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Only the CMF, as far as I know. Sometimes the accessoires are available, it happened with the raven knight's sword as well.

That reminds me.... I never posted my haul from December. Maybe because I spent already enough time arranging. Here it is:

Oh, that sounds worse for your projects! And yes, asking questions.... I had some technical questions, but beyond the FAQ there is nothing dedicated to ask questions about IDEAS, very inconvenient. I admire you for succeeding in actually getting to speak to the moderators directly. As far as my minifigs go, I can assure you haven't used any non-official parts, just a lot of recolours. Two of the projects you listed got me thinking though: they do not have a shot that shows off all figs and accessories, and I do. It should not matter, but it does put some extra emphasis on them, I guess. To be clear, I put my 1000x750 render images (just the model with transparent background) on 1300x1000 backgrounds that are very light grey with a subtle spotlight effect. So indeed, my close-up images don't show the full model, but the edge is very light grey. You raise a good point though about the double white space, I had not considered that the site already provides some of that. Btw, speaking of The Office, now those have minifigures, ladies and gentlemen! https://ideas.lego.com/projects/86dd17b7-c266-4426-b67b-8cb525882504 13 minifgs, I think around 600 pieces? https://ideas.lego.com/projects/53360c86-aae2-420d-8cec-3eb02c8e59e1 10 minifigs, 1079 pieces https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c744aa34-24b4-49af-9b17-ba9d72808890 13 minifigs, 751 pieces, great ratio! https://ideas.lego.com/projects/d093e27c-6dee-4884-9e6a-2184eb8745c0 18 minifigs, whoppa! That's more like it! Also looks to be close to - or exceeding - 3000 pieces to me.

This is a pretty disrespectful thing to say. I could attack this claim in a lot of ways, but instead I'll keep cool and kindly suggest you to be more considerate with your choice of words. I hope the chosen wording was not (fully) intentional. Sorry, but IDEAS isn't putting me in a good mood lately. As I put more work in better visuals for my projects, I only see my submissions returned for revision more often. My latest active project was returned two times, I have written about it in detail in the description of the pic below, if you're interested. That wasn't a nice process to go through, so I thought I'd do better with my next submission. Well, turns out: NOT. A whole slew of things was wrong with it. Firstly, as of February 21 2021, you may no longer have text in your main visual, except on prints or stickers. WHY? Secondly, I made close-up renders that only show part of the build, and put them on a sheet that's larger than the render itself. In other words, making sure there is some blank space around the model, it's more presentable that way. Commentary: "Please remove the white border in the photos, so the build is in full view." Ugh. 👉 But here comes the real comment that left me dumbfounded and pissed: "Your recent project submission contains many LEGO Minifigures, suggests a Minifigure series, collectible Minifigures, Minifigures and accessories, a “battle pack” or a mass customisation Minifigure maker Product Idea. We love Minifigures too, but can only accept submissions that contain a significant LEGO model." Excuse me? WHAT? My model is 1760 pieces; I have 7 minifigs. Does that seem exceptional or unreasonable? I include accessories for them, yes, but I am not providing extra minifigure parts whatsoever. Scrapping one or two figs would mean redoing several renders. Cut me some slack, it's not like everyone on IDEAS else is holding back on minifigs! I don't want to fully disclose the model before it goes live, but this should give you an idea of this obviously-not-a-substantial-model: So what are your thoughts on this? Has anyone gone through similar hurdles lately? Imo, it's becoming an increasing pain to deal with.

That sea temple, and Nya's water dragon!! The obligitory-oversized-car is arguably LEGO's wildest amphibious vehicle design since Atlantis, which is neat. For the other sets I'll need to see the official pics, but this seems to be a great wave! For Legacy, is that a downsized Ultrasonic Raider, €50-ish?? Actually, I'm fine with snakes/eels. TLNM and the Atlantis theme provided a variety of sea creatures, but not water snakes or eels. I think they are a good fit with Ninjago as a theme, more than sharks, octopuses, or jelly fish. Plus it's a great thing to see wave-specific moulds return and be recoloured.

Thanks for that info! @BigA_7 Are these the images you sent, or an improved version already? I had a brief look, but other than custom prints (that should not be a problem) I really don't spot anything that doesn’t look like LEGO

Thanks, Um! :) It's from TLNM Lady Iron Dragon.

