Elostirion

Creative and unique entry, I like the idea and execution.

Great 4-horse-cart, brilliant idea about transporting cannons (really, logistics are what few people think of in their builds, so great job on picking up that topic!) and attaching them. But the idea with the grass is superbly clever and works out wunderful!

I like the bell, I like the glass, the overall execution. But what I really like is that it fits into the world of BOBS, probaly much of it due to the blue roof. However I'd really like to hear the story behind it, as most of us Eslandolans are not so much into religion, so who are we praying to here? The great Román Esteban Fontonjao? ;-)

So no April's fools here? Damn, I will really have to start counting minifigs now. :-)

Brilliant trees, nice photography, great entry overall. I love how this build displays how small those humans are compared to the forest.

Too much effort for an April's fools, actually.... But who knows? I will start reading tomorrow. ;-)

I love how you integrated the small balcony into the house. Another great contribution to our beloved Nova Terreli!

Clever, well executed and great blurring of the background.

Such a lovely connection of crafted wood and vegetation - wonderful job!

Oh I love that tree. Wonderful!

Simple but effective - great water.

Really nice work on the perspective, well done!

Great ship, nice job!

Great MOC, probably the best LDD I have seen around here.

You are so damn good! Just another amazing contribution, just wow!

The variations in colouring are absolutely spot on, great work!

Great, thanks for adding your builds. :-) Just let me know what should be changed via PM or the feedback form so I can do it.

2B - Why did you burn it?! | Elostirion | Eslandola

She is a stunning beauty for sure, amazing work!

Ferro Azure, 616 AE, March Colonel Asiago Cesaro and two of his men, Marco and Juevo, were on patrol-duty in the dense rainforests of Ferro Azure, not far off the island's coastline. Securing the newly claimed island was not always an easy task. And who were they doing it for anyways? The MCTC, that paid their loan? The king? The viceroy? Their families, their children at home? For justice or honour? He didn't know. The heat was sweltering in the moist forests. As usual vapor rised from the ground. But... was that really usual? "Is this smoke ahead of us?", Marco asked. "Naw, stop joking, there is no smoke but evaporating water here. Come, take a sip of that water", Juevo replied. "No really, look, it's grey, that... really is not normal", Marco insisted. "So, you are the jungle expert now?", Juevo retorted. "No, I mean, I didn't say that... now come on...", Marco stammered. "Quiet!", Asiago hissed. He waved his hand, ordering his men to follow him. His men silently followed him, and after fifty to hundred metres the dense rainforest abruptly ended. Before them lay a barren wasteland of ashe and dust. Burnt treestumps and the last relics of majestic trunks littered the ground. They stood in shock, looking at the scene presenting itself ahead of them. At a field of 100 metres in length and twice that in width the forest had just been burnt to the ground. At the far end a group of six men in wild and colourful clothes lingered at a small campfire, having some food and drinks. At a burnt tree a man in blue and white had been bound, looking around in awe. A pirate flag was stuck in the ground next to the group. "Do not fear. Follow me", Asiago told his men, stepping out of the density of the forst onto the field of ashes within the forest. "Hey there", Asiago shouted, "what has happened here?!" "Oh look ye what we got 'ere, ya visitors?", a man clad in dark red with a wooden leg replied, standing up from the ground. "What has happened here?", Asiago insisted, stepping closer. "Ye wanna know, will ye? We've made us space here, see?", the man replied, dressing his pirate hat. "Space? You burnt the forest!!!", Asiago shouted. "Nice, ehr buddy, ain't it?", another pirate with a white head rag added, smirking. "Are you Sea Rats?!", Asiago asked. "Sea rats? Haha, ye hear that?", the man with the white head rag burst out laughing. "We ain't no stupid noble Sea Rats, pieces of crap, we are yer real pirates, not some whining crying babies, hear yer?!" "But why did you burn the forest?!", Asiago asked once more. The man with the pirate hat, clearly the leader of the group, gave him a deep loke before he replied. "Because we can", he said, not a sign of remorse in his icecold voice. Chills ran down Asiagos neck. But now he knew again why he was here. It was not for the king, nor for the MCTC, nor the viceroy, nor his glory, his mother or his wife or his kids. "FOR ESLANDOLA", Asiago shouted, engaging the battle against the pirates! Few minutes later the battle was won. While the heroic Eslandolan bravery of Asiago, Marco and the now dead Juevo had started the assault, the tides of the battle only turned when a group of natives joined the fight, assaulting the pirates with bow and arrow from the cover of the jungle first, but then entering melee with javelin, knife and axes, quickly felling all pirates. The men were dressed in light leather, some with feathers in their hair. There were five of them, all with long black hair and black beards (if any). None of them spoke the common tongue, but it was evident that they had witnessed the brave attempt of the Eslandolans to revenge the destruction of the forest and bring justice to the country. While Eslandola had lost a brave soldier named Juevo, they had surely won an ally in the natives that day. Additionally the man at the fire turned out to be a high Oleander officer who was shipwrecked shortly after leaving the Île de Zeus and had barely made it to the island in a small boat, before he had quite immediately been captured by the pirates. He expressed his gratitude, promising Asiago that he was in his and Eslandolas debt. More pictures of the whole scene: The Eslandolans: The pirates: The Natives hiding in the jungle:

Great job, nice atmosphere overall. The shark should lie a bit deeper (looks like he is surfing the water), but aside from that a well depicted attack!

Nice job on creating those twins, I really like the style of the deck (especially amazing on a smaller ship) and those brick-built cannons are superb as well!

Lots to discover and even more to like in this build - amazing work. My favourite part is definitely the architecture, both the archway as well as the facade of the house are excellent!

Creative way for a new way to build cotton in a bigger form than we have seen to date, really well done!

Thank you, added now.