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  1. Grover
    Excellent! I like how the tree appears to be changing colors for autumn. Having caught the horse rather than the rider is creative, too! I think the irregular base works well on this. I also really like the overall color palette of the build. Good job!
  2. Grover
    Very cool! The photography contributes to the mood of the build. The rockwork is great, too.
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    Nice job! I like the cobblestone path, and the guy feeding the horse a cookie is hilarious!
  4. Grover
    I really like these buildings. In particular, the way the angles are set it gives a really solid appearance of individual houses that are crowded together, which is what I understand actual medieval cities were like. The stone on bottom and Tudor style on top works very well for this. I like the texture to the stone, too--it has enough texture to seem like it wasn't freshly built and yet it has enough solidity to appear as though it's not falling down. In the same way, the plaster texture on the Tudor also looks worn but not in disrepair. I think the statue is also a nice touch. Overall, awesome job! I hope to eventually build some structures that look this nice!
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    Thanks! I had fun with it. Thank you! I'm still working on it! Thank you! I try to make my entries humorous. :-) Out of curiosity, what do you suggest for a more dense foliage? I have tried before for dense foliage, but I have trouble with it getting in the way of pictures. Any thoughts on this would be welcome. I think your suggestion of trying more irregular and more inclined bricks is good. Thanks! Thanks! I'm glad that you recognized the cliff! I was hoping it was recognizable, but after you stare at something for so long, it sometimes seems like you don't know anymore. I played with some of the studs on the tree trunk, but probably didn't do enough work. I wanted at least some studs so that the bark was rough, but you're right, it is too regular. As for the foliage, I used everything that I had in dark green. Hopefully I'll have more soon. Sorry you don't like the brick built bushes. I was kind of happy with them, but I do agree that they're more mine-craft than the rest of the stuff I built. I wanted to use sand green and didn't have a lot of parts, so as they say around here, 'you run what you brung'. I thought they came off OK as holly-like bushes, although I could have added some red 1x1 round plates as berries. The giant sheep is indeed Duplo, in my collection since the late 70s I think. It is actually the inspiration for the build, as I found it and thought it would make a hilarious mount for the rider. Thanks! Thanks a bunch! I will continue working on the cliffs, so hopefully you'll see more of them in the future! Thanks on the bushes, too. I thought they were kind of fun, and I had to work with what I had on hand in sand green, so I'm glad it turned out OK.
  6. Grover
    My category A entry for the Alliance side.
  7. Grover
    Somewhere deep in the forests of Avalonia, a soldier of the black spire and his orcish minion prepared to ambush a rider for the alliance. "What we smash, master?" "Hush, Gulurk! We are to ambush an alliance rider who has a secret message. We have word that it will be a faun or an elf." "Goat-man or pointy-ear?" The orc chuckled. "Will be easy! Weaklings!" The soldier nodded. "Yes, they are weak. We will trap him between this cliff and the tree. He will have nowhere to go." The orc snorted his assent and the two settled down to wait. A moment later, the ground began to shake to the beat of hooves. "Get ready!" the soldier whispered. He and the orc tensed. "NOW!" The soldier and orc jumped out to ambush the onrushing rider. "Wait, that's too big to be a horse... GAAAAAH!" Elris the faun looked back at the two black spire warriors that lay dead on the ground, trampled by his dire sheep. "I think they were frightened of ewe, Mammoth," he said as he patted his sheep, Mammoth, on his thick wooly coat. "Really pulled the wool over their eyes! I wonder if they even herd us coming?" he laughed. "Oooh, that was ba-aa-aa-aa-d," he chortled in a sheep's tone at his own pun, as he rode forward with the precious message in his hand. ********** I have been trying to improve my landscaping builds recently and worked on this tree and the cliff face. I was pleased with the tree trunk but didn't really get the fullness of the leaves that I wanted. I tried to make the cliff face imitate a limestone cliff with the horizontal ridges. Not entirely happy with it, but it's a start I guess. I am also trying to get better pictures and have been playing with lighting. A few of the pictures I thought turned out well, but some of the others I didn't have enough light I don't think. C&C, along with suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for looking!
