Garmadon Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 A couple of days ago on the Eslandolan island of Nelissa: It was a calm, peaceful day at the ETWC headquarters in Pontelli... Without, the citizens of Pontelli strolled leisurely about - a 'prentice boy chased after his run-away chicken, and a now well-to-do printer of our acquaintance carried off the latest news to his press in subdued excitement. Inside, Myles and Alberto da Pontelli, the mayor of the town, talked energetically of math and scientific experiments, as well as of the best ways to navigate the seas, and how well the ETWC was doing on its trading. The monkey seemed to be discussing the benefits of having four hands when it came to food with the second mate... In short, it was a normal day in the ETWC headquarters, when suddenly a commotion was heard outside, and the door - which had thankfully been unlocked - burst in with a crash. "Pshaw!" exclaimed Captain Whiffo with a breathless gasp. "What ever are you all doing! Haven't you heard the news?!" "What news, sir?" replied the first mate with a grin. "I'm afraid the news has been flying about recently in such quantities that it is really a bit hard to keep track of it all! Nevertheless, the outcome of all the news is the same - Eslandola is the great faction and most intriguingly wonderful nation upon earth- but that is hardly news, you know." "Ha, sirrah!" broke in the Captain with a gesture of his hook hand - "If you don't know what news I'm talking of your less of an Eslandolan than I thought you! What do you think it is?! The King has gone off and rocked himself mad!" "In short, sirs," he continued, shaking his hook hand at the mayor, not for any particular reason, "allow me to give you a quick Eslandolan lesson on profit, and how to make it! - a neighboring nation of happy, contented Oleanders will trade much better than a heap of mopes - for whatever else I might think, I doubt those Oleander fellows have enough sense to appreciate the benefits of living under the Eslandolan flag - and our King would do much better to sit in Terelli ruling over all of us, than bothering to rule over those mad fellows as well (for you know, if they weren't mad, they'd be Eslandolan, obviously). Whatever is to become of our excellent trade with Granoleon if all the Oleander princes flee at the sight of a green coat?!" "Sir," interjected the first mate with a wink, "I hear the demand for nightcaps in Granoleon is about to skyrocket." "Pshaw!" exclaimed Captain Whiffo, "bring a nightcap along with you than, Mr. Bowditch, sir, for we sail for Terelli at a moment's notice!" "Aye, aye, sir!" replied the latter. "And I just gave you that moment's notice, by the way," concluded the Captain - "we sail out with the tide!" "And that is," he added, sticking his head back in the door for a second, "in five minutes!" Out he dashed as quickly as he had come in, leaving the rest to gather the crew in the time allotted as best as possible. But of course, there was no problem with that - Eslandolans never need two quick Eslandolan lessons on profit! (In fact, they don't even need one - they just like talking about it... ) A couple more shots: A little reaction build from me to show what the ETWC thinks of King Fernando Augusto VIII's little excursion, and it will be licenced by said trade company as a small commerce in Pontelli. Thanks for viewing, C&C are welcome! Quote
Capt Wolf Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 Beautiful build! I love the cut-away technique, and the uneven cobblestones are a great touch. What I'm particularly impressed by is that you've been able to use the "bottom" of the plates in the back of the door without any apparent ill-effect visually. Great use of things that are generally hidden. Quote
Elostirion Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 Wow. Just amazing. I am stunned. Where to start? Perfect choice of minifigs, doing some great posing. Beautiful interior design. Neat concept with cutaway edges. That facade looks brilliant from both sides. And fantastic colour choices, that dark green is amazing. Perfect HQ! Quote
Kai NRG Posted October 13, 2016 Posted October 13, 2016 Fantastic vig Garmadon, you did a really impressive job with all those cutaways and the choice of color is splendid! I really like the interior too, great use of those shurikens as well! On another note, I wonder what would happen if Captain Wiffo and Captain Argentum ever met up... Quote
Mpyromaxos Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 Beautiful build! I like the colours you use and the cut-away technique on the building! Quote
Ayrlego Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 Your cut-away buildings are always well done and this one is in dark green, which will pretty much always be a winner! Great to see an ETWC build and story! Quote
TitusV Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 axesome build, awesome story! I really like the cut-away style, keep the builds like this coming! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 I did not know that we had such nice headquarters! Did you already license them in Pontelli? Beautiful build and phantastic photography - you must tell me how you do it! Quote
