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  1. Henjin_Quilones
    Go for it! Make up whatever you like about us. That's the nice thing about the guilds; the story comes first. And there is so much unclaimed land in Avalonia, or barely developed land, at least, that if you do not specify "Benoic" or "Drond's Feelds" or "Hesperia" no one will care one way or another. Heck, I'm not sure I would care even if you said they were from Hesperia, my own land, as long as they were flesh-toned elves (i.e. not yellow and not human)...
  2. Henjin_Quilones
    This has a very nice Mitgardian feel to it. I love what you have done with the roof, particularly the decoration carved into the top beam on the end there. The full interior is nice, too. I would suggest taking the pictures against an uncluttered backdrop, however, to remove the distractions of your room. The tree is great, especially the changing seasons shown there. Keep up the good work!
  3. Henjin_Quilones
    Nice SNOTed tiles on the base there! Looks good. A different background, like white paper or a sheet (or better yet Photoshop), would improve the presentation considerably, though, without too much extra work on your part. But it is well done, especially for a first attempt. Keep up the good work!
  4. Henjin_Quilones
    Another superlative build from you! There is nothing to not like here. The trees, as others have said, look great, and are perfect next to your small wadi/river coming down from the spring. No one does round towers as well as you, and these are no exception to that, though I did notice one seam seems to be rather long. The arches, textured walls, and colors of the whole thing are amazing. The sand, though! The sand is just the best. It might not be Evenfall Castle for me, but wow, this is stupendous work.
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    Oh good, I'll look there. Thanks! I did not want to have to wade through half of the Nocturnus thread just to know whom to bribe.
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    Wishing I had a pie piece now... Ah well, I'll just have to be creative about it. Sounds like fun! Can someone post a current picture of His Lordship Raavage for those of us too lazy to go through back threads?
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    Looks fantastic already! I cannot wait to see this one completed.
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    Prizes, you say? For the sake of prizes and glory, I might muster something...
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    Sounds like a good time! I'll see what I can do. As a side-note, what are the banner colors of each side of the civil war?
  10. Henjin_Quilones
    Another well-told and well-photographed episode! Is that first guy an earthbender? Crazy stuff. Great posing and use of camera angles! I look forward to seeing some more of the story, too!
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    I think the trees are the most interesting part of this build, and I quite enjoy how they look. My only quibble with them is that they lean a bit backwards; if they were a light bit more vertical, I think they would look even better. The angle of the leaves does not upset me in the slightest, as I think the piece is versatile enough to be used in many configurations. The rest of the vegetation, on the other hand, does seem a bit too cluttered to me. It does a great job of conveying lushness and the feeling of tall grass, but it is just so much green; a path to a small dock, or something to break up the mass of green, would improve things aesthetically, in my opinion. After all, an Avalonian soldier in retirement would probably want to spend some time fishing, or at least standing by the shore, and a path to get there would be an improvement on wading through tall grass every time. The cottage, though, is nicely done, and there are many good things to like here. Good job!
  12. Henjin_Quilones
    Well done! This looks great, Titus! The stonework looks good, though I will echo what others have said that the 1x2 grill bricks do seem a bit out of place texturally here. Sometimes less is more when it comes to texture. And those arrow slits definitely need to be flipped, for the safety of the soldiers within... I like what you have done architecturally here, as the central tower with the wooden additions looks very nice, and very Avalonian, too. I'm not sold, however, on the little statue at the top of the battlements, as it seems out of place being so high above the rest of the crenelations, but I do like the ones built into the wall a bit lower down. The interior space is nice, if a bit sparsely furnished (it is a frontier fortress, after all), and the stained glass looks very good there over the entrance. I do not love the thatching for the roof, but as thatching it does look pretty good; I would rather see something more shingle-y on a castle roof, as thatch is just a bit too flammable for my liking. I agree with Garmadon again in saying that the vegetation seems a bit jumbled; more variation in leaf color, maybe, and more order in the arrangement would help. The vines and the little tree, as well as the growth on the roof, look good (though if I were living there, I would try to get those plants off the building, since the vines are tearing apart the masonry and the roof must be rotting, and probably leaking, if there are plants growing in it...). My favorite part, though, is the staircase coming up to the door. It is elegant and yet also slightly banged up, a testament to the efficacy of the fortress in repelling invaders and its utility in the wars. A good looking build, overall, and a great presentation!
  13. Henjin_Quilones
    Very nice! This works very well. As SK said, it is great that it is on several plates, as that allows you to make it seem larger than your part supply can actually support. The foliage around the keep is well done, even though I personally do not really like the flower stems being used as grass (others favor them, but my own preference trends against them). When I first saw the build, I thought to myself that it looked rather Mitgardian with those roof gables, and lo and behold! it was deliberate. Well done! The stonework on the tower looks very nice, especially the sand green sections, and I like that you have some 1x2 tiles scattered in there too. I like the battlements at the top, in particular the little statues in the corners; it is an attractive little detail. And the interiors are great, too. The only thing I think could be a bit better is the terrain, as your land is rather flat, and there should be, at very least, a path going up to the door of the tower and coming away from the stables, either of brown dirt from where the grass has been worn away, or stone from a paved path (or a combo of the two). The land looks appropriately lush, however, and I really had to think hard to come up with something for improvement at all. Great work, especially for a first posted MOC!
  14. Henjin_Quilones
    Wow, that is a spectacular build! I am not sure I have ever seen a small cottage so well done. The curved roof, the stones in the walls, the terrain, the supplies outside, the clothesline, the fence, even the bushes look great. Just wow. So vibrant, and yet so peaceful. You have a great sense of aesthetic, my friend!
