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  1. Henjin_Quilones
    Tip #1: Don't use the flash on your camera, as it creates an unpleasant glare on the build. Indirect daylight-kind of light is the best for displaying a build, but never a flash. I look forward to seeing this build in its own thread, where I will offer tips for building. Looks good so far!
  2. Henjin_Quilones
    Wow, very nice! This is amazing. The color choices here work very well, with the dark blue, flame orange, and dark orange (on the tree) complementing beautifully. The white and light grey also complement the dark blue tonally, and the brown and light blue serve nicely to tie it all together. There are not too many other colors to clutter it up, which is nice. As for the build, where to start? The tree in the house is lovely, I love the roof, especially all of the angles you worked into it, and the stonework of the walls looks great, as the small 1x1 round tiles (and 1x1 plates in the walls) break up the 1x2 pattern just enough to keep it interesting. And that phoenix is also superb! I have nothing bad to say about this, nothing to nitpick, just praise. Well done!
  3. Henjin_Quilones
    I grew up in a snowy area, so I know, too, but on a path that small the whole thing would probably be mud unless it was a path used so often that the center was dried out; it would also depend on the season and whether the snow was actively melting (like in springtime--then it's all just mud) or in the frozen depths of winter (then it might just be a bit wet on the edges like you show). So I guess it really depends on the time of year. Either way, I still like your build!
  4. Henjin_Quilones
    Thanks, Merc! I spent some time on those wings, trying to make them as feathery as possible with hard, angular Lego bricks. Wow, high praise, Exetrius! I am flattered. Thank you, and I am glad you like it.
  5. Henjin_Quilones
    Thanks, Blufiji! I am glad you like the gloom and doom of it.
  6. Henjin_Quilones
    Neat build on a small footprint! The tree is nice, though a bit spare (but I guess a tree in Mitgardia in winter is unlikely to be lush). The path does show wetness well, though I would suspect that melting snow would moisten the whole thing and not just the edges.
  7. Henjin_Quilones
    Henjin Quilones may be used if one has the inclination: The legs and torso are Haldir from Helm's Deep, the arms are from Wulfwarro (from the SW Rebels Wookiee gunship), the head is Indiana Jones (though Peter Quill/Starlord and Winter Soldier work just as well), the hair is Anakin Skywalker (any brown messy hair will do in a pinch), and he wears a brown cloak. His attire can be presented however one likes, though, as long as the face matches and his armor looks somewhat elvish, in the likely event that folks don't have all the necessary components just laying about. He typically rides a white warg rather than a horse, but that's not necessary (though a perk!), and hangs out with elves. Also, I'm wondering what the general feeling is on mixing fleshies with yellows in these builds. On the one hand, it would be good to respect the character as presented by the creator of the fig, with the appropriate face color and whatnot; on the other, it would be nice, too, to keep the general aesthetic one way or the other (i.e. all fleshies or all yellows) in a given build, since it often looks awkward with both. I lean toward keeping them the way they were made and mixing the two skin tones, but I wanted to see what others thought. For example, I could make a pretty close representation of Finn with flesh tones, but I would want to check with @Legofin2012 before showing him that way in a build. What do people think?
  8. Henjin_Quilones
    Welcome to the Guilds, Pigs54! Nice looking fig you have there. As far as your confusion, you have successfully completed the first step in joining the Guilds, namely, that you have posted your sigfig and a small amount of backstory. Now that you have joined, you are free to build whatever you want for your own story (starting a new topic for each new build--I would actually recommend posting Ethelwulf's house in its own topic so that more people will see it and give it feedback). There are several challenges going on right now as well, particularly Challenge V. Category A is finished, but B and C are still open. You are free (and encouraged!) to participate in those. Other than that, just get building! Ask questions when you have them. Again, welcome!
  9. Henjin_Quilones
    This is lovely, Maestro! The flowers add just the right amount of color to the scene, and are well-placed. The small stream, the irregular base, and the trees all add to it nicely. I particularly like the tree on the left made with the flower stems for a trunk. The colors here are better than in some of your other recent builds, with enough greens for variation, without too many to clutter it up, and a non-green/brown/grey color to break up the earthiness just enough. Good work! It looks like an Uruk-Hai torso with dark green arms added, along with CMF Rogue legs. A good combo indeed.
