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A luxurious inn in Wullham

In his last letter to Elsabeth Stockton, Captain Brickleton had said he would need to stop writing for a short while but didn't explain why. After a month of no correspondence, Elsabeth became worried and determined that she must travel to Wullham to discover why Brickleton wasn't in communication. Following a long voyage from Belson, Elsabeth Stockton arrived in Wullham to find Captain Brickleton gone. She had her servant place her belongings in a rented room at the town's luxurious inn and then traveled to Fort Stockton (named after her great-grandfather) to inquire after Brickleton. At the fort, she cornered Lieutenant Bollford, who was in charge of the fort in Brickleton's absence, and wrung out of him that Brickleton was away in Terraversa on a secret mission of diplomacy in the hope of averting a war with Oleon. Glad to know the truth but worried for Brickleton's safety, Elsabeth returned to the inn for a fitful night of sleep. Inn licensed as a medium artisan in Wullham OOC:

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Looks great! Really enjoy the variety of techniques across the buildings. Looking forward to seeing this in the show

Gorgeous, @Kai NRG! The MOC is so large that the pictures of the whole thing are taken from a distance - glad for the close up shots on your blog. Really like the "broken" stone effect in the wall panels, and that's a pretty tree! Is the guy under the tree the only minifig? Normally your builds have so many (colorful!) figs that I missed seeing more of them in this build. It by no mean detracts from the overall awesomeness, though. Great work! I may try that water color technique out (very soon )

This is great!

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Wonderfully detailed large settlement build. Nice work!

Calling attention to the new collab vignette @Ayrlego inserted in the original post depicting Captain Redding and the Royal Artillery manning a newly set up mortar. Thanks!

Very nice! I like the use of chains and strings. Loving those minifigs

Looks great - glad you took the time to rotate them. The little 1x1 quarter round tiles for that small roof look awesome. Fun windmill design!

Nice work @CapOnBOBS! Nice wall angles and the terrain looks good. I see you incorporated @Bregir's suggestion for some 1x2 plates alongside the 1x2 masonry profile bricks for texture.

Good point - added a sentence explaining motivations: "After Oleon's assault on Terraversa left Kings Port, Sillitholina, Tarlor, and Pilnton in their control, Corrington came to the aid of the Terraversans to support their liberty as free citizens of the Brick Seas." Thanks! Thanks!

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Dawn was just breaking as Major Brickford arrived at the top of the hill and extended his spyglass. There it was in the distance - the freshly constructed wooden fort at Tarlor. Corlander intelligence suggested the fort was manned, but that there were no additional Oleon expeditionary forces in the town. Brickford figured that by arriving from the east, the sun would likely be in the eyes of any defenders atop the fort walls peering at him. He sent a rider back to notify Colonel Sir Dirk Allcock that they had arrived. Allcock, the expedition commander, was traveling with the main body of their 500 man force marching overland from Westface. The force, composed of various regiments from across the Brick Seas, stretched back a lengthy distance to the southeast. After Oleon's assault on Terraversa left Kings Port, Sillitholina, Tarlor, and Pilnton in their control, Corrington came to the aid of the Terraversans to support their liberty as free citizens of the Brick Seas. The Corlander forces had been amassed in Westface, training and preparing for eventual action on the island of Terraversa. In particular, the cavalry had been running drills and leading reconnaissance missions to scout enemy locations and thoroughly know the terrain. The recon as well as additional effort spent improving roads had made their journey from Westface to Tarlor go off without a hitch, quite a feat considering the large number of 12-pounder field guns and mortars they brought with them. Brickford had strategized earlier with Allcock and the other company commanders as to the best way to take the wooden fort, and they had decided they would set up incendiary mortars behind the crest of the hill to fire westward over the fort walls. Perhaps the new wood of the palisade walls would burn. Continuing to survey the scene before him, Brickford saw some wagons full of hay halfway to the fort. As a large column of 26th Foot came over the hill, Brickford ordered a squad of 18th Hussars toward the wagons to set them ablaze. He would have them douse the fires with water to create a smokescreen. Seeing the first two of the haycarts set ablaze, Brickford tasked Captain Redding of the Royal Artillery with setting up the mortars out of sight of the fort on the far side of the hill. He knew once Allcock made his way to the front of the column the fight would commence. via @Ayrlego OOC: BTS: @KotZ @Bodi @CapOnBOBS @Ayrlego @Bregir @LM71Blackbird

Glorious minifigs and awesome tent design. Like I said on Flickr, I'll be giving that one a try

Cool design! The ground looks a little lumpy for the micro-scale, but the water wave effect is super awesome. Two drydocks within 24 hours of each other!

Great idea and execution!

@Brickwolf recommended this place to me: https://steindrucker.com/

Great looking nameplate designs! Do you have a printing house in mind?

Base looks awesome! Great work

Thanks @jonniesamanen! Feels weird to call this one a build as none of the pieces are connected to one another I don't think it has been blogged on classic-pirates.com

The sheer scale of the thing! Humungous! This would be a pretty costly set to build w/ physical bricks. Nice job on the entrance area - looks pretty fancy. The shutter holders on those stacked 2x2 windows look like intentional ornamentation - good choice with those. The technic balls as finials works well here and adds to the blue/black coordination Also really like the 4x4 round curve tiles on the outside corners of the carriage court. Keep up the good work

Woohoo Duplos! Another great build - love the window design and base shape

Gorgeous ship @Pdaitabird! Tiling the hull might make it look sleeker, but it doesn't look bad at all now