[Freebuild] Travels in Kaliphilin I

[Brickwolf]

After my first encounter in Kaliphilin, I thought about returning to Mitgardia. But I have to find the scroll. Hopefully the University of Petrea´s library has more information.

 

[Grover]

Good to see you back!  I like how you have a nice depth of field for the whole build now and we can see everything in focus from front to back.  The black border is very subtle but also classy and looks good.  I like the blend of new/old fig parts: the goats, the new peasant torso, new silver helmets etc. but the old brown peasant hood and the 80s non-factioned torsos.  I also like how you have broken up some of the tan on the baseplate with the olive, dark tan, and light bley tiles.  The wanted poster on the wall is also a very nice touch. 

As you have obviously been around the forums a long time, I'm trying to keep the comments and suggestions to the style of builds we have here in the Guilds, as some of the other sub forums here have different goals and styles.  In particular, we are very laid back on timing, so there's no disadvantage to being slow to post a build (as opposed to fast moving games where you want to score points quickly, etc.). My apologies if any of this is pedantic, I don't mean it to be, and hopefully others that read it can find some useful tips and tricks.

Much of what you're able to do will depend on your parts collection, but there are some tricks you can play as well.  For instance, there is a lot of tan in this build, and, if you have say, some accents in dark orange or maybe dark tan, you might be able to outline windows or doorways in a different color, sort of like color blocking is done in City or modular sets.  Actual color blocking could be accomplished by taking maybe the bottom two bricks of the walls and making them a slightly contrasting color, be it light or dark bley, or some variation of orange or brown.  The masonry and palisade bricks you have are nice texture and help break up a solid tan wall.  One other option is to zoom in and crop to an all Lego photo. I do that often with my small builds to draw the viewer in.  I personally enjoy seeing smaller cropped images like that at the eye level (or near the eye level) of minifigs so it feels like a still frame from a movie.  

You're always welcome to change up your build or add to it and repost it if you want.  This isn't for a challenge, so if you decide you wanted to add flowers or birds or something, or change a color scheme, go for it!  The Guilds are a collaborative storytelling illustrated with Lego, so however you want to go about telling whatever story you want it is up to you.  In any case, I hope you feel welcomed here, and I am glad to see you continuing to build.  Have fun!