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It's dark blue fabric, somewhat similar to a sheet. I use a piece of ply wood for the backdrop to drape the fabric over.

Thanks Gunman Thank you Thanks BC, I wanted a few more figures in the scene and figured every snowy layout needs at least one snowball fight Thanks blufiji! Thank you, LittleJohn Thanks! Dark backgrounds make photographing snowy builds much easier.

Thanks Sir Gillian! Thanks Jacob

Thanks Gunman, that combination of arch and upside down curved slope is one of my favorite parts of the build Thanks Jacob!

That temple... so pretty :wub: The use of plate with handle in vertical orientation is really clever Great bit of shoreline to give the building a nice setting too

Thanks Titus! John came up with that hay feeder design, and I thought it was pretty sweet Thanks Mpryo! Thank you

New freebuild:

This is the second module for the collab that John and I are building. You can see the first, here. The hay cart has steerable front wheels, and the shelter’s gate can open and close. There are many small farms outside Nordheim’s walls, and cattle paddocks with lean-to shelters are a common sight. There are more pictures on brickbuilt. Thanks for looking, all your feedback is appreciated

Quite an intimidating fig, that! Sweet shield and fire effects, plus super banners

Both builds are excellent, and portray Avalonia and Mitgardia well The partially attached tiles are a nice touch for the stone paths. I like the base design for each as well

Excellent giant minifig! Very clever design Nice big sack there too

Yup, still love that dragon :wub: The first picture with the out of focus trees in the background works really well too

I like the basin with torch design Neat stone pillars as well

Congratulations cablefoxley!

Great perspective for the first picture The black/white wattle and daub is excellent, and I like your sign with Avalonian colors. The bench and little lean to are nice additions

Very effective microscale MItgardian buildings! The windmill, temple?, and gate are my favorites Great little boats too

I like the rounded walls that give the hut such a unique shape Good to see you included a furnished interior too. I find that looking at other castle MOCs provides me with plenty of inspiration for designs and builds in general

Cool series of builds to show the return of your character I like how you used the same border for each creation to tie them together, and it's a pretty neat border! Excellent desert landscape with that palm tree too

That's quite a good sized battle scene Elevation change, ground texturing, and rock formations all break up uniform grass nicely

I'm glad you enjoyed the interview! There should be more to come in the future And yes, I read theBrick Magazine article, and those two mistakes were rather surprising. Especially the only yellow minifigs allowed statement

