JacksonRemus

My Lord I present to you one of the entrances to the black citadels of Azgareth. The citadels are built into the mountains themselves. The black company on parade

I think that we should have a great Library of Avalonia in our glorious capital, a public building where we can keep the sacred texts and histories of our great realm, both a testament to our engineering prowess and wealth of knowledge! I would love to volunteer to build one, however, it would be in black, which will contrast very badly to the excellent mocs i have seen thus far. Does anyone else like the idea and wish to take up the build? Probably something grandeur like this would be amazing and really emkphazise our culture and guild power. http://www.gameguru.in/images/civilization-great-library-1.jpg

It occurs to me I havent yet requested land. I would like to formally request the areas surrounding my watchtower (no.23). I have named the area the Obsidian Pass, the settlement that resides there is called Azgareth. The inhabitants are known as the Black Company. It and most of my mocs are not going to be built in the typical Avaloanian architectual style purely because they have existed long before Avalonia was united by Artorious. As the thread suggests we are the youngest guild, therefore it would be that before we were united many different styles could have exisited, especially in very geographically distinct places. The area is has vegetation up to the ranges, however, the mountains themselves are void of tree's and srubbery. The Pass is a vast source of Obsidian stone which is a perfect place to find and mine Dark Iron. The tops of the mountains are usually covered in snow, and there is a river that runs through the pass from the north and a couple of very nice and large waterfalls into a beutiful crater lake, that a river then runs from down into Avalonia. The structures that reside in the mountians and passes were built by a Clan long ago wiped out. Most of the structures are adonred in statues of what appear to be tall dwarfs, until the historians reveal otherwise we can assume these were statues of the original creators of the pass. There is not much history regarding those who built the Pass as it was lost to the world during a time of great darkness. I believe there is a historian working on this now who will soon submit the histories of this region. I would also like to request that the map for this region be updated as below: To include mountians surrounding the right of the lake (yet to be named) instead of the great wall. Is this possible? I am working on a history for my region, company and style which I will submit when finished. As with my tower, most of the mocs will be black stone in nature ( I have to work with the current bricks that I have, nearly all which are black for some reason and perfect for dark stone structures), I have ordered a large quantity of the 1x1 round plates in black from bricklink as I am planning future mocs to have the similar building trait to that quickly being adapted into the mocs of Avalonia, (Derfels stacking style). These come cheapest from Belgium and Austria and take weeks to arrive in Australia, hence I did not have any for the first round competition. For some reason the images did not hold in the post, I am hoping they have held now.

I have fixed the link, it appears to be working for me now.

Guildsman of the Realms of Historica I present the Masons Tower. Built by the original founders of the Obsidian Pass now known as Azgareth. I would suggest that the 2 rooftop statues possibly honor the builders of the tower or possibly two famous lords. not much is known about the Black Miners who originally created the Obsidian Pass and most of its wonders, other than they were all slaughtered a long time ago. The Current Inhabitants of Azgareth are the Soldier War band known as the Black Company.

My Lord and fellow Guildsman, I am pleased to present The Masons Tower. Built to honor the Black Miners who originally inhabited the Obsidian Pass, now known as Azgareth.

I love this Tower! Its more than a defensive piece of brick, its a testimate to engineering and a symbol of your clans opulence and skill, well done!

This is excellent! I love the town below in mini scale to show the height and I especially love the balcony on the cliff face! Very well done!

This is excellent! I love the trap being sprung idea! well done

I love it! Very beautiful and simple, well done!

Nice work on those renders, they all look pretty sweet! Plus I love the colour change from the typical whites, reds and golds that have been used in the castle themes recently.

My Lord My scouts have just viewed quite an impressive Dragon with a werewolf riding it! On this subject, what are the "rules" regarding mythical beasts? I know the guilds have decided very minimal and weak gun power is ok to keep things under control, what about beasts? Can we have dragons and serpents and gryphons and whatever else we desire?

