose well in contrasting them with the dark green plant next to it (and not trying to add another color of flower on the dark green stems was good!). Keep up the awesome work!
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    [Freebuild] The Kolgaris

    Very nice! You did a great job using the Elves parts, as well as keeping within the Kolgari theme from Varlyrio. Are a few of those shield decorations custom? I don't recognize them. Look out @Aurore, I think you have another minifig builder on the horizon!
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    GoH 11: Surprise at the Cattle Market

    What a great story! I like the allusion to the Lego goat rarity. The use of the SW beast is very clever and fits well with the orcs and in to the Nocturnus/Kali border. I like the 2 pic theme, one sparse so the wagon is highlighted, the second with a nice irregular border and muted colors. You did a nice job keeping the animals off of the 90 degree stud lines, and the minis are posed well and explain what's going on without dialog, which is great. Well done!
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    GoH Challenge 11 Voting Topic

    First, everyone has turned in some amazing builds. Congrats to everyone who built! I was having a hard time deciding, so I chose to narrow down to the builds that I thought met the criteria of 'trading post' most closely. Even then, I still had a hard time choosing because the builds were so good. In no particular order: jtooker - 1 point Kahir88 - 1 point Tayaya - 1 point
  9. My entry: And, for everyone's amusement, the return of Bob and his joke entries!
  10. "Uh, I think I misunderstood the assignment!" Bob whined.
  11. The small village of Prenmôr continued to grow as the work on the castle progressed. All traffic centered around the town well, which became the unofficial trading post. Lady Gwenllian was sampling some ale from a neighboring community when she ran into Sigrid Haraldsdottir, down from her home in Horgaard in search of some herbs. They struck up a conversation over a glass of ale. "Welcome to Prenmôr!" Lady Gwenllian began. "Thank you, it is a pleasure to be here," Sigrid replied. "I am here from Mitgardia in search of some herbs and various ingredients for some of my poultices. I am a herbalist by trade." Lady Gwenllian nodded. "Outstanding! Prenmôr is still new and we have no master herbalist. I would be open to discussing some trade. I am a brewer, and our town has a fair amount of grains and wool from sheep." "Shall we discuss this over a meal?" Sigrid asked. Before Lady Gwenllian could reply, there was a commotion behind them. The two ladies turned to look as townsfolk screamed and ran. "What is that?!" Sigrid asked. Lady Gwenllian sighed. "It's a lot of wool." "How did that get here?" Sigrid asked, incredulous. Lady Gwenllian shrugged. "Don't ask. It goes with the chicken."
  12. I won't lie. I'm glad that I'm not the only one! I have an idea and have been collecting bits and pieces for the build, but have not yet brought it all together. Of course, we are in the process of moving again (hopefully this is it!), so I've been a little busy! But, fingers crossed, I should have a dedicated build space soon! Thanks for the extension, this will allow me time to put together something a little nicer!
  13. Very well done! I'm usually not a huge fan of solid colored water but it looks good here! The brick built shields look nice especially with the pyramid tile, and the brick built sail looks fantastic! Your rockwork is really nice. It's not super irregular, but it looks organic (as opposed to the many times 'striped' rocks that I see at shows). The seals are hilarious and a nice touch to the build too. Great job!
  14. Grover

    Lakeside Chapel

    Gorgeous! I love the glassy look of the lake. Your placement of the rocks is great in keeping the water look smooth and the rocks look random coming out of the water. The whole chapel has some really nice lines. It's clean, obviously well maintained, but it also looks old, which is a great look. The roof tiles look good in their configuration, and I like the color variation. Lovely stonework detail in the chapel near the eaves, around the windows, etc. The trees are also great: Just enough twisting to make them look organic without being overly insane on part count. Glad to see you are still posting here! Keep it coming please! I always love seeing your builds!
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    GoH 11: Blueberry Liquor

    Outstanding! I love the color choices! The coral roof and the bright yellowish green foliage work surprisingly well in the light you have on them. The irregular base is very nice, although I'm not a huge fan of the loose pieces approach. Nonetheless, it looks very organic, and the various grasses look natural. Love the combo of various generations of parts (hat, neck ruffles etc.) on the lady coming out the front door. The blueberry liquor barrel is superb, and I love the light! The characters are posed perfectly around, and the axe is a nice touch on the guy near the vat. The glasses and bottles strewn about are great, and the build really has an expansive feel to it, which is impressive given it's relatively compact size. Beautiful work!