LittleJohn

Oooh, that is really nice, definitely your best build yet! The mixed stone/wood through is fantastic, and the little section of water adds some very nice color to the build. Excellent work with the snow, minifig posing, and trees as well, looking forward to seeing phase 3!

Thanks, mrcp6d! Glad you like it Funny, I always rather liked how tans and grays go together Thanks Titus! Thank you! The scorpion probably got cleaned up afterwards, as he would just be laying on the ground otherwise

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Gorgeous work here! The colors are fantastic and I like how you used doors for the little roof

Excellent build! The stone texture and landscaping are great, and I really like that raising platform

Thanks Isaac! Glad you enjoyed the story, it was quite fun to write. And I was very pleased with that barrel design as well Thank you!

Thanks! I had a lot of fun with that part of the story in particular, so I'm glad you like it! Thanks Kai! Personally, I rather like the colors, but I'll definitely keep that in mind for next time. Thanks for the UoP credit too Thanks gedren! Thank you!

Sorry for the triple post, but I would like to claim the following credits for my Bandit Camp at Kharab fortress: History Military Science: Battle Scene.

Chapter 2 of The Katoren Struggle is up!:

Here is chapter 2 of my story about Aymeri and the fight to reclaim Katoren. I’ve wanted to try a desert ruins scene for a while now, so this was a rather fun build. Inspired by Markus’ amazing build. I would like to claim the following UoP credits: History Military Science: battle scene After the council meeting, Aymeri and Tierri set to work gathering a few of their most experienced soldiers, and some supplies to set up the initial camp at the ruins of Kharab fortress, just outside of Katoren. Once they had all snuck out of the city bringing their supplies and some weapons, they travelled to the ruins, as discreetly as possible. What they found inside Kharab, however, was not what they expected. "Hey-ho, look'e what I got 'ere! One 'o them merchants in town gave me all this gold for them blankets we pinched off the last caravan," Rognir declared as he proudly displayed a bag of gold coins. "Ooh! Gimme the shinies!" Ahriss immediately replied, quickly getting to his feet and rushing toward the inviting bag of loot. "Get back, you, aye got this meself!" Rognir brandished his axe and Ahriss quickly stopped, though his eyes remained greedily fastened on the bag. At this, Khatir, who had been seated on a crude bench finally spoke up:"Shut up, both of ya! We'll divvy the gold evenly and if either of you tries to cheat, I'll slit your throat. So sit down, Ahriss, and let Rognir show us the gold." Seeing Khatir's drawn dagger, and his apparent readiness to carry out his threat, the other two quickly complied. Meanwhile, the bandit leader returned from his scouting of the nearby trade route. "No new caravans going by today, the road was pretty much empty, 'cept a few peasants... What are you doing with that scorpion, Karih?" asked Zaeim suspiciously. "Why, slicin' him up fer dinner 'o course! You 'ant me to save ya the tail?" the grubby cook responded. Zaeim's countenance quickly darkened, "I don't want any part of a scorpion you fool! Make something edible for once!" "There's no 'eason for you to get yerself upset, all yer shouting will scare Fa'ar, e's still learning to trust us!" exclaimed Karih, as he quickly stooped to reassure his pet rat. Zaeim's response was cut off by a cry from Qatie, the look out:"To arms! Soldiers outside!" Aymeri's group had made it to the ruins undetected, but were surprised to hear the sounds of voices from within. Aymeri and Tierri discussed what they should do while one of the soldiers cautiously peeked around the rotting door to see who was inside. "Looks like bandits," he reported, "I see 5 men." Tierri spoke up, "With the 4 of us, we should be able to take them by surprise and capture them quickly." "I agree, let's rush them together," Aymeri said, readying his bow. But just before they started their ambush, their plan was ruined by Qatie's cry of alarm. Realizing that a fight was now inevitable, the small group rushed ahead. When the first soldier burst in, Zaeim was already facing the doors , and so he quickly attacked with his huge scimitar. With a cry of alarm, Karih promptly hurled the dead scorpion directly at Tierri. The other bandits rushed for their weapons, their gold momentarily forgotten. The scorpion caught Tierri squarely in the face, momentarily stunning him. Karih didn't try to follow up the attack, but instead stooped to pick up his beloved pet rat, as Khatir, Rognir, and Ahriss rushed towards the fight. After recovering from the unexpected blow, Tierri hastily moved to battle Khatir, while Aymeri quickly directed an arrow towards another onrushing bandit. Zaeim brought a crushing blow down on his foe, who was barely able to block in time. Aymeri's shot smashed into Rognir's shoulder, knocking him backward and out of the fight. After recovering Fa'ar, Karih's only thought was to flee. Unfortunately, his flight sent him crashing into Ahriss. Zaeim's powerful blow had hammered the solider to the ground, and the bandit chief prepared his finishing stroke as Aymeri knocked another arrow and Tierri continued to struggle with Khatir. Qatie had been waiting for the attackers to move out from the archway enough for her to have a clear shot, and now she readied her crossbow and fired. The downed warrior tried to scramble backwards away from Zaeim's stroke, but Aymeri's final soldier leaped to his comrade's aid, plunging his spear into the threatening figure. In that instant, the crossbow bolt buried itself into the ground, barely missing the soldiers Aymeri released another arrow at the fleeing cook, and hit the man's calf, immediatlely halting the escape. Tierri had finally gotten the better of his opponent with a parry from his shield and quick counterattack, while the soldiers made sure Zaeim was vanquished. Aymeri however had a new foe. Ahriss had finally recovered from his run in with Karih, and whipped his spiked chain towards Tierri, forcing the warrior to block with his shield. One of Aymeri's men started towards the orc to start a flank attack, not noticing the downed bandit in his path. As he stumbled and fell, his spear battered into the orc's armor. Despite Qatie's ferorcious attack, Aymeri parried confidently with his dagger, then followed with a left handed uppercut. The punch sent the bandit reeling up against the wall. Thus the ruins of Kharab fortress were seized by Aymeri and his men after an unexpected dispute. Build pictures: There are some more pictures on brickbuilt. C&C appreciated, on both the build and story

Congratulations to the winners! And to everyone who entered as well, there were lots of great entries

Fantastic work here, Steve! The Saucer Centurion is wonderful and I really like the little rover too

Fantastic job with the lettering, that's something I always found to be quite difficult

Great job with those microships! Really nice landing pads and MANTIS base as well

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Welcome to Eurobricks! Glad to have you on the forum

Another excellent build! The wedge plate rockwork looks great and I like that you did a layer of dirt before the grass The mix of snow and vegetation is superb too

Great little build, David! The vegetation is very nice and I like the grating

Welcome to Eurobricks! Looking forward to seeing your MOCs

Welcome to Eurobricks! Glad to have you

Great barding design, will definitely have to remember this

Thrugg's speeder is epic! Great job with the rockwork and vegetation on the islands too, looking forward to seeing where this story goes

Excellent work, moose! You were able to get very similar shaping with the micro MANTIS ship to your full size one Great job with the Kawashita ship as well

Great job with those ruins, the medium dark flesh works well with the tan The ox of supplies was a nice touch too