LordDan

Thanks! The statues were fun to work on, the floor not as much ( I spilled it twice and had to rebuild )

• What drew you to Eurobricks and the Guilds of Historica? I found GoH and Eurobricks after seeing Derfel Cadarn’s builds on Flickr and seeing that they all shared a setting (the mystical land of Avonia ). I was interested in the fact that I could collaborate and add to this story alongside very experienced builders. • What aspect of the Guilds here do you like the most? The least? As others mentioned, I enjoy the relaxed pace and shared setting to build in. I took a break for ~3 years, and when I came back GoH was still here and I was able to jump right back in. I also enjoy the community of talented builders and the forum setting/ etiquette that focuses on detailed comments and feedback. I find that on many other platforms, feedback is limited to very short praise or , whereas in GoH members leave detailed commentary, critiques, and in depth feedback. I started out with GoH as my first exposure to the online Lego community and it was some of my first experience building MOCs, and the encouragement and positive feedback I received when first starting out was amazing, and it was coming from super talented builders! Because of that, I always try to leave at least semi detailed commentary when responding to builds and make an effort to encourage newer builders when I discover them. I’ve also noticed that many other GoH “alumni” do the same, not just on Eurobricks but across other platforms like Instagram and Flickr. Over the course of time that I have been building in GoH (I joined in 2014, so 11 years ago!) I have also greatly improved my building ability. The detailed feedback, inspirational builds and techniques from other builders, and setting that motivated me to create and build all helped me to grow, and the improvement from when I first started to my building skill now is astronomical. • Which challenges did you like the best and least? My favorite challenges were the 10 year anniversary series. I agree with Gideon that my least favorite was the Kaliphlin Civil War series of mini games. At the time I really enjoyed it, but in retrospect I prefer not to focus on super gamey mechanics and limited time challenges that encourage quantity over quality. Other notes: I first joined GoH in 2014, so it’s been 11 years! (Albeit with a 3-4ish year gap). Despite being a seasoned veteran at this point, I for a long time I felt like a bit of a latecomer, as by the time I joined 1 1/2 books had already passed, and many OG members had already come and gone. I haven’t been very active in recent times (as you can see by the fact that I am only responding to this 1 month later ), but I look forward to Book IV and future challenges!

Very cleanly built tower, I especially appreciate the wall technique!

Very nice build, perfectly Avalonian! I really like the dark green and tan color scheme for the building, and the vibe fields look great! Like Ecclesiastes said the classic forest man and majisto torsos work well for the field workers too!

Deep within a dungeon, a brave party of adventurers face off against a legendary golden armored dragon in an epic boss fight. The arena itself was inspired by a scene from the show Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and was originally intended to be an entry for Brickscalibur, but I ran out of time. Hope you enjoy

The statue and giant troll are fantastic, and definitely highlights of the build! I love all the different units throughout the battle, there's lots of cool dynamic posing and fig designs to see!

Very cool jousting scene! I like the design of the jousting knights and how you were able to convey a sense of action through the posing. I'm also a fan of how the doorway is open, giving a glimpse into a scene beyond and adding more depth to the scene! Great work!

This is awesome! I always love seeing a good study / library / office type build with loads of cool details scattered throughout, and this definitely fits. I love the furniture designs, the fantastical clock, and the little creatures hanging in cages. i also like the design for the fireplace? , especially the fitting use of the new gargoyle piece.

The gold pile / heap with the dragon integrated looks very cool, and I like the dwarven architecture of the floor pattern and columns.

This is awesome! I really like the impressive bookshelves filled with cool trinkets and magical items, and the view through the window is great! The technique for the portal is also very cool!

Nice collection of Avalonian figs! I look forward to Sam Weatherstone's adventures!

Nice work with the stained glass windows! The overall building being fully round and domed shaped is impressive too, nice use of the hammer pieces throughout!

I’ve been following along with these on Flickr and I have to say how awesome the micro waterfall scene is! The splat and energy effect pieces are great, and like Kai mentioned the cupcake/ muffin piece is perfect for micro scale trees!

Thanks guys! I’m glad you liked the transparent fireball effect!

Great microscale build! I really like the stairway and the little archways!

The chaotic scroll shelf looks great! Nice work on the furniture as well!

Lord Vladek's army marches forth with deadly weapons of war from the lost kingdom of Ankoria! Carrying on the theme of reimagining Knight's Kingdom 2 sets, this MOC is based off of set 8873 from 2005 and some of the concept art / trading card artwork from that theme by Mike Rayhawk ( I highly recommend reading / looking through there if you are interested in the artwork or behind the scenes stories from KK2 and other Lego themes). This is also an entry for the Summer Joust 12x12 vignette category, and is one of my first successful attempts at editing a photo of my MOCs and having it actually turn out good. Comments and feedback always welcome, hope you enjoy!

Excellent work on the figs! I also really like the side builds, in particular the candelabra using the bionicle torso and snake flame looks awesome!

Thanks for the in-depth response Grover! The roof is actually all DBG, but the lighting in the picture makes it look lighter. Thanks John! Yea, the reference garden was a bit too wild and huge Thanks!! As you and jtooker and grover pointed out the grey is pretty abnormal. From my understanding on the real cottage it is a thatched roof, where its so old and weathered it gets all grey and matted down. I was initially going to make it look closer to the reference with a less textured roof, but it looked super boring so I scrapped it. Here's another example of a grey thatched roof I looked at when I was researching it. Thank you! I like how the grey looks in the end too, it ended up giving the whole thing a black / white / grey color scheme that I think looks cool contrasting with all the colorful flowers and vegetation.

In the meadows and forests of Avalonia live many folk who lead humble and peaceful lives. In this case, a young woman lives alone with her trusty cat in this cozy cottage. Thanks for viewing! I built this as part of a collab with my lug for an English Cottage Garden, and I built the central cottage. I'm not entirely happy with the plain baseplate as the base, but that is the style we went with to integrate the parts together. It also has an interior built by my friend, but it is more modern style so I decided not to include it here. Comments and feedback always welcome

Great work on the vibrant colors and detailed buildings! The blue and white house is my favorite, it looks so good! I also enjoyed the detailed minifigs with their backstories, but I feel like the overall build felt very crowded with them all there ( which I get you were trying to show it as a bustling city). I liked looking at the photo without figs because there was a lot more details to see. I also liked how vibrant the colors are in the first picture, but the direct light made some harsh shadows that made it hard to see in the doorways and under the archway. Overall excellent Varlyrian build!!

There's loads of details to love in this build! The shaping and texturing of the roof is top notch, the use of the tree and flower costumes works really well, and the hanging sign is a great touch!

Excellent work on the statue! I also liked some of the smaller details like the cleverly constructed ladder and the spills on the floor being cleaned up!

Really nice work with the rockwork and well textured / angled wall! The colors are also great, I love the bright fall yellows and cool blue of the water.

Suitably gothic and creepy! I especially like how the cage is constructed.