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What do you have in mind for a collaboration? I am not sure how these work. We each build a part of something or we try to make copies of each other's sig figs and use them in a scene? It sounds intriguing.

I really like this all the way around! I think the dragon's camouflage is awesome, and I love the foliage. I strive to make half-way decent foliage and tend to be disappointed myself. I think what you have is great. I love the way the trees bend, too. Is that the flex tubing for the trunk?

I, too, really like the base. I struggle a lot with making vegetation and paths that look realistic, and this one looks great. Nice to have some of that dark tan!

Finally had some time this weekend to unpack some my my collection and also bought some bulk Legos at a retailer near me. The real steal was I found Daniel Siskinds Blacksmith Shop for $35! They didn't know what it was and so priced it inappropriately, but I was not complaining! Hopefully be able to get some stuff built and pics this weekend.

Thanks for the welcome! I am trying to get my bricks together and somewhat organized after my move. I still have yet to find everything. I have some ideas for the introduction of Gwenllian, so will post once I have some things built.

That's good to know. This place seems pretty laid back with regard to building and seems to be an encouraging place to display MOCs. Look forward to it!

Thanks! I'm excited to be here. Looking forward to getting to build!

For consideration, Lady Gwenllain would like to claim Prenmôr, the coastal land on the northern coast of the western continent-island thing, next to Ambalar. Does this look OK? I tried to encompass the river not to try and claim it (as I think it would make a realistic border) but rather to try and keep it on the map so as not to get run over by the border line.

Lady Gwenllian has traveled here from her distant homeland across the sea to start a new life, fleeing the tyranny of the despotic Emporer Lantz. She has brought with her only a few possessions and men at arms, and of course, her trusty steed Cedors. Her journey has been long, and the winter is upon her, so she is scouting coastal locations to choose a place to build a temporary shelter before the long task of building a castle begins. Is the area near this penninsula taken? I have been unable to locate the most current map of Avalonia. Gwenllian would like to claim this area as her own.

Out of curiosity, how are freebuilds and challenges scored? Is there a rubric or votes or something? Who judges the MOCs?

Thanks a bunch for all the helpful info! I recently moved so I've been trying to dig out all my bricks, but will try and get a sig fig together with some backstory in the next few days. This sounds pretty relaxed, which I'm happy about, and I'm really excited to begin building some freebuilds!

Hello all! I am new here to Eurobricks, and was interested in the GoH, particularly by Avalonia. From reading all the threads, it seems that in order to sign up, I need to: 1. Make a sig fig/name, potentially draw up a backstory. 2. Potentially choose a county on the map? Looks like the western area is magical with islands, the middle is the elven-type forest, and the east is the camelot-type castles. Is there any crossover, such as having castles in the magical islands or what not? 3. Start building. I am a little confused on this note; I can't quite tell what challenges are active or how to go about building for the guild points etc. What challenges are now active? I saw there was one in Nocturnus, but I also read that Book II was coming to a close? I am a little confused. Also, what about the free builds? Can I build any time? Thanks in advance for your help! There's a lot to take in at first!

I really like it! Elegant, with crisp lines and a clean design. I have not been to Poland, but seeing this building gives me a very good idea what the buildings are like there!

I returned from my dark ages at the very end of Kingdoms, only to get the Medieval Market (which is a great set), but was super sad to find that I had missed out on the Vikings and a ton of really cool fantasy related sets. Oh well.

Awesome! I love the color palette!

Really nice! I love the sloping roof peaks (never figured out how that was done!). Good job!

Absolutely fantastic. I would buy this as a set if Lego ever produced it!

Wow! This is awesome! I really like how you spaced everything out like a real museum instead of trying to jam as much in as you could. All the special pieces and minifigs on display are great! This is definitely Lego modular-worthy!

I don't know if I'd call it 'betrayal' exactly; I leave that term for a bait and switch or broken promises. If TLG had promised us a classic castle line and then gave us Nexo, I would feel betrayed. That being said, I am disappointed in the Nexo line. I agree with the above posters who enjoy the generic castle figures that can be purposed to good or bad, or some neutral faction of your imagination. The Nexo figures are difficult to repurpose, and most of the pieces are as well. There are a few here and there that are OK, but all in all, I see it as a fad marketing scheme that is used to make money. Yes, TLG wants to make money, but it is still disappointing to me that they may have abandoned the Castle line. There are so many new directions to go with the Castle line that we have seen on the forums here and Classic Castle that were not taken advantage of. As for Nexo, there's a few interesting ideas, but when I was a kid, I would have hated this line. I wasn't even that excited about some of the witches and dragons they added in the 90s. Maybe I'm a purist, but I like lots of blocks that can be repurposed in numerous ways, not just a single block that makes up a wall. I was even disappointed by the castle walls that were in the 80s sets when I was a kid. I really agree that an Expert Creator line for Castle would be awesome. I think there's a lot to be had there, and I feel that our kids' generation is missing out on the classic Pirate and Castle lines if they are discontinued. Personally, I have not purchased any Ninjago, Chimia, or Nexo Knights sets and have no plans to. Although I don't care for the themes, I have purchased the Elves, Friends, and Minecraft sets simply for the pieces. I find too little rewarding in the Nexo sets to do the same; the few pieces that are good enough to buy I get from Bricklink. If TLG makes money from the kids, great, but I am disinterested.

As a fan of the Castle theme, I could see these themes being well suited to the modular Creator line. For instance, one could have a modular Castle turret, wall, or gatehouse, and connect as many of these as desired to form a castle of whatever size one conceived. Smaller medieval housing could also be done in similar fashion and would likely be popular, especially to buy multiple copies. I can see Space sets going the same way. I would also second the original, plain smiley-face heads and no stickers. The gender-neutral heads are preferable to me, although I can see how people like the variety of the newer expressive ones.

I have read about a no-mention list. Where is this? Are there some forum rules here?

I'm located in the US, in New Mexico, which has a strange name, since it's not really new, and it's not really Mexico. Been reading Eurobricks for a long time and wandered over here from Classic Castle. Seems that there's a lot more traffic over here, and I love seeing the multi-national ideas for building. I build a lot of Castle and City, but enjoy looking at builds from all of the genres. Hope to contribute to the forums here!