Fantasy figbarf time, enjoy! Devotees of Ka'a Rashket Kenra the Diligent || Tarmet the Brave || Fasus the Patient || Drantei the Kind || Serkem the Just In the Age of Calamity, in the face of cataclysm and catastrophe, a small group of idealists has risen up to follow the path of Ka'a Rashket. With an unshaken resolve they challenge a world where all hope seems lost, hoping to tip the scales of fate even ever so slightly...

Depends where your target audience is, and if there is a platform where you already have a substantial following. I can recommend Reddit and Flickr, and Twitter can go a long way if you can get a ‘famous’ person to tweet about your project.

@toastergrl Congratulations! The Van Gogh project stands out in originality, I can see an interesting build experience and good parts pack result from it. I am bummed that neither Avatar: Last Airbender, nor Naruto, have made it... Both are icons in animation history, and very popular to this day.

Extra wall texture, ever so subtle? Or easier to place down, or remove, in that particular situation? Nothing else comes to mind.. except inflating the piece count.

Do you guys know how to prevent high-res renders from turning blurry when uploaded to IDEAS? My images are 3000x2250 (ratio 4:3), png files. I tried reducing to about half the size, and to jpeg, but that didn't help. Another technical question: how do you embed an image into the project description? Btw, I could find neither of these things in the FAQ.

To be honest I am already very grateful (and surprised) that it was recoloured for a non-licensed set at all, but yeah, very much second this!

The print quality of the avatar outfit torsos was bad too, imo. If you're printing a bare chest on a torso, better make it opaque! In general, I feel like the opacity of prints has lowered a bit. Now I always pay close attention to set reviews, to avoid ending up with unsightly prints that I won't use. And new trans clear is an eyesore. Quality complaints aside, NCG looks great. Love the control tower, and relieved there's no 18+ box art! I was kind of hoping for a temple instead of a shrine, but oh well. I wonder what it looks like placed directly next to NC, because I'm not a fan of the hight drop of the NCD. Anyway, exciting continuation!

Maybe you could have added a brick built, square, figure, to give a sense of scale? Great job on the bottom-up roofing, though

Welcome to the Guilds! This is solid start, both story-wise and build-wise! You've had to work with tough constraints, but you pushed through. I like the vine and the water well (great technique, there!) too. As far as improvement goes, there's not much that you yourself and Grover haven't mentioned yet, but I have two minor things. First, I think the placement of the olive green plants in front of the water well is not all that logical, if the well is used regularly, so I might have put them under the tree instead. The other thing is the snow. The white 1x3 slope bothers me, because all the rest of it is represented by 1x1 studs, and by itself it doesn't look very natural. Also, those two studs put vertically on that vine would better be placed on top of the wall, for consistency's sake. But that is nitpicking, keep up the good work!

Thanks! Thank you! The studs are not open, though. Would be a bit classic Technic they had done that.

https://bouwsteentjes.info/lego-ideas-medieval-blacksmith/ good morning, 2021! I really like the look of this!

So what's this Vengestone thing? Was it mentioned in the show, or is there an image out that I missed? @FrostyPlayZa Remember this is a Ninjago set discussion thread, not a YT comment section...

I'd like to embed a gif and/or a regular image in my project description on IDEAS, but I don't know how to do it, and I can't seem to find it in their FAQ.. Does anyone here know how to do it? As a by-product of my search, I found out there is a platform to suggest ideas for improvements to the website. That kind of amused me, because, you know... IDEAS.

Hah, that's great to know! Thank you! Cool idea to add some real tech to the bracelet!

Seeing them up close like that, they do have a strong Clickits vibe to me. :) I held back my criticism for the opening the thread, but now it's nagging time! To be honest, the 1-wide straps do not really excite me all that much. Imo a 3-wide strap would be a lot cooler because of the increased possibilities. More important, however, is that there are still hardly any bracelets in non-pastel colours. It's not that I don't have faith that we get those down the line, but it's an observation. I find this banner interesting. Bright red, bright yellow and bright green - classic LEGO colours - in the logo, coincidentally the colours the boys are wearing (minus red). They are suggesting boys are part of the target demographic, but the currently available DOTS sets (and/or their packaging) tells a bit of a different story, imho. Something more concrete that caught my eye: is that a white bracelet strap in the middle? I don't think I've seen one in the sets? Btw, I like that there is a nougat and a white bag tag cube, they might come in handyd in fantasy or sci-fi creations, respectively.

Thanks for sharing that, basically one of the earliest 5-minute craft DIY tutorials, am I right?

@Kalhiki Thank you! Yes, I'm sure there's a lot more that can be done outside just using tiles.

Reddish brown in "Town Centre": https://brickset.com/sets/60292-1