Ayrlego

The vegetation is great! Although, it looks like something's been eating it?!?

Clever (and shapely) statue and, as usual, very humorous story!

Nice! Love the thick vegetation and the flower stalks make a good looking addition to the palm trees. I didn't even notice the natives until the second picture!

Nice port scene. I don’t mind the fort wall, the slope at the bottom makes it look quite realistic. As for uniformity, I wonder if you could have somehow made the spacing a little more irregular. Not being able to see the back I’m not sure how that would work. Another suggestion might be to mix up the colours a bit, maybe some old dark grey in with the dark bley? Just some thoughts! The crane is a nice addition and I like your soldiers (especially the bayonets!).

This made me laugh! Although I admit I didn't recognise where the figures had come from at first. Prehaps they are just regular islanders who dye their skin red?!? The palm trees look good and the ruined wall is a nice touch - nice entry!

Nice addition for Arlinsport!

As previously mentioned the mirobuild ship is great! It was a really good idea to use the forced perspective so you can include a shot of the vessel in your scene, it works quite well. Well done!

Simply Stunning! I always look forward to seeing your work and you never disappoint! I’ve been meaning to get some of those dinosaur/trunk pieces for a while now to try out some vegetation options, this will probably ensure that I do! It looks and feels like a tidal mangrove swamp - great work and fantastic entry!

Thanks again for the positive comments everyone! It amazes me what a supportive community we have going on here and I am glad to be part of it! Oh thanks blackdeathgr! Glad you liked it, it is by far the longest story I've ever written for a lego build!

Good use of the CMF 15 Scary Knight torsos (I love those guys – have 11 so far!!), although you Eslandolans probably should invest some of your horded gold in some decent firearms!! Also the maintenance on all that chain mail in the hot and humid jungle must be hell! I like the inclusion of two native tribes, the idea of a pygmy tribe is especially cool. The jungle is also quite nicely done and the vegetation looks sufficiently ‘busy’. Good entry!

I believe they are from Brickforge

Nice! Hope he gets away with his haul!! I like your combination of native torsos, and the posing is excellent!

Mine also! as others have said, great classic feel and a good solid build

lol, I thought that might be the case, reminds me of a few pieces I have lying around!!

Thank you everyone for the comments! I'm sure that if you asked any of Dirk's peers, they'd tell you that knowing him, he probably spent the night trying to scientifically measure the effects of the sacred potion or discussing the unique insect life!!! Sorry not sure what you mean by this? Also I forgot to mention a couple of builds here that helped inspire my entry. Puvel's What a Weirdo! inspired me to start the story from a native perspective. And, while I was originally toying with the idea of doing the Captian Kirk/John Sheppard 'alien priestess' routine, it was CelesAurivern's cheeky free build Just taking a Gander, Madam that motiviated me to give it a go.

Great entry! The waves are especially well done, as is the wooden house – I especially like the arches over the opennings. The blue coats did make me double take at first - Wait a minute, I thought Bregir was a fellow Corlander!!!! I guess the British Navy and Artillery both wore blue uniforms and some French cavalry units wore red – just to confuse matters! I'm thinking Corrington and Oleon may have something similar going on?? I’m guessing the nets are fishing nets that are drying in the sun?

Thanks Sir Stig, I have another couple of plantation ideas I'll probably build first, although after seeing this MOC I broke my self-imposed ban on Bricklink and ordered about 60 horns in red, orange, yellow and yellowish green!!! Consider your build inspiring!!!

Nice interior. As Kai mentioned I also really like the way you inset the windows using the reverse slopes. The minifigure combinations are also quite nice - did you deliberately paint the Colonel's epaulettes, or is it just an old piece that someone has modified along the way? Either way it looks very good and matches his attire well.

Nice banana plantation. I have been experimenting myself with how to make bunches of bananas - it's really hard but you've pulled it off quite well! As a Corlander I approve of such efforts to ensure peace between our two peoples.

A very nice interior. The mixture of reddish brown and dark brown in the floor boards is just right, the furniture looks great and the minifigure posing is superb! All round great job! As for building type, I’d guess artisan based on the description below (from the Owning land thread), as Mary is offering a service, but I’d probably wait for the opinion of one of the leaders! “Artisan: An artisan is a craftsman business, such as a blacksmith shop, tanner, barrel maker, etc… The MOC should clearly show an artisan’s shop. Services, such as taverns, are included in this category. “

