Kolonialbeamter

If this suggestion finds its echo among you BoBS'ers, I'm sure we can start a second poll once this here has decided whether we go with round or square era tags. In a second poll we could then decide what we want shown where, as I'm guessing we'll only get one official 'tag slot'. The decision would then be to either make general/ranked faction tags the official thing, and use era specific reward icons for the signatures (this way each of us could decide to use them or not, and how many to 'store' over the years), or present the era tags below our avatar 'faces', and have the faction markers shine in our signatures. Whaddaya think of this?

Can anybody provide me with a clear, clean and bright picture of a Lego compass rose? Like this one, but in a higher resolution, less dusty, and with fewer reflections on the cap. Best would be to remove the cap but this would mean to break a Lego piece, not a good idea. I want to use this compass rose as the base for a medal to be created in inkscape - Corries should feel addressed here

Hoi, what a mess I created here Thing about the new bunch of tags/icons is that they only show the faction and a ranking level, but nothing in relation to Era I, so they could ultimately just be sort of faction rank tags. But what we wanted to award you BoBS'ers for are your efforts and achievements in Era I (and building up on this for future eras II, III, etc.), hence the numbers. And having both era and faction tags looks a bit redundant and would take up two 'tag slots' - not sure that's something the higher-ups would like... What can easily be done is to use the faction icons as faction rank icons, handed out by the factions - Gold for leaders, Silver for veterans, Bronze for newbies, or just use two tiers, or it could be entirely up to the factions themselves - to be used in your signatures. Make them clickable to link back to your faction's intro page, and voilà, bypassed the 'official' EB tag system, got what's effectively a second BoBS tag, and promote BoBS beyond this forum - if anybody reads signatures, that is.

Great stuff, Elostirion, this needs to be available in Lego Stores asap - and frontpaged!! Hey, could you use these figs to create a base for a BoBS banner? We had this discussion a while back, but it never lead anywhere... maybe an opportunity to breath fresh life into it?

Or... or we do the bribery thing - square faction thumbnails for your signatures if the round tags win!

Voting time, y'all, regarding shiny fresh tags!

l'Arsenal Royal de la Marine - Slipway No. 3 - Royal Artisan - license active

Hi there, fellow BoBS'ers, something a bit larger today that took its sweet time - well, it actually took mine - to finish. But anyway, here goes, presenting the first capital facility of the Arsenal Royal de la Marine in Breshaun: Slipway No. 3 Mes Dieux - this is one impressive ship model, Seigneur Roseabeau! Erhm... thank you, Commodore d'Alban... but... you... did notice we are actually working on a real ship... right in front of your eyes... in that huge structure right in front of you... there... if you'd just raise your eyes a little bit. Yes, yes, I know, I know. I'm not blind, I'm not blind! He is just a 'little' hung over from the visit to the what-was-it-called, 'The Spin of Fate'. My Gods, do they have a proper port wine there! Don't you mention this, or I arrgh... have you demoted instantly, Lieutenant Berneus! Did I mention that this happens in literally every port we... Lieutenant! Aaargh... never mind, let's just get this over with... Well, as you please. She will be the largest ship ever constructed here in the colonies, in fact, the first three-decker ever to be launched in an Oleander shipyard that isn't on the mainland... Yes, yes, that's quite impressive, Seigneur Roseabeau, and I will report your most excellent progress to the Duc de Corban himself. But for now, let's just call it a day, and let me get back to my quarters - I... have work to do. Lieutenant, you remain on site and have Seigneur Roseabeau show you more of this most excellent progress here. I expect your report... tomorrow. If you will excuse me now, Vive le Roi, etc.! Wow, now I found that impressive! Haha, you have seen nothing, Seigneur Roseabeau. But let's get back to what we are actually here for. As I can see it here... she won't have a forecastle, is that correct? I assume that would be to improve her rolling resistance by lowering the balancing point. Formidable, you are quite the expert, Lieutenant! Yes, you are correct. The waves out here and further East tend to be causing a lot of stability issues with most ships built for more domestic waters. It is this experience we are trying to incorporate in the ships we build here. If you don't mind, I'd like to show you around a bit more... Mais, avec plaisir! I must say, I find this project here is quite... how does one say... ambitieux. About: Where to start...I got inspiration for this build by a scale model of the Royal Naval Arsenal in Rochefort, France, when I visited l'Hermione a few years ago. The whole thing here is 100x200 studs, all buildable (except the flags), and contains more than 31000 parts - mostly small ones, but still enough polygons for LDD to repetitively crash without saving But eventually I got it done, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out. The large wooden structure wasn't so hard to build - but the detailing really gets you... placing those minifigs is a ton of work, not to mention placing all the small round plates and tiles... my favorite thing are the two large cranes, though, which should really work if built. But then, I'll never know Oh, and this will be a royal artisan property. Thanks for watching, C&C welcome! Vive le Roi!

