[OL - FB] Shrine of St Axel

[Ross Fisher]

"I knew him, you know?" remarked the priest.
"St Axel?" asked his companion.
"Oh yes. Not well, it's true. But our paths had crossed. I understood him to be a devout man. Though it was always his size that people remarked on."
"I'm sorry for the loss," Monsieur Gallo offered.
"It is not a loss," Canon François countered. "I dare say Axel the monk had some trifling value to the Order, but Axel the Saint's value far outranks it."
"Oh?"
"The penitent man, embraced by the faithful as one of the true saints: a potent symbol to all Sea Rats that they can always find redemption and reconciliation - even in their final hour. Why else do you imagine I raised him to sainthood?"

This will be licensed as a small arts and culture for Acropolis. 

 

I was feeling very guilty that I'd left Acropolis one build shy of its upgrade to the next level, so I've rectified the situation. Grey bricks were the only box I had available, so I worked with what I had!

Continuation from my previous storyline about Axel the Martyr: 

Edited August 1, 2021 by Ross Fisher

[KotZ]

Great story! And I love the rockwork in the back. Where did you get the pieces for the sarcophogus? Is the torso Hagrid?

[Kwatchi]

Wait?  That oaf Axel was canonized?!  Damnit @Ross Fisher, you had me laughing out loud like a crazy person.

A nice build as well.

 

[Ross Fisher]

58 minutes ago, KotZ said:

Is the torso Hagrid?

Yep!

59 minutes ago, KotZ said:

Where did you get the pieces for the sarcophogus?

They're window frames.

16 minutes ago, Kwatchi said:

That oaf Axel was canonized?! 

Yep! I'm glad you like it. Feels like an NPC relay, which is really cool.

[Kai NRG]

Great use of that torso!  And nice rockwork, I love how it comes in from the left.

[evancelt]

Looks awesome! The orange really stands out and the diagonal rockwork is a nice tough. Great usage on the goblets and window frames!

[Ayrlego]

Great looking shrine, especially the use of the window frames. you may have only had limited pieces but you've certainly used them well!

[NOD]

The shrine on the rock face looks nice.

[Ross Fisher]

8 hours ago, Kai NRG said:

nice rockwork, I love how it comes in from the left.

13 hours ago, KotZ said:

I love the rockwork in the back

8 hours ago, evancelt said:

the diagonal rockwork is a nice touch

 

1 hour ago, NOD said:

The shrine on the rock face looks nice.

Thanks guys! I was looking back at the Kingsport scaffolding build, and the thing that really annoyed me about that was the fact that I just sliced it flat at the top. Didn't want to repeat the same mistake here, so I just kept building up until I could finish the cliff face organically. 

8 hours ago, evancelt said:

Great usage on the goblets and window frames!

 

3 hours ago, Ayrlego said:

Great looking shrine, especially the use of the window frames.

Thanks! A couple of weekends ago I went to a cathedral, and I wanted to try and recreate the feeling of a chapel within a larger structure. Not sure I managed that, but this is definitely something different. 

Edited August 1, 2021 by Ross Fisher

[blackdeathgr]

That thing is a beauty! A treatise on rock-work and solemn graves

Great inspiration on the Hargrid-minifig combo.

[CapOnBOBS]

Great style to build the rocks out unevenly. Well done upgrading the settlement!? 

[Ross Fisher]

7 hours ago, blackdeathgr said:

That thing is a beauty! A treatise on rock-work and solemn graves

Awww, thanks! 

2 hours ago, CapOnBOBS said:

Great style to build the rocks out unevenly. Well done upgrading the settlement!? 

Thanks! Now we just need to wait for the confirmation.

[Garmadon]

Very nice shrine and great use of that extra large torso, but what I'm most loving about this is the way you're tying in storylines across members and factions - and I was always an Axel fan, soo...  

The short story/explanation is great so Olean too 

[Ross Fisher]

1 hour ago, Garmadon said:

what I'm most loving about this is the way you're tying in storylines across members and factions

Yeah, I'm really enjoying that too. I think @Kwatchi set up such a promising plot line with the Black Bishop. I'm just paying it off in a few small ways. 

[Khorne]

Fun continuation of a minor NPC's story. I like the design of the grave, it's not unlike something you see for a king or bishop in some medieval or renaissance church. The ulterior motive fits the padre so well .

[Ross Fisher]

7 hours ago, Khorne said:

I like the design of the grave, it's not unlike something you see for a king or bishop in some medieval or renaissance church. The ulterior motive fits the padre so well .

Thanks, that was the inspiration. Glad you like it.