Maxim I

Haha, I like how Angeli is doing his thing since his city is finished Since we are with so many Historicamembers, shouldn't we create a pinned topic where all members are shown with their picture? As for myself, I am planning to share all my slaves (Mpya Stedor is founded on the hard labor of unlucky slaves) and have a big slaverymarket. So I don't want to put someone else figure as slave without knowing it and starting a war (but on the other hand, I am sure he would be sold for big money...... and my palace is ruining my personal treasure) (I need to change my pic btw, but I just ordered the Chang Wu character together with all slopes for my palace and I'll pimp him so he can become my character)

They aren't posted yet, I think our beloved leader is to busy with trading As sign of respect for this, I won't send my ninja's to Nocturnus to assassinate family of leaders

Really nice oasis! And excellent work with the camel and the barrel on it! Is that a spy or one of your own guys at the small hills? :p

Hmm, luckily it are all tan and white bricks :p thx for the answer!

I made a MOC of about 2070 bricks, but now I wonder how the Megablock I can see the quantity of each kind of brick I used?

Original plans: => The front => The back Details: - 32x32 - The floors are easy removable so I have acces to almost every corner. - there is a great possibility I'll use golden round plates (1x1) instead of tan (for the pillars) - Interior will be done afterwards - groundfloor: hall: throne, harem, couches, ... - 1st floor: guards floor: some beds, weaponholders, ... - 2nd floor: Lords chamber with bed, maps, desk, ... - Legoprice: 155€ => So I aim for 50€ - biggest difficulty to find: windows, so maybe I'll make walls of some of them... So remarks are more than welcome! (Positive as negative) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After feedback: Thx for the replies! I started all over again and tried to adapt your suggestions in it and this is the result: (to be honest, I had something before this design too, but I gave up that thing as it was becoming chaotic) => 4 levels in total => interior will be done after it's finished and would be according like this: Ground floor: hall, swimmingpool (harem), stairs, throne, benches First floor: kitchen, large dining table, benches Second floor: beds, weaponstocks, ... => Guards room Third floor: Lords bedroom with bed and all other sleepingroom stuff All floors will be connected through stairs. => colours: white and tan There is a big part (with the stairs for example) that is not connected with the building. So I can take this out and put it back in afterwards. Once that part is in the MOC, it looks like this (without interior). As you can see, there are large pillars to make it look more real (and to hold the plates together ) Some more details: - Around 2070 bricks!!!! - 32x32 but in total it will be something like 34x34 (as some parts are comming out) Feedback is again welcome! But I don't promise I am adapting it again as I am studying for my exams ;)

Thx, back in Highschool, I followed Architectural Education every Saturday morning (extra study) => I'll try that out asap and will see what the result is and how I'll deal with the stairs => what you mean with recessing the arched windows in a larger arch?. You got some picture of it perhaps? => Since I am a little boy, I always made the parapet one brick and then one brick castellated layer But I like the idea of putting cheese wedges on top, so I think I'll do that. (now I am trying to imagine wich colour I'll use for that, probably gold as there are thousands of them on bricklinkg and a palace may have some gold on it) => I considered building a tower on it as that always looks nicer, but I am not sure how to do it as I haven't mastered yet the skill of making rounds but, I'll try some ideas first and I'll see where it takes me :) => before my palace, I designed the citywalls with LDD and there I am using the inverted slopes. (But I will have to do it again as I made everything the same colour there ) I'll give the adaption of your remarks a try and will post the pictures in this post :) Thx for the answer!

I am not going to do a story here for the simple reason that it is already a part of a story that is going on in the Mpya Stedor topic. I am almost finished with the embassy. As the title says it is in the area of the werewolves: Claw Breaker Area. It is located at the right side of the mountain, so behind the furthest building in the middle of the picture. (I got problems seeing the more recent pictures of his project ) Hersburcker asked me that if someone planned to build an embbasy in his territory, it should look like this: Letter from Embassador Haarloos to Embassador Nohr Mahn Dear Nohr Mahn. Times changes quickly. 5 years ago, I rescued you when fighting the Purple-Green Dragon in the lands of Dinalia. 2 years ago, you rescued me, because I wanted to jump in the ice cold lake due being drunk. I still don't drink wine anymore as a result But now we made it both as Embassador, far away from each other and our good gang, now Knights of Mpya Stedor called. But even we are far from those we consider family and home, we are finally back at our real home, the home we are born in. It feels so good to be back by my brother Haaroprug, who is now head of Nocturnian Affaires in my office by the way And even the rest of the werewolves accepted me again as a part of their group. Well, the jokes about my condition are still the same as 20 years ago, but somehow, it's a pleasure to hear them again! But just like the jokes, the weather is still the same here I miscalculated it before I came back to here and as a result, I brought the wrong tentsails with me. Luckily it's a dry period, but I can't wait till we got finally tentsails again. I am feeling kind of naked sometimes But I am feeling safe here. We adapted the lonely mountain into a fortress. Almost impossible to conquer and very usefull for food storage. And the soldiers who are here permanent can sleep their But I will have to end this letter. Our trader is going to leave soon to go to you with the food and drinks. Enjoy it! (ps. I gave them some paintings of the Embassy. Please note that the trader was discovering the surroundings and that our tents has no sails due my fault) => Eagle Eye View => Giant's Eye View => 2 slaves working hard preparing the trademission => Soldier inspecting and guarding => Myself in front of my cabin (to bad you don't see the shield hanging above my bed :( ) => Foreign Affaires Office with Haaroprug working => A werewolve twin doing a game of armwrestling. But as they are twins, the battle is already going on for 2 days... => Ah, here you see the shield above my bed :D and the slave giving some hay for the horse! => Here a nice picture of the fortified mountain => And this is the inside (you certainly recognise our good friends the Knight and Ninja (which I won't name due to safety reasons))

