SilentWolf

My entry for 5E. It is a collaboration with Bregir and Arylego, and is pro-Mardier. Ch5E Hidden Beneath the Falls

Previously... The Curious Case of the Bottled Message - Bregir The Lost City of Gold, Part 1 - Ayrlego Mysteries on Cascadia Part 1 and 2 - Bregir The Lost City of Gold, Part 2 - Ayrlego (Part 3 follows after my build) Micah, Montoya, and Colonel Allcock continued up the river in search of the large lake, using as their guide Montoya's curious letter from the bottle. and the Eslandolian Marderian map that Colonel Allcock had acquired at no small sum. Though they were chilled by the evidence that the Eslandolian's had been slaughtered here, they had no intention of turning around. Micah did not trust the Mardierian officer's account at first, but the evidence has been leading him to realize that there are unscrupulous men (and women) in all nations. Times of war seem to bring out the worst in them. It was not that long ago that Mardier had tried to take Micah's life. If it had not been for the secretive Hannah, he would surely not be on this boat today. What does that lady do? How does she do it? Micah pushed all these other concerns out of his mind and returned to vigilantly scanning the foliage for any hostile party. The party was quite large due to the three groups converging on this single quest. However, it is never good to let your guard down due to sheer numbers. The journey continued for several days without incident. They did see signs of large cats, but never caught a glimpse of them. Occasionally, one would be heard at night. The women did not seem too thrilled about the cats being that close, but they attempted not to show it. Upon finding the lake, a small camp was set up. It was decided a few of the soldiers would stay behind to guard the boats, but the rest of the party would continue on into the highlands. Following the map and the letter, the Corrington party arrived at the base of one of Cascadia's many gorgeous waterfalls. Per the sources, there is a cave and passage behind the waterfall. After a small amount of searching, it was determined that a small path on the right side of the falls was the most likely route for access. It was not easy going as some places were suitable only for mountain goats. Following the path, they spied a small opening behind the fall, but definitely not outside its mist. Alas, the information was true! Behind the opening was a small cavern safe from the treacherous footing and the powerful mists of the falls. The party decided to leave a guard along the path and bring all the supplies with them through the falls. Of course, this was also not an easy feat. Once in the cavern, Montoya and Colonel Allcock began following the written and drawn directions for navigating the pathways inside the mountain. Micah made sure that the entire party made it through the falls and down the right passageway. It appeared that some advanced race of people had widened and secured these corridors and caverns. One could only imagine what kind of people these were. After following the corridors for about an hour, they saw light up ahead. Hurrying along, they exited the mountain to brilliant sunshine, and a glorious site. The mountain descended quickly on this side to a valley nestled in the mountains. The view was unobstructed for an extremely long ways. In the distance, they saw a large city sprawling out. It was too far to tell what kind of city it was, but it must indeed be the place they are looking for. The letter and the map were also in agreement to this conclusion. ___________ We all ran out of time on this collaboration so unfortunately it isn't as fleshed out as we would have liked. (I somehow thought I had until Wednesday to finish.) Though this is the beginning of Corrington's exploration of Cascadia with its mountains and big cats, which Lego has been so gracious to release this summer. As the challenge simply stated that we could have up to three builds, I am going to have to settle with just one build this time around. My computer is working on a better render of the front view so I will add that once I have it complete. For more pictures, see below.

The Order has to get their cut off the top, so no tax breaks for Oleon.

My wallet is going to hurt this summer but my animal collection is going to be growing.

Great humorous take on this portion of the challenge! I enjoyed the read through. I do think the monkey is playing favorites a little too much.

This is an excellently done ship. The angled masts are an exceptional part of the beauty of this ship. In addition I really like the way you did the decorations on the stern, and I like the covered boat in the middle of the ship. Excellently done!

Great job Bregir! I like how you skimmed the bottle's message to not give away too much but to wet the appetite about the upcoming storyline. I love the roof technique and I shall remember it in the future. I also like how you have included the arch over the canals of King's Harbor. Also, nice usage of the lion's head.

Mayors pay doesn't seem to be showing up at least not on mobile.

Thank you very much! The windows turned out even better then expected when I rendered it. Thank you! The shape of the mill was definitely a struggle though I did learn some tricks of LDD this time around that helped. Though I started building with the cone section, then did the top and finished with the bottom which is quite backwards for LDD. The plainness and the low roll of the landscape were born from the description of Lacryma. I also knew I didn't want any trees or buildings blocking the wind from the blades. As I am shifting toward more builds in Elizabethville and the new islands, I thought it might be good to pull back in the previous characters. This way I can create a more unified storyline. I look forward to seeing your tower mill, and future smock mill. I wanted to do a raised smock mill with the walkway suspended up in the air but I ran into some difficulties with it. I might try it again in the future or potentially in real brick where the limitations of the computer don't hinder me. I have definitely learned a lot from the other builders in BOBS so I am glad that you can take what I have learned and apply it also.