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    These are great! I've seen the ones that you have posted over on GoH already, and I guess actually I've looked at all of them on the InnovaLUG site, but it is great to see all of your work together in one place. If I were to list all of what I like about these it would take all day, but the purple tree in the falconer's cottage in particular caught my eye. Are the leaves held on by being draped over the 3-stalk flower stems? That is a new way of attaching foliage, and one that I might have to copy.
  16. Henjin_Quilones
    I am looking for a bit of advice here. I am a teacher, and one of my fellow teachers recently retired, leaving behind a bunch of old student projects on the shelves. One of those projects was a temple built out of Lego bricks, and I was able to 'save' it before it was thrown away with the rest, netting myself nearly 1500 pieces for free, including some great 2x2x11 columns in tan, some of those lion-head pediments common around Kaliphlin parts, and a whole slew of 8x16 bricks. So far, so good. The problem is that the temple was sitting assembled in a window of the old teacher's classroom for a while, and some of the bricks suffered some discoloration as a result. Now, I am not one to look a gift brick in the mouth, and they will be used either way, but it would be nice if they were not sun-stained. Does anyone know if that is permanent, or is there a way to reverse it? Thanks!
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    In my opinion, the tower stonework looks too chaotic and not unified enough to look like a single entity. There are just too many textures and colors for my liking. I get that you are going for the look of ruins, but it also looks far too solid to be ruins and instead just looks visually busy (again, too many textures and colors). A collapsed tower should be a pile of rocks, or at least a mostly-disassembled mass of stone, not a fully-assembled rectangular prism with a few holes. The landscaping looks good, though, especially the little river. I like the sand left behind on the banks.
  18. Henjin_Quilones
    With the exception of Deep Gardens, just claimed a post above you by Kahir, I believe this map to be updated and complete: And welcome to Avalonia!
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    That's a fearsome band of mercenaries! I am glad I did not see anybody who looked skilled with a ship, so I am unlikely to see them in the Enchanted Forest region any time soon... This is a great introduction to your forces, and a good presentation of them. It was clearly well-thought out. I find your siege weapon and the wolf-head standard borne by that last group to be the most impressive elements of what you have just shown, but all of it looks good!
  20. Henjin_Quilones
    Great action shots! You have done an excellent job of capturing a magical duel in the midst of it happening, complete with beams of some sort of arcane energy flying out. I especially love the picture of him deflecting the beam away. The story ended too soon, leaving me hanging and wanting more... As for the build itself, as others have said, it is a nice use of those door pieces to create an arena. It performs admirably as the backdrop of your chapter. Allow me to echo SK, however, in wishing for an overview of the whole build to get a feel for it that way. But I really like what I see.
  21. Henjin_Quilones
    That's a nice looking farm! I like the rows of crops, but especially that pumpkin patch. They will be set when Halloween comes! I also like that you made the hut in the back at an angle on the base, keeping everything from being on square, and the pig enclosure looks great. The gate is well done. My main suggestion for improvement is greater texturing of the ground; it is a bit too flat for my liking. Building it up more to create a more varied terrain would improve the feel considerably, in particular around the pig pen. Since pigs are always digging around in it I would expect it to be sunk beneath the surrounding land a bit, rather than the mud being higher than the grass as it is now. The straight line between the shed and pig pen is rather unnatural looking, too, which would also be improved by building up the base and adding more terrain texture. It takes more pieces, but I think it is worth it visually in the end. Some 1x1 round tiles and plates on the path would liven that up quite a bit too. Despite that, it is a very lively and fruitful farm, and I think it is your best build that I have seen yet. Keep up the good work!
  22. Henjin_Quilones
    I love the ice! I grew up somewhere where they built an ice castle for a winter festival each year, and this definitely reminds me of that. I particularly enjoy the sideways white bricks on the corners.The battlements, too, look like upside down icicles, which is a great feature, and the tooth pieces over the doorway is an inspired touch. Elsa from Frozen could not have done better! I also enjoy the minifigs in this build, especially the crossbowman, as the hat makes him look like a Russian or Siberian bear-man.
  23. Henjin_Quilones
    No killing of other builders' characters is allowed... In Avalonia, find the most current version of the map and pick a free space on it. In other guilds they do not claim land as their own. Last I recall I updated the map unofficially about a month ago, so it should be in the Avalonian thread around that time. And yes, you are correct about posting. Just create your new thread/topic, with the appropriate title. Most people post a link to it in their guild for others to see it, too.
  24. Henjin_Quilones
    Welcome, Conrad! You have chosen a guild wisely.
  25. Henjin_Quilones
    True. My sigfig doesn't rule the land I claimed; he is a Human wanderer in an Elvish land. So I would take a bit of land, declare that there is a forest there, and have your character do whatever you want him/her to do, since you make the rules in your land (within reasonable limits, of course). Or, alternatively, you can join a different guild and come to Avalonia on a visit, but I wouldn't recommend that, being Avalonian... Welcome to the Guilds! I would not let the color of the flag be the sole deciding factor. Ask instead where you would feel most comfortable building, or where you would derive the most pleasure from building, or where you would confront and meet and overcome the greatest challenges building. I do not have any sand green flags myself (but I do have a bunch of the dark green ones from LotR sets). I do have red and blue, and red and gold, and yellow and green, however, yet I still chose Avalonia as my guild. As for the army, they do not have to match Avalonia's colors to be from Avalonia, since your personal fiefdom's heraldic colors can be whatever you want; just make sure that they answer the call when the high king summons them to war!
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