Brickdoctor

Thanks for the review, mutley. Personally, I don't find much to like for an OT fan such as myself in this set. The Dark Red limits the uses of the ARC, and I'd have not much use for the other figures.

Where's a Cloak of the Elven Spy when you need one? I don't see any harm in going around to the other side.

Great to see you back at LEGO Star Wars photography, smokebelch! I think I'm going to end up waiting at least a month to get the new Sandtroopers from TLG directly. Your photo isn't helping.

QM Note:Depending on how complicated you make it, I will determine a number of heroes that needs to operate the catapult.

To me, it doesn't seem so much that it's loading much faster as that it never seems to load any slower. I have noticed that the site is just a little bit quicker, but the big difference is that it's never loaded any slower than that for me since the upgrade.

There's so much to love here. The shaping looks simple, but it's evidently actually quite complicated and perfectly done. The detailing and coloring are spot-on, as Fallen mentioned. The painted parts don't really bother me, though I am surprised that someone with as strict standards as yourself would be doing it.

This is lovely, Walt. The color scheme is perfect, with the Death Star-style walls and floor and a splash of color. The build itself looks simple, but you've used some nice techniques hidden in there. The photography's excellent, too.

Nice work. The shaping of the pit is excellent, and the tentacles are perfectly positioned and look great, despite being sand green.

Thanks, Fallen. I don't remember why I didn't make that inverted dish black or transparent. I did have to skimp a bit on the interior, though. As with the rest of the advent models, this was a one-day build and I didn't want to spend much time on the interior.

I'm really not sure yet. I will be doing a big picture together and sharing publicly on flickr, I think.To finish it all off: My LDD TIE Collection, including the TIE/in from my forthcoming proper post for the Jedi Community Build. LXFs: TIE Advanced x1 TIE/sa Bomber TIE/in Interceptor Merry Christmas, everyone! And yes, Fallenangel, I realize the above picture makes evident the problems with the proportions of the TIE x1.

QM Note:I'm not sure if I should be giving any more hints, but I feel the Quest will become tedious if I have to keep telling you that what you're trying is too complicated, so I'm going to try to nudge you in the right direction. The sling is a relatively new development in catapult construction as far as you are concerned, and it is not at all necessary. Catapults with bowls at the ends of their arms have worked well for centuries. Slings are mostly for power and distance in throwing large projectiles. They enabled trebuchets to launch shots weighing three hundred pounds in high, long arcs. Medieval mangonels, however, had bowls on the ends of their arms and could fire multiple smaller projectiles faster and on a line. This is not to say that the medieval mangonel is simple enough for you to build right now, but I just wanted to say that if spread shot is what you're looking for, that can be as simple as a bucket on the end filled with pebbles and small stones.

You rig the tripwire with the Fire Bombs. Fortunately, this is a task simple enough that no one else is exhausted. Party: Althior Emorith, Level 14 Mage (K-nut) *Party Leader* Power: 19 Health: 18/18 Ether: 17/18 Gold: 5 Inventory: Dragoro (WP:5), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Garnet (Earth), Opal (Ice), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Potion x2, Tonic, Shovel, Bedroll, Grand Tonic, Smelling Salts, Mead, Nostrum, Remedy, Healing Staff Xander Unth'or, Level 9 Barbarian (posades) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 17 Health: 16/16 Gold: 30 Inventory: Pongcanis Club (WP: 8), Enigmatic Hammer (WP: 3), Robe of the Pongcanis Champion (WP: +1Front Row; SP: +1Back Row), Mead, Potion, Grand Potion, Phoenix Essence Arasmyth RuGard, Level 7 Mage (Kadabra) Power: 11 Health: 11/11 Ether: 11/11 Gold: 3 Inventory: Sapphire Staff (WP: 4; Wind), Robe of Magi (SP: 1), Scroll of Sealing, Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (Lightning), Potion, Smoke Bomb, Smelling Salts, Water Bomb, Grand Tonic William Harkenshire, Level 5 Ranger (volcanicpanik) Power: 9 Health: 10/10 Gold: 0 Inventory: Mockthril Longbow (WP: 4; Fire), Potion (2),Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Mead, Smelling Salts, Pickaxe Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 1 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) Power: 2 Health: 10/10 Gold: 0 Inventory: Standard-Issue Crossbow (WP: 1), Sword (WP: 3), Buckler Shield (SP: 2), Bedroll, Potion Isabella del Toboso, Level 1 Rogue (Dharkan) Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Golden Dagger (WP: 3), Standard-Issue Sword (WP: 1), Venom, Potion, Bedroll Spag Bitterstalk, Level 1 Barbarian (Kenghis Ghan) Power: 4 Health: 8/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Crude Splinterwood Club (WP: 3), Standard-Issue Halberd (WP: 1;Total Damage doubled against mounted enemies and enemies scaling walls, Potion, Mead (2) Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 1 Mage (Flipz) Power: 4 Health: 4/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Serpentine Staff (WP: 3), Opal (Ice), Potion, Bedroll

You too, Churchill!

The topic on unlocking LE Mode is pinned, here.

I don't think any of you really are looking forward to my Miniland Santa Yoda (I'm not, to be honest), and I don't have anything better to finish the calendar, today, so just look for something bigger to finish this off tomorrow.

My first thought was that that looked like a GIF with very few colors. Maybe your monitor got set to display a limited set of colors?

Day 23: It's a tree! I debated about what to build today. In the end, I decided to go with this sort of all-purpose tree. I use these for Castle and Heroica MOCs, but the basic design, based on the MMV tree, can be used for a variety of purposes. (I was thinking this would work well in a MINI-scale Endro vignette or diorama)

And also don't forget to unlock LDD's full potential in bricks as instructed here.

You recall that the day will last until god decides that everyone has realistically done enough to be exhausted.

They're supposed to be red.

QM Note:I was trying to avoid an infinite supply of wood, but, for simplicity's sake, okay. William and Xander, you assemble two A-frames of wood about three studs high. (which, you realize, is a reasonable height for a simple catapult that you need to lift to the top of a tower) Xander, you also find a taller tree and fell it for use as the long beam.

You realize that if you want Xander to bring you the pieces of wood, you will need to specify where to find those pieces. You also realize that logs and beams are not interchangeable.

QM Note:For the volleyer? No, I still think it's too complicated for you to build from scratch without tools in this quest.

I attack Golden Scorpion from the Back Row.

You take one of the pieces of rope and prepare it for use as a tripwire. You just need the two heroes holding the Fire Bombs to support this plan. QM Note:Of course.