Kayne was kind enough to answer some questions about his Guilds of Historica career: 1) What made you decide to join Guilds of Historica? When Historica first hit the scene, I was an extremely inexperienced builder, and mostly just lurked about on MOCpages and Classic-Castle viewing some of the incredible builds that had been posted over the years. Over the course of about a week, I started seeing a ton of watchtowers posted on MOCpages and they all related to 4 separate kingdoms. I had no idea what was going on, and hadn't heard of Eurobricks or the Guilds. I started googling Mitgardia and Nocturnus, etc. to see if they were part of some new fantasy book series or something that I had missed. That of course led me to Eurobricks and then I was blown away. I started looking through the Guilds pages and began to see some of the coolest builds that I had seen as an AFOL! Of course the show-stealer at that point was Durnovaria by Derfel Cadarn. 2) Was the guild decision making process difficult? What were the main reasons you joined Kaliphlin? When I decided that I would join the Guilds and swallow my pride by posting my blocky grey wall builds, I immediately thought of Avalonia. I think that it fits into the fantasy stereotypes so well that it is an alluring place to build and have your builds relate to great movies, books, games, etc. Lucky for me, everyone else also wanted to join Avalonia and the ranks had swelled to the point that the Guild was not open for new members. At that point, I was down to Kaliphlin and Nocturnus as the two destinations for me. What really swayed me over to Kaliphlin was the community within that Guild. I read through the Guild thread and was just blown away at the support for each other that was evident there, as well as the fun that seemed to be had! Kaliphlin has earned a reputation over the years of GoH as being the talkers, merchants, storytellers, etc. It was evident in those early days and that is why I joined Kaliphlin. I must say that I have never thought about switching since either! 3) You have been a member in GoH since early in Book 1, and maintained a pretty steady activity level. Were there some specific aspects of the Guilds that kept you interested and building? Kind of like I mentioned above, the people in the Guilds are what keep me active. There continues to be an amazing array of builds and techniques that originate here. From the very beginning, I think the most prolific builder that came through was DC. Every AFOL/TFOL site that was around seemed to be buzzing about his builds, his techniques, and his willingness to try new styles and colors without fear of fitting in. Since then, we have seen people like ZCerberus, Ecclesiastes, SoccerKid, lowercase gabe, Cara, Legonardo, DeGothia, Gideon, MassEditor and so many others come out and again do new things with their builds and stories. For me, I just continue to draw inspiration and motivation from everyone here in the community. 4) One of the main goals for GoH is to improve building skills. What aspects of your MOCing do you think have been most affected by your time here? The statement at the beginning of this question is absolutely true! I mentioned earlier that when I first started building here, I was also within my first few months of life out of the Dark Ages. I would look at builds from the prolific builders and try to emulate a little bit to see how those techniques worked. Even the color combinations that were used helped to get some feel for the bricks again. I remember that when I completed my first challenge, it was for the embassy in another guild and I was really proud of it. It was to date the cleanest build that I had made. What really stands out though, was the help that I received. I reached out to SI-MOCs after the build was submitted and asked for feedback on it. He was incredibly helpful and open in what the strengths and opportunities were, as well as how to improve upon them. It wasn't something like, "Well, I build with blah blah technique, so you should try this...". Instead it was more about composition, presentation, and how to use the style I had to showcase and improve. Over the time I have been here, I have talked with others as well, such as Gideon, ZC, DC, DeGothia, gabe, etc. and all of them helped me in the same way. It is a genuine desire to help and improve each person, without giving up what makes them unique as a builder. That being said, it is really hard to say how I improved the most, other than the idea that i have learned how to focus more on details. That is really broad, because when a Lego is your medium, and each brick can be so small, they can all seem like details. I guess one thing that stood out to me was a comment that DC made. I can't quote it, because I don't remember it word for word, but the idea behind it was that he sees things in real life and translates those to his builds to add life. I think the example he used was a sinking farm cart in a run down farm he passed often, and then made that into one of his builds. It is details like this that add realism to a build. Humans are funny creatures, and we sometimes leave something somewhere for years just because. Those items in a build make it real. A broken cart that the occupant meant to rebuild, but has never gotten around to it. A broken fence picket that will eventually be replace, but has now become a fixture of the structure, etc, 5) Which events/challenges/etc., that you've been involved in, did you enjoy the most? I honestly can't remember a challenge that I did not enjoy. But for me, the first one that really stands out was something that a group of us in Kaliphlin did to try to highlight the diverse landscape and peoples present in Kaliphlin. It was called Inside Kaliphlin, and it was an idea that KaiNRG and erynlasgalen really put together and helped to coordinate for everyone. They did such an amazing job helping to coordinate all that with quite a few builders. We then did the Blitzard style post over the course of almost 2 weeks. After that, there was the Avalonian Civil War challenge and our team coordinated all of our builds into a big story. Again KaiNRG was really coordinating that one, and she really shines in that role! Most recently the To the Ax with the Tax collab, really was fun. So, long story short I think that the events that allow us to collaborate really make for some fun and creative thinking. 6) You have no shortage of impressive builds for GoH, but which is your personal favorite? This is a really hard question for me. I really do not put myself in the category of prolific builders in Castle themes. I always look at builds and think, wow that is amazing! I really need to improve this or that of my skills to compete with this build. So, when I post a build I am always critical of it and think it really could have been better. That being said, I really enjoyed the Defending the Coast which was in the Avalonian Civil War challenge. It was not my most detailed build at all, but I was able to put in a lot of things to add to the action. 7) Any advice for prospective new members looking to join? For any new or prospective members looking to join, I would say be open. None of us are great builders when we start. We are all just building what is fun for us. If you are open to working with people, taking advice and using it how you see fit, you can really grow some great building techniques. For me, being able to grow my skills has helped to express myself in my builds more to what I see in my mind and it makes it more fun for me. Plus, the opportunity to work with a group to make something bigger than just one build is really a fun experience. Final piece of advice is: Kaliphlin is the best Guild to join. Just kidding! Each of the Guilds have great people in them, and great opportunities to express yourself. Everyone will fit into a different Guild better than the others, just try it out and have fun. Building a MOC shouldn't be a chore or discouraging, it should be a really fun learning experience! Thanks for your time, Kayne!

What I can see of the buildings looks very nice, especially the mausoleum Great story too, I'm interested to see how Keel and Rot will get along

Thanks Gideon! I didn't know that, it makes sense though Thanks Gabe I was very pleased with how this turned out.

I'm rather amazed by how well all these colors work together Great trees and the deer makes an excellent focal point

Whoa! Magnificent replica, the roofs and wooden section are my favorite Though the round towers look great as well