Kai NRG Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) Kai NRG, Garmadon and Captain Braunsfeld proudly present: The story so far: Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12 You are here: Chapter 13: The Duel Dr. Thaum's first act in launching the "Winds of Change" operation was to send a lemon tree to Nova Terreli. This lemon tree stood on the dock, guarded by a toucan, who is either a stuffed toucan, or else a very very calm one, for he never moves. "That blame lemon tree," a sailor said one day as he walked by. "It 'a bin here losing chlorophyll for nigh on a fortnight. I shouldn't wonder if it meant something important, now. I'll roll this here barrel slow's I kin, to see what comes of it." "That lemon tree!" his companion scoffed. "That lemon tree don't mean nothing. But d'ye see the crate next to it? As I'm a broke man with nary a pnence to call my own, that there's a Gwuinee!" "That's just a furry animal, a rabbit most like." "It's a Gwuinee," the sailor said, furiously, "and if you exchange it for 3 peaches, which are worth 5 eggs, with which you will obtain 5 chickens then exchange them for 4 rabbits and so 2 piglets. Raise the piglets in 2 plumpy pigs and sold them for a calf which is to be raised as a well-fed steer, all this good beef meat is worth about 50 Gwuinees which are barely 25 golden pnounds... and you largely got your expense back." "I don't believe that," the first sailor (who is the one with the red nightcap, a fiery supporter of King Fernando as the nightcap goes to show), "not a bit of it. Gwuinees is all a scam. King Fernando, now he's the one to run a nation's economy!" The sailor in a blue coat (also a King Fernando supporter, but easily swayed by Pnence and Pnounds or lemon trees or really anything that came his way), said, "But where is King Fernando? He's been gone for months, and meanwhile the economy is going to the dogs with Count Lewisham in charge. Why, the Count is just spending and running up the deficit in every direction. Fools there be who are hoodwinked by his programs and cheer after him in the streets, but--" "Hist!" red nghtcap said. "It's the Count himself!" The sailor in the blue coat cheered excitedly. "Less bread! More taxes!" he shouted. The Count smiled benignantly, but whether at the cheers or at the lemon tree it was hard to tell. "Fools who cheer the count, indeed," the sailor in the nightcap said indignantly, but in a low voice. "You're the worst of the lot. Ah, if only King Fernando knew what was going on, he'd do something heroic and save the colonies, I'm sure!" Just then from behind a crate there jumped a stranger, a black cloaked man with a muff around his chin and a big black felt hat shading his face. "Defend yourself!" this stranger cried. Count Lewisham immediately threw himself into a fencing pose. From behind the crates a sister of Emmelyne Punkharst looked on attentively between sips of tea and bites of cherry pie. For a few seconds all you could hear was the clashing of thin metal swords as the two duelists battled along the pier. Then, as the onlookers recognized the stranger in the black cloak, you could hear their shouts and screams. "Hurrah for the King! Long live King Fernando!" or "Fernando is a lunatic, not fit for the throne! Long live Count Lewisham!" or "Madness in this heat!" and other things like that. But the duel went on, no one daring to interfere, not even when the toucan nearly had it's nose sliced off. Finally, in a brilliant piece of strategy, King Fernando tossed the nightcap he'd been holding all along onto the point of Count Lewisham's sword. Unbalanced, the Count toppled over, and King Fernando rushed forward with sword uplifted. But just then an umbrella got in his way, and a familiar deep voice grunted, "The man is in debt, King Fernando. Your sword's too good for him. I shall take him to the nearest palm tree." King Fernando lowered his sword. "Hang him good and tight, old friend," he said. "That scoundrel would have taken over the colonies, who knows for what nefarious purposes?" The King clapped his sword back under his arm and walked away with a calm sense of having saved the day. But the air was a-quiver with a wild mix of cheers and hisses. And as the news of the duel spread through Nova Terreli, everyone formed their own opinions. Was the King a tyrant trying to oust the people's elected governor? Was he a hero protecting the empire from the schemes of a low politician? Or was he just a crazy old man with a sword? What will the people of Eslandola do now? A few more shots of the dock scene: In case you've been wondering where @Garmadon comes into this whole storyline, this is it. He built the ugly houses (I'll leave you to figure out which ones those are), the mountains, the fort, most of the water, and the front walkway. Unlike our previous collabs, we built around each other and didn't split down the middle. But like our previous collabs, we procrastinated and ended up building the whole thing in four days. This MOC was inspired by this bit of concept art. There's a lot going on behind the scenes here that you can't really see, so check out the post on my blog if you'd like to see more of it! We kind of wanted this to be THE Nova Terreli docks scene... in general, I'm happy with how it turned out, but photographing it was frustrating as it was impossible to get the perfect angle. C&C welcome! Hopefully you've enjoyed this storyline and are ready for the next stage of Eslandian craziness... coming soon! Edited July 5, 2022 by Kai NRG Quote
