Exetrius

Lovely colour palette with the earthy tones. The trees are immediately recognizable as cypresses, quintessentially Mediterranean vegetation. The architecture is what really stands out, fantastic work on the villa with it's many roofs. My favorite parts are the bridge and the facade with the front door, great techniques used there!

Maybe it's just me, but I see eleven works of art? This whole sculpture is a piece of art in it's own right! Incredible presentation of the various stages, beautiful!

Effective use of the Gargoyle, there. This tomb reminds me of the rooms in cathedrals that you can only view from behind the bars; it has a great atmosphere indeed. Good luck in the contest!

Geez, man! That's a very strong start as an AFOL! The rockwork, the odd angle of the bridge and the studs on the side construction of the road are intriguing!

Little!? As a build, it is rather large! It's delightful to see more of your distinct 'role playing game'-like style. The bright colours are put to a great use here, especially the orange and yellow in my opinion. I think I like every single bit of this build; lovely stalls, great display of wares (the logs and weapon rack in particular), everything is placed at an interesting angle, all figures look great and you found a perfect balance between studs and SNOT. Just keep up the great work!

Nice to see your story progressing! The tiling of the floor with the bull mosaic is a nice touch. That hatch is simple, but looks very realistic, being slightly raised above the rest of the floor.

School uniforms NOT, PLEASE! The four most recent variants are Airjitzu gi, Deepstone robes, Skybound robes and the upcoming throwback gi. My guess is that the new suits are mostly in their signature colours, with 'heavier' armour (printed) compared with throwback gi, and golden decoration. I expect different facial expressions and also a few everyday life variants (like Pyjama Emmet). The wishful-thinking expectation: Cool ninja assasins in black and signature colour accents, silver/gunmetal gray dragon-scaled printing, a dragon tatoo on one of the arms, a shinobi helmet, facial masks and a whole lot of new traditional weapons

Second to that! The regular katanas are fine, but if you collect Ninjago, you are getting a ton of them within no-time, so a little more variation would be nice. How about a katana with a stud for the pommel, similar to the butterfly sword? The Dragon Sword of Fire is still my most favorite blade piece, because of the intricate detailing. I would really love to see that come in Silver and Gunmetal Gray.

I'm back with a build, finally! It took about 20 days more than expected... Anyway, here it is: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=127961 And yes, agreed: Nexo villains are awesome and of course only fitting to be used in the most awesome guild out here! I used one of those abyssal-volcano-lava-orc beings here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=127961

Exetrius Saga 1: Fallen leaf 2: Message in Kyrrath 3: Equipment upgrade Episode 4: Subjection of a legend It was about a year ago, that the first signs of a stir in the land beyond the northern Mitgardian border appeared. It didn't take long before a wave of white-furred and -skinned creatures, the Algus, invaded Mitgardia and spread over the rest of Historica. At first, they appeared to be almost invincible; freezing everything in their path, invulnerable to fire magic and regular combat. But in the course of a few months, thanks to a whole array of different methods that were discovered to affect the Algus, most of them have been eliminated by now. After hearing the first rumors of the Algus, Onicius was intrigued by them. Nobody seemed to know anything more than what could be directly observed from the invaders. How does their freezing ability and incredible toughness work? Who is their leader? Where exactly did they come from? Most important of all: why did they attack, what is their goal? These were a few of the questions that kept him busy. Therefor, - only just after the Algus had started their invasion of Mitgardia - Onicius ordered a small group of skilled spies and assassins to gather as much intelligence as possible about them in the North and capturing a specimen, if possible. None of them returned. Four weeks after departure of the group, one was confirmed dead; a frosted body with two limbs torn off... It was decided that the Order of Zotharith would not meddle with any Algus business, unless absolutely necessary. Individual members taking action and rumors were the main sources of information for Onicius. He documented everything; from the latest innovations in Algus warfare, estimations of average cooling capacity, speed and body size, to their moving patterns on the map. He hypothesized that their abilities are intrinsic to their nature, but they must be the result of magic. What bothered him the most, was the fact that they didn't move as an organized unity at all: no common strategy, target area or direction, but yet, they started their invasion all at the same time. But then, after several months had passed, a member of the Order came with a piece of news that put the situation in a very different perspective... Apparently, a bloodthirsty dragon and it's wizard rider were terrorizing the Frozen Beyond, devouring hundreds of Algus. The creature, fearfully called "Nemesis of the Beyond", is growing in strength with every being it eats, some even claimed that it transforms when it does so. (other side of the story) With this information, Onicius immediately summoned the Zotharith elite. Plans were forged and a team was assembled, consisting of: Onicius Centario: Leader of the Order of Zotharith, legendary soul magic wizard, master in crypto magic and alchemy. (forms of magic) Zeruko Urima: Ranked #1 on the list of strongest wizards in the Order, crypto magic genius, master in high-energic alchemy. Expert in combat with katanas. Sometimes reffered to as 'The Darkitect'. Deliora Asagrim: A highly skilled assassin and spy, powerful energy magic. She can fly, too. Ryo Kokoro: Master in martial arts, is able to wield almost any weapon. Young thrill seeker, 'Rookie'. The four of them (and some supply carriers) moved out, to the north of Mitgardia, where they set up a camp and refined their plan. Their main goal is to lure 'Nemesis' into an ambush, attacking it while its transformation is still in progress, assassinating the wizard rider (Garufust) immediately, and capture the dragon alive if possible. Finally, roles for the operation were assigned and a location was chosen. The roles: Onicius: Casting his new spell, 'Soul Eclipse', which would alter character, behaviour and emotions of the subject it's been cast on. Capturing souls. Zeruko: Building a place for the simulated offering ritual (a cover-up for the ambush), using his 'Architect Alchemy'. Writing a spell book which produces a offering goddess-like creature, which he calls 'Eye of Despair'. Deliora: Supporting all spells with arcane energy, eliminating Garufust. Ryo: Activating 'Eye of Despair', playing along as the leader of the ritual. The operation succeeded. 'Soul Eclipse' worked out, with an unexpected side-effect... the creature transformed into fire dragon, or, more like a phoenix. Zotharith may have aquired it's most powerful ally yet. Garufust was defeated, his soul was captured successfully. Ryo was rewarded with the wizard's armour (it was useless to the others anyway...), in which he often seen nowadays: To be continued.... in the next episode: Family Dinner! Hello there, thanks for checking this out. I know it's a lot of reading, sorry for that ! I really enjoyed all the separate builds on this one (a couple of them could not be fitted in this build in the end, so maybe in later builds), the whole process took WAY more time than I had planned! Photographing and editing alone have taken me about 10 full hours... As always, you can check out my Flickr for additional shots. I hope you enjoyed the story, I did it a little differently compared to with my previous big magic battle build. C&C very much appreciated!