Elizabethville has its first factory!

Elizabethville has its first factory!

Micah and Elizabeth have arrived safely on Lacryma thanks to Hannah and her work. There is much to be seen by them since Elizabethville (named of course after Micah's one love) has grown a lot while Micah was away. 2nd Lieutenant Anthony Bolton and Mayor Tom Mercer have worked hard at keeping the settlement orderly and growing. The new settlers arriving from other parts of the Brick Seas have quickly settled in to make their own way in this land. The relationships with the natives have proven to be very amicable and trade with Chief Otetiani and the Onondaga people has continued. There are rumors that some of the other tribes are upset over the Onondaga's success but as of today those rumors do not seem founded. On this mid-morning, Ensign David and Hanska were leading Micah and Elizabeth to an Onondaga village for a meal and trade discussions. They are accompanied by one of the light cavalry and Hanska's bride of less than two months (moons). Micah always suspected the two of them would get together. As they rode along, the party passed a windmill which Ensign David told them had been constructed by the Ruysch brothers. They had settled on the island from Varcoast. Hubert had brought along his wife and daughter and the four of them ran the only grist mill on the island. It was a very busy business but lucrative. Here are some close ups and different angles of the build. Builder's Note: I have found that a baby crawling around has hindered my time available to build with my bricks. Thus the several projects I was working on in bricks have stalled out. I decided to instead do some LDD builds as I had the time for that and I didn't have to worry about the baby eating a brick or two. This is the result of my attempt at the first factory in Elizabethville. The outer dimensions of the build are 91x94. The windmill sits on 16x16 with some overhang of the blades and guide. The warehouse is about 20x40. I am licensing it as a medium factory since the footprint of the buildings take up 1056 studs. C&C welcome. P.S. The windmill is modeled after this one, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Goliath_Poldermolen.jpg even though it is not a grist mill. I am sure in BoBS it doesn't matter.

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A: 1 - 2 - 10 B: 1 - 3 - 6 C: 2 - 6 - 11 D: 5 - 6 - 9

My two cents on the Legos ... since a single person cannot win more than one Lego prize it would make sense to wait to the end so in case someone wins more then one category they would have the option to pick. Congratulations Arylego and Gideon on builds well done.

I love how you packed in so many details into this room. I like the medical cross on the left wall; nice touch. I also appreciate that you textured the wall on the left side. Most of your wall isn't exposed so it shows attention to detail with the texturing. The fireplace and skeleton are also great touches.

I just wanted to clarify that the beautiful Terraman that was just posted was by Capt Wolf.

This ship is a beautiful frigate. I really like the colors you used and the lines of the ship. As only a beginning shipbuilder myself, your ship gives me a lot of inspiration on things to do and ways to make ships look better. This is definitely a great way to make an entrance into BOBS. I look forward to more of your builds in the future.

All builds can be posted as freebuilds unless they are for a challenge etc. Determining the class is trickier but I'm sure it can be figured out once it is posted/we see it. However, you mentioned a 40 gun frigate which would max out the present classes so I would say most likely a 5HA for now. In regard to finances your teammates might help you or there is the Bank of Corrington.

It has been left up to each individual builder who they will support. Of course you can always be like me and do a build for both sides even though my character supports only the one side.

Manatee A arrived at my house yesterday! I almost didn't recognize it without the chicken box.

I like that you have included your office in the storyline for the ship introduction. On the ship, I really like those small cannons and your assorted crew. I would have liked to see the oars displayed, since they were mentioned, but that doesn't make or break the build. In regard to trade route, I definitely recommend joining a convoy. Pirates and sea rats are plentiful in the waters and a good escort is neccessary to a good trade run. Corrington has several convoys and I have asked that you get added to the private chat in regard to that. (Sorry I don't have the authority to add someone.) I hope you have smooth sailing!

Ayrlego has already given some great advice, so I will just be commenting on the build. I really like the way you created the office roof to be a bit run down. Some great part usage on that. I also like the closeups you use to tell the story. A couple of them are a little fuzzy so you might want to keep an eye on that in the future, but the theme of each shot really comes through. Originally I was unsure of how you had done the water on the right side of the build. The gap in blue plates seemed odd, but it has been growing on me each time I look at it. It looks almost as if you can see through the clear water to the rocks on the bottom of the bay. Good usage of that base plate as well.

I like the bedroom, especially the part usage in the various pieces of furniture. The action scenes for the battle are also great. I look forward to future builds. Edit: @Mesabi since you have already licensed your free build with the office, I would recommend licensing this as a small residence. It doesn't cost a lot to license, and the return is low but it does give an early income, since you can license up to 3 builds a month. Of course, if you had plans to build and license some other buildings this month that might be a better usage of your DBs. I just know small residences were great early licenses that helped boost my monthly income at no great cost to me.

The request has been put in to people with appropriate levels of power to get you added. Hopefully it happens shortly.