  10. Henjin_Quilones
    Fun little build! I like the fig posing there, and the SNOT rock is lovely. My main quibble is with that bush up top, as it does not look very good, in my opinion, with the leaves in both horizontal and vertical orientations. All one direction or the other would be better. The use of the modified plates with bar in your base is a nice touch, though, and gives a little added detail.
  11. Henjin_Quilones
    Very nice build! I like the small details you have put everywhere, like the book cover as a roof for a birdhouse. The thing I do not really like is the smoke coming out of the larger chimney, made with the small satellite dishes, as it does not seem "smoky" enough, being an odd shape and far too regular; the ice cream scoops look good from the small chimney, though. I like your broken-down stairs in the back, as it is appropriately aged and decrepit. Welcome (back?) to Avalonia!
  12. Henjin_Quilones
    Thanks! Thanks, SK! If I had more black Chima wings I would have put some more birds in there, too. Thank you, LJ! A build for the Spire needs to be dark. And I had an abundance of sand green from a PaB wall a while back, and was excited to use it. Thanks, Slegengr! I am glad you like it. It was something I threw together rather quickly to have a Spire entry, too. And I had not even noticed the light between the head and the rock until you pointed it out--oops! Thanks, U-M! Thank God for photo-editing programs... Thanks, Titus! I actually deliberately eschewed the use of wedge plates and went for an all-1x2-plate look for the landscaping, as it was the look I wanted, but I can see what you mean.
  13. Henjin_Quilones
    Thank you! I had a lot of fun making the eagle. Thanks, Legofin! I am glad you like the wall and the eagle both; I tried to make both to a high standard, rather than one part good and the other mediocre. Thank you, Slegengr! I am sure you could have come up with something impressive, too. As for the wings folding back, I'll get right on that, right after buy the Lego bricks that magically fold in on themselves, like Iron Man's watch/armored hand... Thanks, U-M! I had to be clever with the footprint to try to minimize the overhang after I build a giant eagle (I had intended, when I was imagining the build, to create a bird about a third that size, but after I made the head, I had to build a body to match, and the rest is history...) Thanks, Blufiji! I would have done something under the wing, except that it needed to be structural there for the mounting function and I did not want the wing to be overly thick. And I did not really have the right pieces for good under-wing texture, too. Thanks! Glad you like it, SK! I am glad you like the Elven feel, as it is the first of hopefully many more to come detailing the architecture of Hesperia. Thanks, Garm! I'd agree, I think this is my best all-around build as far as stonework and overall design, too. Thanks! The elves of the Enchanted Forest have tamed many large creatures of the forest, and this eagle is no exception. As for the exposed entrances, I agree 100%; I did not have a good way to fix it, though, without a radical re-design or an even greater overhang for an enlarged walkway. The "jutting" part was deliberate to allow the build greater balance and stability with the cantilevered eagle wing.
  14. Henjin_Quilones
    Very nice camel! It has a rather cartoonish feel, with those giant googly eyes. The rockwork, as others have said, is the scene stealer here, at least for me; you did a great job on the terrain and adding the different layers of stone.
  15. Henjin_Quilones
    Nice house, Legofin! It is very appropriately northern. I think it might look better with a differently colored door, though, maybe dark brown or dark green; just something to set it off a bit more from the rest of the house. Your snow looks great, and I echo what others have said about the covered area, as you did it very well. I like what I see. As a future suggestion, though, since I assume you get lots of snow up in Mid-River, you might want to think about making steeper-sloped roofs the norm in your village, to shed snow more readily; a shallow slope like that will accumulate heavy snow and put considerable stress upon the beams and roofing materials. If you look at old Norse architecture, as well as Alpine architecture, the roofs are usually quite steep for that reason. Just a thought.
  16. Henjin_Quilones
    [Edit: I just saw that @Slegengr's comment was directed directly at Z--sorry, did not mean to jump the gun there!]
