Darnok

Nice, I have signed up both of you. Thank you, already looking forward what you are up to! I could sign you up randomly, but would rather not. I would feel much better if the choice was yours. Can you please give it some more thinking time and decide on (a) day(s) you are comfortable with?

That's an impressive building, no questions asked! The style fits the era, the whole thing looks good to me. In terms of constructive criticism I notice a bit too much symmetry (bushes, palm trees), and wonder what makes the whole thing a theatre other than the sign on the front doors. Without that it could just as easily be an office building, factory or anything else. Also, as noted by Fraunces, why is a building of this size and purpose in a tiny settlement on an island that can not be found (unless you know where to look)? It would still feel slightly out of place in most settlements of City size. It feels pretty odd to me.

I can neither confirm nor deny any WTC Merrymas customs involving horse meat. All I can saying is that you just gave me some wonderful ideas, thank you very much!

Hello everybody, the festive season is almost upon us - despite retail telling me it already is since early September. This one is kind of an experiment. The idea is to set up an advent calendar: each day somebody posts a little build and/or story related to Merrymas (being the Christmas equivalent in the BotBS world). Said post would go up on the previous day under a spoiler tag, so everybody else can "open the advent caledar door" the next day on his personal pace. All these posts would go into a dedicated thread of its own, where the daily posts are also collected (i.e. linked to) in the OP in style of an actual advent calendar. See here for an example of mine from two years ago. If I got your interest, here is what you would have to do: Come up with an idea for either a small scene or story centered around the Merrymas season in the BotBS world. Decide on a day(s) of the advent calendar you want to fill. Ideally we would have one person per day, you can volunteer for more than one day though. Do a build for it and/or illustrate it with a story - having something built to show is not a necessity though, if you prefer to write only that is fine as well! There is no size restriction on either the build or the story, anything more than a single minifig is suitable! Post it - in the advent calendar thread to be started late November - prior to your day of choice, ideally the day before. Post it all under a spoiler tag to hide it from initial view. Enjoy the Merrymas season! This thread is for organising the whole thing, for all questions and general feedback. I would post the "main thread" for the actual advent calendar posts on the last weekend of November, in about three weeks from now. I will also do the first "door" (i.e. December 1st), as well as three emergency entries - so while you would be expected to post yours on time, there are failsafes built into this - we all know life happens, especially this year! If you are interested: please let us know by posting in this thread, stating the day(s) you want to do. If you have an idea for something that takes more than one day - maybe a continued storyline or a set of builds around the same idea - please also say so here. That way we can organise it in a manner that doesn't come randomly. Please check your personal calendar and schedule to make sure you can actually provide your build/story on the day of your choice. This thread is also for all questions in advance, as well as emergency dropouts and what other stuff might come up during the process. So without further ado, we need to fill the following list, one person per day: Darnok Fraunces Ross Fisher Mesabi evancelt Brickwolf Spud The Viking Kai NRG Count Vroskri KotZ evancelt Brickwolf evancelt KotZ dr_spock Faladrin CapOnBOBS Bodi Khorne pombe Fraunces Professor Thaum Keymonus Legonaut Mesabi Ayrlego It is not a requirement, the 24th could use something a bit bigger though. If you have an idea you would like to see on the 24th: make your voice heard! Trying to raise some attention here: @Ayrlego @blackdeathgr @Bodi @Bregir @Brickwolf @CapOnBOBS @Captain Dee @Captain Genaro @Capt Wolf @Corweena @Count Vroskri @dr_spock @Elostirion @evancelt @Faladrin @Fraunces @gedren_y @Kai NRG @Keymonus @LM71Blackbird @Khorne @KotZ @Kwatchi @Legonaut @Legostone @Lord Buckethead @Maxim I @Mesabi @NOD @Pdaitabird @pombe @Professor Thaum @Puvel @Roadmonkeytj @Ross Fisher @SilentWolf @Sir Kingston @Sir Stig @Spud The Viking @The Neighborhood Merchant @TomSkippy @Wellesley

Very cool build, I love the lyout and especially how colourful it is. And show those Oleon bastards their place! Technically there are no kills shown, just a brawl unfolding. What is implied is a different matter - no final results are shown though, which is more important.

Not it will not - not everything revolves around that damn topic.

Having some idea concerning the upcoming Merrymas time and an advent calendar "built" by the community. Raising this mostly towards @Ayrlego, @Bregir, @Capt Wolf, @Captain Genaro, @Professor Thaum and whoever in Court I forgot. The basic premise is "each day from December 1st to December 24th has one person building something for it, to be shown from that day on". I would do it like this: Open an organisation thread asap, asking folks to commit to one or more days. In that thread people can volunteer for one or more days (first come first served, but chaging days should be possible before December 1st). Shortly before December 1st I will start te "advent calendar thread", where the builds are shown throughout December. All "doors" get collected in the OP of the advent calendar thread. Each day should get one build prepared in advance, to be posted shortly before or on that day - under a spoiler tag, so verybody can "open the door" at a time of their choice. The builds can be themed around Merrymas, but do not have to. The overall theme would be "Merrymas in the Brick Seas" - and not every minifig is celebrating, so interpretation of the topic is pretty free. I'm not yet sure if I find the inspiration for a build myself, but I'd do the organisation of the whole thing. This is no contest or challenge of any kind, just an opportunity to build for a theme and have it collected in a manner appropriate for the Christmas season. Thoughts? Wishes? Death threats?

