Jeff of Clubs

There is the one @Ross Fisher did for at Francois' deathned for Seawatch.

Great work! Holy moly!

Tremendous!

Dapper lil boat! Nice work on those! Got me wanting to build on my prefabs

Marvelous structure! Excellent part usage!

That's great! Nice forest and camp! The beast is fantastic!

Thoroughly detailed, and well written! Way to keep the mission moving, Key! Excellent work!

No worries. The island isn't the Lotii mainland, is all.

Seawatch is on the island already. We drove back a Lotii seige at Seawatch and now we are mopping up. Your troops and fort are in Seawatch already.

Good to see ya back. I do like sepoys!

Coming May 17th;

Next Challenge Coming May 17th!

Fine work!

Winners have been posted HERE! Open Entry from May 17th - August 16th As events continue to spiral out of hand in the world of Halos, several intrepid souls from across the globe set out to sea. Be it for fortune, mercy, salvation, boredom, or curiosity, that is for the players to decide. In the new Era, factions will be determined by player to player interactions in-game rather than by fixed nationalities. This means players may create and play as new characters from anywhere in the rich world of Halos! You can now play as a Lotii Pirate, A Naturalist from the Isle of Tam, a Monomonto Ronin, a Mokolei Physician, a Great Alliance Cossack, an Altonian Whaler, or whatever else may tickle you fancy! For inspiration and to learn more about the various lands and peoples of Halos, consult 'Jameis Farstrider's Guide to Halos'. Voting and Prizes: -1st and 2nd place winners for each category will be selected by the BoBS Brethren Court. The selection will be based on quality of the builds and story-telling rather than quantity of MOCs. Prizes for these players will be in-game starting bonuses for Era 3 and maybe a little something extra as logistics are worked out in the next few weeks. Category A: 'Old Scores and New Blood' Wrap up your Era 2 character's storyline and/or introduce your new Era 3 character's storyline with one 20x20 MOC and an attendant story explaining what they are doing in the waning days of Era 2. Additional 20×20 entries may be made to expand the story. The entry must end with the character setting out to sea for whatever reason you deem appropriate for them! Note: this doesn't mean your Era 2 character's story has to end. If a player wishes to use their Era 2 character in Era 3, then they simply need to explain why they are setting out to sea at the end of Era 2. Category B: 'The Rogues Gallery' MOC your new Era 3 character or your retiring or recycled Era 2 character in the fashion of an 18th Century Portrait. No story is necessary for this category, just the character's name and titles. This is where you show us who will function as your Main Character in Era 3 or your retiring Era 2 character. Surrounded by the tools of their trade, members of their retinue, fly furniture, lots of marble for some reason, beloved pets and the like. Photo effects are permitted for the Portrait however contestants must also show us the MOC they used to make this portrait with a second photo. (fig.a An example portrait) (fig.b The MOC used to make said portrait. This example is acceptable, though it would likely lose to more determined builders) How to Participate: -In order to make a submittal for any of the categories, please post your entries in the BotBS forum page here with the appropriate prefix of [TC2] and then link that post in a reply here! -A participant may make any number of submissions for each Category. Multiple MOCs for a single entry may be posted within a 'Category A' submission. If you elect to make more than one MOC for a single 'Category A' submission, please keep them in the same entry topic. Disclaimer: Because so many of the Era 3 rules are still in developement, none of the decisions made during this challenge are binding to the participants. You may change your mind about who you want as your Main Character later. 3 months leaves a lot of time for high quality builds and allows contestants to make several MOCs, detailing their stories for 'Category A'. We also want to encourage new players to join. This will provide ample time for someone to hear about BoBS, read a little lore and join in! Category A Index of Entries: The Cypher (See Spoiler) - @Keymonus Ada - @Bricksbypidy The Pirates Awaken - @NOD The Reef - @Professor Thaum De Royne's Return - @Ross Fisher Flying the Jolly Long-Johns - @Bregir Category B Index of Entries: Killian Goodwill - @lmcpicture The Doctor Thaum - @Professor Thaum Commodore Kane - @NOD A Feast Fit For A King - @SevenDeadlyStreamers LT Thomas Palmer, RN - @DeathCap Captain Jno. Cooke, RN - @Bregir Portrait of a Cannibal and Jaguar - @Tezclatipoca The Investiture of Giefaux - @Ross Fisher Captain Lysandre Bernadotte - @Khorne

Great builds and a solid story! Glad you joined us and brought these characters to the BoBS world!

I can dig it. The sausages always look like sausages to me though. The interior looks fantastic! It needs 3000 pre orders?!? Is that something that happens?

I myself don't keep my kits in one piece after I build them and tend to buy TLG products mostly for MOC parts in the first place. The botanical series has been fantastic for jungly bits, btw; (fig.a)Poisonous Frogs! Scores of them from the Bonzai kit! As I'm of this mindset, it seems to me that the biggest defining aspect to new MOC builders in any genre are appropriate minifigs and that the biggest obstacle to Pirates and Castle fans is affordable access to said minifigs. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the 3in1 Pirate Ship immensely and am hungrily eyeing the new Eldorado Fortress but as these are the only Pirate themed kits available of late, access to Pirate minifigs is a bit sparse outside of 3rd party dealers and expensive as a consequence. As I think this is a bit of a bottleneck for new pirates MOCs, I was thinking on curating some 'Battle Packs' of new or lightly used pirate figs in the SW style(4 figs and a doodad ×2+ Factions) but the only way I know how to sell such things would be ebay which isn't always ideal for everywhere. (fig.b) A SW Battle Pack for formatting purposes. I do feel this is something that TLG could do for some of their classic themes relatively easily but rather than pull that thread, I am asking for your input. What would you like to see for a small series of Lego Pirates Battlepacks? Islanders could be tough to procure, 2016 and 2023 Bluecoats, and just pirates in general would be fairly easy. What others? A mob of malicious monkies? Merchants? Armada? (fig.c)Maybe something more exotic? I'll have some demo packs to post here in a week or so but in the meantime, if you'd like to make your own spin on such an idea, please post it here! Kinda a little figbarf with a cannon or the like. Thanks, ♧

Excellent work,Key! Good of you to pull other builds together! You two are making the army proud!

Great start, @Ozzy_4321! Lot of activity snd I like the classic fort feel.

Winners announced here.

Winners to be announced within 24 hours!

Thanks for your votes, gang. Voting is now closed. Thank you to all our participants! Winners to be announced within 24 hours!

Loving those colors!

Excellent intro MOC! Glad you could join us and hope to see more of your work here.

Cat A: Sailing to the New Haven Sea by NOD Storm Chasers by Bricksbypidy Cat B: The Conclusion by Fraunces Ironhook the Third and Sharktooth Tower by MightyThorngren