---------------------------------- Result: MOC Mpya Stedor Palace ---------------------------------------- finally I managed to complete the palace with the interior Ladies and Gentlemen of Historica and all the other continents all over the world, I, Lord Damaximus, present to you the palace of Mpya Stedor: Some people are watching over the inner bay of Mpya Stedor Left to right: Sir Gah Rydog, Lord Damaximus, Sir Max Samu & Sir Bendeximus Some Royal Guards (with crossbow) Some princesses (also at the opposite side of the palace) wich you can see here But let's take a look inside the palace, where there is a lot of activity going on (note: here the palace is without the removable innerpart) The cooks are making the dinner and the waiters are refilling the goblets with some fine bear The haremgirls are swimming and talking about all girlstuff, too bad for the guards Here you see the innerpart of the palace. Groundfloor: Throneroom First floor: Dinner and Ballroom Second floor: Soldiers Room Third floor: Lord's suite Roof: nothing but a roof And here we see everything attached First of all sorry for the amount of pictures Second: C&C is always welcome Third: don't forget to participate in the Mpya Stedor Archery Tournament! ==> link ---------------------------------- Previous: the LDD model ---------------------------------------- blablablabla also blablablabla about the interior and colours more blablablabla => The first plans can be found in a few posts further.

By plundering the Guild of Bricklink It's hard to find some specific stuff for fellow Beneluxresidents but it's their fullest right and what they do with it is absolutely amazing! Everytime I see some of the Eurobricksmembers like those 3 (but otheres too!) posting sth, I am still looking 5 minutes to the miniscule pictures in their signature I'll never become better than them as every time they will develop their skills to improve themself, but I will be more than happy if my skills in some months will reach the niveau they got now (thx to their guides (<= evil Chinese copycat laughing) )

It looks pretty promising It will be added to the city guide asap! but what you mean with credit to Derfel for almost all of this?

Long life Kaliphlin and it's tradepolicy! For the City Guide topic, I am waiting to see the updated maps as well :D But looking at the maps of the other Guilds, they got the same problem as well. Avalonia's lastest mapupdate is 7 December! I think they are doomed to fade as our tradesmen don't find their towns so they can't trade with them At you and NM: as your tradingmarket is not a part of your new city and is located somewhere in the desert and as NM has founded some cities in the desert without exactly having specified the members to build up that city, we can combine both. But it's up to you and NM to agree on this

Mmmmkay, my Avalonianembassador just told me he wants to be located as far as possible from Albion Moment of silence for your camera btw ................................. OK, that should do it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other news: The first post has been updated once again. Now Kaliphlin and Mitgardia are almost complete! 2morrow Nocturnus will be completed and by Thursday, I hope Avalonia will be completed as well

I hope the first Toy fair as I am more than eagered to see the new sets :D And meanwhile, I am waiting for the first pics of LOTR-sets as well...

Already part of your fine new city? or just a market somewhere in the desert? Very nice detailed market!

Thanks for your words Lighting is a mix about light of my room and daylight with a small touch of my rebelling cellphone After thinking about the scale again, I got the resolution :p when you look in the bay where I originally planned Mpya Stedor (and wicht is 6 miles across), there is a smaller bay wich is 2 miles across with almost the same shape as the greater bay. So let's say there are some smaller mountains there already And considering the space I got in my room for Mpya Stedor, some buildings will be relocated a bit, but I'll edit the map once most buildings are finished

Everytime you draw a map for our beloved Kaliphlin, you keep surpising me NiceMarmot!

Wow stunning! I hope more pictures will follow soon as I really enjoy looking to the details!

Am looking forward to hear more about this city! Just sent a trader of Mpya Stedor to set up a tradeconnection as we somehow missed at some point tropical fruit in our area

Here you will see the prototype: Embassy prototype feel free to feedback => a brown cloth will be placed over the black structure so it looks like a real tent Of course it's totally no problem that someone just build an embassy and just state it's in another Guild. I am absolutely fine with that! But those who have a city and like some embassies in it, I think they may claim that embassy than? Or not? Let's celebrate! :D It's not my job to make rules Like in real medieval times, most people do their own thing with their city And that's better than having a strict law for everything. Now we have the freedom to add a personal touch in our projects and to the Historicaproject in general. That's why owners of cities can say that embassies are not allowed in their city, like Ondylion for example. It is his fullest right to say so and nobody will be angry at him For most Guilds, the moment someone claim an area in his Guild which is not taken, they may control that area and decide what to do with it :)

