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Welcome to Kaliphlin, @Trevidor!

The floor mosaic and curtains are my favorite parts! The blue flames and lanterns fit well with the style. My biggest critique would be the transition of the main arch from vertical to curved stone is not smooth. The new BAF torsos fit well too.

Awesome build! It is quite the forest fortress.

Great details and techniques in such a compact space!

I submit this MOC for the following credit: Trade and Law → Caravan

Salt is the chief export of the Westersands. A critical ingredient for preserving food across Historica makes the work in the heat of the desert a worthwhile venture. Camels carry it out of the desert into the towns and cities of Kaliphlin and beyond.

Kaliphlin is a nice warm place for reptillians - and not so far away from Nocturnus.

Awesome! See results here: https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/6bbbb9e8-90e4-43ff-9716-c0d0d8404b89

Great job posing the dragon and building in articulation points.

This is terrific! Love all these different levels and details you've included. The Eriaxis Monstrosa is fun.

NPU thought-out! The tiles in the floor are nice but the spoiled portion is excellent.

Lovely room!

Spooky tree - well done.

Finally finished reading it. Great story and listening to the soundtrack added a bit to the mood. Certainly a lot of backstabbing to keep track of! I will say keeping track of Arama's motives was challenging as she was also the glue that held everything together. But the story did end well and in an understandable fashion. Ilazio was a strongly written character, though I'm not sure he is vigorous enough for Varyrio. I'll be curious to see what becomes of him in the future. Throughout all the vignettes, I appreciated the cheese slope mosaics. Overall I also liked the balance of color that was used. The furniture used indoors was always impressive.

I'm a fan of this type of design for brick-built horse-like animals. Originally floriangraderbeck’s donkey design.

Well that escalated quickly. I love the bridge and how you incorporated the interior into the tower and worked it into the story. The stone texture technique you used on the tower looks good and I appreciate how you continued it under the bridge; I'd like it better if more of the side of the bridge could incorporate the technique. The roof and windows are simple, but effective and very fitting.

This is a wonderful castle! All the components are interesting and you did a great job carrying the style across all those parts.

I completely agree, I'll try to find some time update this part. @Kai NRG thanks! Update: Adjust ax position

Wow! Looks great inside and out.

I submit this MOC for the following credits: Geography → Desert History → Event 1 Landscape Design → Sand & Sideways Rocks

Outwitted Ogre ‘Tell us a bedtime story, papa,’ said Aida. ‘What would you like to hear?’ I asked as we sat down near the hearth. ‘Tell us about Hassan and Mehdi, papa!’ Abbas said. ‘You’ll have nightmares,’ I responded. ‘Pleeaase’ my children said in unison. ‘We know how it ends,’ Aida protested. ‘Alright,’ I said, ‘the story begins many years ago, when your grandfather was still alive…’ “I’m beginning to have second thoughts about this undertaking,” Hassan said after two hours walking in silence with the desert on the horizon. “Aye,” Mehdi responded, “fame and glory isn’t as alluring once that task is at hand. But we volunteered and could not show our heads around the Wither Woods if we retreated now. And think of the poor Modiri family." “Yeah, they had no warning. It must have gotten their dog first. Most times people run away and just lose some livestock,” Hassan said as they walked on. “How far into the desert do you think it makes its home?" “Can’t be too deep. But no one has ever ventured this far,” Mehdi answered. “The trail is clear and I think even the sand won’t cover these tracks too quick." ‘They followed the tracks into the desert as night fell and the air cooled,’ I said continuing the story. ‘They walked on past midnight, carrying their long weapons.’ “What do I see in the distance?” Mehdi asked as a crescent moon shown overhead and lit the otherwise flat landscape with a faint light. “Must be a large rock formation the Westersands haven’t worn away,” Hassan replied. “Do you hear that noise?" ‘A reticent but hash sound fell on our heroes’ ears as they stopped and looked at each other with hesitant glances.’ “I think we’ve found the beast’s haunt,” Mehdi suggested. After a pause, “We can use those rocks to our advantage.” “But it’ll surely see, or smell, us coming - there is no other cover around." “Not if one of us cycles around and approaches from the back side. He could sneak up those rocks and get the jump while-" “While the other is bait?!” Hassan protested. “Well, if the timing were right, the danger would be low - and less than both of us facing it head on,” Mehdi explained. “Are you offering to be the bait?" “Draw straws?" ‘So Mehdi grabbed two straws and Hassan picked.’ “I’ll wait here until the sunrise,” Hassan said with the short straw in hand. “And I’ll walk around a mile and start climbing just before,” Mehdi said before departing into the desert night. ‘At the first sign of daylight, Hassan stood up and prepared himself for a fight. Just before sunrise, he saw the beast behemoth awake - something had caught its attention behind the rock it was laying against. Just as it was standing up, Hassan rushed forward and shouted, “HEY!” ‘Upon heading the sound the creature turned around right as the sun broke over the horizon. Standing in front of Hassan was the huge ogre that was responsible for so much loss of life and livestock. In its hand a humongous, spiked club. Just as Hassan was preparing to defend himself against a fatal blow, Mehdi leapt from the rock bringing his halberd down hard on the back of the ogre’s head. “You were early,” Mehdi said. “You were just in time,” Hassan replied. ‘And now it is time for bed,’ I said. About the Build I created this MOC for the Summer Joust’s Going Big category. I chose miniland as the scale. Building the ogre definitely took me out of my comfort zone, as I do not have much experience with ‘constraction’ builds, and using sand green added to the challenge piece-wise. I also used the MOC in LOLUG’s June meeting competition, which featured the white fang/horn (88513) as the seed piece. Background Image The background is Green Grasses on Sahara Desert by Greg Gulik used under the CC license. Source of Inspiration I had the general desert rock concept in my head but after seeing Grant Davis’s Desert the idea was solidified. I was unable to come up with a helmet design I liked, so I borrowed one from Letranger Absurde. I found these other brick-built ogres interesting: https://flickr.com/photos/janskrzetuski/51909253156/ https://flickr.com/photos/142720019@N08/51824166828/ https://flickr.com/photos/152897799@N04/27591231837/ https://flickr.com/photos/147565277@N03/50256722011/

Great job! The goats and the mechanics of the windmill are my favorite parts.

Excellent job! Great choice with the irregular base- the fact it can fold out is next level! I like the stone textures you've used, they keep the walls interesting enough without going crazy. Great job including machicolations! 0/10 - would not storm those walls

I submit this MOC for the following credit: General Building → Microscale

Majisto's Magical Micro Workshop Set #6048 Majisto’s Magical Workshop was one of my favorite sets as a kid. So when LEGO announced their 90th Anniversary Micro-Scale contest, this set was at the top of my list. Click here for the link to my entry. I included as many features of the original set as I could at this scale. The building opens on a hinge. Both figures, Majisto and a Dragon Knight, are present. There is a table (unpictured), treasure chest, skillet on the fire and a ladder upstairs. I used the original 53° 3x1x3 1/3 slope to get the angle right on the roof. I also submitted this to the Summer Joust’s 12x12 Vignette category. If you enjoyed this creation, check out TomSkippy’s Dragon Masters Micro layout featuring all the Dragon Master sets in micro scale. Dragon Masters Background I created a simplified version of the Dragon Masters background to use for this. You are free to use them in your creations too. .png 5200 x 3250 (6MB) .svg source