[COR FB] A contest of plants - Part I

[Darnok]

"Mornin' Mordo, since when do we run around like posh Eslandians? What is wrong with the good ol' red?"

 

"Sheesh Joe, what a friendly greeting again. There is no law stating I have to wear red 24/7, and you know it! Now if we could get back to business: as you can see we have two new plantations up and running."

 

"Two? Why is that? I have never seen these plants anyway. Mordo, what is this craziness?"

 

"Sheesh Joe, you are quite the buzzkill. Remember when Lady Mesabi went after that rumoured super-sweet plant? She did not find it, and is now occupied with something else. Some red flowers or so, you know the ladies.

Anyway, I decided to do it the Corlander way instead, by trial and error. So we now have these two plantations, a big experiment so to speak. Here on the right we have a field of the so-called Agave."

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"As you can see, not exactly a small plant!"

 

"We will harvest them soon, and will test their sweetness. A comparison with the plant from over there will show us whether the rumours are true at all, and which plant is the one in question."

 

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This is the first of two 32x32 builds - i.e. two small plantations - with a small "connection build". This one is a small Agave plantation, the other one can be found here. Both will be licensed in Mesabi Landing.

 

One of them has to be this rumoured "sweetest fruit", and I will find out which one it is!

 

If you are interested in the Agave build, I have made a few "build instruction" pictures:

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All parts needed for one Agave:

 

Building the "stem":

 

Adding the "leaves":

 

Size comparison with a minifig:

 

Edited October 28, 2017 by Drunknok

[Mike S]

Interesting technique for the agave. 

[Mesabi]

Very nice build. I like your Agaves! I'm not sure if I'll use it, but it's probably better than mine. 

Nce call back to my story. And thank you for building in Mesabi Landing!

[Darnok]

10 minutes ago, Mesabi said:

Very nice build. I like your Agaves! I'm not sure if I'll use it, but it's probably better than mine.

 

Funny detail about Agaves: google "Lego Agave", and one of the first results will be the Lego bush. A much easier "build" than mine, but just as appropriate.

Edited October 28, 2017 by Drunknok

[Brickwolf]

Nice plantation!  Next a Mezcal destillery?

Edited October 28, 2017 by Brickwolf

[Darnok]

17 minutes ago, Brickwolf said:

Nice plantation!  Next a Mezcal destillery?

 

There were no plans to do so previously, but now that I have read about it... maybe. @Mesabi : another exotic beverage to export? 

Edited October 28, 2017 by Drunknok

[blackdeathgr]

Nice plantation! Both plants and terrain are great! I might steal that design sometime!

[Ayrlego]

Great plantations, I really like the way you have done the agave plants. When I was considering how to build agave I had thought to use this part, but I don't have very many and I think yours probably look better than any combo using that spike! Great job!

[Bodi]

Nice plantation! I like the plants and the effect of  dark tan plates on tan plates.

[Sir Stig]

Thank you for the instructions. I have a few of those green pieces... so I might will copy loan steal it.