Kai NRG Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 2 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said: ...Beautiful build and phantastic photography - you must tell me how you do it! By using my fancy new camera. On a serious note, Garmadon and I just about always take pictures outside either on a cloudy day or in the shade with a paper background. With almost any camera pictures like that will turn out quite decent, though of course having a good one helps a bit, to say the least! I found that with my older camera it was easier to get the color balance right by taking pictures on colored paper rather than white (pictures often turned out bluish or greenish) but the newer camera doesn't seem to have that problem. I still shoot a lot on colored paper though. Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 12 hours ago, Kai NRG said: I still shoot a lot on colored paper though. yes I know, I commented on that Quote
Garmadon Posted October 15, 2016 Author Posted October 15, 2016 Thanks all! Glad to see that the cut-away technique seems to have been a hit again! On 10/12/2016 at 9:43 PM, Capt Wolf said: Beautiful build! I love the cut-away technique, and the uneven cobblestones are a great touch. What I'm particularly impressed by is that you've been able to use the "bottom" of the plates in the back of the door without any apparent ill-effect visually. Great use of things that are generally hidden. Thanks, Capt Wolf! I was actually originally planning on just turning the door around for the interior pictures, but after turning it around twenty times while building both sides I got tired of doing that and just polished off the backside a little! (Plus it wasn't quite correct when I did that as the handle would have been on the wrong side inside...) Glad you like it! On 10/13/2016 at 4:13 AM, Elostirion said: Wow. Just amazing. I am stunned. Where to start? Perfect choice of minifigs, doing some great posing. Beautiful interior design. Neat concept with cutaway edges. That facade looks brilliant from both sides. And fantastic colour choices, that dark green is amazing. Perfect HQ! Thanks a lot, Elostirion, glad you like it! The posing definitely was some fun! On 10/13/2016 at 10:20 AM, Kai NRG said: Fantastic vig Garmadon, you did a really impressive job with all those cutaways and the choice of color is splendid! I really like the interior too, great use of those shurikens as well! On another note, I wonder what would happen if Captain Whiffo and Captain Argentum ever met up... Ha, ha, I actually was thinking the same thing myself, and was originally planning on mentioning Captain Argentum in the story, and just forgot about it! The colors are always some of the most important things that go into a build, so I'm glad it seems to have worked well here! On 10/14/2016 at 6:11 AM, Ayrlego said: Your cut-away buildings are always well done and this one is in dark green, which will pretty much always be a winner! Great to see an ETWC build and story! Thanks a lot, Ayrlego, and you're definitely right about dark green being awesome! And I only wish I had more time to build for the ETWC (at least Captain B does a great job picking up the slack! ) 22 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said: I did not know that we had such nice headquarters! Did you already license them in Pontelli? Beautiful build and phantastic photography - you must tell me how you do it! You keep saying that! And yes, I did (though the transaction didn't seem to have gone through yet for some reason the last time I checked). I was actually going to say exactly what Kai did about the camera - but she's certainly right that a big part of it is just taking pictures outside in the shade, or preferably on a cloudy day! Thanks Captain B! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted October 15, 2016 Posted October 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Garmadon said: You keep saying that! And yes, I did (though the transaction didn't seem to have gone through yet for some reason the last time I checked). I was actually going to say exactly what Kai did about the camera - but she's certainly right that a big part of it is just taking pictures outside in the shade, or preferably on a cloudy day! Thanks Captain B! The things I posted today were built today and the pictures were taken outside (reasonably cloudy day). Quote
SilentWolf Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 I like the way you cut away the building and roof. The posing of kicking in the door is also exceptional. I would be amiss to not praise the inclusion of the chicken and the Eslandolean money(banana) loving monkey. Quote
Garmadon Posted October 25, 2016 Author Posted October 25, 2016 On 10/15/2016 at 3:21 PM, Captain Braunsfeld said: The things I posted today were built today and the pictures were taken outside (reasonably cloudy day). Actually, I find that even when the cloud cover isn't enough to get the build in the shade and you have to go with a make-shift shade maker ( ), they still help by bouncing the light off and making it a bit more diffused. On 10/15/2016 at 8:42 PM, SilentWolf said: I like the way you cut away the building and roof. The posing of kicking in the door is also exceptional. I would be amiss to not praise the inclusion of the chicken and the Eslandolean money(banana) loving monkey. Thanks SilentWolf! I certainly thought that the inclusion of the animals added a great deal to the build, and minifigure posing is always (except on windy days when they aren't actually attached! ) a lot of fun! Quote
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