My Lord Our first Heavy Ballista is ready for deployment. The ballista is a fixed Poisson, rotation design. This allows it to track our enemies from a safe firing position before unleashing the massive bolts upon them. More photos here: My tower that I will be submitting will not be the Obsidian Tower featured on my Flickr page. My tower is nearly ready I am just hoping that my order from brick link arrives before the 15th so i can replace certain parts to bring it more inline with the Avalonian architecture.

American Avalonians, While trawling through eBay for cheapish lots of bricks I came across this: http://www.ebay.com/sch/racestuff4sale/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg= Seller only ships to the US but some good castle focused lots in that collection! Thought it was worth sharing, unfortunately Australia is not a state of the USA yet. lol

My mind = Blown! I was lost at the part where you said lego room, am I correct in understanding that you have devoted an entire room of a house to lego, because that is somewhat expansive and awesome!!!

Quick suggestion Could we have a great river running from the high peaks of Mitigardia down through to a delta in the south of Kaliphlin? currently it looks like there are several mediocre rivers that may or may not join up. it could run close towards the Kelra labyrinth and past the Rakath mountains. It would create a very useful trade resource route ie. floating trees down stream, barges of rock, etc, as well as create a very nice natural barrier and obstacle throughout the land. It would give all guilds a new niche area to develop and design. The capital could be situated on a massive lake fed by and drained by this river. It would give the capital strong affluent and mystical feel as a capital should. Just to clarify by great river I mean a serious piece of water. Thoughts?

Zcerebus, and others I have read all threads regarding the new kingdom the factions and MOCS and I can see there are so many different techniques to building. I find that it can be quite challenging to build these with a small selection of parts, especially if they are a myriad of different colours that don't quite fit. I am going to look at placing some orders each month to build on this through brick link, but I want to be building towards the theme for Avalonia, therefore i nee to know what sort of bricks to be buying. ZCerebus, you mentioned that you want to start "Re-building" the capital, have we chosen a image for everyone's designs to work within? Or are we allowing everyone to build whatever they like? I would imagine that the city has some form of common look and theme to it. The images at the beginning of this thread are quite broad. I see a lot of similarity between the watch towers of Avalonia and Mitigardia, what seems to differ the most is the scenery they are placed in. Especially when they are all made of stone. I guess what I am asking is, is there going to be a push towards a shade of brick colour or a look and feel towards the creation of Avalonian architecture??? Personally, I like the idea of Avalonia architecture looking somewhat reminiscent of the buildings within the PC game ANNO 1404. See below links for images. 1. http://www.google.com.au/search?q=anno+1404+Bailiwick&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=DYa&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=uY7VTtPNJfGuiQeD-8zyDg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAwQ_AUoAQ&biw=1525&bih=712 2. http://anno1404.wikia.com/wiki/Debtor%27s_prison There is a definable commonalty between these buildings in their style, however they mostly retain their individual uniqueness. How does the realm feel about this?

I just had a look at both websites, Guedelon is awesome!

I tried my hand at building one similar to this, it was very difficult! I love the thickness of it, it looks sturdy! Great job!

My most Venerable Lord Artorious Rex Your envoy has finally reached me in my lair, Azgareth, located in the far northwest of Avalonia on the Mitigardian and Nocturnus borders. I wish to declare my allegiance to your banner. Where you command, I will obey. I have from my treasury, a gift of tribute for the realm. My Lieutenant will be making the delivery on my behalf. My lord we are a small band of warriors and smiths who have located ourselves in an dark iron and obsidian rich valley. I would be honored to produce dark iron weapons and machines of war for the realm. Your Servant Captain Jackson Remus. My Flickr Page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/71047934@N08/ I am new to this and these are my first attempt at MOCS. From my reading of the historic forums I will need to be doing some visiting to bricklink to catch up on pieces to match the awesome MOCS that are coming from all builders.