  17. Henjin_Quilones
    Nice use of forced perspective with the tents down below the ridge! It took me a while to recognize them for what they were, but when it clicked I saw it clearly. A couple of things could improve the visibility of the perspective: first, the random light bley pebble near the edge needs to go, as it confuses the eye; second, and I don't know if this is possible with LDD builds, since I don't do it myself, but it would be better to have the tents just slightly out of focus to imply greater depth in the image. That being said, it is well done. As I said with your challenge build, I think your tree still needs quite a bit more foliage, but that is fairly minor. It is also a bit off-putting to only see the characters' backs, instead of a humanizing close-up of their faces. A bigger image would also be nice to aid the eye in admiring what you have done. Keep up the good work!
  18. Henjin_Quilones
    It looks very nice, in keeping with the other builds you have already put together. I like the consistent style throughout, with enough variation to keep it interesting. I have two points of critique: first, it bothers me a bit that the shields stick out from the wall like that; I think it would improve the appearance to have them flush with the wall behind. Second, why is the woodcarver's house not decorated with extra-ornate wood carvings, as a sort of billboard for his work? I would think that that could make it a bit more spectacular, though it is already quite good.
  19. Henjin_Quilones
    Do sails for the ships need to be official Lego sails? Or can we make our own custom sails? I am assuming the latter, since Lego sails are relatively hard to come by and have very particular shapes, but I just wanted to make sure before I started daydreaming up a ship for the contest. And I don't mean to presume, but shouldn't this topic (and the posting page, too, probably) be pinned among those on the first page, like the current Challenge V thread is? It would make it easier to find and reference, rather than having to search through pages of builds, especially with all of the challenge builds. It's just a suggestion, so feel free to take it or leave it.
  20. Henjin_Quilones
    Good little build, and a good start to your story. I am curious to see where you take it. Nice job mixing the studs and smooths on the wall to create an interesting, run-down texture. The landscape is simple but effective. My only question is how a man so weak and close to death managed to build a big fire like that...
  21. Henjin_Quilones
    Yes, all of those races exist here in the realms of Historica. As Trooper919 said, there are no restrictions on what can be where, so you could be a Nocturnian elf, an Avalonian orc, a Kaliphlinian dwarf, or a Mitgardian troll, regardless of where such creatures are "usually" found. Humans (yellowface or fleshies, whichever you prefer) are found everywhere. As a general rule, if it is based on a sort of historical/medieval fantasy world, it belongs in Historica. Dragons, wizards, necromancers, swamp creatures, fairies, lava-born, ice beasts, or whatever, all are found here and welcomed. So welcome to the guilds! Step one is to post a picture of your sigfig to the guild you wish to join (Mitgardia, in your case, so in this thread here) along with a name and usually some sort of backstory, though how much and to what degree of detail is entirely up to you. If you ever have questions, post here in your guild thread or use the New Member Guide, which serves as a sort of community Q&A board. I look forward to seeing your builds!
  22. Henjin_Quilones
    Did you post this twice?
  23. Henjin_Quilones
    Much better with fewer, and rounder, stars!
  24. Henjin_Quilones
    First of all, for posting pictures, the following tutorial should be of use. Most people don't want to have to click through to a different website to view the pictures, so it is good to have them visible with the story. The build itself is fine, though I think it would have been better to make your own elvish boat rather than using the single-piece canoe, as it does not really suit the elves in shape. I think that the story would be better with some dialogue or some sort of named characters, rather than anonymous "female elf" and "elvish king", and simply narrating the story blow-by-blow is a bit boring. Give me a reason to care about the characters, a hint of emotion, or an appeal to the senses (describe the temperature, or tell me about a smell--do Snake men smell strangely, such that an acute elf-nose would notice?). I find it helpful to imagine the story from the perspective of a particular character (like the female elf). You could say something like, "Ursula clutched the message for the king tightly, wishing she had a cloak against the icy winds gusting from the sea. Suddenly, with a change in the wind, came a change in the smell--salt was replaced by snake! Looking up she saw a menacing figure on the shore, one of the dreaded Snake-men through whose territory the canoe was passing. Ursula shrank back as her guards leapt up to confront the Snake-man..." It makes it more interesting to read that way, I think. (I teach English and Literature, by the way, so don't take this the wrong way--I want you to improve!)
  25. Henjin_Quilones
    Great little (big?) bug and excellent base. I especially like the use of the Nexo-shield tiles for the border.
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