mccoyed Posted November 19, 2017 Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) Above: A map of the islands of Yureishima. More detailed maps showing settlements, territorial boundaries, and geographical features are currently being secured. "To the purpose of developing further interest in the Ghost Islands of Yureishima, I submit the tale of a pirate called 'One-Eye'. We know little of his origins save for that he was Mitgardian, or claimed to be, and that he captained a ship called The Hold Fast with a motley assortment of scoundrels from across Historica. In these pages, I hope to document all we have learned of their adventures. Because of his particular status among the Yureishimese, One-Eye will remain our primary focus. Please note that a reward for more information about him has been posted. We are especially keen on discovering his whereabouts since the events to be described." -Professor Artur Rimbyld, University of Petraea Geographical Society Wolf Island, Yureishima, Date Unknown: In a secluded hut on a beach deep in the Red Lotus Clan's territory, a secret has been kept for over three years... One-Eye and his crew went missing three years ago from the waters between Historica and Varlyrio. After taking a very juicy prize indeed, the Hold Fast ran from Varlyrian pursuers into uncharted waters and was shipwrecked. One-Eye survived, washing up on a beach in lands that were strange to him. Shortly thereafter he encountered people in strange garb and speaking an even stranger tongue. They were not kind and quickly subdued him. Long ago he was poked and prodded and examined by many visitors but it's been years since he has last seen a human face. He knows the guard is always outside his door but he never speaks and never shows himself to One-Eye. He is a prisoner, a natural risk of a pirate's life, but he never expected to be a prisoner in a mysterious new land. Maybe in some Varlyrian dungeon but this? Now, a visitor has at last come. Some sort of official? You! Shujin! Get up. W-what... you speak my language!? Silence! Get up. No! You will tell me what you've done with my crew! Are any of them alive? Where are they!? You will learn respect, Shujin! The official slaps One-Eye across the face. Weakened by his years of imprisonment, One-Eye nonetheless feels all the rage of those years welling up inside him. And yet... he considers his options. If he kills this man, the guard outside will no doubt kill him. Even if not, he'll be no closer to finding out what happened to The Hold Fast and her crew. Much less getting himself out of the mess he was in. A mess he'd been in so long he had just started getting used to it when this egg dispenser showed up. One-Eye decides to play along, biting back his rage and pride. He gets up. He will do as the official asks. For now... Good. We go now to prepare you. Daimyo Kawashita Ieyasu will not want to see even a Shujin dog in this condition. Builder's Notes: Spoiler -I finally learned to use photoshop. Yay me. -the lovely Yureishima map was made using Inkarnate at https://inkarnate.com/ -I am returning to my first build for GoH to tell this story of Yureishima. I know that GoH doesn't like to add too many new lands or new guilds so I hope this okay. If others want to do Yureishima builds and that is okay with the GoH admins, I will be doing additional detailed maps of the islands and create a kind of "Yureishima Bible" with info on the three primary clans of the Empire, the Yokai tribes, and so on. Please see my CMF entry for some examples of different elements you can expect to see in future Yureishima builds. My hope is that Yureishima will be popular enough that it can be an official new land in GoH. -I name-dropped Kawashita of Andromeda's Gates fame just for fun. The Red Lotus Clan will be heavily influenced/linked to AG's Kawashita Group. I hope no one minds me doing this. The link is meant to be tongue-in-cheek but what if the famous Kawashita Group originated long ago, on a Ghost Island far, far away... -I'm not sure if the Safe Haven contest is still going on. If so, please let me know so I can add this or other builds as submissions. Bonus shot showing the experimental surf technique I used for this build: Spoiler Edited November 19, 2017 by mccoyed Quote
narbilu Posted November 20, 2017 Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) Wow McCoyed, nice one... I think you hit the nail building the new world in Asian style. I might even incorporate your map into my story if you are ok with that. Cuddo's! Very nice build and story... Edited November 20, 2017 by narbilu Quote
TitusV Posted November 20, 2017 Posted November 20, 2017 The contest is still going, so I propose you enter this there sir! Cool build too, but the real star is that map there, I think. Wow, just wow for that one Quote
Garmadon Posted November 20, 2017 Posted November 20, 2017 Very nice build and beautiful map, Mc! Yep, the Safe Haven challenge got extended, so I'd definitely enter this if I were you You've really done a nice job capturing the Japanese-ish feel here, and the water is excellent as well! Looking forward to seeing more in this theme from you! Quote
Brickwolf Posted November 20, 2017 Posted November 20, 2017 Beautiful build, interesting story. I love the AG reference! Quote
mccoyed Posted November 21, 2017 Author Posted November 21, 2017 19 hours ago, narbilu said: Wow McCoyed, nice one... I think you hit the nail building the new world in Asian style. I might even incorporate your map into my story if you are ok with that. Cuddo's! Very nice build and story... Totally okay with that. Keep an eye out for more developed maps in the future. 15 hours ago, TitusV said: The contest is still going, so I propose you enter this there sir! Cool build too, but the real star is that map there, I think. Wow, just wow for that one Okay! I may wait and enter a different build in this story. This is a pretty humble build all things considered. 14 hours ago, Garmadon said: Very nice build and beautiful map, Mc! Yep, the Safe Haven challenge got extended, so I'd definitely enter this if I were you You've really done a nice job capturing the Japanese-ish feel here, and the water is excellent as well! Looking forward to seeing more in this theme from you! Thanks Garm. I'll be posting the next part of the story sometime this week. 10 hours ago, Brickwolf said: Beautiful build, interesting story. I love the AG reference! Thanks Brickwolf. Couldn't resist my KG allegiance. Quote
de Gothia Posted November 21, 2017 Posted November 21, 2017 Great moc! Really nice Asian style to it! But the map is the highligt here! WOW! Quote
mccoyed Posted November 23, 2017 Author Posted November 23, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 12:58 PM, de Gothia said: Great moc! Really nice Asian style to it! But the map is the highligt here! WOW! Thanks DG. The map-making software is great but it doesn't have some basic QoL features it REALLY needs. Can't duplicate maps, for example. So it's really hard to go in to a specific island and map it in more detail due to the difficulty in recreating its shape with, basically, drawing software. :P Quote
Henjin_Quilones Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 Nice hut on the beach, there! Very nice. I like the way you have done the water, and the architecture of the building, with those ornaments on top, is not something we have seen much of in Historica. Nice to see the AG reference there, too! Honor, Glory, Kawashita! Quote
soccerkid6 Posted December 8, 2017 Posted December 8, 2017 Very neat building, the simple wall design works nicely especially combined with the ledge around the bottom Great use of some new CMF parts inside, with the tray and bowl. And I'm quite interested to see the story continue Quote
The Maestro Posted December 28, 2017 Posted December 28, 2017 Man great story, I also love the waves and the style of the hut, the guilds need more asian styled buildings Quote
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