I can only echo others, the simplicity* of the build gives focus to the emotionality of the scene - which is well shown in the minifig choice, positioning and posing. Overall great job, I really like this one a lot! * ... as in "how simple the result looks at first glance", as the build itself is without a doubt quite a bit complicated - loving that style of custom bases by the way!

12 minutes left in my time zone, but here I am:

War is raging all over the island of Terraversa, with Oleon forces ravaging and plundering in most of the settlements. Some places were apparently overrun by the invading forces, others were standing strong - for the time being? Kings Port was somewhere inbetween: having faced one of the hardest blow during the first wave of attacks, it had not been a decisive victory for Oleon either. The streets around the harbour had become rivers of blood, every house in the city center a battlefield of its own. And still... Not all of Kings Port was aflame yet. In some of the outer quarters civil life was still going on somewhat normal. People walking through the streets, living the illusion of a war that might never see them. And still... Leaflets encouraging Terraversans had shown up in many places all over Kings Port - looking suspiciously professional. Where Oleon soldiers found them they were quickly taken down, but in places like these they could hand for a while, with curious crowds gathering: FREE AND LOYAL CITIZENS OF TERRAVERSA! Fear not the difficult times ahead of us! Know that Oleon has attacked our homes and lifes without provocation, and we will not let them have it their way. Know that your efforts of the last years were not in vain, and we will fight and defend them together. Know that no tyrant has ever overcome free and united minifigs, and we will throw those Oleon devils back into the waters from where they came! Rise and fight! For freedom, home and Terraversa! And to you Oleanders: you better leave as long as you can. Return to your home and loved ones now, or be sent back dissassembled and scratched! The words made an impression on anybody reading them. Any open discussion about such matters was dangerous these days though, so the locals got together in the relative safety of their homes. While the last years had not been easy, it was true that Terraversans had built up something independent from the old days under Mardier. It might not be a luxuries palace for everyone, but Terraversans were proud of their clean and respectable homes nonetheless! Inside, the discussion was fierce: "What do we have to lose? I'd rather fight and have a chance to live on the life I know, than give up and cover under the rule of yet another greedy monarch far away!" "What do we have to lose? I ask: what do we have to gain? Why not just sit this out, keep our heads low, and live with whoever comes out on top?" "I understand your fears my friend, and still: these tough times challenge us either way. I can not see where this will end, only where it started. And it was not us invading anybody, but these bluecoated bastards." After some back and forth, the woman raised her voice, angry at first, more and more confident over time: "Listen here me fellow minifigs. You know me, I have fought for this island and its people in the past, and I am willing to give it all again! My scars prove my words, you know me. I have not fought for our freedom in the past and seethe lifes we have built just so some greedy crown-wearer in blue can trample all over it. Nu-oh, I will stand and do what I can to resist! See, our nations proud troops might not be able to defeat those invading forces for the time being - maybe we have to accept defeats and losses here and there. Maybe we have to live with some of these Oleon leeches for some time. I am no seer, nor a grand strategist or general - I was and still am a soldier in the field. And I tell you: we know this field much better than they do. Those bluecoat soldiers are but paid minifigs far away from home - but we fight on our land for our freedom! Let it be known far and wide: every Terraversan minifig can do its part to resist, no matter whether it is big and small. I say we start an underground resistance of the common minifig right here and now! Fight Oleon in any situation, by all means possible. Make their presence here so miserable, their losses so unbearable, they will soon enough wish to never have set a foot on our soil! Do we still have those brown coats we used in ambushes when fighting Mardier? Get them dusted off I say. Get what weapon you can, be ready to strike when the opportunity arises. Browncoats unite!" With those cheers a new form of resistance had been born - out of desperation maybe, but hope as well. Only time would tell where and how this resistance could tip the balance. "BROWNCOATS UNITE!" P.S.: Some shots of the whole build without minifigs under the spoiler!

Nice and clean little scene, I like it. Th rock build is pretty impressive, I guess it took quite some time and experimentation to get it right. Well worth the effort!

Solid build, the minifig choice and placement is perfect, as is the choice of expressions. Well done! Quite a grim story. Appropriate of course, even though I couldn't help but wait for the usual dose of Mesabi humor...

Time and again I'm amazed how simple colour changes can have great effects - like here with the cleaning going on. Well done, lovely little scene!

That background... Oleon has an air force now? Nice little build though!

Ha, loving it! Great story, and a lovely little build. The plankway is done well, and the house scene develops neatly with the outside-inside switch of looks. Young Jaime seems to be having a good time!

Great build! You've been pumping out some amazing stuff these days - rememer you can not license more than three builds a month.

Loving it! Is the tea can filled with explosives?

What is with the weird, crazy or downright silly? Asking for the friend of a friend...

Good stuff, all looks nice to me after a first read. First question: nothing will change concerning attacks over water, right?

"Many visit Punto Sur every year." ... the settlement is not even three months old. You might want to change the background a bit.

So the slaughter of the innocent ditizens of Terraversa by the cruel Oleon invaders continues? Now they even torture the locals by forcing the inedible "Oleander Baguette" down those poor souls throats? The horror! Nice build though.

... which will be slaughtered, deep-fried and made into tasty snacks by your local WayMart - selling "HorSnack, delicious fried horse on a stick" soon!

Okay, seems like I messed up something. Thanks both of your for checking.

Sorry to bother @Capt Wolf with this: I was under the impression that I had sent the Nipper to Mesabi Landing, but she doesn't show up. Could you please check her location and let me know?

Some time ago already a medium potato plantation has been set up: