Gideon

Very nice landscaping and especially rockwork, I particularly like the cave with the well-placed olive green grass and the larger tree.

Still waiting for the results of the Sultan’s Gate challenge from 2014

Wow! Lovely build with so many details to enjoy One detail I particularly love is the wooden walkway along the cliff!

Very nice overall mountain landscape, with good balance between green and dbg. I like that the vegetation is gathered in that way, seems much more realistic than if it would have been spread out more evenly

Hot spring, Celestia This is my entry for Era II, Challenge 1, Category B. Jameston, Celestia, 30th day of the 1st month, 618 AE Distinguished fellows of the Royal Society, In the name of science and our Queen, may her reign be long and prosperous, I have a new geological find of great interest to report to you. In my exploration of the wonderful island of Celestia, I have discovered a spring where the water is hot and with a visibly different chemical composition to the surrounding streams and small lakes. While I have not yet been able to analyze the chemical composition of the spring in my laboratory, by it’s odour I conclude that it most certainly contains traces of sulphur. After a good long bath in the spring’s waters my skin is clearly rejuvenated, so my assumption is that it has some medical properties worthy of further research. Yours faithfully, Dr. Alistaire Garrett

One of the favorite places for wealthy gentlemen scientists and adventurers exploring the wonders of Celestia is the luxurios, at least by colonial standards, tavern called The Gilded Cup. Licensed as large artisan.

Sure, many thanks if you would fix that!

Those heavy tops of the palm trees makes me wonder if the trunks would be that stable with physics also in play? Where is that white tiger from...?

Innovative trunk design! So much vegetation must be a challenge in LDD??

Thanks! Yes, I did my first attempt as part of this collab for Era I, challenge V. So a lot of the techniques I used here are reused from that build (I suppose I can blame cultural consistency? :wink:) or attempts to improve these. Can I call it a remix of my own build...?

Thank you sir! The Jaguar tower was actually my inspiration to revisit this architecture and to have a tower in my build When I looked around for some inspirational pictures I then saw some photos of Palenque and did some kind of interpretation of a couple of the structures at that site. I still think the composition of my old build was better, but I hope I've improved some of the techniques here especially the sloped roofs with plates and tiles was something I'm much happier with than using all slopes. And bigger is also a quality isn't it?

I bought them after seeing Mark of Falworth use them here: But it was not until last year I tried my hand at dinosaur palm trees myself.

Great use of all those various pieces for the vegetation, I particularly like the dinosaur tails and the long seaweed pieces in the stairs

Thanks! Yes, the palm trees are built with https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=40386 .

Thanks I should look into the licensing forms some day then.

Thanks! I'm not sure about how the licensing works nowadays? Been away for too long The base is 38x68 (equal to about 50x50) and the building itself 28x52 (equal to about 38x38). So what can I license it as....?

Fun and very suitable build

Nice shape of the building and great expedition members

Finding the Superb Orchid, Celestia This is my entry for Era II, Challenge 1, Category C. The expedition led by Gideon Saulse de Bothnia has set out into the jungle. Trekking on ancient roads through the jungle. Finally they reached the goal of the expedition. The scientific leader of the expedition writes in his diary: “From the travels of Dr. Alistaire Garrett. Celestia, 27th day of the 1st month, 618 AE. We had struggled very slowly through the jungle for many hours when finally we came upon an ancient road paved with square stones. It seemed like someone, probably the natives, have been keeping it clear of larger vegetation. Following this road our pace picked up and ancient ruins could be seen among the trees. Suddenly we saw a clearing in the dense forest and among the chattering of the birds we heard the purling sound of a small waterfall. To our left, we now saw two imposing temple structures. But what really caught my eyes was the largest and most splendid orchid I have ever seen. Our expedition must surely have found the Superb Orchid the natives were talking about!” Finding the Superb Orchid among ancient holy buildings. Tranquility. Edan Braxton and Dr. Garrett spots the Superb Orchid. Ancient temple. The Superb Orchid itself Without figures and some closeups: Some WIP pictures if anyone is interested in the workflow:

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The Gilded Cup, Jameston, Celestia This is my entry for Era II, Challenge 1, Category A. The build was somewhat inspired by the 18th century Green Dragon Tavern in Boston. In the rapidly growing settlement of Jameston, a place of particular popularity among wealthy gentlemen scientists and adventurers exploring the wonders of Celestia is the luxurios (well, by colonial standards...) tavern called The Gilded Cup. An expedition is making ready to set out from there to search for the rumored superb orchid of Celestia. The Gilded Cup The innkeeper greets one of the island's many explorers Corlander colonial troops Expedition members are discussing their plans for their venture into the jungle Members of the expedition Gideon Saulse de Bothnia Mayor of Astrapi. Always a restless adventurer, so when he got bored of the duties of mayor he has neglected all of that and gone off on new adventures. Now Gideon has heard the rumors of ancient treasures on Celestia and has arrived in Jameston, in the search of the fame and glory. Jayson Saulse Member of the Order of the Faith, devoted to Poseidon. Brother of Gideon, but has relinquished his noble titles when he swore fealty to the Order. Exploring the frontiers together with his brother, but his motives are less obvious. He claims to be searching for ever more splendid offerings to the God of the Sea in order to improve the good fortunes of the Oleander fleet, but some whisper that his true objective with this endeavor is to please his masters and strengthen his position within the Order. Dr. Alistaire Garrett Gentleman scientist, with enough inherited money to spend on a life of scientific exploration while still travelling as comfortable as possible. As every true gentleman scientist of this era, his research interests are multi-disciplinary. His true calling however lies is the discovery and cataloging of the botanical and zoological wonders of New Terra. Edan Braxton Corlander adventurer, among the first to explore Cascadia and therefore speaks the Myzectlan tongue well. He can therefore communicate somewhat also with the natives on Celestia and will (for a good price) guide an expedition towards a rumored ancient temple complex in the jungle.

Great scene overall, as usual top notch snowscaping and not least great presented

Lovely rendition in ABS But to me it's almost the landscaping in its elegant and natural style which steals the show here!

And you are telling me this NOW? (I skipped cat B when my cat A entry grew too big...) Anyways, I'm in it for getting inspiration to build not to win prizes (or even challenges, but thats of course totally ooc!)

Good news (I might attempt to enter all caregories now and actually get some sleep this week) and bad news (since now my finished but not yet photographed cat A and the cat C entry I plan to finish before Sunday will have more competition)