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  1. kaiju
    Technic panels. Metalbeard's Sea Cow used the same technique (and may have been the source of the parts, not sure if they've been used in white elsewhere in any number).
  2. kaiju
    Thank you. The lighting was actually done by taking the picture in a moon-facing window just after sunset.
  3. kaiju
    Sounds like a good idea to me.
  4. kaiju
    I'm not sure the partially built base works entirely. They're clearly waves but they stand out too much against the otherwise plain baseplate. Aside from that I really like the build, especially the lantern.
  5. kaiju
    I'll try to remember that in future; the first water build (the body) is supposed to be a still pool but a wave effect would probably have helped the second (the boat).
  6. kaiju
    Thank you, both. I was quite pleased with how the pictures of Tholeau's Ghost came out. The cave was the only part I'd worked on before Sunday night; I'm glad you like it. Thank you.
  7. kaiju
    Honestly, the name sounds more African - specifically it sounds like the African myth Mokele-Mbembe.
  8. kaiju
    Thank you, and I figured someone had to make sure the Sea Rats had an entry for Cat B (if another Sea Rat has entered Cat B I've not seen their entry). Thank you.
  9. kaiju
    Are we getting descriptions of the new islands any time soon?
  10. kaiju
    That's a very nice looking ship, and looking at how you've built the foredeck/forecastle may have helped me solve a problem I was having with a ship I'm working on.
  11. kaiju
    Fountain of Youth, intelligent monkeys... and then reality steps in. Not how I expected it to end, but I find it darkly humorous. And I'm impressed by the builds, especially the small section of ship interior.
  12. kaiju
    The effort on that rockwork certainly paid off, looks great. And yeah, all those skeletons should definitely be a warning sign.
  13. kaiju
    [sR - Ch3 - Cat B] Dark Shores and Darker Seas... | Sea Rats | kaiju
  14. kaiju
    And this is what happens when you have only a few hours before the deadline, and only one partially complete build, but are determined to enter something into this category... Once back in a tavern in Bastion Captain Dracken gathered his officers in a private room with plenty of grog. Several rounds of drinks later First Mate Jakes had to ask once more question about the Fountain. "So what happened to the other guy?" he asked, "this father... Tholeua?" Before Dracken could offer his thoughts Iosefka interrupted. "They say dead men tell no tales," she began, "but truely the living need listen more attentively. For Tholeau's fate is no great enigma to those inclined to hear..." The Last Island... Truely, Tholeau had drunk of the Fountain and been restored. But youth has its own curses, recklessness prime amongst many. He went on to the next island heedless of the cost he had incurred, for his selfish use of the Fountain had angered the local spirits and roused the ghosts of all who had gone before him. On the third and final of those islands he found another cave. Of course he had to know what treasure lay on this island. But he found no treasure. Only bones, and hatred for the life he had claimed for himself. And try as he want his legs availed him not. And deep in the caves of that isle he still lays. Water he sought. Water he did find. One Last Answer "So, Althea asked, "if Tholeau died on that island how did his journal get out?" "The dead," Iosefka answered, "do not all rest easy on dark nights and wyrd tides. And Tholeau, he seek immortality above all else. Death not keep his tale untold, and so he become myth. Myth not die so quietly or quickly." "What you're saying," Jakes said, "is that his ghost carried his journal off that island." "It would not be the strangest thing we have seen." Dracken said. A very last minute category B entry, because I just haven't the energy for a second elaborate build. Some "clean" shots of the cavern and it's contents are behind the spoiler button.
  15. kaiju
    The forced perspective still works pretty well even without the background being slightly blurred. And composition is apparently everything.
  16. kaiju
    Excellent, I might actually have time to put something together for Cat B.
  17. kaiju
    Thank you both :)
  18. kaiju
    Thank you. I was slightly intimidated by the other entries. Not sure Captain Dracken enjoyed it too much at the time. I've been looking for an opportunity to present this part of my sigfig's backstory, and the contest gave me a great opening.
  19. kaiju
    It's from 70411 Treasure Island.
  20. kaiju
    Ch3A: The Tale of Leon Dracken and the Witch | Sea Rats | kaiju
  21. kaiju
    In the bars and taverns of Bastion all sorts of tales are told, especially once enough grog starts to flow. One such story is that of Captain Leon Dracken and the Witch Yolanda... ...a story that begins half a century ago, at the midst of the Forty-Nine Year War, when Admiral Leon Dracken of Oleon was charged with escorting a Priest of Hades to Oleon's early colonies to 'ensure their spiritual purity and discipline'. Not an unusual task, Dracken thought. And, as he would tell himself later, refusal could have meant death... ...but the company of soldiers the priest brought with him was unusual. While Admiral Dracken remained on the ship the priest and soldiers ventured inland to wipe out the followers of the Lord of Deep Waters. The results would be recorded by history as the Blackwater Massacre. The survivors were brought onboard Dracken's ship as prisoners to be taken back to Oleon. Dracken had no doubt any fate other than public execution awaited the prisoners... ...but a storm brought Dracken's voyage to a sudden stop as his ship was battered, broken and began to sink... ...the priest ordered the prisoners remain locked up for their heresies. Dracken disagreed, violently, and as the priest bled out on the deck Dracken tried to save those below... Oleon records that both Dracken and the priest went down with the ship ensuring as many of the crew made it to longboats as possible, and their story ends there. Elsewhere, the story sometimes takes a stranger turn... ...some tell that Leon Dracken and a Blackwater witch named Yolanda were the last to a boat, and that the storm separated them from the other survivors. That Dracken and Yolanda spent days aboard the longboat before the already scant supplies ran out. Dracken was the first to pass out from hunger and dehydration... ...only to awake on an unknown island where Yolanda lead him to a cavern. And within the cave lay a fountain of strangely glowing water... "For the lives you have saved," Yolanda said, "a reward. And for the lives you could not, the burden of your guilt. A life renewed." ...Yolanda bade Dracken drink... ...The effects were immediate, and quite painful... ...And so Dracken left that mysterious isle to begin his career as a pirate. Yolanda remained with him for a time, but eventually the two were parted. Of course, that is just a tall tale, the sort sailors like to tell, isn't it? To the east the real Leon Dracken and one of his crew, the witch Iosefka, have been following Father Tholeau's journal out beyond the known seas. "Hmm", Captain Dracken says to himself, "no one here." "You could hardly be expecting someone," Iosefka says, "from the wrecks on the beach it seems no soul has ventured in some time." "Expecting? No," Dracken says softly, "but hope is the curse of humanity." "I must ask," Iosefka adds, "have you been here before?" Dracken pauses to examine the fountain, filled with brackish green water. "Perhaps," He answers, quietly, "perhaps I have."
  22. kaiju
    The sail looks a little roughly done, and the beams on the mast could possibly do with being a bit thinner. That said, I do like the build overall and the green bricks do a more than decent job of breaking up the brown. The handful of printed wood grain plates and the grill in the deck are also good touches.
  23. kaiju
    I see I'm not the only person to consider the peril of restoring too much youth. I do like the rock work in the cavern build.
  24. kaiju
    Your plants in this build are fantastic.
  25. kaiju
    Quite a clever little build for the Fever.
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