Any chance we can get the trade values of all NPC settlements back? They used to be listed in the 'settlement status' tab, but I cannot find them any longer. Or are they kept track of somewhere else now?

Seigneurs, this is turning into an exquisite club it would seem. Marvelous. Carry on!

Fellow subjects and citizens of the Brick Seas, listen up! You might have come across the recent discussion regarding the distribution of tags for Era I. Leadership would now like to know what you think about this idea, so we can come up with a timely solution that suits all - or at least most. Please participate in this poll here, which will run until Saturday, October 7th, 23:59. It should close automatically, so you'd see your vote was too late when it was actually too late Here are the designs in question: If you got a better idea/design, post it in here or shoot anyone in leadership a PM. The rules for awarding tags will be decided by leadership, but should run along the lines of what's already been discussed. Thanks for your participation

Hi mateys, last day to put the ship back into SHIPtember, so here goes: The 74-gun Ship-of-the-Line le Monarque Remind me again, Lieutenant Colonel, why did we have to sail to Eltina first? The timber convoy, Commodore, personal request by Seigneur Roseabeau. You know what they say about Eltinians... Yes, Eltinians... At least they did pick up the pace when we fired our chasers. Good times... Still, who does this Seigneur think he is. He's a royal Knight of the Realm after all, Sir. Isn't everyone these days?! Well, never mind. He better has some major progress to report tomorrow! Lieutenant Berneus, how far out from Breshaun? We'll make port within the hour, Sir. Excellent. Just in time to experience the city's famed nightlife... And one for size comparison: About: Well, this ship is loooong overdue for presentation, as it's been sitting on my digital shelf for quite a while now – some of you might even remember the origins. What's to say about le Monarque... maybe some numbers first: hull length is 111 studs, width 30 studs, number of bricks 9200+... and it should all be buildable. If I remember correctly, I started building this ship with some pictures of a French téméraire class ship-of-the-line for inspiration, but le Monarque is certainly not a historically accurate model. Still, could be worse Thanks for watching, C&C as always welcome! Vive le Roi!

Seigneur Thierry LaGaufre Knight of the Realm - knighted on September 30th 617AE

For his exemplary service for the Crown of Oleon, especially for his continued outstanding and loyal performance in Our Royal Navy, I - King Philip the First, by the Grace of the Gods, King of Oleon and Guelph, Protector of New Terra, the True Defender of the Faith and so forth - hereby dub the honorable Thierry LaGaufre Knight of the Realm. From this day on Seigneur Thierry LaGaufre may present the following crest as his personal coat-of-arms: Furthermore, the honorable Seigneur Thierry LaGaufre is hereby promoted to the rank of Chef d'Escadre in Our Royal Navy, and We hope and expect he may carry all privileges and fulfill all responsibilities of this prestigious rank nobly and with honor. In addition, for his continued exemplary bravery and for his loyal service defending the Empire's interests on the high seas, the honorable Seigneur Thierry LaGaufre is hereby awarded the Médaillon des Deux Épées Class 1. Granoleon, Sept. 30th. 617AE

Glad you guys like those tags. But it's good to have a choice, so here's an alternative design looking a bit more coin-ish, which I think fits better to our pirate theme:

This is a great question and I think it may have got missed in the flurry of activity in this thread. I was thinking maybe something like a faction tag for all members who made at least one challenge entry in Era 1, similar I think to what GoH did at one stage? If I remember correctly, this has actually been discussed a while ago. Not sure about whether any conclusion was reached, though. Anyway, been in the process of making an OL-icon, and decided to quickly make a few more that could be used as tags: Size can always be changed. Marked with 'I' for 'Era one', thus easy to create similar ones for future eras, or replace with the number of each challenge. Comes in silver and gold. Silver could be awarded for participation in at least one era I challenge, gold for either participation in all challenges or having won at least one challenge category throughout era I. And in order to occupy only one 'tag slot' at all times, gold always replaces silver, and newer tags replace older ones. Or it's left up to the awardees. Is this going somewhere?

