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A nice clean build with an excellent back story that fits our nation's philosophies well! Good job!

Thank you everyone - I've added a picture to the first post which in my opinion has much better colours

First Landing | Challenge 1B | Ayrlego | Corrington Perchance to Dream | Challenge 1A | Ayrlego | Corrington

First Landing by David, on Flickr Sergeant Liam Gowan watched the approaching shoreline. A veteran sergeant in the Queen’s Army, Sergeant Gowan, together with a small detachment from his light company, had departed Bellson two weeks ago enroute to the new world. In the front of the boat, his Officer, Captain Dirk Allcock, stood also studying the approaching land. The rumour in the regiment before leaving Corrington was that Captain Allcock had petitioned specially for detached duty for this expedition. Surprisingly the army seemed to have approved, possibly because as another rumour had it, Captain Allcock had offered to fund the expedition. After briefly resupplying in Arlinsport, the small Sloop they were travelling in headed south east, towards the rumoured new lands. This morning land had been sighted and Captain Allcock had lowered the sloop’s boat to send a party ashore. “Reckon there are any of them savages here Sir” asked Sergeant Gowan. Captain Allcock, shaken out of his intense study of the rapidly approaching shoreline, replied “I really would not have the slightest idea Sergeant Gowan, it is entirely possible we are the first Halosians to ever set foot here.” He paused, “Then again, maybe not. If a native people do inhabit this fair island, remember your co-religious Oleander friends may have already been here, burning and slaughtering and whatnot, so we should ensure we are ready for anything.” Sergeant Gowan originally hailed from Peppin, one of the ‘Conquered Isles’ that had historically sided with Olean in the ages old conflict between Corrington and Olean. Now although firmly incorporated into Corrington, a large percentage of people from these areas retained the Faith as their religion. Despite this, a disproportionate number of men from the conquered isles served in the Queen’s Army, where they enjoyed a reputation as fierce but somewhat undisciplined soldiers. “Not to worry about that Sir, the boys are always ready for anything, so they are” said Sergeant Gowan grinning. He rather liked his aristocratic Captain, whose ambivalent and even sometimes foppish manner disguised a natural ability for all things military, a studious approach to his duties and a care for the men under his command. Soon after the party assembled on the beach while the sailors ferried supplies ashore. Although impatient to press inland and explore, Captain Allcock paused while the Corrington flag was symbolically raised on the beach. ----- Possibly the longest story I've ever written for a build, but hopefully it was worth it! Not really happy with the photography again on this build but hopefully you'll see some improvement soon! The build itself is pretty simple, but as the construction progressed I decided I liked it that way! As always comments and criticism very welcome! Opps! Topic should read [COR-Ch1B]... sorry! May I request a mod change it? Thank you *** EDIT: Added better picture - not sure about the angle now though!!***

As others have already commented, this is a fantastic mirco-build! Great way to tell your MRCA story.

Thanks Puvel, I meant to say Challenge 1B is complete and 1A is planned! I haven't started Challege 2 yet!

All the best Ska, hope everything is ok. I'm a little unclear on how the challenges work, so does participation play an important part in deciding a winner? Or is it simply the build(s) judged to best fit the criteria? In related news, I have my Cat 2 build complete, just waiting for an opportunity to photograph it. My stories for both Cat 2 and Cat 1 have also been finished - so I'll definitely have both ready for the 15 Feb deadline. I was also planning a Tavern for Arlinsport, would I be correct in assuming this would be a commercial type building?

That is one fine looking house. The colour scheme works really well and there are lots of ornate details to give it that luxury feel. I can definitely see it as one of the finer houses in Pontelli! Interesting placement of the fountains, I hope that is a strong, well supported roof! The use of the CMF leprechaun torso for the soldier is quite clever as well. One approval from Corrington!

That headpiece is really something!!! Is the monkey representing the simians of the island?!?

An excellent build both interior and exterior. The dark red looks great and I like the way you have blended the light bley highlights on the exterior. A definite approval from me!!

Great job! I especially like your combination of greens in the vegetation. I don't think I've ever seen green, bright green, lime green and olive green all combined together before - it works really well! Good water technique as well.

A sad end for such a great vessel. Still, lovely underwater MOC (I kind of want to get my lego scuba divers out to look for treasure....). I also love the way Felipe escapes the shark using the humble apple!

That printing press is brilliant!! Great interior as well - well done on such a superb MOC!!

Nice ship and great colour scheme - also I'm quite jealous of the dolphin (I have yet to aquire one!) Looks like our fleet is getting quite strong!

I guess it depends how technical you want to get! 'HMS' in the Royal Navy denotes a vessel that has been commissioned into the service of the Royal Navy. Privately owned and operated vessels historically would not have had the prefix HMS. My understanding is that the 'xNS' type prefix was used by nations that didn't have a monarchy - the vessel was still owned by the state, just not the crown. Personally for Corrington I prefer 'HMS' But, at the end of the day this is a game we participate in for fun, so as long the faction leadership is happy - name your ship how you like!

Greetings fellow Corries, So just over a year ago I joined Eurobricks after starting my first major MOC project, a frigate based on Captain Green Hairs most excellent tutorial. I had always wanted a 'proper' sized ship since the Pirates line first came out and I got my first pirate set (6265 Sabre Island). After making it as far as you can see in the WIP shot above, she got put on my top shelf while I concentrated on my first lego love - Castle!!! This afternoon I took her down and dusted her off, I've been wondering if she can serve our cause here. Clearly she will be far too large for a private licence anytime soon (and realistically probably only the state could afford to construct and maintain capital ships). I am not even sure she rates on the scale that has been produced so far. 20 Lego cannons per side plus 4 smaller brick built bow and stern chasers makes her a 24 gun frigate, with a length of 5 ship pieces plus the bow and stern. On the other hand, if we banded together for one huge capital ship now, our trading conveys may have a rather large advantage.... Also another issue - her colour! Now I love dark green, but I wouldn't want her mistaken for our money peace loving neighbours in the south. Thoughts? - should our ships strictly stick to our colour scheme? Anyway, to best serve Queen and Country, in your opinions, should I press on and finish her (this will still most likely take several months) so maybe she could be used in some capacity (maybe the Royal Fleet - not sure exactly how that works), or should she go back to the top shelf for now (I'm thinking this is probably the best course)? Currently I am in the planning stages for a smaller craft, probably a Xebec, for a private licence as well as the current challenges.

Well Sir you most definitely succeeded! Great idea and very well executed, I'm not usually a huge fan of micro-scale - but this is seriously great - probably the best microscale I've ever seen!

I agree!

I really love the colours in this build and the photos look great! The minifig is also very cool - great job!

Nice harbour scene with lots of details. I've seen some good ideas here for a simliar smaller build I'm attempting right now.

A very nice little house. I approve That is one colourful bed!

That Sir, is a very nice house! One of my favourite here so far. The roof is fantastic and as previously mentioned the green highlights look very good. For me it definitely has a very Mediterranean feel! The minifigure combinations are great as well - I really like the soldier! Well done - overall I love it!

That presentation was great - I actually laughed out loud several times! Nice little vessel as well

That is a very nice, sleek looking ship - well done! I'll be studying how you did the brick built hull very closely!

Dirk Allcock's Study | Ayrlego | Corrington Light Company Soldiers | Ayrlego | Corrington