Excellent army figbarf, superb! The terrain is pretty neat too!

I understand what you mean with the "anime feel". For me, it only applies to the action scenes where a lot of things are jumping across the screen rapidly. Now that you mentioned this, I'm aware that it's similar to the same kind of scenes in Kill la Kill for example. More in general: when the sakuga ( go to 9.19) kicks in. On the topic of how it would work out to have this distinct anime style for facial expressions, I think it could work... probably, if done right. It would give it an original twist for sure!

The arms and hairstyle are great! Another sweet build, man!

That's a pretty interesting backstory you've got there, I like it! Welcome to the best and most exciting guild, Wolfwind!

I choose the white side, figs with white hair ftw! Nice polarized scene, both landscapes are nicely done. The yellowed white tile to simulate the transition from a thick snow packet to a bare, wooden bridge is creative! Good build!

Wow, cool! Especially the 'emerald' one looks really nice, so I imagine translucent colours would work well too. Awesome job!

This gave me a good laugh! The first shot where they are staring at each other is perfect

Meanwhile, in a parallel Ninjago realm... "The Overlord is the headmaster of the Elemental highschool that our heroes attend!"

I'm curious to see that :D

Ah, now I know what AoM is! Nice post

To be honest, I think that the high-school scenario can't possibly effect the (overall) setting in a good way, neutral at best. On the other hand, I'm confident that the more exciting corners of Ninjago will have more screen time than the school environment. It's a logical choice to have such a generic, contemporary and relatable setting, of course... but it's so conventional A traditional 'Japanese' setting altogether would have been more awesome, but that's just my opinion. Instead, it would be nice if there would be a touch of originality to it, for example a skycraper city with very traditional oriental design, architecturally speaking slightly utopian, if you know what I'm getting at. And if this is going to be non-canon, it would be cool to see the current ninja as sensei of four new, next generation ninja, something like that. If anything, the pseudo-brick-built CGI style will be lovely, no matter what setting it is. Looking forward to that!

When I first heard that there would be an Angry Birds line, I was skeptical that they could translate the concept of the game into a LEGO set. That said, the playability of the set is surprisingly good, imo. Looks like a lot of fun!

Oh, that looks cool! I used to make a guy with a visorless regular motorcycle helmet, turned 90 degrees to the side, pretending the little exposed hole was a bionic eye. It's nice how simple things could be so awesome as a kid

I don't get what you are saying. How do you mean, "scraped"? Is this about the Blue-Haired-Chick?

Yes, she has her 'Airjitzu kimono', just like the other ninja and what they wore in the Skybound season. No hints of sets, only minifigs to be seen that have been shown allready on Nuremberg and NY Toy Fair.