The Kaliphlin Embassy in Claw Breakers Area (Nocturnus) (ST:) After celebrating the tradeconnection between the Werewolf city and Mpya Stedor, the werewolves departed early in the morning, followed by the soldiers of Mpya Stedor singing: "What shall we do with the drunken sailor" Finally arived at Claw Breakers Area at the coasts of Nocturnus, Haarloos couldn't wait to start with building his new home. The moment the boat arrived, he jumped out and crossed all over the area in search for a nice spot. Finally found, beside the mountain, he planted the flags of Kaliphlin and Nocturnus. Too bad for him, the most necessary clothingmaterials for his home will arrive a day later, so the only thing he could do next was making a prototype of the embassy. Meanwhile in Mpya Stedor, the slaves finished the Inn and the Smiths workshop and the first customers and traders are coming to Mpya Stedor... => TO BE CONTINUED! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PD:) Some small details: - baseplate: 24x24 - 1 part of the tent is for him (the largest part). Here he can sleep and discuss with visitors - 1 part of the tent (the part in ther left corner down in the last picture) for tired travellers. They can take a nap here. - The part between the 2 tents is storage and will be only covered from behind and above (so in front it is open). Here barrels, swords, ... will can be placed. - the grey bricks will be a part of the mountain - there are already some details, but the moment I build it for real, it will be more detailed! - it's based on the request of Hersbrucker: My link - it will be located here: My link => near the mountain - the underground is temporary. The finished MOC will be built at the same underground as Claw Breakers Area! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOW FOR ALMIGHTY KALIPHLIN ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And the story in Mpya Stedor continues... => part 4

A small story between our 2 cities: Story Take care of Haarloos and the BlueDragontwins! :D

The visit of the werewolves (ST:) On a peacefull but very busy Monday, the slaves are doing their job constructing the "Captain's Daughter Inn", the small smith and unloading the stone for the gate. *Soldier* : "Common you lazy bastards! Even my grandma can work faster than you!!" When suddenly: *Sir Greenfletcher (who is patrolling the bay as long as he has nothing betters to do)* : "Lord! Lord! Nocturnians coming! They are overloaded with slaves!" *Lord Damaximus*: "Come follow me, Flipson, Bertson and Matako! Let's meet them at the Westside of the harbour so our workers won't interrupt us." *Werewolf Haaroprug*: "Greetings Lord Damaximus, word has come to our lands that a new city would be founded here and that you need a lot of good people to construct the buildings! As we are almost finished with our brand new city, our mighty Lord Darecold sent me and my 2 guards here to trade some powerfull slaves and if you accept the trade offer, we can start a tradeconnection between our two new cities. Also I have the request if it is possible to see Haarloos as it has been years since he left with you on your journeys across the globe" *Lord Damaximus* : "Ah, long time since I saw Lord Darecold. I am glad to hear that he has settled himself finally too! Too bad it's in the Guild of Nocturnus I am more than honoured with your offer, but before we discuss the price, Matako will go after Haarloos! Isn't it Matako? (whispering: °move your megablocks°!!) Haarloos has become a great warrior but since we stopped travelling, I got somewhat the feeling he wants to go back to your clan." *Haarloos* : "Here I am Lord!... Haaroprug!! Long time since I saw you my brother!!!" *Haaroprug*: "Haha Haarloos, I recoginised you pronto! Your still looking bad for a werewolf as you have no hair I heard you are considering returning home? Since our Lords are starting a tradeconnection between our cities, you can come with us and become embassador for Kaliphlin in Claw Area! What do you think little brother?" *Haarloos*: "I would be more than happy to return! I hope you are not disappointed at me for this Lord Damaximus?" *Lord Damaximus* : "Why should I? It would be a great opportunity for us to establish an embassy in Nocturnus as we will trade with them! I will send the BlueDragontwins with you as they got the colours of Kaliphlin on their shield! They can help fellow Kaliphlins in Nocturnus, all you have to do is stay in the clan area with your family!" *Haarloos* : "Thank you my Lord!" *Lord Damaximus* : *Since I am in a good mood and we need indeed slaves, I offer you 2 chests with gold for the slaves and the permission that you will take care of my fellow warriors in Nocturnus!* *Haaroprug* : "If I refuse that offer, my Lord would kill me so the first trade between our cities has been made! I got some fresh bloodwine with me to celebrate the deal!" *Lord Damaximus* : "Euhm, I think we are going to stick on our beer " TO BE CONTINUED... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOW FOR ALMIGHTY KALIPHLIN ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in addition: (PD:) => pictures added to the 3 previous posts!!!! <= => I know it looks amateuristic, but it's a work in progress so be patient!

Like I said before, this topic is to help people with building an embassy. What's the point of building 10 Kaliphin embassies only for Albion? Or building an embassy in wood-style when it will be placed in a city with only houses of stone? But of course someone may first build an embassy and then he may look where he'll place it, no problem with that at all! My point is just that one city doesn't may have all the embassies of one Guild