  8. Grover
    This is great! Super clean, simple and elegant, and the nest-like saddle is awesome. I think the use of the dinosaur (I assume from the Jurassic Park stuff?) is great. Good job!
  9. Grover
    I like the entry! The hidden orcs/trolls are great. I like the base, too. Simple, but still detailed enough not to look like a giant square of brown. Well done!
  10. Grover
    I like the simplicity of the build and the use of colors. The poodle is also hilarious. The feel of this really picks up the camp setting, I think. Great job!
  11. Grover
    I love the creative use of parts and colors! This is a great build! I like the format for the story, too, as I find it easy to determine the speaker. Great job!
  12. Grover
    I love this! The background with the stars and snow is awesome, and the photography is amazing. I wish I could take pictures that well. The whole landscape looks great. Good job!
  13. Grover
    You complain about the lack of textures, but I think it works out well. I would not have guessed that you were at a lack of pieces at all. It works well with the Kaliphlin setting I think.
  14. Grover
    Great build! I really like the pine trees and the snow. The trees look a lot better than I would have thought possible for cheese wedges!
  15. Grover
    I love the injection of humor (bare bones humor... ) into these works. This is a great build and hilarious story!
  16. Grover
    Excellent work! I really like the photography. I've been trying to get pics that good, but it's tough, especially with the walls and semi-enclosed space like you have, and your pics look great! I enjoyed the story, too--very compelling!
  17. Grover
    This had me laughing! I love the expression on the figure's face and the hilarious setting. The way the vegetation is arranged makes it look realistic, and I love the story and humor behind the build! My only suggestion is very minor, which would be to vary the level of the ground slightly by maybe a plate or two and add a few pebbles (1x1 round tiles or plates) of light and dark bley or something to break up the brown underneath. It is not that noticeable given that the eye wants to look at the scorpion (which is awesome, BTW) and the scene as a whole.
  18. Grover
    I think you're a little hard on yourself. I like the detail, especially the use of the antenna in the flower for the blood and the other one in the guy's neck. I think it does a good job depicting the battle scene. I also like the story. The loss of life really comes across, which many times gets lost in the heroics of a story.
  19. Grover
    The dark orange works really well here. Looks like moist clay, with the tan being the beaten down, dried earth from the oxen. I like the overall feel, along with the functionality. The bits of crops and the tree make it look like it's part of a larger scene as well. Very impressed (as usual with your work!).
  20. Grover
    This is a really cool build. I have been looking and re-looking at this over the past several days. I always see something new, or something new about it strikes me. I love the detail on the palm tree, the way the path wends through the desert but still has definable edges, the slight curb on the edge of the path, the smoothness as Henjin noted, even the direction of the small OD-green plants lining up in clumps... really well done. I am very impressed by this and it has given me many ideas for my own builds. Awesome!
  21. Grover
    This is beautiful. I would not have thought of using orange as a roof tile, but it looks great! As always, your interiors are super; the thought and detail that went into them are outstanding. The colors on the walls, the tan and dark tan, are also great. One of the things I really like is that you're not afraid to leave studs facing out on SNOT walls. You really make it work well in your models. Fantastic job!
  22. Grover
    This is truly awesome. I love the creativity in the skeletal serpent. It looks scary and really fits the story. Great job!
  23. Grover
    I like the texture and the feel of the piece! The color scheme works well for the northern, snowy lands, I think. I like the story, too, great job!
  24. Grover
    Excellent! I like the long wavy stems on the mushrooms! The overall effect is very nice. I like the way the story is told between two people in a conversation style as well. I thought that they were walking past a manicured garden at first because of the straight line, but this gives me good ideas for gardens, too! Well done!
  25. Grover
    I really like the clean lines and the feel of the piece. I think the style lends itself to conveying the story and not distracting from the courier by being too busy. Awesome job!
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