CapOnBOBS Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) Despite some early setbacks and misunderstandings of exactly what the Royal Court had sent Luis Gabon to Kojima, he eventually validated his own worth as a human and proved wrong all those who had doubted him, so many of them, for so long, his parents, his teachers, anyway. He proved them all wrong and saved his mediocre name in court when Captain LaMond pointed out the teal tint in the sand along a creek they passed. The "Blue cliffs" turned out to be rich Copper Ore, erosion of the flowing water had, over time, exposed the rich vein basically at surface level. (For some reason, one of the miners was smote by the rendering software. He exists though, I swear) In fact, things could not have been any more fortunate for Luis Gabon. Because not only did he not understand international relations, or the process of colonization, he also didn't understand excavation or mining in general. Turned out, the entire ridge was exposed ore and the process was as simple as breaking the ore loose and sliding it down into waiting carts. Which again, was fortunate because Luis was also not great with money and this endeavor would have impoverished him had he been forced to make the absolutely logical and (should have been anticipated) investment in a serious extraction operation. On this particular day, CPT LaMond arrived to inspect operations, because Luis assumed that once he had declared the ore found, the rest would sort of take care of itself. Well, he wasn't too far off, LaMond shook his head, "I have been in this business a long time... I've never seen such dumb, stupid, stupid luck" Edited February 28, 2023 by CapOnBOBS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff of Clubs Posted February 28, 2023 The god's love a fool! Well made and fun story. Good call on using those weird teal colors! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Waagenaar Posted February 28, 2023 Excellent copper mine! With those exposed cliffs, it's a surprise no one discovered them earlier! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yperio_Bricks Posted February 28, 2023 That's a nice copper mine! Teal/Petrol/dark turquoise is probably my favorite Lego color and it works well in your build Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ross Fisher Posted February 28, 2023 Ah that's a lovely colour! The Blue Cliffs are a legit feature now. Even if you manage to extract all of the blue... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOD Posted March 1, 2023 I like the stories with Luis Gabon. Apparently, Oleon is experimenting with a new camouflage outfit, so the miner isn't visible. I like the mine very much, mainly because I like waterfalls. With Studio 2.0 I noticed that if the program crashes and I restart it, I am not allowed to select automatic recovery. Because this always has errors. I need to select a saved file and continue working from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdeathgr Posted March 1, 2023 Excellent oxidized(?) Copper and superb water effect!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld Posted March 4, 2023 Fine little story and a clever water effect at the fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