Seigneur Corentin Roseabeau Knight of the Realm - knighted on September 29th 617AE

Took a while, but I finally manage to get myself a brand new and actually to be used sigfig Also, instant knighthood - boom! It's good to be advise the King For his continued outstanding services for the Crown of Oleon, especially for his exemplary commitment to the growing performance and prestige of la Royale, I - King Philip the First, by the Grace of the Gods, King of Oleon and Guelph, Protector of New Terra, the True Defender of the Faith and so forth - hereby dub the honorable Corentin Roseabeau Knight of the Realm. From this day on Seigneur Corentin Roseabeau may present the following crest as his personal coat-of-arms: Granoleon, Sept. 29th. 617AE

Monsieur Roseabeau, your royal patent of nobility has arrived! Hmm... Hmm... Monsieur! Hmm... My what now, Frederick? Your patent of nobility, Monsieur. You have been knighted in the name of His Majesty, remember? You are a noble Knight of the Realm now. Does it come with a Lego-Store coupon? I'm not sure I understand, Monsieur. Never mind, never mind... Has the Eltina timber convoy arrived yet? But... Monsieur! Becoming a Knight of the Realm is an outstanding honor! Hmm... Hmm... Please inform me as soon as that convoy arrives – we are in desperate need of timber! How am I supposed to run this arsenal here without a working timber supply?! Foolish Eltinians never get anything done reliably... Oh, and well, put that patent on the pile of letters over there, I've got work to do now. Speaking of arrivals, Monsieur, le Monarque will arrive in Breshaun tomorrow. What now? His Majesty is taking yet another tour des colonies? Or does he want to make sure his nobility patents are handled 'honorably'? Monsieur, I'm afraid you are mistaken. It's His Majesty's ship-of-the-line le Monarque, not His Majesty himself. Remember, commodore d'Alban is scheduled to meet with you for the presentation of... Yes, yes, of course, that had slipped my mind. Hmm... means I'll be sitting over these plans for a while longer then. And one last thing, Frederick... for the 928th time... please stop addressing me as Monsieur – we aren't in Granoleon here. Bien sûr, Monsieur le Chevalier! This is just a small scene to introduce my new sigfig Corentin Roseabeau, royal naval engineer, architect, and supervisor of the 'Arsenal Royal de la Marine' in Breshaun. More to come soon

Here's the final edition of the sistershipping rule: All ship owning entities may, at any one point in time, hold sisterships up to 20 shiplevels. (Eg. 1*class 7, 2*class 5, and 1*class 3). In other words, if sistershipping a lost vessel brings your total number of sisterships over 20 shiplevels, you cannot sistership that vessel. not really tl; but still dr: 20 is the new 10

Some more suggestions: Some coin designs: And the BoBS Kra(aaahaaaa)ken: If anyone wants to edit these, here's the .svg file (inkscape).

Another guess: It could have to do with emotional distress while facing the beast. I'm sure if that thing was to pop up right before me, heck, I'd be adding a lot more A than just two - 'Kraaaaaaaaken!!!'