My entry for Challenge 1 Category A. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. I'm really enjoying these tropical builds! Below is the (incredibly) long story, feel free to skip it completely! As always comments and criticism most welcome. As evening approached, Xochitl and her warrior attendants approached her dream tower. Recognised as a seer amongst her tribe, Xochitl would ascend to the dream platform, to drink the sacred potion made from fermented roots and eat fruit from the jungle's bounty. After this she would lapse into a trance under the starlight and beneath the skulls of her ancestors. Then sometimes, if the gods willed it, she would receive visions of the future which she would attempt in interpret for the good of her people. Suddenly, her attendants stopped short of the tower, raising their obsidian studded maquahuitl and startling her out of the reverie she had been enjoying. At the edge of the clearing stood 3 men, but men unlike any she had seen before. Big, tall and pale men clad in finer materials than any she had seen, brilliant scarlet and bright white. Stranger still the men had hair growing on their faces! All this she noticed in seconds, but it was the centre stranger that made her gasp. His clothes were a higher quality than the rest, and his hat was different. With the dying sun behind him, he appeared bathed in the orange and red hues. Her dreams of late had often featured a red man but she was unclear whether the man would bring great good or great evil. Perhaps this was the red one? Surely the only way to find out was to drink the sacred potion with him and let the gods provide the answer. Fearlessly, she pushed her attendants’ weapons down, and approached the red one. Captain Dirk Allcock was at the point of turning back. The sun was setting fast and he reluctantly acknowledged the fact that it was time to return to the camp his men were setting up on the beach. He half turned to relay these orders to Sergeant Gowan, when the Sergeant abruptly stopped and half lowered his musket. Spinning back round Dirk realised they had entered a small clearing, dominated by a flimsy wooden structure, decorated in brightly coloured feathers and bones. Incredibly however, it was not the structure that had his full attention. Just below it were three natives. Two muscular young men, armed with some kind of wicked looking obsidian studded clubs flanked the object of his full attention – a beautiful, scantly clad young woman. After a moments silence in which both groups stared at one another, the women pushed the warriors weapons down and stepped forward, beckoning Dirk to approach. “Don’t like the look of them buggers Sir” commented Sergeant Gowen. “I do believe she means us no harm Sergeant” replied Dirk “Not her I be worried about Sir, wee little thing she is” “She appears to want me to climb into that tower with her” remarked the astonished Dirk, as the native women continued to beckon and mime. “I do believe it appears to be some kind of ceremonial platform” he continued puzzled. “So you say so Sir… um is that wise Sir” questioned Sergeant Gowan as Dirk unbuckled his sword belt and handed it to the Sergeant. “Her Majesty has instructed us to attempt to open peaceful dialogue with any native peoples we encounter Sergeant, One must do one’s duty for Queen and Country” announced Dirk as he approached the women. “Oh to be sure Sir, for Corrington is it Sir?” Sergeant Gowan replied smirking, "Reckon that's rum she has up there do you Sir." “Sergeant, I have absolutely no idea, and there is only one way to find out. Remain here while I open negotiations with this priestess - perhaps you could try some dialogue with these warriors here, share your rations and the like” And so Sergeant Gowan and the two privates in his party spent the night with the two native warriors, exchanging salt beef and hard tack for roast fish and fresh fruit. Despite the language barrier, the night went well enough, the Corlanders admired the native clubs, whilst the natives where quickly taken by the steel bayonets of the redcoats. As for Dirk Allcock and Xochitl, well no one knows what happened that night beneath the stars and skulls. For sure good relations were established between the native tribe and Corlander expedition, however as the saying goes, a gentleman never tells, and above all things, Captain Dirk Allcock is a gentleman.

Nice MOC! Are the red and orange horns meant to be chillies? When I first saw them I thought oh wow, that's a great idea for chilli plants! (I may just steal this idea for a plantation ). Good job, although I agree with SilentWolf about the mixture of fleshie and yellow, but that's just me being pedantic! The way you have shadowed the watching native looks really good as well.

Great ships! The brick built hull on the Pegasus is beautiful!

A very nice port scene with some great figures there. I considered going fleshie for BoBS, but most of my exisiting pirate torsos are yellow, not to mention the Islanders! Anyway you've created some excellent fleshie figures that make me almost want to reconsider Mardier should be very worried!!

Thank you everyone for your comments! Thanks Vedauwoo, they are all from my childhood collection, a number of the trunk parts are very loose, one had to be blue-tacked in place – probably the reason Lego stopped making them – which is a pitty as they are great! Thanks Ska and Mike, yeah they are from the new Ninjago line - set 70601, I picked up two for the sole purpose of acquiring the epaulettes (although the dark orange window pieces and two black moustaches are nice as well!) Even though the set only has one pair, in good lego tradition they give you a second pair as a spare piece! That the rest of the world hasn't seen them yet would explain why I can't find them on Bricklink yet, funny I didn't think we'd be first to get anything down here!!