Professor Thaum Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 Wow ! That's a true masterpiece ! What an amazing MOC to wrap that duel up ! Quote
Darnok Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 This whole thing is amazing, and I am left quite a bit speechless. Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 Wonderful. Everything comes together for this great final duel! The clash of good & evil, old & new. What an amazing harbour scene you have put together. Well worth of being displayed on Brick...events. So where will the "Wind of Change" lead us, while the taste of lemons still haunts us? And is violence the only answer? (I could not find anything following your "concept art" link...) Quote
NOD Posted July 6, 2022 Posted July 6, 2022 Funny story! The port with the buildings looks great! Awesome duel scene. The good Count Lewisham against the bad King Fernando. Quote
Professor Thaum Posted July 6, 2022 Posted July 6, 2022 5 hours ago, NOD said: The good Count Lewisham against the bad King Fernando. You're wrong ! The good King vs the bad Count ! Quote
Jeff of Clubs Posted July 7, 2022 Posted July 7, 2022 Gasp! Did you build an entire city for this?!?! Great little story too but the build is stealing the show at the moment. Keep it up! Quote
Spud The Viking Posted July 7, 2022 Posted July 7, 2022 A beautiful build! Really superb work with the backdrop and forced perspective! Quote
NOD Posted July 7, 2022 Posted July 7, 2022 22 hours ago, Professor Thaum said: You're wrong ! The good King vs the bad Count ! No, you are wrong! Count Lewisham was elected by an overwhelming majority to Admius Legistrad of Eslandola's Colonial Council! The good Count Lewisham vs the evil King Fernando! Quote
Kai NRG Posted July 9, 2022 Author Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 2:28 PM, Professor Thaum said: Wow ! That's a true masterpiece ! What an amazing MOC to wrap that duel up ! Thanks Professor! We had to go out with a bang! On 7/5/2022 at 2:51 PM, Darnok said: This whole thing is amazing, and I am left quite a bit speechless. Thank you! On 7/5/2022 at 3:40 PM, Captain Braunsfeld said: Wonderful. Everything comes together for this great final duel! The clash of good & evil, old & new. What an amazing harbour scene you have put together. Well worth of being displayed on Brick...events. So where will the "Wind of Change" lead us, while the taste of lemons still haunts us? And is violence the only answer? (I could not find anything following your "concept art" link...) Thanks Captain! Fixed the link. Well, it's kinda messy around the outside, so I'll have to build something else to display. On 7/6/2022 at 12:00 PM, NOD said: Funny story! The port with the buildings looks great! Awesome duel scene. The good Count Lewisham against the bad King Fernando. Thanks NOD! On 7/6/2022 at 5:46 PM, Professor Thaum said: You're wrong ! The good King vs the bad Count ! Already it begins! I have to say, while I'm totally on King Fernando's side, I'm glad there's someone who appreciates the Count a bit, he is my character after all. On 7/6/2022 at 7:25 PM, Jeff of Clubs said: Gasp! Did you build an entire city for this?!?! Great little story too but the build is stealing the show at the moment. Keep it up! Just about! Thank you! On 7/7/2022 at 4:40 AM, Spud The Viking said: A beautiful build! Really superb work with the backdrop and forced perspective! Thanks Spud! Yeah, this was some fun FP with the three different scales! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted July 9, 2022 Posted July 9, 2022 Meanwhile I was able to follow your "concept art link". Great picture - and you've recreated it perfectly! Quote
Fraunces Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 8:09 PM, Kai NRG said: "Less bread! More taxes!" he shouted. lol, just like real life I am late, but I can't miss on commenting here. What an amazing materpiece. The photo's and style is just breathtaking, the inspiration put to LEGO in a truly miraculously good way. Credits to you and your brother! Quote
Kai NRG Posted July 18, 2022 Author Posted July 18, 2022 23 hours ago, Fraunces said: lol, just like real life I am late, but I can't miss on commenting here. What an amazing materpiece. The photo's and style is just breathtaking, the inspiration put to LEGO in a truly miraculously good way. Credits to you and your brother! It's never too late to say something nice like that! Thank you! Quote
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