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As battles rage in the New Haven Sea, many Corlanders speculate on why the Lotii and Carnites are fighting it out over the Island of Oleonda. The logical and reasonable mind of your typical Corlander can not grasp why two nations would fight at the end of such long supply chains over an island (albeit a large one) at the ends of the known map. Surely there must be untold riches. Gold, treasure, rare and exotic plants that have huge value as cash crops... the speculation is endless. In Jameston, Governer Sir Dirk Allcock ponders the same question and has sent out agents far and wide to investigate. The reports they send back are not conclusive. Most centre around gold. Some report huge gold deposits, while others agree there is gold, but it is found hidden amongst the ruins of an ancient civilisation. These last rumours have taken root; especially in Celestia with it's own extensive ancient ruins and treasures. Jameston newsheets have even printed artists impressions of these speculated ruins.

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One such artist impression is shown here, although the similarities to ruins found on Celestia show a clear picture of where the artist has gained inspiration. Sir Dirk has come to the conclusion that while Oleonda certainly is an attractive island for colonisation, there is no significant reason for the Empire of the Lotus and Carno to be fighting over it. They both simply picked the same island to colonise and now neither will back down. With two very different cultures, neither is willing to comprise or seek an agreement. So for now the battles will continue to rage. Such is war....

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I struggled a bit for inspiration on what could be worth fighting over on El Oleonda (or as Sir Dirk insists just simply Oleonda). In the end I decided that the Lotii and Carnites were fighting a war for the oldest of reasons... because they could. 'Because we can' doesn't make for an interesting MOC however! So I'd been toying with the idea of another Meso-American style scene and my almost 4 year old's obsession with my Lego big cats (she likes to look at all the pictures of them in my Flickr stream before going to bed) made up my mind. She'd been asking where my Jaguar tower MOC was and if she could play with it. As it was swiftly demolished three years ago I tried my hand at re-creating it and updating it at the same time. I updated the tower design slightly with more damage/decay and some additional SNOT work on the roof. My vegetation pieces collection has grown in the last three years so I also updated the jungle but tried to remain as close to the original as possible. I also updated the water technique. I'm pretty happy with the result, which may not be terribly original, but was a different kind of challenge nevertheless.

PS the vegetation lasted less than five minutes of three year old play (as expected)!!! She was happy anyway and the mummy 'tiger' had all kinds of adventures with her friends for almost 40mins before I had to call bedtime!

 

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Beautiful remake. I have to look closely to spot the differences, but some of the newer vegetation does stand out pretty good. And it's great that your little one can play with your builds. And yes, those big cats are just cool.

"Because they can" is, like, the best reason ever for fighting a war, mannnn... :grin:

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Another small gem! I think I like this one more. The water for once, is a big upgrade. By the way did you use mixels for the semi demolished effect or another technique? Also give us some hints on the trees structure if you can, please!

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It's always a pleasure to see your cool Jungle ruins builds !

I love the way you've done the tower. It's quite near your Mizteclan style however, but it's working good. :thumbup:

Great entry as always !

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As I like this Moc a Lot as it is one of your Jungle builds, I have to say that I think you could still improve a bit on the Temple, by for example using light grey plates and tiles to create a shade between the Light bluish Grey and the Olive Green. A little easter Egg for those who know the original would have been cool to discover too, as an example propably Sir Dirks Hat hid in the Jungle. But this is critique on a high level, despite these little Points it is really a great Moc! Will definetely one day build Something Like that myself.

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It's been three years already??  Wow has time flown by - still feels like we were getting ready to launch barely a year ago :grin: :laugh:

I must admit, when I first saw this I thought it was exactly the same build as before, but upon proper comparison there are definitely some excellent improvements, especially the angle on the tower, the vegetation out front (spikes and taller trees both), tiled water and photography - and I've honestly always wanted to revisit some of my older MOCs and improve them and never gotten even close to getting around to it, so kudos for doing that as well!  

Also, that's hilarious about your daughter!  Tell your 4-year old she's awesome :grin: :thumbup:

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Really nice build.

Like it how you have made that lush jungle look. And the ruined tower is simple but perfect in detail and the crack and bend of the top part that makes it look like it will fall off at any moment.

Great job. :pir-laugh:

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