Hi there, fellow fortune seekers and adventurers, this is my entry for Challenge V - Category E. The Conquest of Paradise The Marquis de la Roya is an able man. Considered reckless by his foes and peers alike, he sees himself as a loyal servant to the new Marderian King Alphonse XIII. And as a loyal servant, he knew it was up to all Marderians to support the empire's war efforts against the invading Eslandian forces as best they could. But the Marquis is not only skilled in the arts of battlefield warfare - his true qualities lie in gathering and evaluating information. Cause that's what wars are won with primarily. And recently, he came across a very interesting bit of information. What only very few people in the Brick Seas know is that the mysterious voyages of the Oleander priest Father Tholeau lasted much longer than official records claim. And during these voyages to the far end of the world, Tholeau didn't only find the Fountain of Youth. In fact, he had also found something else in the vast jungles of the New Terra - something so important and potentially dangerous that it could shake the political status quo of all the known world like a furious earthquake. He had found the legendary city of Legorado - a city constructed of pure gold, constituting such astonishing wealth that whatever power managed to claim it would be considered rich beyond the wildest dream ever dreamed up by anybody. Terrorized by the implications of this very thought, Tholeau tried to kept his findings a secret. But the map he drew to find his way back home somehow winded up in an Oleander monastery where they were almost forgotten. And it was this bit of information that reached the Marquis de la Roya's ear... Part I - Atrocities The Marquis and his henchman - who only went by the name of el Zamuro - didn't loose any time. In total secrecy and given order by King Alphonse XIII himself to 'do whatever is necessary', they took command of a company of the King's Palace Guard, and boarded a ship - direction East. Their first destination was the Oleander monastery rumored to hold the secret map. When they arrived, the head priest requested to know what this unexpected visit was all about. This was his last request on this earth - 'whatever is necessary' in Marderian is best translated with 'shot first - don't even bother asking questions later!' The map was found shortly after in the catacombs underneath the chapel. The path was set. Part II - Pathfinding After an uneventful journey to the far side of New Terra, the Marquis and his company set up camp at the beaches of this yet unsettled island which revealed itself in front of their eyes. After a night's rest and some planning and scouting, the expedition party moved out and made their way through the jungle. The green hell was merciless - humidity and heat took their toll, as well as all sorts of venomous crawling things - man after man collapsed in these harsh conditions under the weight of their heavy equipment. After marching for several days without finding anything, concerns were spreading - some in the King's Guard whispered the Marquis would be their downfall. But luckily enough for de la Roya, soon after the expedition came across a promising beacon - an altar in the middle of the jungle. And the best thing was that gold seemed to be abundant! Part III - The Great Golden Pyramid of Legorado Incited by their discovery of the gold filled altar, de la Roya and his men picked up the pace and marched on. Driven by an insatiable thirst for the shiny metal they hasted through the jungle - nothing could stand in their way. All the long journey's destitution was forgotten, suffering became meaningless, and especially de la Roya's eyes were filled with an almost inhuman desire. And then they saw it. A bright reflection of pure golden sunlight in the middle of a vast clearing. Like bugs they were drawn towards it, still incapable of believing their eyes in the face of such radiating beauty. As the expedition closed in on the bright light, a priest flanked by two warriors approached them, seemingly friendly and curious as to the origin of the strange looking men. But instead of trying to enter into a conversation and trying to explore an obviously fascinating culture, de la Roya and his company only had eyes for the gold... 'Whatever is necessary' - the Marderian way... After the heinous murder of the sun priest and his warriors, de la Roya and his men climbed the pyramid. When they reached the top they first were shocked that the temple didn't contain any treasure. But when el Zamuro smashed his sword into the walls of the temple out of pure frustration, he realized... the entire temple structure was constructed of massive gold! What happened next is better not described - it sure was a great day for de la Roya and Mardier, but a horrible day for mankind as a whole. 'Whatever is necessary' About: Well, where to start... the jungle build was pretty straight forward, nothing really special about it. The chapel was a bit more tricky, the rug took some time to get right, but the hardest thing here was to stack the two coins on the small altar - something that 'in the brick' would take no time at all Now, the pyramid, yes in theory it could be built, but I sure don't know if the required bricks exist in such numbers - on Bricklink certainly not. Among other parts the pyramid consists of: 9792 chrome gold 1x2 tiles, 8675 pearl gold 1x1 plates, 718 pearl gold 1x2 jumper plates, 557 pearl gold 1x2 tiles, 658 pearl gold 2x2 tiles, 955 pearl gold 2x2 jumper plates, 5495 pearl gold 1x4 tiles, 2125 pearl gold 2x2x2 slopes What about suggesting this as a Lego Ideas set? Thanks for watching, C&C welcome! Vive le Roi!

Darn, we should have gone to eleven!

Yup, I do.